y mas: Required viewing by every patriot!
Hmmm, this has nothing at all to do with the Kucinich footage, but it pissed me off, so here's me going off:
Oh for f#*'s sake, no wonder TBogg calls this guy Special Ed.
Ed, you stupid twit, the Mexicans have better fako papers, why should they work in the fields?
Friday, October 06, 2006
TGIF
Republican leadership's immediate reaction to predatorgate:
and that's all I have to say about Foleygate.
I can't connect the following two stories, but they have been the only stories that I've found interesting today.
Tageblatt, Luxembourg
America's Science Empire: It's About Money ... and More
Translated By Sandrine Ageorges
October 4, 2006
According to Peter Bowler, a Professor in the History of Science at the University of Belfast, "The United States constitutes the most powerful scientific economy in the world. They invest more money and probably in a more coherent fashion than anyone else, and in the end, it pays off."
...However the picture in the United States is not completely rosey, where the number of qualified science graduates is dropping, and where public opinion surveys in regard to the sciences reflect a general indifference, if not the suspicion or aversion reflected by fundamentalist religious movements...
...Lastly, the United States is growing concerned with a number of fundamental research projects in Europe that could reverse the trend of American domination, for example into particle physics and atomic fusion...
America's Science Empire: It's About Money ... and More
Y numero dos.
Last night on the local newz one of the stations covers the local World Can't Wait Bush protest and this morning I look for an online link and I can't find it, AND I can't remember which station I was watching. Duh. I wanted a quote because the commentator had said something like 'These people aren't going to get rid of the Bush administration at the polls, they are putting pressure on them to leave office through Nationwide protests .
Of course there was no mention of the GD voting machines, AND the GD Diebold optical scanners on our local newz, which is usually brought to us by the M-I-C.
Y mas from
BradBlog
and that's all I have to say about Foleygate.
I can't connect the following two stories, but they have been the only stories that I've found interesting today.
Tageblatt, Luxembourg
America's Science Empire: It's About Money ... and More
Translated By Sandrine Ageorges
October 4, 2006
According to Peter Bowler, a Professor in the History of Science at the University of Belfast, "The United States constitutes the most powerful scientific economy in the world. They invest more money and probably in a more coherent fashion than anyone else, and in the end, it pays off."
...However the picture in the United States is not completely rosey, where the number of qualified science graduates is dropping, and where public opinion surveys in regard to the sciences reflect a general indifference, if not the suspicion or aversion reflected by fundamentalist religious movements...
...Lastly, the United States is growing concerned with a number of fundamental research projects in Europe that could reverse the trend of American domination, for example into particle physics and atomic fusion...
America's Science Empire: It's About Money ... and More
Y numero dos.
Last night on the local newz one of the stations covers the local World Can't Wait Bush protest and this morning I look for an online link and I can't find it, AND I can't remember which station I was watching. Duh. I wanted a quote because the commentator had said something like 'These people aren't going to get rid of the Bush administration at the polls, they are putting pressure on them to leave office through Nationwide protests .
Of course there was no mention of the GD voting machines, AND the GD Diebold optical scanners on our local newz, which is usually brought to us by the M-I-C.
Y mas from
BradBlog
Thursday, October 05, 2006
I'm sick of the Foley stuff
The guy's name grosses me out.
If you've ever worked in a hospital you know what a "Foley" is.
Sooooooo, how about oil?
One of my favorite subjects.
Basic Petroleum Statistics (data for 2005 except where noted)
Date Last Updated/Reviewed: July 2006 Next Update/Review: September 2006
Here's one of my favorite statistics:
What we use every day
Fun to compare what we produce every day, eh?
Opec 'to cut oil production'
Thursday 05 October 2006, 23:27 Makka Time, 20:27 GMT
If you've ever worked in a hospital you know what a "Foley" is.
Sooooooo, how about oil?
One of my favorite subjects.
Basic Petroleum Statistics (data for 2005 except where noted)
Date Last Updated/Reviewed: July 2006 Next Update/Review: September 2006
Here's one of my favorite statistics:
What we use every day
Fun to compare what we produce every day, eh?
Opec 'to cut oil production'
Thursday 05 October 2006, 23:27 Makka Time, 20:27 GMT
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Welcome to Pottersville: House Passes “Pederast Reform Act of 2006.”
Ooooohhhhhh Yeaaaaaaah, he does it again!
Welcome to Pottersville: House Passes “Pederast Reform Act of 2006.”
Welcome to Pottersville: House Passes “Pederast Reform Act of 2006.”
After Foley, New Fears For the GOP
Some Say Party Could Lose House and Senate
By Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, October 3, 2006; Page A01
My response?
Sympathy is in between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.
By Dan Balz and Jim VandeHei
Washington Post Staff Writers
Tuesday, October 3, 2006; Page A01
My response?
Sympathy is in between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Who's next?
Former Rep. Mark Foley Enters Rehab
MONDAY OCTOBER 02, 2006 03:30PM EST
By Stephen M. Silverman
Report: Ex-Rep. Ney to plead guilty, enter alcohol rehab
Maybe one of these two? They look like they have substance abuse problems. I don't know that, I'm just sayin.
MONDAY OCTOBER 02, 2006 03:30PM EST
By Stephen M. Silverman
Report: Ex-Rep. Ney to plead guilty, enter alcohol rehab
Maybe one of these two? They look like they have substance abuse problems. I don't know that, I'm just sayin.
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Venezuela and Nigeria cut oil output
Hat tip: WTF? is it now?
By Carola Hoyos in London
Published: September 29 2006 19:02 Last updated: September 29 2006 19:02
Venezuela and Nigeria, both members of the Opec oil cartel, on Friday announced that they would reduce their oil production by as much as 200,000 barrels a day to shore up prices.
Gee, what fun to deal with right after the Repugnant thuglicans steal the next election.
http://www.teambio.org/2006/09/stick-a-yellow-ribbon-up-your-suv/
By Carola Hoyos in London
Published: September 29 2006 19:02 Last updated: September 29 2006 19:02
Venezuela and Nigeria, both members of the Opec oil cartel, on Friday announced that they would reduce their oil production by as much as 200,000 barrels a day to shore up prices.
Gee, what fun to deal with right after the Repugnant thuglicans steal the next election.
http://www.teambio.org/2006/09/stick-a-yellow-ribbon-up-your-suv/
Borat
It probably would have been a good idea to find out who Borat was before I posted this . I don't have cable, and there's only so much TV I can stand. Ali G is all over YouTube, & it's funny, but I'm not thrilled with Borat.
this is funny: http://cheneys.cf.huffingtonpost.com/
this is funny: http://cheneys.cf.huffingtonpost.com/
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Blue hats and wife storage - Borat haunts Kazakh president
Blue hats and wife storage - Borat haunts Kazakh president
Ed Pilkington in New York
Saturday September 30, 2006
The Guardian
The president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, met George Bush in the White House yesterday vowing to continue to push for the modernisation of his central Asian country. "Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hats, and age of consent has been raised to eight years old," he said.
Wow, interested enough in reform to meet with Cap'n Crusades anyway.
Think the Cap'n is taking advice from Kissinger?
Ed Pilkington in New York
Saturday September 30, 2006
The Guardian
The president of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, met George Bush in the White House yesterday vowing to continue to push for the modernisation of his central Asian country. "Women can now travel on inside of bus, homosexuals no longer have to wear blue hats, and age of consent has been raised to eight years old," he said.
Wow, interested enough in reform to meet with Cap'n Crusades anyway.
Update: I knew there was more to this than met the eye:
China to build billion-dollar pipeline
Wednesday 27 September 2006, 17:27 Makka Time, 14:27 GMT
China has approved the construction of a multi-billion dollar pipeline to carry gas imported from Turkmenistan to China's southern business city of Guangzhou.
...The pipeline would have to go through either Kazakhstan or a combination of Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgystan...
Um, yeah, make that oily and gassy and ready to torture Cap'n Crusades.Think the Cap'n is taking advice from Kissinger?
Wow, even the USA Toady sez:Don't trust vulnerable Diebold voting machines, use absentee ballots
Updated 9/29/2006 9:39 AM ET
They do NOT, however, mention that the Diebold optical scanners that some of the counties use for their absentee ballots can throw an election also.
Duh!
Friday, September 29, 2006
Detainee bill
Sooooo, everybody has something to say about the bill that the Senate passed yesterdy. I tilt to the left on most issues, so here is some commentary from the left.
“A Total Rollback Of Everything This Country Has Stood For” (audio)
Sen. Patrick Leahy Blasts Congressional Approval of Detainee Bill
How did we sink so low in just 6 years?
By Mike Whitney
“This is how a nation loses its moral compass, its identity, its freedom.” Rep Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)
By Molly Ivins
And then I go to read this thing:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.3930:
There are 2 versions of Bill Number S.3930 for the 109th Congress1 . Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Introduced in Senate)[S.3930.IS]2 . Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)[S.3930.PCS]
(you must search for it again, the bills # is s3930)
I can't do it.
It's huge.
I think a more important question is did the people who passed it read it?
And which bill did they pass?
My friend and I just had a discussion on US Code. We decided that it was like prescription drugs: Too many is too many and they complicate, and override, nullify other perfectly good ones, and some in the wrong combination will kill you. We decided that there are too many. They fuck each other all up.
“A Total Rollback Of Everything This Country Has Stood For” (audio)
Sen. Patrick Leahy Blasts Congressional Approval of Detainee Bill
How did we sink so low in just 6 years?
By Mike Whitney
“This is how a nation loses its moral compass, its identity, its freedom.” Rep Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Habeas Corpus, R.I.P. (1215 - 2006)
By Molly Ivins
And then I go to read this thing:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c109:S.3930:
There are 2 versions of Bill Number S.3930 for the 109th Congress1 . Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Introduced in Senate)[S.3930.IS]2 . Military Commissions Act of 2006 (Placed on Calendar in Senate)[S.3930.PCS]
(you must search for it again, the bills # is s3930)
I can't do it.
It's huge.
I think a more important question is did the people who passed it read it?
And which bill did they pass?
My friend and I just had a discussion on US Code. We decided that it was like prescription drugs: Too many is too many and they complicate, and override, nullify other perfectly good ones, and some in the wrong combination will kill you. We decided that there are too many. They fuck each other all up.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
To stop and think
Okay, so I watch this video and I react with anger. Pure rage and then hatred for the Iraqis, for Iraq, mixed with a visceral loyalty for a fellow American. It happens in an instant before I even have a chance to think about it.
Troops abandon Halliburton truck driver video
And then I go read the following opinion piece, which slips in under the radar some history of the Middle East. Not something we get in our K-12 Education in the United States.
The erosion of the Arab state
By Soumaya Ghannoushi
Helllooooooooo?
Why not?
And didn't I see somewhere that Halliburton truck drivers are making three or four times what the Army privates that protect them are making?
Oh yeah, I did:
This factsheet revised January 30, 2006.
Defense CEO & Private Contractor Pay vs. Military Pay
Army Private:$24,278
Defense Contractor CEO:$100,000
General with 20+ Years Experience:$168,509
Private Military Contractor:$11,586,000
I'm not angry any more. I'm back to wondering why the fucking neocons were allowed to steal two elections and how much more damage they can do in the two years they have left.
Troops abandon Halliburton truck driver video
And then I go read the following opinion piece, which slips in under the radar some history of the Middle East. Not something we get in our K-12 Education in the United States.
The erosion of the Arab state
By Soumaya Ghannoushi
Helllooooooooo?
Why not?
And didn't I see somewhere that Halliburton truck drivers are making three or four times what the Army privates that protect them are making?
Oh yeah, I did:
This factsheet revised January 30, 2006.
Defense CEO & Private Contractor Pay vs. Military Pay
Army Private:$24,278
Defense Contractor CEO:$100,000
General with 20+ Years Experience:$168,509
Private Military Contractor:$11,586,000
I'm not angry any more. I'm back to wondering why the fucking neocons were allowed to steal two elections and how much more damage they can do in the two years they have left.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Why Oil Prices Are Falling
A bit time-consuming to read, but definitely helpful in understanding.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Bill Clinton and Chris Wallace on Fox
Is it just me, or does this pic remind anyone else of Chris Wallace?
Bill Clinton and Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday
(September 24, 2006)
part one
part two
part three
Ok then. Jon Stewart via Crooks and Liars looks at what the MSM concentrated on highlighting about this particular interview. Freakin' hilarious.
America's Free Press
Today on the Stacy Taylor Show I listened to James Moore talk a little bit about his new book:
The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power
He'll be at the Coronado Library tonight.
He's been on the No-Fly list for a while.
Hmmmmmm.
Danny has an awesome post on an awesome man: TV Industry Praises Bill Moyers
September 26, 2006
I don't know how I missed this, but here are the Freedom of the Press rankings.
The Architect: Karl Rove and the Master Plan for Absolute Power
He'll be at the Coronado Library tonight.
He's been on the No-Fly list for a while.
Hmmmmmm.
Danny has an awesome post on an awesome man: TV Industry Praises Bill Moyers
September 26, 2006
I don't know how I missed this, but here are the Freedom of the Press rankings.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
I don't get it
Chavez to Double Energy Subsidies to Needy in U.S.
By Maggie Farley
Times Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2006
Chavez Slammed For 'Devil' Remarks
Sep 21, 2006 5:55 pm US/Eastern
Democrats Take A Break From Criticizing President Bush To Defend Him
Ummmmm.... Gee, I wonder why as the Republicans are losing support the Democrats are NOT gaining support?
By Maggie Farley
Times Staff WriterSeptember 22, 2006
Chavez Slammed For 'Devil' Remarks
Sep 21, 2006 5:55 pm US/Eastern
Democrats Take A Break From Criticizing President Bush To Defend Him
Ummmmm.... Gee, I wonder why as the Republicans are losing support the Democrats are NOT gaining support?
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Panel: FDA needs more power, funds
US...meet the bathtub fucker.
("My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."
Grover Norquist)
I couldn't help but wonder if Howard Rich is a buddy of his?
Can anything staunch the nausea?
Music anyone?
1. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vauhan & Double Trouble
2 . Tennessee Plates - John Hiatt
3. The Battle of Evermore - Led Zeppelin
4. I Miss You - Blink 182
5. Mambo DAD LZ
6. Woody And Dutch On the Slow Train to Peking - Rickie Lee Jones
7. DAD LZ Sancti Petri (Rumba)
8. Living It Up - Rickie Lee Jones
9. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vauhan & Double Trouble
10. Tainted Love - Soft Cell
Tainted Love?
Bwwaaaa haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa ha ha ha ha
Analysis: Is bin Laden truly dead?
Analysis: Is bin Laden truly dead?
By CLAUDE SALHANI
UPI International Editor
9/23/2006 9:15:00 AM -0400
Ok. After five years of the Bush Administration's assault on civil liberties in the guise of the "War on Terror" and this speculation that Osama binLaden is dead do I feel any safer?
Not a fucking chance.
My child wants to see Europe. If she gets to go I'll be terrified the whole time that someone will find out that she is an American. She doesn't deserve to be treated in an ugly manner, she is not the typical "Ugly American." She's had to deal with so much grief that she she didn't earn already in her lifetime.
All of the goodwill that America received after helping destroy Imperial Japan, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany has been squandered. All of the goodwill that America received after 9/11 has been squandered.
By CLAUDE SALHANI
UPI International Editor
9/23/2006 9:15:00 AM -0400
Ok. After five years of the Bush Administration's assault on civil liberties in the guise of the "War on Terror" and this speculation that Osama binLaden is dead do I feel any safer?
Not a fucking chance.
My child wants to see Europe. If she gets to go I'll be terrified the whole time that someone will find out that she is an American. She doesn't deserve to be treated in an ugly manner, she is not the typical "Ugly American." She's had to deal with so much grief that she she didn't earn already in her lifetime.
All of the goodwill that America received after helping destroy Imperial Japan, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany has been squandered. All of the goodwill that America received after 9/11 has been squandered.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Will The Next Election Be Hacked?
A Call for Dumping Diebold Machines - From a Republican
Eric Kleefeld
TPM Cafe
Septermber 21, 2006
A bit of background for those who are unaware:
20 Amazing facts about voting in the USA
Chuck Hagel SourceWatch
Why Smoke was Coming Out of My Ears
OpEd News September 19, 2006
Eric Kleefeld
TPM Cafe
Septermber 21, 2006
A bit of background for those who are unaware:
20 Amazing facts about voting in the USA
Chuck Hagel SourceWatch
Why Smoke was Coming Out of My Ears
OpEd News September 19, 2006
Hope
Hmmmm. I sat next to the woman who worked for Dukie again yesterday. I was incredibly impressed with her. He may have deserved her at the beginning of his congressional career, but not at the end of it. Washington is way too polluted for someone with his ability to navigate. It seems as though it did not sully her. Whoever hires her will be getting one hell of a good employee. I hope that they deserve her. To her credit, she refused a job working for Bilbray, you know, the one who raised such wonderful children ? She said she wanted to get away from politics.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Tomgram: Robert Lipsyte, America Juiced on Sports
Or, "Why even though I was a competitive athlete I always hated competition."
Or, "Why I never liked jocks."
Or, "Why I never liked jocks."
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Dukie Dookie
Soooo I'm taking this whaddaya-wanna-be-this-time-around class, kind of like whaddaya-wanna-be-when-you-grow up for old farts like me, and people who actually had a real career the first time around, unlike me. Everything is moving along, some people progressing more than me, but I expected that. I've been sitting next to this nice, friendly lady for 3 hours by now I'll have you know. We're all looking for an employment change. She has said that she worked for a congressman for eleven years. So on the way out of the class I get curious and ask which one? "Duke." she says. I say "Dukie?" and she gets this instantly wary look in her eye, meanwhile I have launched into my 'This is why I hate that bastard and you ain't gonna see this on the newz', tirade, because it's how I discovered Francine Busby in 2004. This woman starts in on Busby with "She is not what she seems to be." I fire back with "Oh yeah? I've been in her house and she's the same person there."
Then something struck me as I got in my car and I started laughing. The guy she worked for is in jail and she's acting like it's her job to defend the big pile of dookie from Francine Busby?
Then something struck me as I got in my car and I started laughing. The guy she worked for is in jail and she's acting like it's her job to defend the big pile of dookie from Francine Busby?
Bwwwwaa haaaa haaaa haaaaa hahh hahahahahaha.
Ahem. I've met Francine Busby. Washington needs at least a hundred people like her in order to make a teeny weeny dent in the corruption problems.
Wonder where we'll sit in class tomorrow?
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