Fresh Air from WHYY, October 2, 2008 · In his new book, The Devil We Know, former CIA operative Robert Baer argues that Iran is an up-and-coming — and often misunderstood — superpower, with strong influences throughout the Middle East.
"The sooner we understand the Iranian paradox — who they are, what they want, how they want to both humble us and work with us — the sooner we'll understand how to come to terms with the new Iranian superpower," writes Baer.
Baer's previous book, See No Evil, was the basis for the George Clooney film Syriana.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Typical weaseling out of cleaning up after themselves
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008
Top court will review who pays for Superfund site
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has agreed to decide what share railroads and an oil company should bear of the cleanup of a contaminated industrial site in Arvin, Calif., near Bakersfield, that threatened drinking water supplies.
Shell Oil Co. and the railroads - the Burlington, Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. and the Union Pacific Railroad Co. - say they are being unfairly tagged with an inordinate portion of the cost of cleaning up
The companies contend they merely transported and sold legal, useful products and were not involved in years of soil and groundwater contamination.
The site was once the home of a fertilizer and insecticides manufacturing facility.2008-10-01 14:16:29 GMT
My prediction? They'll just keep fighting in court, the mess won't get cleaned up, and people, and their groundwater will continue to suffer. It's how big corporations work. They protect profits, to hell with people.
Top court will review who pays for Superfund site
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has agreed to decide what share railroads and an oil company should bear of the cleanup of a contaminated industrial site in Arvin, Calif., near Bakersfield, that threatened drinking water supplies.
Shell Oil Co. and the railroads - the Burlington, Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. and the Union Pacific Railroad Co. - say they are being unfairly tagged with an inordinate portion of the cost of cleaning up
The companies contend they merely transported and sold legal, useful products and were not involved in years of soil and groundwater contamination.
The site was once the home of a fertilizer and insecticides manufacturing facility.2008-10-01 14:16:29 GMT
My prediction? They'll just keep fighting in court, the mess won't get cleaned up, and people, and their groundwater will continue to suffer. It's how big corporations work. They protect profits, to hell with people.
Republicans will only win this election if they cheat
Which they are in the process of doing.
hat tip to Scoobie Davis
hat tip Danny
Oh. My. God. McCain supporters must be idiots. Who is John S. McCain?
The VP debate tonight?
No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates
The Obama and McCain campaigns jointly negotiated a detailed secret contract dictating the terms of all the 2008 debates. This includes who gets to participate, as well as the topics raised during the debates.
It's a game, and we're not invited to play.
hat tip to Scoobie Davis
hat tip Danny
Oh. My. God. McCain supporters must be idiots. Who is John S. McCain?
The VP debate tonight?
No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates
The Obama and McCain campaigns jointly negotiated a detailed secret contract dictating the terms of all the 2008 debates. This includes who gets to participate, as well as the topics raised during the debates.
It's a game, and we're not invited to play.
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Bush had no plan to catch Bin Laden
By Gareth Porter
Asia Times
Oct 1, 2008
WASHINGTON - New evidence from former United States officials reveals that Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders were able to skip Afghanistan for Pakistan unimpeded in the first weeks after September 11, 2001, as the George W Bush administration failed to plan to block their retreat.
Top administration officials instead gave priority to planning for war with Iraq, leaving the United States with not nearly enough troops or strategic airlift capacity to close the large number of possible exit routes through the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area where Bin Laden escaped in late 2001.
Because it had not been directed to plan for that contingency, the US military was also forced to turn down an offer from then Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in late November 2001 to send 60,000 troops to intercept the al-Qaeda leaders...
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And today I had some Southern Fried idiot McSame campaigning in my comments section.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G --- A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
Asia Times
Oct 1, 2008
WASHINGTON - New evidence from former United States officials reveals that Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders were able to skip Afghanistan for Pakistan unimpeded in the first weeks after September 11, 2001, as the George W Bush administration failed to plan to block their retreat.
Top administration officials instead gave priority to planning for war with Iraq, leaving the United States with not nearly enough troops or strategic airlift capacity to close the large number of possible exit routes through the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area where Bin Laden escaped in late 2001.
Because it had not been directed to plan for that contingency, the US military was also forced to turn down an offer from then Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in late November 2001 to send 60,000 troops to intercept the al-Qaeda leaders...
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And today I had some Southern Fried idiot McSame campaigning in my comments section.
F-U-C-K-I-N-G --- A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.
San Diego's RepugnanThuglicans
Hmmmm. Last night I watched a TV ad for the local right-wing hate spew radio station . There's plenty of brainwashed, hate-spew loving, RepugnanThuglican freeptards in this city, what's up with the ad?
This morning I flipped on NPR (I thought) and was instantly irritated by a whiny, nasally voice and doubly irritated that she was complaining about Gwen Ifill ("Who is black." she said, and I thought, wtf? who cares?) and a book and the debate. I realized with horror that I was listening to AM radio (which is only safe for liberals from 3-6 weekdays on 1700 when Stacy Taylor is on) and that whiny, nasally voice was Laura Ingraham. Laura spent time as a "white collar criminal defense attorney" Ewwwww, what a way to wake up. I was instantly reminded of this National Geographic special I watched last week on stress. The animals studied were baboons, and humans. Put some Dockers and chambray shirts on the tailed bullies in the National Geographic special and you've got a portrait of most AM radio listeners in this city.
Stress: Portrait of a Killer
A National Geographic Special
It was fascinating.
Sarah Palin needs to sit down, shut her speaking in tongues mouth and watch it.
I can't wait till Palin makes an a$$ of herself at the debate. I happen to adore Gwen Ifill. I think Ms. Ifill is beautiful.
This morning I flipped on NPR (I thought) and was instantly irritated by a whiny, nasally voice and doubly irritated that she was complaining about Gwen Ifill ("Who is black." she said, and I thought, wtf? who cares?) and a book and the debate. I realized with horror that I was listening to AM radio (which is only safe for liberals from 3-6 weekdays on 1700 when Stacy Taylor is on) and that whiny, nasally voice was Laura Ingraham. Laura spent time as a "white collar criminal defense attorney" Ewwwww, what a way to wake up. I was instantly reminded of this National Geographic special I watched last week on stress. The animals studied were baboons, and humans. Put some Dockers and chambray shirts on the tailed bullies in the National Geographic special and you've got a portrait of most AM radio listeners in this city.
Stress: Portrait of a Killer
A National Geographic Special
It was fascinating.
Sarah Palin needs to sit down, shut her speaking in tongues mouth and watch it.
I can't wait till Palin makes an a$$ of herself at the debate. I happen to adore Gwen Ifill. I think Ms. Ifill is beautiful.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
In the reading queue
Click on pics for more information.
After I finish this.
This essay by Richard Rodriguez is worth a listen. It's why I'm glad I never developed a taste for illegal drugs. Too many people die because of them. And yes, I do think it's stupid that marijuana is illegal, and even more stupid that alcohol and tobacco are legal.
Update 7:05 PM 10/1/2008 Tijuana body count 38 in the last 48 hours in the drug cartel war. Drug cartel violence killed more than 2,500 people last year
After I finish this.
This essay by Richard Rodriguez is worth a listen. It's why I'm glad I never developed a taste for illegal drugs. Too many people die because of them. And yes, I do think it's stupid that marijuana is illegal, and even more stupid that alcohol and tobacco are legal.
Update 7:05 PM 10/1/2008 Tijuana body count 38 in the last 48 hours in the drug cartel war. Drug cartel violence killed more than 2,500 people last year
Reagan
PBS Presidents
Last night was the second part of the show on Reagan. Ahhh, yes St. Ronnie the Raygun. Fucking deluded asshole totally fucked up my first attempt to go out and pay my own rent as a young adult. I was going to install solar powered domestic hot water heating systems. He cut the tax breaks for people choosing to invest in renewable energy 25 years ago.
Asshole never made it out of the 50's in his own mind. I wish his acolytes would just fucking croak already, or at the very least, wake up and see the reality of his legacy.
At one point I was watching all of these metallic balloons at a "no nukes" rally and I was reminded that moneyed interests control even those at the top of the government. The metallic balloon manufacturers won the battle in California yesterday. Fuck safety and your electricity source, they're going to sell balloons.
Here's your congresswhores in action:
House members who voted ‘yes’ on bailout received 54 percent more from banks/securities firms.»
Last night was the second part of the show on Reagan. Ahhh, yes St. Ronnie the Raygun. Fucking deluded asshole totally fucked up my first attempt to go out and pay my own rent as a young adult. I was going to install solar powered domestic hot water heating systems. He cut the tax breaks for people choosing to invest in renewable energy 25 years ago.
Asshole never made it out of the 50's in his own mind. I wish his acolytes would just fucking croak already, or at the very least, wake up and see the reality of his legacy.
At one point I was watching all of these metallic balloons at a "no nukes" rally and I was reminded that moneyed interests control even those at the top of the government. The metallic balloon manufacturers won the battle in California yesterday. Fuck safety and your electricity source, they're going to sell balloons.
Here's your congresswhores in action:
House members who voted ‘yes’ on bailout received 54 percent more from banks/securities firms.»
Monday, September 29, 2008
Corporate Crime Reporter stories
Professor Bowman Says It’s Either Regulation or Criminal Prosecution, Take Your Pick
22 Corporate Crime Reporter 36(12), September 22, 2008
Big business has been working for years to undermine civil regulation.
Into the void has stepped the Department of Justice.
Now, big business is crying foul.
No more criminal prosecution, they say.
Well, you can’t have it both ways.
With regulation crippled, business wrongdoing is shooting up.
And criminal prosecutors are just doing their job.
So, get used to it.
That in a nutshell is the take of Frank Bowman, a Professor at the University of Missouri College of Law.
Times Reporter Morgenson Says Paulson, Bernanke Lied about Meltdown
22 Corporate Crime Reporter 36, September 24, 2008
First the Bailout, Then the Bailiff
22 Corporate Crime Reporter 37(12), September 29, 2008
When McCain started blathering at the debate about how Corporate taxes are too high in the US at 35% I was screaming at the TV "Do they PAY those taxes, asshole?!?!"
NO, they don't.
22 Corporate Crime Reporter 36(12), September 22, 2008
Big business has been working for years to undermine civil regulation.
Into the void has stepped the Department of Justice.
Now, big business is crying foul.
No more criminal prosecution, they say.
Well, you can’t have it both ways.
With regulation crippled, business wrongdoing is shooting up.
And criminal prosecutors are just doing their job.
So, get used to it.
That in a nutshell is the take of Frank Bowman, a Professor at the University of Missouri College of Law.
Times Reporter Morgenson Says Paulson, Bernanke Lied about Meltdown
22 Corporate Crime Reporter 36, September 24, 2008
First the Bailout, Then the Bailiff
22 Corporate Crime Reporter 37(12), September 29, 2008
When McCain started blathering at the debate about how Corporate taxes are too high in the US at 35% I was screaming at the TV "Do they PAY those taxes, asshole?!?!"
NO, they don't.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Paulson sez we are angry on 60 minutes
Paulson: Economy Is In A Fragile Situation
Treasury Secretary Talks To Scott Pelley About The Controversial $700 Billion Bailout
No shit Paulson, how did it get that way, asshole?
No, No really, dickhead, what happened?
Man, I am so fucking sick of the foxes eating everything in the hen house, shitting in it and making us clean up after them. Are they gonna bring the chickens back? I don't fucking think so. I spotted this neat little gem in it:
SEC. 122 INCREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Subsectiion (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting "$11,315,000,000,000"
Nice. My share of that just went to $37,717, and so did yours. Chalmers Johnson chimes in here. on how the recently passed a 612 billion dollar defense authorization bill for 2009 that didn't merit a blink.
Update 3:12 PM 9/29/2008
Afghanistan has seen 'spiral downwards': top US general
Unh huh, Johnson said yesterday
"In Afghanistan, our historically deaf generals and civilian strategists do not seem to understand that our defeat by the Afghan insurgents is inevitable. Since the time of Alexander the Great, no foreign intruder has ever prevailed over Afghan guerrillas defending their home turf. The first Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842) marked a particularly humiliating defeat of British imperialism at the very height of English military power in the Victorian era. The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) resulted in a Russian defeat so demoralizing that it contributed significantly to the disintegration of the former Soviet Union in 1991. We are now on track to repeat virtually all the errors committed by previous invaders of Afghanistan over the centuries."
Well, isn't there some other dude running things over there now? What does he think?
Oh. Iraq is fucked too?
Treasury Secretary Talks To Scott Pelley About The Controversial $700 Billion Bailout
No shit Paulson, how did it get that way, asshole?
No, No really, dickhead, what happened?
Man, I am so fucking sick of the foxes eating everything in the hen house, shitting in it and making us clean up after them. Are they gonna bring the chickens back? I don't fucking think so. I spotted this neat little gem in it:
SEC. 122 INCREASE IN STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT.
Subsectiion (b) of section 3101 of title 31, United States Code is amended by striking out the dollar limitation contained in such subsection and inserting "$11,315,000,000,000"
Nice. My share of that just went to $37,717, and so did yours. Chalmers Johnson chimes in here. on how the recently passed a 612 billion dollar defense authorization bill for 2009 that didn't merit a blink.
Update 3:12 PM 9/29/2008
Afghanistan has seen 'spiral downwards': top US general
Unh huh, Johnson said yesterday
"In Afghanistan, our historically deaf generals and civilian strategists do not seem to understand that our defeat by the Afghan insurgents is inevitable. Since the time of Alexander the Great, no foreign intruder has ever prevailed over Afghan guerrillas defending their home turf. The first Anglo-Afghan War (1838-1842) marked a particularly humiliating defeat of British imperialism at the very height of English military power in the Victorian era. The Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) resulted in a Russian defeat so demoralizing that it contributed significantly to the disintegration of the former Soviet Union in 1991. We are now on track to repeat virtually all the errors committed by previous invaders of Afghanistan over the centuries."
Well, isn't there some other dude running things over there now? What does he think?
Oh. Iraq is fucked too?
Saturday, September 27, 2008
EmTech 08: Audits, Open Source Needed With E-voting
EmTech 08: Audits, Open Source Needed With E-voting
Elizabeth Heichler, IDG News Service
Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:20 PM PDT
No shit. My dad's been saying this for years.
It might prevent stolen elections
Friday, September 26, 2008
Almost Saturday Squirrel Blogging
Are debates always this predictable? Have they always been so? Yeesh, what a snoozefest... Well, except for McInsane trying to change the things he's said and done.
Yeah, we will check your record and spend ten minutes on YouTube looking for clips of what you really said, old man.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Danny on the Real News
Tomgram: Snitow and Kaufman, Water Wars in America
posted September 25, 2008 1:04 pm
...administration officials are using the politics of fear and panic over the very financial mess they had a hand in creating to institutionalize a presidential power grab of startling magnitude. And then, of course, following the pattern of this administration, they will privatize that power, undoubtedly subcontracting the work of governmental buying and selling to the very financial characters involved in creating this mayhem....
Read the whole article to find out just how awful privatization of a water system in a US city can be.
Thirst. (documentary)
If you haven't read Naomi Klein's the Shock Doctrine , you need to.
The unwritten laws of discussing wages, politics and religion being impolite
Fuck it. Too fucking bad. This election is too important to cower beneath that middle class unwritten law bullshit. Fuck polite. Middle Class Republicans need to be shaken from their slumber with the facts. They have been voting against their own best interests by voting for a party that DOES NOT GIVE A GOOD FLYING FUCK ABOUT THEM, and DOES NOT CARE TO PROTECT THEM.
This is what I get whenever I leave information on my congressman's website regarding a vote when I want him to represent me:
Message from 50th Congressional District
From: UnattendedMailboxBilbray@mail.house.gov
Sent: Wed 9/24/08 5:36 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxx
Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate hearing from you. If you are writing about an issue before the House of Representatives, please be assured that I will take your views into account before I cast my vote, and will make every effort to respond to your concerns. Additionally, if you are requesting help with a federal agency, a member of my staff will respond to you in the coming days. Again, thank you for contacting me. BRIAN BILBRAY Member of Congress P.S. - If you are planning to visit Washington D.C. in the near future, my staff can help arrange a number of tours for you, including the U.S. Capitol, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Library of Congress. For assistance, please complete my tour request form.
Would you feel like your request for representation from your representative was getting through if every response from him came from "Unattended mailbox?"
This is what I get whenever I leave information on my congressman's website regarding a vote when I want him to represent me:
Message from 50th Congressional District
From: UnattendedMailboxBilbray@mail.house.gov
Sent: Wed 9/24/08 5:36 PM
To: xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxx
Thank you for taking the time to contact me. I appreciate hearing from you. If you are writing about an issue before the House of Representatives, please be assured that I will take your views into account before I cast my vote, and will make every effort to respond to your concerns. Additionally, if you are requesting help with a federal agency, a member of my staff will respond to you in the coming days. Again, thank you for contacting me. BRIAN BILBRAY Member of Congress P.S. - If you are planning to visit Washington D.C. in the near future, my staff can help arrange a number of tours for you, including the U.S. Capitol, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Library of Congress. For assistance, please complete my tour request form.
Would you feel like your request for representation from your representative was getting through if every response from him came from "Unattended mailbox?"
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The alternative press rocks
The Press and Phil Gramm
The alternative press leads on the policy roots of the credit crisis
By Elinore Longobardi Wed 24 Sep 2008 10:45 AM
The alternative press has led the way on the story of Phil Gramm and the policy roots of the financial crisis, beating the mainstream business and other media rather badly about the face and neck.
Another example of how the alterantive press pays attention and reports, in depth:
One Million Weapons to Iraq; Many Go Missing
Ooooops.
The alternative press leads on the policy roots of the credit crisis
By Elinore Longobardi Wed 24 Sep 2008 10:45 AM
The alternative press has led the way on the story of Phil Gramm and the policy roots of the financial crisis, beating the mainstream business and other media rather badly about the face and neck.
Another example of how the alterantive press pays attention and reports, in depth:
One Million Weapons to Iraq; Many Go Missing
Ooooops.
Diebold for McCain?
Click on the picture for the story. Is this OK since the name on the voting machine part of the company is now Premier Election Solutions?
Still, the company makes ATM machines and McCain is part of the attempted financial heist that is going on right now. Not the first time, Keating Five in 97 seconds anyone?
McCain: Keating 5 Anyone? The De-Regulator Champion wants to now Regulate Wall Street, WOW what a FLIP FLOP
Iran and Russia messing around in Latin America
(click to enlarge)
Bolivia: The Spies Who Spun Me
Update Thursday, September 25, 2008
22:43 Mecca time, 19:43 GMT
Putin and Chavez in nuclear talks
Stephen Zunes
Posted September 22, 2008 05:30 PM (EST)
U.S. Intervention in Bolivia
24 Sep 2008
The Monroe Doctrine: Circling the drain
President Bush has distanced himself farther from Latin America than any president in recent history, creating a dangerous vacuum.
By Southern Pulse Network Staff
Posted on Wed, Sep. 24, 2008
AIM DANIEL McGROARTY: It's (still) foreign policy, stupid (scroll down)
Ok, here's a little on the financial meltdown.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke just straight out lied about the subprime meltdown.
mp4 stream from Democracy Now-- Naomi Klein warns of the Shock Doctrine at work in the Wall Street bailout, this is only step one.
This is a must see, she tears into those thieving bastards like they so richly deserve! Major H/T to Ornery Bastard's buddy Joe over at Left Edge North!
Posted by Bustednuckles at 10:12 AM
Financial Fascism
...for what is proposed is not the nationalization of private corporations but rather a corporate takeover of government....
Bolivia: The Spies Who Spun Me
Update Thursday, September 25, 2008
22:43 Mecca time, 19:43 GMT
Putin and Chavez in nuclear talks
Stephen Zunes
Posted September 22, 2008 05:30 PM (EST)
U.S. Intervention in Bolivia
24 Sep 2008
The Monroe Doctrine: Circling the drain
President Bush has distanced himself farther from Latin America than any president in recent history, creating a dangerous vacuum.
By Southern Pulse Network Staff
Posted on Wed, Sep. 24, 2008
AIM DANIEL McGROARTY: It's (still) foreign policy, stupid (scroll down)
Ok, here's a little on the financial meltdown.
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke just straight out lied about the subprime meltdown.
mp4 stream from Democracy Now-- Naomi Klein warns of the Shock Doctrine at work in the Wall Street bailout, this is only step one.
This is a must see, she tears into those thieving bastards like they so richly deserve! Major H/T to Ornery Bastard's buddy Joe over at Left Edge North!
Posted by Bustednuckles at 10:12 AM
Financial Fascism
...for what is proposed is not the nationalization of private corporations but rather a corporate takeover of government....
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Ahmadinejad and Bush at the UN, a couple of loudmouthed morons
The rhetoric retards battle it out.
I wonder who's asking
"Is Your Vote Safe?"
RFK Jr., Mike Papantonio:Monday 22 September 2008
by: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ring of Fire
I wonder who's asking
"Is Your Vote Safe?"
RFK Jr., Mike Papantonio:Monday 22 September 2008
by: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ring of Fire
A Time to Fight by Jim Webb
At first I thought this was going to be a snoozefest. I'm pleasantly surprised.
For someone in the Senate to write "...our country has been increasingly calcifying along class lines, in a way we have not seen for more than a century and to an extent that maybe unprecedented in our entire history. This is no longer a simple queston of haves and have-nots. Every social and economic indicator shows that America now has an upper class that has swung exponentially away from the rest of society. To make matter worse, many of those at the very top now tend to view their inordinate success a s simply a function of their innate talent in a brave new world of socioeconomic Darwinism and have become openly consumed by self-justifying greed." -- is wonderful.
Somewhat related
Economists Warn Anti-Bush Merchandise Market Close To Collapse
For someone in the Senate to write "...our country has been increasingly calcifying along class lines, in a way we have not seen for more than a century and to an extent that maybe unprecedented in our entire history. This is no longer a simple queston of haves and have-nots. Every social and economic indicator shows that America now has an upper class that has swung exponentially away from the rest of society. To make matter worse, many of those at the very top now tend to view their inordinate success a s simply a function of their innate talent in a brave new world of socioeconomic Darwinism and have become openly consumed by self-justifying greed." -- is wonderful.
Somewhat related
Economists Warn Anti-Bush Merchandise Market Close To Collapse
The problem with this PBS poll
Do you think Sarah Palin is qualified to serve as Vice President of the United States?
Obviously the freeptards have discovered that you can vote multiple times. Go neutralize them, pleeaaaasssseeee.
Palin's Witch Hunting Pastor (Olbermann)
Obviously the freeptards have discovered that you can vote multiple times. Go neutralize them, pleeaaaasssseeee.
Palin's Witch Hunting Pastor (Olbermann)
Monday, September 22, 2008
E pluribus hokum or When the gamblers bail out the casino
Sep 23, 2008
By Spengler
Why should American taxpayers give US Treasury Secretary "Hank" Paulson a blank check to bail out the shareholders of busted banks?...
... Even better, why not let the Chinese, or the Saudis or other foreign investors take control of failed American banks? They've got the money, and they gladly would pay a premium for an inside seat at the American table.
By Spengler
Why should American taxpayers give US Treasury Secretary "Hank" Paulson a blank check to bail out the shareholders of busted banks?...
... Even better, why not let the Chinese, or the Saudis or other foreign investors take control of failed American banks? They've got the money, and they gladly would pay a premium for an inside seat at the American table.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
60 minutes
So far McCain is continuing to take lobbed softball questions from Pelley. Bleh. McCain answers by spewing bullshit talking points
Much harder on Obama
How much longer do we have to put up with this crap?
Much harder on Obama
How much longer do we have to put up with this crap?
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Dam building
We're Paying the Price Today for Decades of Relentless Dam Building
Thursday 18 September 2008
»
by: Rachel Olivieri, AlterNet
...Aldo Leopold, the legendary and visionary U.S. Forest Service land manager of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s said dams make the land sick and provide only a temporary prosperity followed by tremendous vulnerability. This ecological reality is incontrovertible - all dams have an end date.
California leads the list with dams near self-cancellation. Within the next generation, 85 percent of all U.S. dams will have degenerated to the point of exhausting their operational lifespan of fifty years requiring decommissioning or massive repairs and upgrades. Now consider that every sweet spot in every geologically sane canyon that might reasonably hold a dam already has an aging dam, what then?...
Thursday 18 September 2008
»
by: Rachel Olivieri, AlterNet
...Aldo Leopold, the legendary and visionary U.S. Forest Service land manager of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s said dams make the land sick and provide only a temporary prosperity followed by tremendous vulnerability. This ecological reality is incontrovertible - all dams have an end date.
California leads the list with dams near self-cancellation. Within the next generation, 85 percent of all U.S. dams will have degenerated to the point of exhausting their operational lifespan of fifty years requiring decommissioning or massive repairs and upgrades. Now consider that every sweet spot in every geologically sane canyon that might reasonably hold a dam already has an aging dam, what then?...
Friday, September 19, 2008
McCain busted by PBS reporter Judy Woodruff hypocritically talking about Obama doing 1/10 of what he is doing
McCain cites contributions from Freddie and Fannie to Obama...blah blah blah, and yet, McCain has received "$169,000 from lobbyists", & blah blah blah. .. "more than ten times what Obama has received from them."
Listen for yourself to the mp3 file
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Iran plays the mediator
Sep 20, 2008
...Palin should be aware of the importance of courting Iran at this critical hour, rather than strengthening the caricature of Iran painted by simplistic anti-Tehran voices in the US. The nation's recent diplomatic interventions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Russia and Georgia, are an enlightening indication of Iran's capacity to act as a "main pillar of regional stability", to paraphrase Ahmadinejad in his latest interview...
Right. This stuff can be published and read with comprehension all around the world. Molly McMooseturd isn't reading it, she's reading whatever the neocon bastards are writing for her teleprompter.
Listen for yourself to the mp3 file
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Iran plays the mediator
Sep 20, 2008
...Palin should be aware of the importance of courting Iran at this critical hour, rather than strengthening the caricature of Iran painted by simplistic anti-Tehran voices in the US. The nation's recent diplomatic interventions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Russia and Georgia, are an enlightening indication of Iran's capacity to act as a "main pillar of regional stability", to paraphrase Ahmadinejad in his latest interview...
Right. This stuff can be published and read with comprehension all around the world. Molly McMooseturd isn't reading it, she's reading whatever the neocon bastards are writing for her teleprompter.
Hiding out today
Screw the economy, well except for this, today I flop out on the bed and read. Inspirational, I hope, I paid twleve bucks for the damn thing. I don't remember ever buying a Sports Illustrated magazine. I'll resurface when I think the currency wars are under control....
3:54 PM 9/19/2008 Obviously I can't ignore all this and go read about MP except in fits and starts. Do you really think that the following articles have nothing to do with the financial shit-storm going on in the US? Think again.
If crowd control is necessary inside the US, the Army will do it.
Fucking Fabulous.hat tip Danny
Venezuela-Russia ties deepen despite US pressure
By IAN JAMES – 21 hours ago
Russia snubs US with arms sales Tony Halpin in Moscow and Alexi Mostrous in Washington September 19, 2008
Venezuela-Russia ties deepen despite US pressure
By IAN JAMES – 21 hours ago
Russia seeks oil control with OPEC move
Russia is seeking to work with OPEC in a move that will unnerve European countries worried that Moscow is seeking to raise the oil price and control energy supplies
Conyers Calls on McCain to Halt GOP Voter Suppression Efforts
By Kate Klonick - September 19, 2008, 2:56PM
3:54 PM 9/19/2008 Obviously I can't ignore all this and go read about MP except in fits and starts. Do you really think that the following articles have nothing to do with the financial shit-storm going on in the US? Think again.
If crowd control is necessary inside the US, the Army will do it.
Fucking Fabulous.hat tip Danny
Venezuela-Russia ties deepen despite US pressure
By IAN JAMES – 21 hours ago
Russia snubs US with arms sales Tony Halpin in Moscow and Alexi Mostrous in Washington September 19, 2008
Venezuela-Russia ties deepen despite US pressure
By IAN JAMES – 21 hours ago
Russia seeks oil control with OPEC move
Russia is seeking to work with OPEC in a move that will unnerve European countries worried that Moscow is seeking to raise the oil price and control energy supplies
Conyers Calls on McCain to Halt GOP Voter Suppression Efforts
By Kate Klonick - September 19, 2008, 2:56PM
Thursday, September 18, 2008
OC Repugs won't get to drool over Molly McMooseturd
Nope, nope nope, she won't be there, you betcha , but here she is proving what a ballsy idiot she is
Whoa, lookee here, all the Palin factoids with sources linked in one post
Moving on.
Why the San Diego Union Tribune is commonly known as "the fiswrap", it's for sale, ya think it's in the CIA budget?
Informed voters?
Questions for McCain and Obama on the Economic Carnage
By Nieman Watchdog.
Analysis: McCain leads a dual life as powerbroker
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
By GLEN JOHNSON Associated Press Writer
VIENNA, Ohio (AP) - John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song.
Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowledge of the capital city. Draw out and he casts himself a reformer bent on changing its ways.
It's a remarkable dichotomy echoed throughout the Republican establishment, as a party that's held the White House for the past eight years tries to retain its grip in what has shaped up as a change election.
High Turnout, New Procedures May Mean an Election Day Mess
In 2004, voters in Columbus, Ohio, waited in long lines to cast ballots. This year, election officials there have added poll workers and voting machines.
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page A01
Faced with a surge in voter registrations leading up to Nov. 4, election officials across the country are bracing for long lines, equipment failures and confusion over polling procedures that could cost thousands the chance to cast a ballot.
Lost Homes, Lost Votes: Are Republicans Trying to Block Foreclosed Homeowners from Voting in Michigan?
and finally, metering your intenet flow to make you pay more.
By Nieman Watchdog.
Analysis: McCain leads a dual life as powerbroker
Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008
By GLEN JOHNSON Associated Press Writer
VIENNA, Ohio (AP) - John McCain embraces and expels Washington like an accordion player belting out a song.
Squeeze in and he touts his vast knowledge of the capital city. Draw out and he casts himself a reformer bent on changing its ways.
It's a remarkable dichotomy echoed throughout the Republican establishment, as a party that's held the White House for the past eight years tries to retain its grip in what has shaped up as a change election.
High Turnout, New Procedures May Mean an Election Day Mess
In 2004, voters in Columbus, Ohio, waited in long lines to cast ballots. This year, election officials there have added poll workers and voting machines.
By Mary Pat Flaherty
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, September 18, 2008; Page A01
Faced with a surge in voter registrations leading up to Nov. 4, election officials across the country are bracing for long lines, equipment failures and confusion over polling procedures that could cost thousands the chance to cast a ballot.
Lost Homes, Lost Votes: Are Republicans Trying to Block Foreclosed Homeowners from Voting in Michigan?
and finally, metering your intenet flow to make you pay more.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Oil and money
Crude Oil Tumbles as Wall Street Turmoil Adds to Demand Concern
By Mark Shenk
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil tumbled, taking its two- day decline to more than $10 a barrel, on concern that turmoil on Wall Street may weaken the global economy and cut fuel demand.
Europe Trade Deficit Widens to Record on Energy Costs (Update1)
By Fergal O'Brien
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Europe's trade gap widened to a record in July as a cooling global economy damped exports and crude oil's advance to a record boosted the energy deficit.
Lower oil price, weaker euro boost German indicator
16 September 2008, 14:17 CET
(FRANKFURT) - Germany's closely watched ZEW economic indicator strengthened in its latest reading released Tuesday, boosted by lower oil prices and a weaker euro and beating expectations.
Treasury to Sell Bills to Bolster Fed Balance Sheet (Update2)
By Rebecca Christie and John Brinsley
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Treasury will sell more debt to enable the Federal Reserve to expand its balance sheet, a sign of the strains created by the biggest extension of central-bank credit to financial companies since the Great Depression.
The program starts today with a $40 billion auction of 35- day bills, a day after the government agreed to take over American International Group Inc., the Treasury said in a statement in Washington
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
( Toyota Unhappy About Proposed $7,500 Tax Credit for Chevy Volt
Brandon Hill (Blog) - September 17, 2008 12:00 AM )
House Adopts Plan to Ease Offshore Drilling Ban
By CARL HULSE
Published: September 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday night approved a measure that would ease a longstanding ban on offshore oil drilling and try to spur greater use of alternative fuels as Democrats and Republicans engaged in a bitter pre-election clash over America’s energy future.
TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 15:45 BST
By Mark Shenk
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil tumbled, taking its two- day decline to more than $10 a barrel, on concern that turmoil on Wall Street may weaken the global economy and cut fuel demand.
Europe Trade Deficit Widens to Record on Energy Costs (Update1)
By Fergal O'Brien
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Europe's trade gap widened to a record in July as a cooling global economy damped exports and crude oil's advance to a record boosted the energy deficit.
Lower oil price, weaker euro boost German indicator
16 September 2008, 14:17 CET
(FRANKFURT) - Germany's closely watched ZEW economic indicator strengthened in its latest reading released Tuesday, boosted by lower oil prices and a weaker euro and beating expectations.
Treasury to Sell Bills to Bolster Fed Balance Sheet (Update2)
By Rebecca Christie and John Brinsley
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Treasury will sell more debt to enable the Federal Reserve to expand its balance sheet, a sign of the strains created by the biggest extension of central-bank credit to financial companies since the Great Depression.
The program starts today with a $40 billion auction of 35- day bills, a day after the government agreed to take over American International Group Inc., the Treasury said in a statement in Washington
MAJOR FOREIGN HOLDERS OF TREASURY SECURITIES
( Toyota Unhappy About Proposed $7,500 Tax Credit for Chevy Volt
Brandon Hill (Blog) - September 17, 2008 12:00 AM )
House Adopts Plan to Ease Offshore Drilling Ban
By CARL HULSE
Published: September 16, 2008
WASHINGTON — The House on Tuesday night approved a measure that would ease a longstanding ban on offshore oil drilling and try to spur greater use of alternative fuels as Democrats and Republicans engaged in a bitter pre-election clash over America’s energy future.
TFN NEWS BRIEFING: Oil and utilities highlights to 15:45 BST
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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