This PDF file is the homework I blew off while I was trying to get my computer up and running again, & then I went to LA to be entertained and see my friend. It's perfect for me since I have vast holes in my political knowledge base and I learn more when I can connect history to current events.
Today is Valentines Day.
Hillary Loves New York:
Candidates' Earmarks Worth Millions
Of Front-Runners, McCain Abstained
By Paul Kane
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, February 14, 2008; Page A01
Superdelegates 101 (Superdelegates loves them some Hillary)
When Evil Empires Collide: Murdoch Now Talking to Yahoo, Mao’s Valentine Gift
China threat. What threat?
Greater China
Feb 12, 2008
By Henry Rosemont
Democracy Now wants you to know something about chocolate and diamonds.
You know, those things that are supposed to signify love on Valentines Day?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
busy and pissy
Drove four and a half hours with my back teeth floating for the last hour to see Rickie Lee Jones tonight.
It's a two hour drive.
Fucking traffic.
I spent all weekend doing everybody's favorite thing, Reinstalling the OS. Have a few pictures left.
Fucking computers.
I will blogroll you as soon as I get a chance, please be patient, blogrolling was freaking out, and then my computer took a big fat shit.
Update 8:48 AM 2/12/2008: Rickie Lee Jones was great :)
I think she hit all of these at least once.
It's a two hour drive.
Fucking traffic.
I spent all weekend doing everybody's favorite thing, Reinstalling the OS. Have a few pictures left.
Fucking computers.
I will blogroll you as soon as I get a chance, please be patient, blogrolling was freaking out, and then my computer took a big fat shit.
Update 8:48 AM 2/12/2008: Rickie Lee Jones was great :)
I think she hit all of these at least once.
Friday, February 08, 2008
Egypt threatens to break the legs of Gaza infiltrators
Egypt is the second largest recipient of United States military aid after Israel.
Palestinian refugees in Egypt
By 1995 there were some 85,000 Palestinians in the Chicago metropolitan area, about half born outside the United States. Palestinians formed about 60 percent of the Arab population of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Dreams Stifled, Egypt’s Young Turn to Islamic Fervor
Palestinian refugees in Egypt
By 1995 there were some 85,000 Palestinians in the Chicago metropolitan area, about half born outside the United States. Palestinians formed about 60 percent of the Arab population of the Chicago metropolitan area.
Dreams Stifled, Egypt’s Young Turn to Islamic Fervor
I'm Loosely Based
Hat tip The Apostate
You're Loosely Based!
by Storey Clayton
While most people haven't heard of you, you're a really good and
interesting person. Rather clever and witty, you crack a lot of jokes about the world
around you. You do have a serious side, however, where your interest covers the homeless
and the inequalities of society. You're good at bringing people together, but they keep
asking you what your name means.
Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.
Cynthia McKinney for President?
She's looking for the nomination for the Green Party.
She explains to Amy Goodman why she left the Democratic Party here.
Wow.
Democracy Now shows up the complete failure of the MainStream Media to report anything of importance to the American people.
Bush keeps trying to kill NPR, another source of news that doesn't try to distract us with what Britney Spears is doing today.
Local conservatives adrift after Romney pulls out
She explains to Amy Goodman why she left the Democratic Party here.
Wow.
Democracy Now shows up the complete failure of the MainStream Media to report anything of importance to the American people.
Bush keeps trying to kill NPR, another source of news that doesn't try to distract us with what Britney Spears is doing today.
Local conservatives adrift after Romney pulls out
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Federal Towing Contract Not Impeded by Ex-Worker's Scandal
Shit. Of COURSE NOT, it's San Diego. Business interests are never impeded by scandal because almost everybody's dirty here. From the time I could hear I heard "It ain't what you know, it's who you know." The old boy's network in this particular case just happens to have a big fat case of Pinoy Pride. I gotta admit though, that I appreciate Bob Filner, & I wish he was my congressman.
Completely unrelated, but interesting to me:
The curtain lifts for Bollywood in Pakistan
Feb 8, 2008
By Sudha Ramachandran
...But not everyone is putting out the welcome mat. Bollywood's less well-known cousin across the border, Lollywood, Pakistan's Lahore-based film industry, is apprehensive.
Lollywood, which has languished for years as Bollywood has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry with fans across continents, fears it will be wiped out completely when its Indian rival invades.
Even less welcoming will be Pakistan's jihadis and religious conservatives, who frown on Bollywood's song-dance culture...
Mmmmm, frankly, about as close to Bollywood as I can stand was a mariginally cute movie called Bollywood/Hollywood . The singing style drives me batshit crazy and I generally prefer songs sung in English since that is the language I speak, although occasionally I hear some great stuff on the Mexican stations. Not Ranchera Norteño though, I'm not fond of German polka.
Completely unrelated, but interesting to me:
The curtain lifts for Bollywood in Pakistan
Feb 8, 2008
By Sudha Ramachandran
...But not everyone is putting out the welcome mat. Bollywood's less well-known cousin across the border, Lollywood, Pakistan's Lahore-based film industry, is apprehensive.
Lollywood, which has languished for years as Bollywood has grown into a multi-billion dollar industry with fans across continents, fears it will be wiped out completely when its Indian rival invades.
Even less welcoming will be Pakistan's jihadis and religious conservatives, who frown on Bollywood's song-dance culture...
Mmmmm, frankly, about as close to Bollywood as I can stand was a mariginally cute movie called Bollywood/Hollywood . The singing style drives me batshit crazy and I generally prefer songs sung in English since that is the language I speak, although occasionally I hear some great stuff on the Mexican stations. Not
Nonpartisans stymied in attempts to get Republican ballots
Yep. First of all, Agnes and Myrtle from the Courage Campaign told you so.
Secondly, I remember a conversation with a Republican woman a few years ago who told me that she would never tell her Girl Scouts that the local Democratic Party was a serious option because they were so disorganized.
Mmmmmmm. I think the same woman lost her small business because the rent kept getting raised. I wonder if she's changed her mind at all?
skippy sends us over to Why Tuesday? to find out that Decline To State voters who voted on a Dem ballot may have some double bubble trouble.
Secondly, I remember a conversation with a Republican woman a few years ago who told me that she would never tell her Girl Scouts that the local Democratic Party was a serious option because they were so disorganized.
Mmmmmmm. I think the same woman lost her small business because the rent kept getting raised. I wonder if she's changed her mind at all?
skippy sends us over to Why Tuesday? to find out that Decline To State voters who voted on a Dem ballot may have some double bubble trouble.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
I love Carl, he gets it
Tijuana burns
Our neighbor's house is on fire--and no one seems to give a damn
By Carl Luna 02/05/2008
And the Winner is?
And, ummmm, I don't like the sound of this:
Brokered Dem convention looking more likely
Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
do you?
Our neighbor's house is on fire--and no one seems to give a damn
By Carl Luna 02/05/2008
And the Winner is?
And, ummmm, I don't like the sound of this:
Brokered Dem convention looking more likely
Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
do you?
Why the Saudis aren't lifting a finger to ease oil prices
By Steve Yetiv and Lowell Feld
Wed Feb 6, 3:00 AM ET
(Snort. That title cracks me up. When was the last time the Saudi's lifted their fingers to do anything other than reach for a credit card?)
Wed Feb 6, 3:00 AM ET
(Snort. That title cracks me up. When was the last time the Saudi's lifted their fingers to do anything other than reach for a credit card?)
WTF?
What the fuck is going on with blogrolling.com?
I'm tired, I've been out doing the crap I hate doing anyway (shopping, ugh!) and now I'm aggravated because I want to read the new blogs I linked to and none of my blogrolls are showing up.
If you linked to me, I'll be happy to add you to my blogroll as soon as I can see the damned thing again, their site is down right now.
I'm tired, I've been out doing the crap I hate doing anyway (shopping, ugh!) and now I'm aggravated because I want to read the new blogs I linked to and none of my blogrolls are showing up.
If you linked to me, I'll be happy to add you to my blogroll as soon as I can see the damned thing again, their site is down right now.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Primary Election reporting
First the fulla crap MSM
Thomas Elias: Voting machines back on track
...Disputes over the touch-screen machines and the company that made them has forced the county to revert to tried-and-true paper ballots time and again....
Umm, yeah, the fishwrap be NOT talking about these hackable optical scanners in San Diego.
Here are a couple of places you can visit to see what's really going on:
skippy's all over it today :)
BradBlog
TPM Election Central
Who did YOU vote for? (Hat tip Make them Accountable )
Thomas Elias: Voting machines back on track
...Disputes over the touch-screen machines and the company that made them has forced the county to revert to tried-and-true paper ballots time and again....
Umm, yeah, the fishwrap be NOT talking about these hackable optical scanners in San Diego.
Here are a couple of places you can visit to see what's really going on:
skippy's all over it today :)
BradBlog
TPM Election Central
Who did YOU vote for? (Hat tip Make them Accountable )
Monday, February 04, 2008
Population post
Anybody that reads this silly little blog knows that "Peaceful Population control and a healthy planet" are important to me. Yeah, says it right there on my blog profile.
I'm on a couple of mailing lists that I actually want to be on and one of them is Population Connection . So guess what was in my mailbox this morning?
Demonstrating, once again, his contempt for the needs of poor women and families around the world, President Bush is calling on Congress to slash funding for overseas family planning programs by $134 million (or 29 percent) from the current level of $461 million.
Sadly, U.S. contributions to international family planning programs have been woefully inadequate over the past decade. Indeed, today, our nation is contributing significantly less than it did 14 years ago. The need, though, is increasing. As you may know, there are 6.7 billion people in the world today. By 2050, that number is projected to range from below 8 billion -- if we act now to make family planning and contraceptives available to the hundreds of millions of women who lack access to them -- to nearly 12 billion.
With this growing population comes a growing demand for family planning services. In fact, there are some 200 million women in the developing world who would like to delay or prevent pregnancy but lack access to safe, effective contraceptives, and the demand for contraceptives is projected to increase by 40 percent over the next 15 years.
Family planning benefits everyone, and few investments promise so high a return. It improves the health of women and children, economic and social conditions of communities and countries, and the environment.
In addition, the president today requested that Congress increase funding for discredited and dangerous abstinence-only programs targeted at young Americans. These programs have been found to be ineffective at reducing adolescent sexual activity and preventing teen pregnancy. Numerous evaluations have also found that federally funded abstinence-only programs are riddled with misinformation.
The president's proposal is the first step in a long budget process on Capitol Hill, and you can help ensure that these draconian cuts are rejected, and that Congress works to increase the funding for these programs. Please be on the lookout in the coming days for ways you can help.
Yeah, that sucks. You know what sucks even more?
Bush Budget Would Bring Record Deficits
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) — The record $3.1 trillion budget proposed by President Bush...
I'm on a couple of mailing lists that I actually want to be on and one of them is Population Connection . So guess what was in my mailbox this morning?
Demonstrating, once again, his contempt for the needs of poor women and families around the world, President Bush is calling on Congress to slash funding for overseas family planning programs by $134 million (or 29 percent) from the current level of $461 million.
Sadly, U.S. contributions to international family planning programs have been woefully inadequate over the past decade. Indeed, today, our nation is contributing significantly less than it did 14 years ago. The need, though, is increasing. As you may know, there are 6.7 billion people in the world today. By 2050, that number is projected to range from below 8 billion -- if we act now to make family planning and contraceptives available to the hundreds of millions of women who lack access to them -- to nearly 12 billion.
With this growing population comes a growing demand for family planning services. In fact, there are some 200 million women in the developing world who would like to delay or prevent pregnancy but lack access to safe, effective contraceptives, and the demand for contraceptives is projected to increase by 40 percent over the next 15 years.
Family planning benefits everyone, and few investments promise so high a return. It improves the health of women and children, economic and social conditions of communities and countries, and the environment.
In addition, the president today requested that Congress increase funding for discredited and dangerous abstinence-only programs targeted at young Americans. These programs have been found to be ineffective at reducing adolescent sexual activity and preventing teen pregnancy. Numerous evaluations have also found that federally funded abstinence-only programs are riddled with misinformation.
The president's proposal is the first step in a long budget process on Capitol Hill, and you can help ensure that these draconian cuts are rejected, and that Congress works to increase the funding for these programs. Please be on the lookout in the coming days for ways you can help.
Yeah, that sucks. You know what sucks even more?
Bush Budget Would Bring Record Deficits
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) — The record $3.1 trillion budget proposed by President Bush...
Yes Virginia
Working Class Whites ARE stupid enough to vote for The Madness of John McCain.
Yep-pers, they are the kind of fucktards that yell in your face "Freedom isn't Free!! "
Exxon Rakes in Record $10 Billion Quarterly Earnings While Cheering OPEC's Readiness to Cut Production
Raymond J. Learsy
Sooooooo, we're getting poked in the butt by a bunch of rich fucks at the gas pump and the Bush Administration has pissed all over the constitution also.
Yep-pers, they are the kind of fucktards that yell in your face "Freedom isn't Free!! "
Exxon Rakes in Record $10 Billion Quarterly Earnings While Cheering OPEC's Readiness to Cut Production
Raymond J. Learsy
Sooooooo, we're getting poked in the butt by a bunch of rich fucks at the gas pump and the Bush Administration has pissed all over the constitution also.
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Celebrating the anniversary of blogroll amnesty day
Yesterday I wandered around blogtopia (yes, skippy the bush kangaroo coined that term) looking for interesting blogs that I had never seen before, or I thought were great places to visit.
First, a little local gem:
Heather Annastasia's Politics and Religion Blog
And some linky love for another local:
R World
Arredonald. Liberal. Mama. Blogger. is a nice local blog to visit. Does she have cute kids or what?
I found a really funny dude in Chicago:
johniwanski.com
And a teacher, because, well, I like teachers:
The Red Scare
Ok, I'm pooped & I'm going to bed now. Looking for blogs with a politics tag took me into right-wing idiot territory and I usually avoid that because the stupid burns.
Oh, and you link to me, I'll link to you, K? Leave a comment and link for me, please.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
My PBS shows from last night
Middle Class Insecurity
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Government Oversight part one
Government Oversight part two
If you give a crap about what happens to this country watch the video links above.
Especially amazing to me was the guy and his wife talking about how they vote, at about nine minutes into the NOW Middle Class Insecurity show.
Mr. Amazing is why I loved this article.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson
Government Oversight part one
Government Oversight part two
If you give a crap about what happens to this country watch the video links above.
Especially amazing to me was the guy and his wife talking about how they vote, at about nine minutes into the NOW Middle Class Insecurity show.
Mr. Amazing is why I loved this article.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Election Software Lost in Transit Found -- But More Chips Go Missing
...Two cardboard shipping tubes that were supposed to contain the chips arrived empty in San Diego, with one of the tubes missing its lid...
...A Santa Barbara staffer discovered that their box contained 156 more chips than they were supposed to receive and found a sticker on them indicating they were meant for San Diego...
... Davis says this scenario is also supported by the fact that a majority of the 19 counties that were shipped chips received packages that were damaged. Additionally, some of the San Diego chips that were found in Santa Barbara were crushed, bent or otherwise destroyed -- indicating a possible conveyor belt mishap. He thinks the 18 chips that are still missing were probably thrown out or swept up by whoever cleaned up the mishap....
... San Diego County will not be using the 156 chips that were found. Instead, the secretary of state's office sent it new chips. The chips will be used in next Tuesday's primary.
Off topic, but still related to San Diego -- Donna Frye is wonderful.
...A Santa Barbara staffer discovered that their box contained 156 more chips than they were supposed to receive and found a sticker on them indicating they were meant for San Diego...
... Davis says this scenario is also supported by the fact that a majority of the 19 counties that were shipped chips received packages that were damaged. Additionally, some of the San Diego chips that were found in Santa Barbara were crushed, bent or otherwise destroyed -- indicating a possible conveyor belt mishap. He thinks the 18 chips that are still missing were probably thrown out or swept up by whoever cleaned up the mishap....
... San Diego County will not be using the 156 chips that were found. Instead, the secretary of state's office sent it new chips. The chips will be used in next Tuesday's primary.
Off topic, but still related to San Diego -- Donna Frye is wonderful.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
This is cute (video link click here)
In California:
Here's the deal: "Decline-to-State" voters have the right to vote in the Democratic presidential primary (but NOT the Republican primary). All they have to do is ask for a "Democratic Party ballot" from their poll worker.
Tonight's Obama/Clinton debate CNN. "Gee Wally, this is really swell now that all the rabble rowsers are gone."
Here's the deal: "Decline-to-State" voters have the right to vote in the Democratic presidential primary (but NOT the Republican primary). All they have to do is ask for a "Democratic Party ballot" from their poll worker.
Tonight's Obama/Clinton debate CNN. "Gee Wally, this is really swell now that all the rabble rowsers are gone."
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