Friday, November 05, 2010
Keith Olbermann SUSPENDED From MSNBC Indefinitely Without Pay
Updated: 11- 8-10 08:22 PM
Olbermann Apologizes, to Viewers Strikes back at MSNBC
Update. Ok I read the updated ThinkProgress and then Josh, refers to the NYT . And then I watched Rachel and posted her explanation of what went wrong.
Ok. Hopefully Olbermannn knew the rules about getting permission from his employers to give political contributions. I still think it's bullshit and I still think if Comcast buys NBC Universal, the parent company of MSNBC that Olbermann and possibly Rachel will get shitcanned because money doesn't want you to hear opposing views. Money wants you to kiss their asses and buy their shit. Holy fuckwads from hell, isn't it enough that the Roberts Supreme court gives big wet sloppy kisses to Big Bidness? And we get no lube. The ISP I use already strangles the bandwith and tiers usage payments and if they get their way with the Supremes we won't be able to sue in class actions. So NO, I aint changin' shit in the rest of this post.
"While NBC News policy does not prohibit employees from donating to political candidates, it requires them to obtain prior approval from NBC News executives before doing so."
Ah ha, so this is a Pi$$ing contest?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
The Nation Aug 31, 2010
Who owns the media?
U.S. Court Curbs F.C.C. Authority on Web Traffic
By EDWARD WYATT
The court ruling, which came afterComcast asserted that it had the right to slow its cable customers’ access to a file-sharing service called BitTorrent, could prompt efforts in Congress to change the law in order to give the F.C.C. explicit authority to regulate Internet service.
That could prove difficult politically, however, since some conservative Republicans philosophically oppose giving the agency more power, on the grounds that Internet providers should be able to decide what services they offer and at what price..."
Crooks and Liars Nov 5 2010
What role did Comcast play in Keith Olbermann's suspension?
Petition MSNBC to bring Olbermann back
Olbermann Apologizes, to Viewers Strikes back at MSNBC
Update. Ok I read the updated ThinkProgress and then Josh, refers to the NYT . And then I watched Rachel and posted her explanation of what went wrong.
Ok. Hopefully Olbermannn knew the rules about getting permission from his employers to give political contributions. I still think it's bullshit and I still think if Comcast buys NBC Universal, the parent company of MSNBC that Olbermann and possibly Rachel will get shitcanned because money doesn't want you to hear opposing views. Money wants you to kiss their asses and buy their shit. Holy fuckwads from hell, isn't it enough that the Roberts Supreme court gives big wet sloppy kisses to Big Bidness? And we get no lube. The ISP I use already strangles the bandwith and tiers usage payments and if they get their way with the Supremes we won't be able to sue in class actions. So NO, I aint changin' shit in the rest of this post.
"While NBC News policy does not prohibit employees from donating to political candidates, it requires them to obtain prior approval from NBC News executives before doing so."
Ah ha, so this is a Pi$$ing contest?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
The Nation Aug 31, 2010
Who owns the media?
U.S. Court Curbs F.C.C. Authority on Web Traffic
By EDWARD WYATT
Published: April 6, 2010
That could prove difficult politically, however, since some conservative Republicans philosophically oppose giving the agency more power, on the grounds that Internet providers should be able to decide what services they offer and at what price..."
Crooks and Liars Nov 5 2010
What role did Comcast play in Keith Olbermann's suspension?
Petition MSNBC to bring Olbermann back
It's the political system, stupid
FRIDAY, NOV 5, 2010 07:01 ET
It's kabuki theater ad absurdum -- and it explains a lot..."
BY DAVID SIROTA
"...Thus, as I showed in my 2008 follow-up book, "The Uprising," we are now reflexively drawn to whichever minority party candidates promise the swiftest backlash. Whether the challengers happen to be anti-Bush Democrats or anti-Obama Republicans, America is drawn to these faux rebels even though we implicitly know they will almost certainly become part of the problem once elected.It's kabuki theater ad absurdum -- and it explains a lot..."
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Thank You, Dick Cheney, For Giving Me the Proper Words
by: David SirotaThu Nov 04, 2010 at 15:00 |
I love David Sirota.
Dear Red State America
You shore did show us Democrats sumthin' dint yew?
Yeah, that you are rage and fear driven, and that vicious teevee ads work on your retarded asses.
That Citizens United (the Supreme Court decision, you dimwits) will continue to make the wealthy even wealthier and the middle class will become so minuscule as to never be a thorn in the side of the the wealthy again. Congrats on that. The Chamber of Commerce's money was well spent.
That pot is bad and should remain illegal, but alcohol is ok. And those taxes you don't want to pay will keep the prisons open that drug dealers who killed 28,000 people in 4 years locked up, right?
That zero job growth and making the rich even richer works for you.
That winning the house isn't enough for you, you have to act like flaming assholes even if you lose to a long time safe Dem seat.
That the Republican mantra of "I got mine, so fuck you" works.
That beating a dead horse is not beyond you hateful assholes.
That you are incredibly stupid in believing that the Tea Parties are independent and are not paid for by big energy and big industrial polluters .
TPMDC
The Crazy Class Of 2010: Meet The New GOP Stars
Eric Kleefeld | November 4, 2010, 8:38A
I turned on NPR this morning and the move to the right has already started, gotta make sure the new congress doesn't take them out, right?
Fuck me, they were interviewing some Tea Party bitch from Texas.
And one more think Red State America?
Good luck getting anything done since all you did was carry water for the rich. It's gonna be gridlock.
But you are a wet dream for big energy.
again. map (map)
Yeah, that you are rage and fear driven, and that vicious teevee ads work on your retarded asses.
That Citizens United (the Supreme Court decision, you dimwits) will continue to make the wealthy even wealthier and the middle class will become so minuscule as to never be a thorn in the side of the the wealthy again. Congrats on that. The Chamber of Commerce's money was well spent.
That pot is bad and should remain illegal, but alcohol is ok. And those taxes you don't want to pay will keep the prisons open that drug dealers who killed 28,000 people in 4 years locked up, right?
That zero job growth and making the rich even richer works for you.
That winning the house isn't enough for you, you have to act like flaming assholes even if you lose to a long time safe Dem seat.
That the Republican mantra of "I got mine, so fuck you" works.
That beating a dead horse is not beyond you hateful assholes.
That you are incredibly stupid in believing that the Tea Parties are independent and are not paid for by big energy and big industrial polluters .
TPMDC
The Crazy Class Of 2010: Meet The New GOP Stars
Eric Kleefeld | November 4, 2010, 8:38A
I turned on NPR this morning and the move to the right has already started, gotta make sure the new congress doesn't take them out, right?
Fuck me, they were interviewing some Tea Party bitch from Texas.
And one more think Red State America?
Good luck getting anything done since all you did was carry water for the rich. It's gonna be gridlock.
But you are a wet dream for big energy.
again. map (map)
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Pfffft. Dems didn't vote
No wonder I checked out months ago. I must have seen this coming. Nobody bothered to vote in the primaries. Except rethugs, who reliably vote because they do what they are told. So what made me think that Dems would vote now, or that Independents would vote Dem?
Dems didn't vote, they got over half the ballots counted at midnight here. (There are 452,971 registered Dems in SD county and 287,844 is 62% of the counted votes? ) I'm betting that craploads of the 287,844 "Independent" voters went Rethug this time. It does not take much in a county owned lock, stock and barrel by the military-industrial-complex. There are200,000 40,000 less registered voters than there were in '08. (mybad)
(local results as of midnight)
GOVERNOR
Precincts: 2050
Counted: 1285
Percentage: 62.7%
Vote for: 1
MEG WHITMAN - REP 243063 52.14%
EDMUND G. BROWN - DEM 197072 42.27%
CHELENE NIGHTINGALE - AIP 8665 1.86%
DALE F. OGDEN - LIB 7701 1.65%
LAURA WELLS - GRN 5714 1.23%
CARLOS ALVAREZ - P-F 3960 0.85%
I wonder how many assholes screaming about taxes will lose their homes in fires because fire department funds will be cut?
REGION: Despite storms, La Nina suggests drier days ahead
CA votes reliably Dem, but a red state nightmare in the House
Natl' results
election results
So it looks like the Rethugs took the house. Nifty. Can't wait to watch the circus. Wonder how much more damage they will do? If anybody in this country thinks it's going back to some mythical dream idyll like they remember it was in the 50s they are batshit crazy. The 50's were fucked for a lot of people, but the union workers got paid enough to buy homes and raise families. Everybody in the world owed us something and Latin America suffered for our gains. And this country is NEVER going to be like it was in the 1950's.
State ballot measures did what I expected them to: Nyah, we don't want any real solutions we just don't want to pay taxes. At least the 2/3 vote requirement will change. Fucking rethugs have been holding up State budgets for years.
And now the rich get their way- gridlock.
Angry voters choose government gridlock, investigations and shutdown.
Dems didn't vote, they got over half the ballots counted at midnight here. (There are 452,971 registered Dems in SD county and 287,844 is 62% of the counted votes? ) I'm betting that craploads of the 287,844 "Independent" voters went Rethug this time. It does not take much in a county owned lock, stock and barrel by the military-industrial-complex. There are
(local results as of midnight)
GOVERNOR
Precincts: 2050
Counted: 1285
Percentage: 62.7%
Vote for: 1
MEG WHITMAN - REP 243063 52.14%
EDMUND G. BROWN - DEM 197072 42.27%
CHELENE NIGHTINGALE - AIP 8665 1.86%
DALE F. OGDEN - LIB 7701 1.65%
LAURA WELLS - GRN 5714 1.23%
CARLOS ALVAREZ - P-F 3960 0.85%
I wonder how many assholes screaming about taxes will lose their homes in fires because fire department funds will be cut?
REGION: Despite storms, La Nina suggests drier days ahead
OCTOBER WETTER THAN AVERAGE, BUT WINTER DROUGHT IS LIKELY
PROP D-CITY OF SAN DIEGO Temp. One-Half Cent Sales Tax
Precincts: 805
Counted: 605
Percentage: 75.2%
Vote for: 1
NO 132787 62.79%
YES 78682 37.21%
local results
PROP D-CITY OF SAN DIEGO Temp. One-Half Cent Sales Tax
Precincts: 805
Counted: 605
Percentage: 75.2%
Vote for: 1
NO 132787 62.79%
YES 78682 37.21%
local results
CA votes reliably Dem, but a red state nightmare in the House
Natl' results
election results
So it looks like the Rethugs took the house. Nifty. Can't wait to watch the circus. Wonder how much more damage they will do? If anybody in this country thinks it's going back to some mythical dream idyll like they remember it was in the 50s they are batshit crazy. The 50's were fucked for a lot of people, but the union workers got paid enough to buy homes and raise families. Everybody in the world owed us something and Latin America suffered for our gains. And this country is NEVER going to be like it was in the 1950's.
Seriously? We gotta deal with this drunken idiot for at least the next 2 years? Jesus, you really don't have to have anything but an ability to be a fucking corporate puppet in order to be elected in the Republican party.
Voters can't see through all the corporate spending? Looks like 
State ballot measures did what I expected them to: Nyah, we don't want any real solutions we just don't want to pay taxes. At least the 2/3 vote requirement will change. Fucking rethugs have been holding up State budgets for years.
And now the rich get their way- gridlock.
Angry voters choose government gridlock, investigations and shutdown.
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
I voted. Did you?
Yeah, I know that this country is one sorry excuse for a democracy, but I vote anyway. I just wish we could set up a hunting season on lobbyists, especially ones that lobby for deregulation bills in the service of major polluters and worker's rights quashers.
I'll be watching the returns with my political junkie friend. Can't wait :)
Monday, November 01, 2010
Peddling politics in America
. Midterm contributions soar to record levels in 2010, a sign that the US campaign finance system is tainted as ever
Danny Schechter Last Modified: 01 Nov 2010 18:18 GMT
"...Selling influence
Many are up in arms about the latest wave of "secret money," some perhaps from overseas, including charges in one race in Washington state that Saudi nationals are involved.
Climate Action Network Europe released a new report revealing the effects of Big Business trying to weaken US environmental laws: "Big European emitters … supported climate change deniers in the US Senate in 2010 for $107,200 … This amount is higher than the same type of spending of the most notorious US climate denier and Tea Party funder: Koch Industries ($217,000)."
Overlooked in all the hoopla is the fact that American politics has itself become a business with a vast network of professional fundraising companies, consultants, advisors and ad agencies profiting from the services they provide.
The politicians don't just hire others. They spent much of their own time "dialing for dollars," as one congressman I know well told me..."
Danny Schechter Last Modified: 01 Nov 2010 18:18 GMT
"...Selling influence
Many are up in arms about the latest wave of "secret money," some perhaps from overseas, including charges in one race in Washington state that Saudi nationals are involved.
Climate Action Network Europe released a new report revealing the effects of Big Business trying to weaken US environmental laws: "Big European emitters … supported climate change deniers in the US Senate in 2010 for $107,200 … This amount is higher than the same type of spending of the most notorious US climate denier and Tea Party funder: Koch Industries ($217,000)."
Overlooked in all the hoopla is the fact that American politics has itself become a business with a vast network of professional fundraising companies, consultants, advisors and ad agencies profiting from the services they provide.
The politicians don't just hire others. They spent much of their own time "dialing for dollars," as one congressman I know well told me..."
I love Danny Schechter
Sunday, October 31, 2010
I didn't stab the Fox Snooz watchers last night,
but I did eye my steak knife at one point, lol , just kidding. There were actually more things that we agreed on than we disagreed on. This is one that we did not agree on. This is for them, I wasn't as quick on my feet as I usually am. I still get stunned at the vitriol aimed at France, all things perceived to be socialism, the America has the best health care myth, and other such nonsense.
France spends approximately 10% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care and in terms of health expenditure is second in the European Union (EU) only to Germany, in terms of health expenditure (OECD 2005); this level has remained relatively stable over the past five years.
National health care spending as a percentage of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP)—the total spending on goods and services in the United States—has been rising steadily over the past 40 years. In 1960, it accounted for slightly more than 5 percent of the total. By 2002, health care spending was about 15 percent of GDP
FOXNEWS.COM HOME > HEALTH
U.S. Trails Others in Health Care Satisfaction
Friday, October 29, 2004
Ah...ummm... think that has improved since 2004?
Campaign Desk — July 13, 2009 10:58 AM (Columbia Journalism Review)
Health Care in France—and in America
A journalist’s observations
By Trudy Lieberman
Tea Party movement funding
Ok, now go laugh, I'm not beyond scatological humor, are you?
Billy Connolly - Colonoscopy
France spends approximately 10% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care and in terms of health expenditure is second in the European Union (EU) only to Germany, in terms of health expenditure (OECD 2005); this level has remained relatively stable over the past five years.
National health care spending as a percentage of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP)—the total spending on goods and services in the United States—has been rising steadily over the past 40 years. In 1960, it accounted for slightly more than 5 percent of the total. By 2002, health care spending was about 15 percent of GDP
FOXNEWS.COM HOME > HEALTH
U.S. Trails Others in Health Care Satisfaction
Friday, October 29, 2004
Ah...ummm... think that has improved since 2004?
Campaign Desk — July 13, 2009 10:58 AM (Columbia Journalism Review)
Health Care in France—and in America
A journalist’s observations
By Trudy Lieberman
Tea Party movement funding
Ok, now go laugh, I'm not beyond scatological humor, are you?
Billy Connolly - Colonoscopy
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Rally for sanity pics
Sanity and fear, meeting in the middle
By Jason Horowitz, Monica Hesse and Dan Zak
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, October 31, 2010; A1
According to CBS News, 215,000 people showed up for the rally on Saturday. By comparison, CBS estimated that 87,000 -- just 40% of the Sanity Rally estimation -- attended Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in August.
Update 1/11/10 Read Chris Hedges scathing assessment of the celebration.
My response to Hedges?
Dear Mr. Hedges,
When was the last time YOU tried to organize a union?
Sirota: It's the stupidity, stupid
By David Sirota
Creators Syndicate
"...The first, by Harvard's Michael Norton and Duke's Dan Ariely, finds that Americans grossly underestimate how much inequality our economy produces. Among the survey respondents, the vast majority said they believe the richest 20 percent own 59 percent of the wealth when, in fact, that quintile owns 84 percent of the wealth. In other words, in spite of the data, many believe our system produces the moderate equality we desire..."
Sirota: It's the stupidity, stupid - The Denver Post
Creators Syndicate
"...The first, by Harvard's Michael Norton and Duke's Dan Ariely, finds that Americans grossly underestimate how much inequality our economy produces. Among the survey respondents, the vast majority said they believe the richest 20 percent own 59 percent of the wealth when, in fact, that quintile owns 84 percent of the wealth. In other words, in spite of the data, many believe our system produces the moderate equality we desire..."
Sirota: It's the stupidity, stupid - The Denver Post
Yemenis try to send bombs to US synagogues, now there's a shocker
Terror bombs were primed to down cargo planes in mid-air
Jamie Doward and Mark Townsend
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 30 October 2010 17.18 BST
Security officials say explosive packages found on US-bound aircraft in UK and Dubai were meant to bring them down
"..It has emerged the devices were discovered only after a tip-off from Saudi intelligence. "This… started with good information from the Saudis," the US homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, said. "We were then immediately able to work with other countries, particularly the UK and the UAE, to segregate these packages, to begin the analysis about what they were..."
Hmm, I never thought I'd say this, but thank you, Saudi Intelligence.
Update. Monday 11.1.10 The Saudis know this idiot.
Jamie Doward and Mark Townsend
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 30 October 2010 17.18 BST
Security officials say explosive packages found on US-bound aircraft in UK and Dubai were meant to bring them down
"..It has emerged the devices were discovered only after a tip-off from Saudi intelligence. "This… started with good information from the Saudis," the US homeland security secretary, Janet Napolitano, said. "We were then immediately able to work with other countries, particularly the UK and the UAE, to segregate these packages, to begin the analysis about what they were..."
Hmm, I never thought I'd say this, but thank you, Saudi Intelligence.
Update. Monday 11.1.10 The Saudis know this idiot.
Citizens United fallout this election season
A Ground's Eye View of How Millions of Shady Corporate Political Dollars Are Hijacking This Election
'It’s pretty clear that corporations now have the ability to spend unlimited amounts of money to take on people like my boss.'
"... In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, neither group is required to disclose its donors..."
I told you so.
'It’s pretty clear that corporations now have the ability to spend unlimited amounts of money to take on people like my boss.'
"... In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, neither group is required to disclose its donors..."
I told you so.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Does this 'splain Cheney's last heart attack?
Reprot: BP, Halliburton Knew Well Cement was Unstable Before They Used it
On second thought, no, it wouldn't have caused a heart attack, the company is based in Dubai.
On second thought, no, it wouldn't have caused a heart attack, the company is based in Dubai.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Thanks Keith, the ballot's in the mailbox now
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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
Swimming in warm water can take deadly toll on body
Fran Crippen, 26, died Saturday during the last leg of the Marathon Swimming World Cup. By Madison Park and Ashley Fantz, CNN October 25, 2010 4:57 p.m. EDT
And now you know why I hate swimming with non-swimmers. "Oh yay, isn't the water wunnerful?" the brainiacs ask, and it's fucking 88 degrees Fahrenheit, with an air temp of 90 degrees Fahrenheit. No, because I spent so many hours in the water, working hard in it, that that 85 degree water temp is HOT to me. I thought maybe between 68 and 75 was great, but these guys think between 77 and 82. Obviously, 87 degree water temp can be fatal. I always hated the Brawley meet because there was no way to keep the outdoor pool from getting too hot to compete in. It was like trying to race in a really big bathtub.
And now you know why I hate swimming with non-swimmers. "Oh yay, isn't the water wunnerful?" the brainiacs ask, and it's fucking 88 degrees Fahrenheit, with an air temp of 90 degrees Fahrenheit. No, because I spent so many hours in the water, working hard in it, that that 85 degree water temp is HOT to me. I thought maybe between 68 and 75 was great, but these guys think between 77 and 82. Obviously, 87 degree water temp can be fatal. I always hated the Brawley meet because there was no way to keep the outdoor pool from getting too hot to compete in. It was like trying to race in a really big bathtub.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Reading Now
Republican Gomorrah by Max Blumenthal
(c) 2009
Frankly, this book does not look like a whole lot of fun to read, but better to be aware than ignorant. *sigh*
Friday, October 22, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Michael Moore: Why Republicans Are Always Worried That Their Pet Corporations Might Face Real Free Market Competition
Whenever corporate executives begin talking about how they support "free markets" and "competition," check to see if you still have your wallet.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
How is a request for an apology an olive branch?
Update and lol, roflmao--
FRIDAY, OCT 22, 2010 12:10 ET
Ex: Clarence Thomas was porn-obsessed
After 19 years, the justice's former girlfriend speaks out about how checking out female co-workers was his "hobby"
BY TRACY CLARK-FLORY Lillian McEwan just broke her silence of 19 years to talk about Clarence Thomas' obsession with large breasts and pornography. Lillian McEwan might want to consider changing her phone number.
And just look at all the rethugs jumping to his defense.
Oct. 20, 2010
Thomas' Wife Seeks Apology From Accuser Anita Hill
Wife Of Justice Clarence Thomas Asks Anita Hill, His Accuser, To Apologize After 19 Years
lThomas' wife seeks apology from accuser Anita Hil
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010
"WASHINGTON (AP) - Anita Hill is refusing to apologize for accusing then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her, in an issue that Thomas' wife has reopened 19 years after his confirmation hearings....
...He broke a 16-year silence about the hearings in a 2007 book, "My Grandfather's Son," writing that Hill was a mediocre employee who was used by political opponents to make claims she had been sexually harassed...."
I don't give a good goddamn whether Hill was used by political opponents of Thomas. Unfortunately it did not work and we are going to be stuck with Thomas' whorish decisions till he croaks and he has made many decisions that have helped turn this COUNTRY "mediocre," at best and a toxic steaming pile at worst.
FRIDAY, OCT 22, 2010 12:10 ET
Ex: Clarence Thomas was porn-obsessed
After 19 years, the justice's former girlfriend speaks out about how checking out female co-workers was his "hobby"
BY TRACY CLARK-FLORY Lillian McEwan just broke her silence of 19 years to talk about Clarence Thomas' obsession with large breasts and pornography. Lillian McEwan might want to consider changing her phone number.
And just look at all the rethugs jumping to his defense.
Oct. 20, 2010
Thomas' Wife Seeks Apology From Accuser Anita Hill
Wife Of Justice Clarence Thomas Asks Anita Hill, His Accuser, To Apologize After 19 Years
lThomas' wife seeks apology from accuser Anita Hil
Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010
"WASHINGTON (AP) - Anita Hill is refusing to apologize for accusing then-Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her, in an issue that Thomas' wife has reopened 19 years after his confirmation hearings....
...He broke a 16-year silence about the hearings in a 2007 book, "My Grandfather's Son," writing that Hill was a mediocre employee who was used by political opponents to make claims she had been sexually harassed...."
I don't give a good goddamn whether Hill was used by political opponents of Thomas. Unfortunately it did not work and we are going to be stuck with Thomas' whorish decisions till he croaks and he has made many decisions that have helped turn this COUNTRY "mediocre," at best and a toxic steaming pile at worst.
Monday, October 18, 2010
William Lerach on Corporate Power, Corporate Crime and the Failure of the Democrats to Confront Wall Street
24 Corporate Crime Reporter 40(12), October 18, 2010
Great article.
Hmmm. Suddenly I'm hearing the 'NPR is brought to you by balabbity, blabity, Lerach and blablahblah law firm' thing in my head. I have no idea if this is the same Lerach and so and so firm. If I really gave a crap I'd find out. I don't.
Great article.
Hmmm. Suddenly I'm hearing the 'NPR is brought to you by balabbity, blabity, Lerach and blablahblah law firm' thing in my head. I have no idea if this is the same Lerach and so and so firm. If I really gave a crap I'd find out. I don't.
Today was your last day to register to vote in CA before the upcoming election. I still haven't figured out how I'm going to vote on the local propositions and why the fuck do we have to vote on hospital boards, school boards and judges? I haven't read the local birdcage liner in years, so I don't even know if any of these candidates have scandals or records. The whole voting on judges thing pisses me off. Just try Googling these fuckers, whadaya get? Nada, and I don't know which judges are playing golf with the multinational corporation CEOs and board members.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Snicker snicker, tee hee hee
Holder promises to enforce U.S. drug laws if Prop. 19 passes
Attorney general joins local law enforcement officials in opposing legalization of marijuana. Prop. 19 supporters say the U.S. has no legal ground to challenge the measure.
Well, maybe Holder doesn't get California, that's understandable, but this fool?
"...Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is a co-chairman of the main opposition committee, released the letter at a news conference at his headquarters Friday, flanked by two former DEA heads, the district attorney and the Los Angeles city attorney.
"He is saying it is an unenforceable law and the federal government will not allow California to become a rogue state on this issue," Baca said. "You can't make a law in contradiction to federal law as a state. Therefore Proposition 19 is null and void and dead on arrival..."
Attorney general joins local law enforcement officials in opposing legalization of marijuana. Prop. 19 supporters say the U.S. has no legal ground to challenge the measure.
Well, maybe Holder doesn't get California, that's understandable, but this fool?
"...Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, who is a co-chairman of the main opposition committee, released the letter at a news conference at his headquarters Friday, flanked by two former DEA heads, the district attorney and the Los Angeles city attorney.
"He is saying it is an unenforceable law and the federal government will not allow California to become a rogue state on this issue," Baca said. "You can't make a law in contradiction to federal law as a state. Therefore Proposition 19 is null and void and dead on arrival..."
No, the enforcement laws are dead. I can walk down the street in LA smoking weed. Felipe Calderon doesn't want pot legalized because he might lose a few "War on Drugs" bucks. He needs to shut his fucking hypocritical mouth, users of small amounts of drugs can't be busted in Mexico.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Chile miner rescues 24 and counting
Because the world can use some good news
update
They got quite the preview Thursday of what lies ahead. On their first full day of fresh air, the miners were probably the 33 most in-demand people on the planet.
A Greek mining company wants to bring them to the sunny Aegean islands, competing with rainy Chiloe in the country's southern archipelago, whose tourism bureau wants them to stay for a week.... Los treinta y tres
update
They got quite the preview Thursday of what lies ahead. On their first full day of fresh air, the miners were probably the 33 most in-demand people on the planet.
A Greek mining company wants to bring them to the sunny Aegean islands, competing with rainy Chiloe in the country's southern archipelago, whose tourism bureau wants them to stay for a week.... Los treinta y tres
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Pipelineistan's New Silk Road
Tomgram: Pepe Escobar, Pipelineistan's New Silk Road
Posted by Pepe Escobar
at 9:40am, October 12, 2010.
Posted by Pepe Escobar
at 9:40am, October 12, 2010.
"...Pepe Escobar, that edgy, peripatetic globe-trotting reporter for one of my favorite on-line publications, Asia Times, has been doing just that for TomDispatch readers as he explores the geography that undergirds our civilization, the pipelines that crisscross Eurasia through which flow energy -- and trouble. This, then, is his fourth "postcard" from what he likes to call Pipelineistan. The first in March 2009 began laying out a great, ongoing energy struggle across Eurasia and the Great Game of business, diplomacy, and proxy war between Russia and the U.S. that went with it.
In May of that year, he plunged eastward into tumultuous Central and South Asia and the expanding battleground that, in Washington, goes by the neologism Af-Pak (for the Afghanistan-Pakistan theater of operations). Next, in October, he headed west toward Europe and another developing struggle, which he dubbed "Pipelineistan’s Ultimate Opera", over just how natural gas from the Caspian Sea would reach Europe. Now, in his first stop of 2010, he heads where, it seems, anyone interested in energy -- maybe anyone interested in anything at all -- more or less has to head these days: China and the new Silk Road of pipelines that offer the former Middle Kingdom a partial shot at future energy security and Washington future anxieties of all sorts. Tom... "
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Making Campaign Ads More Honest
Ah, Ron, you're so sweet. Sort of. Until the money is taken out of political advertising, meaning ALL the money, yours too, we are hapless consumers of loads of BS in unfair fights. The Supreme Court bestowed even MORE BS on us by enabling massive amounts of money to flow unchecked into the game of politics.
Does anybody here believe that politics anywhere in the US remotely resembles democracy?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Does anybody here believe that politics anywhere in the US remotely resembles democracy?
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Reading now
Globalization and its Discontents by Joseph Stiglitz (c) 2002
Another book that I will have to trudge through because consumption of this information is painful.
I watched the National Geographic 3 hr special with Jared Diamond called "Guns, Germs and Steel" and it is definitely worth watching, although the books are always better. Diamond's information always makes me feel better about being a Westerner because it reminds me that human nature is exactly the same all over the planet. Only the geography changes the way societies evolved and developed.
Friday, October 08, 2010
I find this funny
China lashes out at Nobel prize 'obscenity'
By London correspondent Rachael Brown
Posted 48 minutes ago
And when are we going to DO something about the Chinese screwing around keeping the yuan artificially low?
All I hear is blah blah blah
By London correspondent Rachael Brown
Posted 48 minutes ago
And when are we going to DO something about the Chinese screwing around keeping the yuan artificially low?
All I hear is blah blah blah
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