Blogged by Shannyn Moore on 11/6/2008 1:18PM Turnout Rate Reported as Lowest Ever in State, Down 11% From '04 Even With Both Palin and Obama on the Ballot
Hanging in the Balance in the Diebold State: Felon Ted Stevens' U.S. Senate Race, Corrupt Don Young's House Race & Much More...
Guest blogged by Shannyn Moore
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
The OTHER Election Night Story in Georgia: No Early Votes Included in Reported Results
11/5/2008 1:34:00 PM
As the nation watched election returns come in state by state, and national, state and regional television stations began to report the numbers, every major news outlet reported that Georgia had voted heavily for McCain -- all except for the Associated Press Atlanta office, the news organization that is rooted in the print, newspaper business. They held back.
Chambliss, Martin Gear Up for Senate Runoff
As the nation watched election returns come in state by state, and national, state and regional television stations began to report the numbers, every major news outlet reported that Georgia had voted heavily for McCain -- all except for the Associated Press Atlanta office, the news organization that is rooted in the print, newspaper business. They held back.
Chambliss, Martin Gear Up for Senate Runoff
My friend cracks me up
Caught up in the excitement and relief of what DID happen on Tuesday, 4 November, 2008, we have to take a deep breath and realize that what did not happen is that John McCain and Sarah Palin got the chance to appoint possibly three new Associate Justices to the Supreme Court. The ones due to retire in the near future are the "good folks" on the Court, and say what they will, McCain/Palin would have changed the very nature of the Court to rersemble the Supreme Judicial Council of the Ayatollahs of Iran or the Royal Council of Law in Saudi Arabia: America would have gone down the slippery slope to becoming a Theological Judicial System. There are plenty of religious crazies in Judges' robes to pick from. We have been spared. We dodged not just abullet, but a burst of machine gun fire., .
On a sadder note, some Moose were overheard saying :
"Shit! She's not going away. She's comin' back!"
See ya. Mavericky...mavericky....mavericky.
Abhi
Amen.
On a sadder note, some Moose were overheard saying :
"Shit! She's not going away. She's comin' back!"
See ya. Mavericky...mavericky....mavericky.
Abhi
Amen.
No words needed
Good for the country.
Unfortunately the Blackwater and Mormon bigots temporarily won this battle in California. They have not won the war. The Proposition 8 ballot measure is unconstitutional, unfair, discriminatory and wrong.
MMM, huh, Ok
World markets rise amid news of Obama win
Nikkei adds 4.5 percent but analysts say economic quick fixes are unlikely
Plane crash leaves Mexico interior secretary dead
By MARK STEVENSON – 48 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of Mexico's top pointmen in the war against drug trafficking died when a government jet crashed into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and dealing crusading President Felipe Calderon a serious blow.
Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats
Party Faithful Mourn End to Losing Tradition
Just minutes after their party's longstanding losing tradition lay in tatters on the ground, millions of shell-shocked Democrats stared at their television screens in disbelief, asking themselves what went right. For Democrats, who have become accustomed to their party blowing an election even when it seemed like a sure thing, Tuesday night's results were a bitter pill to swallow. The head-shaking and finger-pointing over the demise of the Democrats' losing streak, which many of the party faithful had worn like a badge of honor, reached all the way to the upper echelons of the Democratic National Committee. "Believe me, I'm as shocked by these results as anybody," said DNC chief Howard Dean, who indicated he has received hundreds of calls from incredulous party members. "We did everything in our power to screw this thing up." Dean pointed to several key elements the Democrats put in place to ensure defeat, ranging from "a rancorous primary campaign" to "the appointment of me.""Somehow, despite our best efforts to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, we won," he said. "I came in here with a mandate to blow this thing and I didn't get it done." Carol Foyler, a lifelong Democrat who owns a loom supply store in Portland, Maine, said she has been "nearly catatonic" since the election results were announced. "For the past eight years, I've fixed myself some herbal tea, turned on NPR, and ranted about the Republicans, " she said. "All that has been taken from me." Elsewhere, Sen. John McCain offered this comment on Sen. Barack Obama's victory: "My friends, I've got him just where I want him." (From tonight's "Borowitz Report" by Andy Borowitz)
Nikkei adds 4.5 percent but analysts say economic quick fixes are unlikely
Plane crash leaves Mexico interior secretary dead
By MARK STEVENSON – 48 minutes ago
MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of Mexico's top pointmen in the war against drug trafficking died when a government jet crashed into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and dealing crusading President Felipe Calderon a serious blow.
Failure to Blow Election Stuns Democrats
Party Faithful Mourn End to Losing Tradition
Just minutes after their party's longstanding losing tradition lay in tatters on the ground, millions of shell-shocked Democrats stared at their television screens in disbelief, asking themselves what went right. For Democrats, who have become accustomed to their party blowing an election even when it seemed like a sure thing, Tuesday night's results were a bitter pill to swallow. The head-shaking and finger-pointing over the demise of the Democrats' losing streak, which many of the party faithful had worn like a badge of honor, reached all the way to the upper echelons of the Democratic National Committee. "Believe me, I'm as shocked by these results as anybody," said DNC chief Howard Dean, who indicated he has received hundreds of calls from incredulous party members. "We did everything in our power to screw this thing up." Dean pointed to several key elements the Democrats put in place to ensure defeat, ranging from "a rancorous primary campaign" to "the appointment of me.""Somehow, despite our best efforts to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, we won," he said. "I came in here with a mandate to blow this thing and I didn't get it done." Carol Foyler, a lifelong Democrat who owns a loom supply store in Portland, Maine, said she has been "nearly catatonic" since the election results were announced. "For the past eight years, I've fixed myself some herbal tea, turned on NPR, and ranted about the Republicans, " she said. "All that has been taken from me." Elsewhere, Sen. John McCain offered this comment on Sen. Barack Obama's victory: "My friends, I've got him just where I want him." (From tonight's "Borowitz Report" by Andy Borowitz)
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Obama?
My friend just called from the East Coast and said "It's over, he won." Damned if I want to get my hopes up after the fuckers stole it in '04. When I cry this time, I want it to be tears of joy, I've cried way too many tears of frustration. I'm going to go take a walk, or I'll smoke, or drink coffee, or beer, and then smoke and I haven't done that in 23 days and I don't want to blow it. I want to keep my teeth.
Update 9:51 PM 11/4/2008 I watched the concession speech by McCain in cynical disbelief, but it was nice. I cried all the way through Obama's speech. I sniffled with my sister on the phone and at one point I said "Hey _____" Omigod, there's gonna be brains in the White House again! Hee hee hee!"
No election is perfect...
Subject: [DVN] - 'Daily Voting News' For November 04, 2008 – Evening Edition
From: John Gideon
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:09:28 -0800
To: Daily Voting News
From: John Gideon
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:09:28 -0800
To: Daily Voting News
November 4, 2008, 1:05 pm
Tim Robbins Faces Mix-Up at Polling Place
By Nicholas Confessore AND Sewell Chan
Updated, 4:42 p.m. The actor Tim Robbins looked dejected and annoyed around 10:30 a.m. on Election Day, as he was sitting in a folding chair at the McBurney YMCA at 125 West 14th Street, one of the more than 1,300 polling places throughout New York City....
Mr. Robbins said he “never in a million years” imagined that he would be asked to fill out an affidavit ballot. He does not trust provisional ballots, he said, because of research by Mark Crispin Miller and other scholars who have showed that such ballots are sometimes lost or discarded.
“Do the math on this one,” Mr. Robbins said, adding that a poll worker had told him 40 voters at the same polling site had had the same problem — with no apparent explanation. “It bears looking into that this might be a random elimination” of voters from the rolls, he said....
Paul G. Feinman, a Civil Court judge who was standing by to hear challenges from voters denied access to the polls, ruled that the board had to allow Mr. Robbins to vote. As of 1 p.m., Mr. Robbins was making his way back to the McBurney YMCA to cast his ballot.
Apart from mix-ups like the one Mr. Robbins encountered, city election official have acknowledged that many voters — up to 30,000 in New York State, by some estimates — had been removed from the voter rolls. Officials at the city’s Board of Elections said the names were removed only after the voters failed to verify their residence. Mr. Robbins did not appear to have been one of the affected voters.
Mr. Robbins was hardly the only voter to go to the Board of Elections office at 200 Varick Street to assert their right to vote.
Tim Robbins Faces Mix-Up at Polling Place
By Nicholas Confessore AND Sewell Chan
Updated, 4:42 p.m. The actor Tim Robbins looked dejected and annoyed around 10:30 a.m. on Election Day, as he was sitting in a folding chair at the McBurney YMCA at 125 West 14th Street, one of the more than 1,300 polling places throughout New York City....
Mr. Robbins said he “never in a million years” imagined that he would be asked to fill out an affidavit ballot. He does not trust provisional ballots, he said, because of research by Mark Crispin Miller and other scholars who have showed that such ballots are sometimes lost or discarded.
“Do the math on this one,” Mr. Robbins said, adding that a poll worker had told him 40 voters at the same polling site had had the same problem — with no apparent explanation. “It bears looking into that this might be a random elimination” of voters from the rolls, he said....
Paul G. Feinman, a Civil Court judge who was standing by to hear challenges from voters denied access to the polls, ruled that the board had to allow Mr. Robbins to vote. As of 1 p.m., Mr. Robbins was making his way back to the McBurney YMCA to cast his ballot.
Apart from mix-ups like the one Mr. Robbins encountered, city election official have acknowledged that many voters — up to 30,000 in New York State, by some estimates — had been removed from the voter rolls. Officials at the city’s Board of Elections said the names were removed only after the voters failed to verify their residence. Mr. Robbins did not appear to have been one of the affected voters.
Mr. Robbins was hardly the only voter to go to the Board of Elections office at 200 Varick Street to assert their right to vote.
religion sucks #14
Mormon Church on Prop 8: We Oppose Civil Rights (But Don't Tell)
Rick Jacobs
Posted November 4, 2008 03:43 AM (EST)
"...The Mormon Church's members have contributed some $22 million into Prop 8, a vicious campaign here in California seeking to strip fundamental marriage rights from same-sex couples, making them permanent second-class citizens..."
Traditional Media: Missing the Mormon Ideology/Blackwater Connection to CA Prop 8
Look on the right of this pic--that's interstate 5, so whenever you travel this section of 5 you get to look at this huge Mormon temple.
How can people be smug and ignorant at the same time? That would be the Yes on h8ters, and most people who want to shove their religious beliefs down my throat.
I just talked to my neighbor that I encouraged to register for the first time. She got up early and voted. I know she voted NO on 8, so nyah nyah nyah, stupid Mormons, stupid Blackwater hypocrites.
Rick Jacobs
Posted November 4, 2008 03:43 AM (EST)
"...The Mormon Church's members have contributed some $22 million into Prop 8, a vicious campaign here in California seeking to strip fundamental marriage rights from same-sex couples, making them permanent second-class citizens..."
Traditional Media: Missing the Mormon Ideology/Blackwater Connection to CA Prop 8
Look on the right of this pic--that's interstate 5, so whenever you travel this section of 5 you get to look at this huge Mormon temple.
How can people be smug and ignorant at the same time? That would be the Yes on h8ters, and most people who want to shove their religious beliefs down my throat.
I just talked to my neighbor that I encouraged to register for the first time. She got up early and voted. I know she voted NO on 8, so nyah nyah nyah, stupid Mormons, stupid Blackwater hypocrites.
An Historic election today Nov 4, 2008
State Assembly Representative Lori Saldaña wants to know if you have trouble voting locally
1-619 -645 -3090
She also said you can request two hours off to vote.
I vote absentee, above is part of the strip you tear off and keep before you send in the ballot. In San Diego we are all using the optical scan ballot, so they'll be counting them for days this election. We got some rain, but in San Diego the most dangerous thing about rain is the fact that nobody slows down and the roads are slick from the light rain and oil build up from not having any rain. I love rain, it calms me down, and betcha there are rainbows today. I just heard a local NPR report and the district in SD with lots of Somalians and Vietnamese has people in line. The elderly voters that the reporter spoke with said this is the most important election that they've ever voted in.
Google is my home page and today is going to be great. This graphic is adorable.
Tuesday, Nov. 04, 2008
GOP turnout lagging in heavy N. Carolina early voting
- McClatchy Newspapers
Record turnout in early voting favors Obama
10 hours ago
Record turnout in early voting favors Obama
10 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A record number of Americans have cast their ballots in pivotal US states ahead of Tuesday's election, with surveys suggesting many of the early voters backed Democrat Barack Obama.
Often waiting in lines for hours at polling stations, about 28.9 million people have already voted in states across the country, according to a university re searcher's website, citing figures from states across the country.
The figures shattered records in several crucial states -- including Georgia, Iowa and North Carolina -- and were likely to set a new record for the country as a whole compared to the last presidential election four years ago, said Michael McDonald, associate professor at George Mason University in Virginia.
from Mark Crispin Miller
If you need to check your polling place or have any problems voting... or see anyone having problems, please call:The National VOTER PROTECTION HOTLINE
From landline = 1-877-874-62262 (877-US4-OBAMA)From cell = 877-874-62262 (do not dial the "1" in front)
This connects you to the national Obama hotline for voter protection.
They'll ask you for your zip code, then you select whether you need to find a polling place or want to report a voting problem.Don't worry that there are more numbers than usual in the phone number.
In New York State, it connects you to the organization I'm a part of, the New York Democratic Lawyers Council which has fielded 800 lawyers & others to protect the vote in NYS and 2200 across the nation. Elsewhere it connects you to that state's election protection group.
Help NPR Identify Voting Problems
1-619 -645 -3090
She also said you can request two hours off to vote.
I vote absentee, above is part of the strip you tear off and keep before you send in the ballot. In San Diego we are all using the optical scan ballot, so they'll be counting them for days this election. We got some rain, but in San Diego the most dangerous thing about rain is the fact that nobody slows down and the roads are slick from the light rain and oil build up from not having any rain. I love rain, it calms me down, and betcha there are rainbows today. I just heard a local NPR report and the district in SD with lots of Somalians and Vietnamese has people in line. The elderly voters that the reporter spoke with said this is the most important election that they've ever voted in.
Google is my home page and today is going to be great. This graphic is adorable.
Tuesday, Nov. 04, 2008
GOP turnout lagging in heavy N. Carolina early voting
- McClatchy Newspapers
Record turnout in early voting favors Obama
10 hours ago
Record turnout in early voting favors Obama
10 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) — A record number of Americans have cast their ballots in pivotal US states ahead of Tuesday's election, with surveys suggesting many of the early voters backed Democrat Barack Obama.
Often waiting in lines for hours at polling stations, about 28.9 million people have already voted in states across the country, according to a university re searcher's website, citing figures from states across the country.
The figures shattered records in several crucial states -- including Georgia, Iowa and North Carolina -- and were likely to set a new record for the country as a whole compared to the last presidential election four years ago, said Michael McDonald, associate professor at George Mason University in Virginia.
from Mark Crispin Miller
If you need to check your polling place or have any problems voting... or see anyone having problems, please call:The National VOTER PROTECTION HOTLINE
From landline = 1-877-874-62262 (877-US4-OBAMA)From cell = 877-874-62262 (do not dial the "1" in front)
This connects you to the national Obama hotline for voter protection.
They'll ask you for your zip code, then you select whether you need to find a polling place or want to report a voting problem.Don't worry that there are more numbers than usual in the phone number.
In New York State, it connects you to the organization I'm a part of, the New York Democratic Lawyers Council which has fielded 800 lawyers & others to protect the vote in NYS and 2200 across the nation. Elsewhere it connects you to that state's election protection group.
Help NPR Identify Voting Problems
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Victory may be the easy part
Martin Ivens Victory may prove to be the easy part
This country has been run by greedy fucking fucks for so long that it's a train wreck and we are ALL going to have to roll up our sleeves and help clean it up. And don't think the American standard of living will stay the same, it's going down no matter who is elected, don't waste your breath bitching at whoever wins this election. And the cheap gas prices? You suckers who went out and bought your dream truck with an eight banger? Suckers.
This country has been run by greedy fucking fucks for so long that it's a train wreck and we are ALL going to have to roll up our sleeves and help clean it up. And don't think the American standard of living will stay the same, it's going down no matter who is elected, don't waste your breath bitching at whoever wins this election. And the cheap gas prices? You suckers who went out and bought your dream truck with an eight banger? Suckers.
Oprah Opts For Early-Voting, Has Voting Booth Meltdown (VIDEO)
The electronic machine did not record her vote for President. She warns everyone to check to make sure that it is really recorded.
Holy crap, steal Oprah's vote? These guys have brass balls.
Dick Cheney Endorses McCain
These fuckheads are going to try to say that the last minute (2 am, just like before) counting will turn it to MCCain, even though he has to bus in school kids to make his rallies look like there are people at them.
I've never been a camera man, but it's so obvious to me that the way the camera works at his and Palin's rallies makes it look like they are a bigger deal to America than they really are.
Holy crap, steal Oprah's vote? These guys have brass balls.
Dick Cheney Endorses McCain
These fuckheads are going to try to say that the last minute (2 am, just like before) counting will turn it to MCCain, even though he has to bus in school kids to make his rallies look like there are people at them.
I've never been a camera man, but it's so obvious to me that the way the camera works at his and Palin's rallies makes it look like they are a bigger deal to America than they really are.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Yes on 8 wingnuttia in action
They piss me off. ( It's been fixed now, but I was so pissed off I screwed up the last post on this issue.) I flipped them off again, and the idiots told me I was intolerant and I was infriniging on their freedom of religion, and that I wanted to infringe on their freedom of speech. Huh? They want to change my constitution to specifically exclude what the CA Supreme Court decided should not be excluded and I'm intolerant? I flipped them off, that's MY freedom of speech, bitches.
I've noticed something about Rethugs: everything these shitheads accuse you of, they themselves are usually guilty of.
These people are lying, hypocritical sacks of shit. It's Ok to get paid billions of taxpayer dollars to kill Iraqi kids, but better not let an American kid witness a gay marriage, even if the parents approve of the marriage, the ceremony, And don't want their kids pic used in a "YES ON 8" AD. I hate the wingnut fucking fucks.
Not So Strange Bedfellows: Blackwater and Yes on 8
by: Lucas O'Connor
Tue Oct 28, 2008 at 11:10:54 AM PDT
Happy Halloween from Molly McMooseturd, Crowned Queen of Wingnuttia
I've noticed something about Rethugs: everything these shitheads accuse you of, they themselves are usually guilty of.
These people are lying, hypocritical sacks of shit. It's Ok to get paid billions of taxpayer dollars to kill Iraqi kids, but better not let an American kid witness a gay marriage, even if the parents approve of the marriage, the ceremony, And don't want their kids pic used in a "YES ON 8" AD. I hate the wingnut fucking fucks.
Not So Strange Bedfellows: Blackwater and Yes on 8
by: Lucas O'Connor
Tue Oct 28, 2008 at 11:10:54 AM PDT
Happy Halloween from Molly McMooseturd, Crowned Queen of Wingnuttia
Electronic voting machine lab suspended by feds over performance concerns
By Wendy Norris 10/30/08 8:23 AM
A Denver-based independent lab that tests and certifies electronic voting machines is being suspended by the federal Election Assistance Commission for failing to comply with national standards.
SysTest Labs was responsible for verifying machines for future elections made by two vendors: Election Systems and Software (ES&S) and Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold. Both firms have sold machines currently in use in Colorado, including the ES&S iVotronic machines that are allegedly flipping votes, according to multiple voter complaints across the nationvoting systems." ...
Unfortunately for voters, the machines in use today were evaluated based on outmoded, nearly 20-year-old technical standards and harshly criticized for their lack of public accountability and huge conflict of interest - the testing process was paid for by the manufacturers themselves who extracted non-disclosure requirements from the labs.
Wired.com also reports that after two years the EAC has yet to certify a voting system under the new, improved guidelines.
Voters who experience problems at the polls, including voting machine errors, can contact the Election Protection coalition at 1-866-OUR-VOTE or Our Vote.com
I get a dozen or so a day articles like this every day also. If you thinkg the Rethugs aren't hard at work trying to steal this election also, you've had your head up your ass for the last 8 years.
A Denver-based independent lab that tests and certifies electronic voting machines is being suspended by the federal Election Assistance Commission for failing to comply with national standards.
SysTest Labs was responsible for verifying machines for future elections made by two vendors: Election Systems and Software (ES&S) and Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold. Both firms have sold machines currently in use in Colorado, including the ES&S iVotronic machines that are allegedly flipping votes, according to multiple voter complaints across the nationvoting systems." ...
Unfortunately for voters, the machines in use today were evaluated based on outmoded, nearly 20-year-old technical standards and harshly criticized for their lack of public accountability and huge conflict of interest - the testing process was paid for by the manufacturers themselves who extracted non-disclosure requirements from the labs.
Wired.com also reports that after two years the EAC has yet to certify a voting system under the new, improved guidelines.
Voters who experience problems at the polls, including voting machine errors, can contact the Election Protection coalition at 1-866-OUR-VOTE or Our Vote.com
I get a dozen or so a day articles like this every day also. If you thinkg the Rethugs aren't hard at work trying to steal this election also, you've had your head up your ass for the last 8 years.
Amputee awaits high court, wants musical glow back
Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
By DAVE GRAM Associated Press Writer
...Levine, once a professional guitar player and pianist, now plays with one hand and sings. "It's about getting my glow back," she said recently as she was awaiting a hearing Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court, where Wyeth is appealing a $6.7 million verdict in her favor...
...When Levine complained that she still felt nauseous, the clinic suggested an "IV-push" of Phenergan. This delivered a high volume of the drug very quickly to her right arm, not the slow flow that could have been delivered by an IV drip.
The second injection accidentally punctured an artery, prompting gangrene to set in. After several weeks of deterioration, her arm was amputated....
I follow these stories in the Findlaw listserv all the time. Big corporate interests are sued for negligence, little guy gets award, big corporate interest has cadre of lawyers to keep the damn thing in court till the victim of their negligence dies, leaving his family in debt for trying to get what he was awarded. Who me cynical?
By DAVE GRAM Associated Press Writer
...Levine, once a professional guitar player and pianist, now plays with one hand and sings. "It's about getting my glow back," she said recently as she was awaiting a hearing Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court, where Wyeth is appealing a $6.7 million verdict in her favor...
...When Levine complained that she still felt nauseous, the clinic suggested an "IV-push" of Phenergan. This delivered a high volume of the drug very quickly to her right arm, not the slow flow that could have been delivered by an IV drip.
The second injection accidentally punctured an artery, prompting gangrene to set in. After several weeks of deterioration, her arm was amputated....
I follow these stories in the Findlaw listserv all the time. Big corporate interests are sued for negligence, little guy gets award, big corporate interest has cadre of lawyers to keep the damn thing in court till the victim of their negligence dies, leaving his family in debt for trying to get what he was awarded. Who me cynical?
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
If I could sit still for more than three minutes at a time, this is what I would be reading
Climate Change - Articles/Publications
And on a sad note, I discovered again, actually (I hate stumbling across it again) that my neighborhood has a bunch of frightened bigots in it. A bunch of dumb boobs with "Yes on 8" signs. I just went out for my walk, damnit, and there they were on MY route, the fucking assholes, along with the crapload of honking Fat-Asses in SUVs. I asked them if they believed that crap about their kids being dragged to gay weddings and I should have checked my mail first. The "Yes on 8" ad was in the mail. Looks like that's where their talking points came from.
I flipped off the first group of paranoid assholes, after their smug, dripping with sarcasm "Have a Nice Day" and told the second that they were fearful for no reason. Why should my friends be punished because there are tons of morons in this country?
I knew I was going to be in SUV Hell when I moved in here, and I know what they're afraid of:
7:30 pm Jobs: An Envision San Diego Special : San Diego's Incredible Shrinking Middle Class
And on a sad note, I discovered again, actually (I hate stumbling across it again) that my neighborhood has a bunch of frightened bigots in it. A bunch of dumb boobs with "Yes on 8" signs. I just went out for my walk, damnit, and there they were on MY route, the fucking assholes, along with the crapload of honking Fat-Asses in SUVs. I asked them if they believed that crap about their kids being dragged to gay weddings and I should have checked my mail first. The "Yes on 8" ad was in the mail. Looks like that's where their talking points came from.
I flipped off the first group of paranoid assholes, after their smug, dripping with sarcasm "Have a Nice Day" and told the second that they were fearful for no reason. Why should my friends be punished because there are tons of morons in this country?
I knew I was going to be in SUV Hell when I moved in here, and I know what they're afraid of:
7:30 pm Jobs: An Envision San Diego Special : San Diego's Incredible Shrinking Middle Class
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
It's election time
and usually I can't stop blogging. This time I just want it to be overwith. I've been letting things go around the house for quite a while. It's time to clean out this damn junk.
Monday, October 27, 2008
WTF is wrong with us as a country?
Two children under 9 years old die of gunshot wounds to the head.
FBI Believes Body to Be Hudson's Nephew
8-Year-Old Boy Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself In Head With Uzi At Gun Show
On a positive note, I cleaned my windows today. Fucking bloody amazing. I can see out of them now.
FBI Believes Body to Be Hudson's Nephew
8-Year-Old Boy Dies After Accidentally Shooting Himself In Head With Uzi At Gun Show
On a positive note, I cleaned my windows today. Fucking bloody amazing. I can see out of them now.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Republicans brace for night of doom in Congress
12:59 PM 10/26/2008
1 hour ago
GOOD. Goddamned selfish greedy-ass Repblicans have caused so much hurt and pain in this country they deserve to get their asses kicked but good!.
1 hour ago
GOOD. Goddamned selfish greedy-ass Repblicans have caused so much hurt and pain in this country they deserve to get their asses kicked but good!.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Nurses Needed
Week of 10.24.08
Nurses Needed
Video: Nurses NeededAccording to a government study, by the year 2020, there could be a nationwide shortage of up to one million nurses, which could result in substandard treatment for hundreds of thousands of patients. Just as alarming, fewer nurses are choosing to teach the next generation of professionals, resulting in tens of thousands of applicants being turned away from the nation's nursing schools."If there was ever a time in the history of this country when one thought about the match between a profession and the changing needs of people in the country, this is the time," Dr. Mary Naylor of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing tells NOW on PBS. Dr. Naylor points out the growing population of older people, many of whom are living with chronic conditions, is significantly increasing the demand for nurses.This week, NOW on PBS takes a hard look at how the shortage of nurses is placing strains on the entire medical system, as well as innovative efforts to reverse the trend.Can America solve its nursing crisis?
Sure. It doesn't have to be ugly, but it's gonna get ugly. Too many Bible thumping idiots who won't deal with reality.
Nurses Needed
Video: Nurses NeededAccording to a government study, by the year 2020, there could be a nationwide shortage of up to one million nurses, which could result in substandard treatment for hundreds of thousands of patients. Just as alarming, fewer nurses are choosing to teach the next generation of professionals, resulting in tens of thousands of applicants being turned away from the nation's nursing schools."If there was ever a time in the history of this country when one thought about the match between a profession and the changing needs of people in the country, this is the time," Dr. Mary Naylor of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing tells NOW on PBS. Dr. Naylor points out the growing population of older people, many of whom are living with chronic conditions, is significantly increasing the demand for nurses.This week, NOW on PBS takes a hard look at how the shortage of nurses is placing strains on the entire medical system, as well as innovative efforts to reverse the trend.Can America solve its nursing crisis?
Sure. It doesn't have to be ugly, but it's gonna get ugly. Too many Bible thumping idiots who won't deal with reality.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
So, you think they'll report this stuff on election night?
Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008
By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press Writer
Errors, mischief could lead to long election night
We'll see. It's not like the msm hasn't been asleep at the wheel for oh, about 8 friggin years.
By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press Writer
Errors, mischief could lead to long election night
We'll see. It's not like the msm hasn't been asleep at the wheel for oh, about 8 friggin years.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Wall Street Hustlers Built a $100 Trillion House of Cards and Stuck You with the Fallout
By Joshua Holland, AlterNetPosted on October 22, 2008, Printed on October 22, 2008
I'm fried. I had a shitty day. I miss my kid. A LOT.
I'm fried. I had a shitty day. I miss my kid. A LOT.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Eugene Jarecki
Yeah, you know, they guy who made "Why We Fight?"
If you haven't seen it, click on the link, the whole thing is there.
If you haven't seen it, click on the link, the whole thing is there.
Reading soon, one of these anyway
Click on pic for link to the Bill Moyers interview with the author.
click on pic for link to CNN interview with Thomas Frank.
Tomgram: The Global War on Terror Report Card
posted October 21, 2008 3:23 pm
click on pic for link to CNN interview with Thomas Frank.
Tomgram: The Global War on Terror Report Card
posted October 21, 2008 3:23 pm
My friend Abhi cracks me up, he said it's ok to share this with you
From Palinpidia:
Entry under "Obama, Barack Hussein"
Barack Hussein Obama is a well known Neo-Socialist- Proto Communist-Subversive from Chicago's East side. He is affiliated with the American Terrorist Council and is a founding member of United Underground States of America. He reports directly to William Ayers.
Obama is a Closet Muslim, a group that is half-way between Shia and Sunni, Wahhabi, Ismaili and Kurd. with their holiest shrines in Isfahan, Iran. He has visited those shrines 3800 times since childhood, and been in Iraq only once, at Osama bin Laden's invitation.
Obama learnt every word of English by memorizing the Oxford English Dictionary at the age of 4. He does not understand a word of what he himself says, but can put sentences together entirely by rote, a gift he possesses because of the oral tradition of his ancestral people, The Masai of Kenya..He read Mein Kampf and Das Kapital at the age of 6, and wrote a commentary on the life of Joseph V. Stalin in his 3rd Grade year. It was later published by The Harvard Law Review. He has never read the Constitution of the United States, as revised by the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council.
Nobody knows his real skin color: he appears black because of a peculiar genetic defect he inherited from his Kenyan father.
Barack Hussein (Obama) has been involved in Hawaiian Drug Cartels, and trades Afghan Opium with China, which he can see from the top of Mount Kilauea, Hawaii. (Ed. Palin's note: "See, here's Hawaii, and there's the Pacific Ocean, right next to it, and next to it is China.")
His ambition to become The president of The United States of America stems from his obsession with destroying democracies. No less an authority on patriotism than the eminent Rush Limbaugh describes him as "dangerous"
Entry Updated 17 October, 2008
(Transcribed from the 2nd Edition of Palinpedia by Abhi Buch)
Entry under "Obama, Barack Hussein"
Barack Hussein Obama is a well known Neo-Socialist- Proto Communist-Subversive from Chicago's East side. He is affiliated with the American Terrorist Council and is a founding member of United Underground States of America. He reports directly to William Ayers.
Obama is a Closet Muslim, a group that is half-way between Shia and Sunni, Wahhabi, Ismaili and Kurd. with their holiest shrines in Isfahan, Iran. He has visited those shrines 3800 times since childhood, and been in Iraq only once, at Osama bin Laden's invitation.
Obama learnt every word of English by memorizing the Oxford English Dictionary at the age of 4. He does not understand a word of what he himself says, but can put sentences together entirely by rote, a gift he possesses because of the oral tradition of his ancestral people, The Masai of Kenya..He read Mein Kampf and Das Kapital at the age of 6, and wrote a commentary on the life of Joseph V. Stalin in his 3rd Grade year. It was later published by The Harvard Law Review. He has never read the Constitution of the United States, as revised by the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council.
Nobody knows his real skin color: he appears black because of a peculiar genetic defect he inherited from his Kenyan father.
Barack Hussein (Obama) has been involved in Hawaiian Drug Cartels, and trades Afghan Opium with China, which he can see from the top of Mount Kilauea, Hawaii. (Ed. Palin's note: "See, here's Hawaii, and there's the Pacific Ocean, right next to it, and next to it is China.")
His ambition to become The president of The United States of America stems from his obsession with destroying democracies. No less an authority on patriotism than the eminent Rush Limbaugh describes him as "dangerous"
Entry Updated 17 October, 2008
(Transcribed from the 2nd Edition of Palinpedia by Abhi Buch)
Go Rachel!
Rachel Maddow, a woman who does not own a television set, has done something that is virtually unheard of: she has doubled the audience for a cable news channel’s 9 p.m. hour in a matter of 25, 2008)
More important for her bosses at MSNBC is that “The Rachel Maddow Show,” her left-leaning news and commentary program, has averaged a higher rating among 25- to 54-year-olds than “Larry King Live” on CNN for 13 of the 25 nights she has been host. While the average total audience of her program remains slightly smaller than that of Mr. King’s, Ms. Maddow, 35, has made MSNBC competitive in that time slot for the first time in a decade. The channel at that hour has an average viewership of 1.7 million since she started on Sept. 8, compared with 800,000 before.
More important for her bosses at MSNBC is that “The Rachel Maddow Show,” her left-leaning news and commentary program, has averaged a higher rating among 25- to 54-year-olds than “Larry King Live” on CNN for 13 of the 25 nights she has been host. While the average total audience of her program remains slightly smaller than that of Mr. King’s, Ms. Maddow, 35, has made MSNBC competitive in that time slot for the first time in a decade. The channel at that hour has an average viewership of 1.7 million since she started on Sept. 8, compared with 800,000 before.
Oy
Over 1.5 million NYS voters have been purged and won't know it till they get to their polling place. They'll be able to vote only by provisional ballot.
In NYC, the number to call is 866 868 3692 to find out if you're still "Active" and have not been "flagged."
Bear found dumped at WCU with Obama signs
CULLOWHEE (North Carolina) – A dead bear was found dumped this morning on the Western Carolina University campus, draped with a pair of Obama campaign signs, university police said.
And they wonder why those of us in blue states are a bit wary of the knuckle draggers in red states?
Blogged by Brad Friedman on 10/20/2008 5:54PM
Breaking: Death Threats, Hack Attempts 'Barrage' OH Sec. of State's Office
Threatening Packages, Messages Received Following Brunner's Legal Tussles With State Republicans
Website Set to 'Static Mode' Due to 'Security Breaches'; Investigation Launched by State Police...
In NYC, the number to call is 866 868 3692 to find out if you're still "Active" and have not been "flagged."
Bear found dumped at WCU with Obama signs
CULLOWHEE (North Carolina) – A dead bear was found dumped this morning on the Western Carolina University campus, draped with a pair of Obama campaign signs, university police said.
And they wonder why those of us in blue states are a bit wary of the knuckle draggers in red states?
Blogged by Brad Friedman on 10/20/2008 5:54PM
Breaking: Death Threats, Hack Attempts 'Barrage' OH Sec. of State's Office
Threatening Packages, Messages Received Following Brunner's Legal Tussles With State Republicans
Website Set to 'Static Mode' Due to 'Security Breaches'; Investigation Launched by State Police...
Monday, October 20, 2008
"Strait Ticket" Voting problems reported on Snopes
If you know anyone in the following 15 states: Alabama, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, West Virginia, or Wisconsin, make sure to pass this on to them. Early voting has already begun. This affects millions of voters.
Thank you.
Joan Brunwasser, Election Integrity Editor, OpEdNews
OpEdNews
Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Snopes-warns-of-dangers-of-by-Joan-Brunwasser-081020-116.html
Thank you.
Joan Brunwasser, Election Integrity Editor, OpEdNews
OpEdNews
Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Snopes-warns-of-dangers-of-by-Joan-Brunwasser-081020-116.html
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