"..In 2005, Mr. Simmons wrote “Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy,” in which he argued that Saudi Arabia’s oil production had peaked and that the world was headed for a supply shock. The view made him a national figure for the “peak oil” theory, which espouses that the world had hit its maximum oil production output. Mr. Simmons retired from Simmons & Company International in 2005 and later served as the company’s executive chairman. He was still the face of the company and maintained client relationships.
Mr. Simmons, however, found himself in some hot water with Simmons & Company International in early June after he told Fortune magazine that BP would probably need to declare bankruptcy because of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. BP severed its relationship with the company after Mr. Simmons made the controversial comments. .."
"...Mexico has arrested several top drug bosses in recent months, but the military crackdown on organized crime has been accompanied by a spike in violence -- more than 28,000 people have been killed in suspected drug attacks since 2006..."
Wild girl, you must have been a terror When you were young Your mamma must have let you run, Let you run free... But it wasn’t very nice Eating all that sugar and spice – What they want a girl to be And all the things a child learns On their way from hope to here, The innocence, the fury, the racism Rage and fear I don’t remember – tell me again – The part no one wants to hear...
Well, that’s so many peoples story, A lot of heartache but not much glory, But glory, the truth be told Tomorrow you are twenty–one years old
I say Happy Birthday tomorrow to you, Go out and get some glory, The only game in town.
You can live your life with regret About the things you think you did wrong, (A lot of people do) Or over what some one would not give, Or you can be grateful When you open your eyes, The story you write, you live
Well it’s hard to be older and poor I don’t dig it that much anymore, But every day of my life I’m so proud I became his wife Because I got to raise Charlotte And Charlotte’s learning The only game in town Wild girl in a red dress Come on, speak up, say yes This thing that makes you beautiful Never comes out of a jar You are a beautiful girl Because you reach out from your beautiful world, That is the daughter you are
Walk right and the real world knows it Cuz you bring it back down into the real world Walk right up the real world knows it You’ll bring it back down into the real world Say take me back baby I just wanna make a dream come true – I came here to love somebody – I just want to make my dreams come true...
And I’m trying Because trying is The only game, Live to tell the tale – The only game in town
Wow, Balm in Gilead , her latest, is really good. Listen a bit here. She's done some weird stuff here and there over the years, and I have all of her stuff except for Live at Red Rocks now, but this is really nice. What a terrible fan I am that I didn't even realize that she released it in November of last year. The only excuse I have is that hey, after thirty years of being a fan, and being broke most of that time, I missed a few along the way. I've looked for a CD copy of ""Girl at her Volcano" over the years, but seemed to find only vinyl. I had two copies of her first album on vinyl and then a CD copy. I had a roommate destroy one copy of it because the bitch was sick of hearing it. What the hell was that girl's name? No matter, I can still sing Danny's All Star Joint", or Youngblood without missing a beat. In the car or shower of course, you know.
The only other artist I have everything they have done is Michael Franks .
Streaming on Netflix now or click on title link. They called Danny Schechter a Cassandra when he tried to warn about the housing bubble. Phooey, he was right.
By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 28, 2010
"...It comes amid a push by ICE to focus on illegal immigrants who have committed crimes, rather than seek to deport all illegal immigrants...
...As those applications are being reviewed, immigrants in detention who do not have criminal backgrounds might be eligible for release, Morton said. Local ICE officials have discretion in releasing detainees, he added, and would take into consideration a number of factors, including "national security and public safety..."
Have you realized that what they taught you in school and what you see on your TV doesn't match the reality of your life? Your family's life? Your friend's lives? Do you see that your "American dream" is not quite what you hoped it would be? Not quite what you thought you were buying?
Well folks that uneasy feeling in the pit of your stomach?
Trust it.
You were lied to. You're being lied to on a daily basis. The Rev has the scoop, he did his homework and cited his sources. I'm glad I bought the book. Get it here. The solutions to the problems in the last chapter are uplifting and inspirational.
CNN "...The motive for the killings was under investigation, though officials pointed out that Mexico's drug cartels have expanded their activities to include extortion and kidnapping of immigrants..." Mexico police recover 7 bodies from mines
By MARK WALSH (AP) – 2 days ago
In May, authorities discovered 55 bodies from an abandoned mine near Taxco, a colonial-era city south of Mexico City that is popular with international tourists.
I don't know who this guy is, but this story is interesting. He may have been referring to another Mexican mayor and 6 dead police officers, but the horror stories just keep on coming when you use Google with the the search terms being "Mexico" and " 6 dead police officers."
Beautiful, isn't it? It's also a really nice break on a hot day from the political crap I find myself immersed in. Some days I feel like I'm close to drowning in the cornucopia of bullshit that is American politics. That is one hell of a feat for someone who spent as much time as I did swimming my ass off (or goofing off at times, hey, didn't want to lose my love for the water!) for as long as I did. My beautiful friend helps me climb out and look at he screaming mimis with some perspective. I'm lucky to call her friend, she is a really great person.
Adolphe William Bouguereau (French 1825-1905) Orestes Pursued by the Furies, 1862 Oil on canvas, 91 x 109-3/8 inches Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
I did not know that there was an art gallery that housed one of my favorite paintings there.
I have no idea why I love his work so much. It seems to be what I want to see though. I just finished watching In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) Streamed on Netflix of course. I loved it. It is a fictionalized story about sisters in the Dominican Republic under Trujillo, but I didn't know that till the end. It rates a solid 5 stars, so obviously I'm not the only one that loved it.
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Sun, 08/22/2010 - 11:32am. Guest Commentary STEPHEN PIZZO FOR BUZZFLASH
"...As some continue to argue that humans have nothing to do with climate change, the climate changes nonetheless. We move now from arguing about whether it’s happening, to trying to figure out how to survive it. Even as scientists calculate that the earth can only support less than 2 billion souls -- assuming they all live at roughly a lower-middle class standard of living -- the number of souls soared this month to 7 billion..."
By Neil Irwin Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August 21, 2010 CHICAGO -- Corporate profits are soaring. Companies are sitting on billions of dollars of cash. And still, they've yet to amp up hiring or make major investments -- the missing ingredients for a strong economic recovery.
Jeez. The rich are sooooooo stupid. Are they inbred to the point of retardation? They can't make money if the only people spending money are their inbred yacht buying friends. They need US to spend money an WE don't spend money if WE don't have any and their bankster friends have totally screwed US on credit cards that are maxed out because of their bankster friends greed.
Dear whiny ass rich dickheads,
Keep it up, US proles haven't had much practice with pitchforks and influencing trained snipers. Maybe WE need some.
Great movie. Loved it. Here's the description from Netflix where I watched it:
2009 TV-PG 118 minutes Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and New York Asst. DA Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) team up to expose a global financial institution's money laundering, arms dealing and other illegal rackets in this tense thriller from director Tom Tykwer. As the pair race from New York to Milan and beyond to pursue their case, they soon discover that the ruthless bank will stop at nothing to continue its profitable activities.
I might have had him take a different tack at the end. After all, there are more of us than there are of them. Many, many, many more poor than "movers and shakers," eh?
Amid United Nations reports of lagging aid for the Pakistan floods, the United States is set to increase aid to Pakistan to $150 million following the worst disaster in the country’s history, Sen. John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts announced on Thursday.
Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010 By ALAN FRAM Associated Press Writer
Ok, now that we've established that Americans are getting stoopider, let's discuss all that crapola about mosques in New York. I got no problems with mosques, there are at least 16 of them in San Diego. Temples and churches too, lots of them. As long as the nutjobs stay out of my face, no problem.
I'm always chucking that damned Jehovah's witness crap in the trash in the laundry room because they leave it on the equipment. When they come ringing my doorbell, I quickly tell them "I'm not interested, thank you very much, have a nice day," and firmly but quietly shut the door in their faces.
If there are signs that radical Islamism is going on in San Diego mosques, they should be investigated. If they are preaching hatred and violence for this country and it's people they need to be very carefully watched and if necessary deported, or the mosque shut down.
"...Those Who Oppose the Mosque Based on "Sensitivities" Are Making an Argument Similar to That of Opponents of Cartoons Depicting Mohammed..."
"...While the imams had every right to engage in public discourse against images that they found offensive, they had no right to force the media to remove the images they did not like based on their "sensitivities." That is just basic First Amendment law, as I discussed in a prior FindLaw column. No free society can accede to such demands and expect to remain free..."
I am straight and I'm sick of this shit. Let the people get married if they want to. They have every right to be just as fucking miserable as I am, don't they? lol
When l Gibbs complained about the professional left my cynical thought processes said to me, "Yeah, ok, the idealists don't want to believe that the sausage making that goes on in DC is a disgusting process." I still think that a little, but the push-back from progressives is happening.
Voters Must Demand the Solution "Voters must demand that Congress uncovers and publicizes facts and prosecutes the financial system's massive multi-year frauds. This will mean thousands of felony prosecutions, enforcement actions, and civil actions."
Janet Tavakoli President, Tavakoli Structured Finance Posted: August 15, 2010 10:53 AM
"Undocumented immigrants make up slightly more than 4% of the U.S. adult population. However, their babies represented twice that share, or 8%, of all births on U.S. soil in 2008, according to the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center's report...."
Dear Wall Street,
Your selfish desire for cheap disposable labor while blathering on about "freedom" bit you in the ass didn't it? Maybe the message that crosses the border is "jobs now and at least my kids will have a shot at freedom and a better life?" When are you "Captains of Industry" gonna pull your heads out of your asses and quit encouraging exploitation of these people by US big business and the Mexican drugs cartels?
A defense sub-contractor abandons unstable chemicals in Sorrento Valley Wednesday, Aug 11, 2010 By Dave Maass ( San Diego City Beat )
"...What’s irregular is the reason: The Sorrento Valley facility wasn’t an illegal meth lab or an irresponsible paint manufacturer. The laboratory belonged to Aries Associates, a subcontractor that worked for and leased space to L-3 Communications, a corporation that, according to USASpending.gov, wins approximately $35 billion in federal aerospace and defense contracts each year...
"...As eager as the parties are to take credit for the invention, neither seem particularly eager to take responsibility for the chemicals used in the process. It will take the EPA at least another week to inventory the chemicals on site, then they will package them for disposal and then attempt to recover the costs..."
Typical.
M-I-C makes a big fucking toxic mess and leaves it for the taxpayers to clean up. Fuck me running.
Does Dodd not wonder if this shows who he is protecting? It sure doesn't look like us to me, it looks like the bankers that he's out to protect. Read the Article at HuffingtonPost
Ahhh, so calming to me. The stepmonster is alive today because I discovered smooth jazz at 16. It's still my favorite kind of music. I don't care if some people think it sounds like elevator music. I like it.
