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Wednesday: What if they were only secondary players…what if it was all stagelike.
Posted: March 5, 2014 Filed under: 2014 elections, 2016 elections, abortion rights, fetus fetishists, Foreign Affairs, Fox News, Mental Health, morning reads, Reproductive Rights, Republican politics, Republican presidential politics, Republican Tax Fetishists, Russia, Tea Party activists, the GOP, Ukraine, War on Women, Wikileaks, Women's Healthcare, Women's Rights | Tags: Crimea, John McCain, Lindsey Graham, Rand Paul, Rep. Steve Stockman, Ted Cruz, Vladimir Putin 51 CommentsWhat if it was all just various scenes from old plays…good plays. I mean isn't it only kabuki, smoke in mirrors (or is it smoke and mirrors.)
What if the players were switched out, and the real life newsmakers found themselves as characters in the theater's best productions.
Hey yeah.
Good Morning!
It has been a long night.
So l will just tread through this thread and put some links up and connect them to plays as we go…
Here Are All the People Who Think Putin Has Straight Up Lost His Mind | Mediaite
Then there's the growing theory that Putin has simply gone round the bend. We might as well call this The Merkel Theory, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel first gave voice to it during a phone call with President Barack Obama last weekend. Via the New York Times:
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told Mr. Obama by telephone on Sunday that after speaking with Mr. Putin she was not sure he was in touch with reality, people briefed on the call said. "In another world," she said.
U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power expanded this diagnosis to Russian ambassador Vitaly Churkin during an emergency meeting of the UN security council on Monday, accusing Churkin and his boss of chasing at shadows:
"So many of the assertions made this afternoon are without basis in reality. Is Russia justified in invading parts of Ukraine? The answer of course is no. Russian mobilisation is a response to an imaginary threat."
Geez, that is a lot of powerful people there…
And on Tuesday morning, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright re-upped Merkel's theory to CNN's New Day:
"I agree with what Angela Merkel said after she spoke to him, which is that he is in another world. I think that either he does not have the facts, he is being fed propaganda, or his own propaganda. It doesn't make any sense. There are no calls for assistance…There is not this kind of a crisis in terms of the way that the Russian-speaking people are in some way being harmed. So this is all made up. And I think it's part of a much longer term plan that Putin has had which is to try to recreate some form of relationship between Ukraine and Moscow. I think that is the tragedy that's going on. Putin is in many ways delusional about this."
Shit…what I think this brings to mind is Putin sitting in the chair during the Caine Mutiny Court Martial, shirtless of course.
Queeg is a psychopath in crisis and commanded the ship and its crew to destruction. Naval tradition is against him, but testimony eventually reveals a devastating picture of Queeg's mental disintegration.
All the pundits talk back and forth wondering if Crimea is Putin's "The Strawberry Incident."
Then you have the rest of the war mongers pushing to convict…Twelve Angry Men. (Fox News and basically every body else.) But there isn't a Juror Number 8 to turn the tide away from sending us into WW3/ColdWar2.
On to Ted Cruz steering Texas Republicans further right in primary fights | Reuters
The longest shadow in Tuesday's primary election in Texas is being cast by a politician not even in the running, freshman U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican.
Cruz, just two years into his first major elected office, has arguably become the most loved politician among Republicans in Texas, an incubator for national conservative policies where the party dominates the statehouse and has not lost a statewide race since 1994.
A host of Republican hopefuls are trying to ride his coattails, turning campaigns into raucous affairs about how much they despise Obamacare, embrace the constitutional right to bear arms and see a need to raise alarms about illegal immigration.
Cruz has turned an already right-leaning Texas Republican Party even further to the right, analysts said.
"Cruz scared the daylights out of center and center-right conservatives to the extent that they do not feel comfortable enough to run on their true positions and feel compelled to cater to the most conservative elements of the Texas Republican primary electorate," said Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University in Houston.
Oh, what horrors this man has brought to our nation. The Failure to Zig Zag, is the play I bring to you…
Neither the captain of the USS Indianapolis, McVay, nor his crew were told the cargo they had delivered in Tinian contained the essential components for the atomic bomb to be dropped in Hiroshima. Having completed its top secret mission, the ship was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The crew languished in shark infested waters while Naval authorities logged the ship safe in port. The navy's coverup and attempt to make McVay a scapegoat lead to a national scandal.
I present…Cruz as the sharks…in that scenario.
Maybe Boehner and the rest of the GOP are the naval authorities who are allowing the crew (voters) to be fed to the shark(s) Tea Party basturds?
(Who am I kidding they all are the sharks.)
Let's switch gears to another topic: Angry people 'risking heart attacks'
And another play where an angry man has a heart attack…Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys
Hey, you want a couple of Sunshine Boys? An Odd Couple? (Bet you can guess who is the neat one.)
Yes…according to Senator Lindsey Graham: Putin invaded Ukraine because (wait for it) Benghazi!
Here's Graham via Twitter yesterday:
Yes, we know why your eyes roll. But back to the matter at hand, Graham still left the matter somewhat vague, until today:
Then some more three hours ago:
Hell, Benghazi? That subject has been: Done to Death
As for the Lady's other partner: McCain's Mind-Boggling Hypocrisy on Crimea at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Conference | Informed Comment
They both are like a couple of salesmen from Glengarry Glen Ross, who will not give up pushing their crap to the American public.
I'm going to move faster now, it is again one of those all-niter post writing marathons and I have to make the kids lunches soon. Ugh.
Relax Everybody, Nobody Is A '2016 Frontrunner' Yet
…this past weekend was a looney-tune time for Washington's professional 2016 Speculasturbators. Did you know that we already have "frontrunners" for 2016? As in more than one?
See that link for the tweets…the play I am connecting to this? And Then There Were None
Y'all hear that George P. Bush Begins Political Career With Win – ABC News
George P. Bush took the first step toward continuing his family's political dynasty Tuesday, shaking off an under-funded primary challenger and securing the Republican nomination for the little-known but powerful post of Texas land commissioner.
The 37-year-old Fort Worth attorney is the grandson of former President George H.W. Bush, nephew of former President and Texas Gov. George W. Bush, and son of ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is frequently mentioned as a possible GOP White House hopeful in 2016.
He's also a Spanish speaker whose mother Columba was born in Mexico and who Republican leaders statewide long have toasted as key to wooing voters among Texas' booming Hispanic population.
"We don't have to change our conservative principles to win, we just need to change our tactics," said Bush, who spoke English and Spanish to the crowd at his victory party at a Fort Worth Mexican restaurant.
For some reason, The Little Foxes is what came to mind:
The Little Foxes is a 1939 play by Lillian Hellman. Its title comes from Chapter 2, Verse 15 in the Song of Solomon in the King James version of the Bible, which reads, "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes." Set in a small town in Alabama in 1900, it focuses on the struggle for control of the family business.
You know this one, Barbara Bush as Regina? Oh yes…
Edward Snowden set for video 'appearance' at South By Southwest festival | The Raw Story
I think some make Snowden out to be: An Enemy of the People
But I sometimes can't help think he is a The Harder They Fall character…an idiot asshole used by other more connected powerful assholes, who make money off him.. then leave him with nothing in a foreign country unable to speak. (Don't get me wrong, I feel no pity for Snowden what so ever!)
The next play is here for the title only: Smelling a Rat
and it follows the next three links…
Rand Paul is Running for President | BobCesca.com
How Steve Stockman Pioneered the Art of Not Campaigning | Mother Jones
Good Riddance to Steve Stockman, the Grifter Congressman Who Ran for Senate – The Daily Beast
On to the ladies…
Palin: Obama 'Wears Mom Jeans' and 'Equivocates' on Russia to the play: Edith Can Shoot Things And Hit Them (Title only)
Bachmann: American Jews 'Sold Out Israel' To Help Obama; Bible Predicts US Will Turn Against Israel In End Times | Right Wing Watch relates to the play: Psycho Beach Party
Imagine 'Gidget' crossed with 'The Three Faces of Eve' and 'Mommie Dearest'.
Chicklet Forrest, a teenage tomboy, desperately wants to be part of the surf crowd on Malibu Beach in 1962. One thing getting in her way is her unfortunate tendency towards split personalities. Among them is a black check out girl, an elderly radio talk show hostess, a male model named Steve and the accounting firm of Edelman and Edelman. Her most dangerous alter ego is a sexually voracious vixen named Ann Bowman who has nothing less than world domination on her mind.
This link was interesting, South Koreans View Kim Jong-Un More Favorably Than Shinzo Abe – Business Insider
But the plays here for Kim Jong-Un:
Then you can take Kim's nukes, A Rocket In His Pocket. As for the two family members that met with death…Reserve Two for Murder or Appointment With Death .
In Georgia, remember that work program Obama liked so much? Disabled Georgians waiting months for job training | AccessNorthGa
Budget and staffing issues have left unemployed and disabled Georgians looking for job training waiting months for help from a state agency tasked with providing vocational assistance.
After the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency was carved out of the state Department of Labor two years ago, lawmakers reduced its funding, which prompted the federal government to do the same.
GVRA Director Greg Schmieg told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://bit.ly/1knRW8o ) that he's aware of case backlogs and is disappointed with the wait times clients are faced with.
Schmieg said the state isn't providing enough funding for the agency to get the maximum amount of federal money. He says the federal government spends about $4 on the program for every $1 the state does.
I wonder who is running that Georgia program? Will Stockdale and Ben Whitledge in No Time for Sergeants (Remember both were from Georgia.)
Almost done.
One in Five US Soldiers Had Mental Illness Before Joining Army , and this is not meant as much of a joke, but maybe irony? For the play I thought of, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Finally: The Seven Most Common Lies About Abortion | Politics News | Rolling Stone
Chances are, you know someone who has had an abortion. Statistically, it's a near-certainty: In the U.S., one in three women will have an abortion by the age of 45. But despite how incredibly common abortion is, it remains mired in stigma and misinformation. Much of what we may think we know about this subject is actually outright lies told by abortion opponents to dissuade women out of seeking safe and legal abortion care.
Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs), which are fake clinics run by opponents of abortion, are well-known for lying to clients in order to convince them not to seek abortion care. But the lies told within the walls of CPCs aren't just contained there; they are part and parcel of the anti-abortion movement in the U.S. For a movement that so fervently claims that "truth is on our side," they seem perfectly willing to proliferate blatant lies about abortion. Here are a select few of the most common and pervasive of those lies.
Without a doubt, this last link connects with the play Gaslight…those GOP PLUB assholes gaslighting women who are vulnerable…
Gas Light (known in the USA as Angel Street) is a 1938 play by the British dramatist Patrick Hamilton. The play (and its film adaptations) gave rise to the term gaslighting with the meaning "a form of psychological abuse in which false information is presented to the victim with the intent of making him/her doubt his/her own memory and perception". Although it was never explicitly confirmed, many critics and scholars see the play and its adaptations as subtle retellings of the Bluebeard folk tale.
After all this I am off to get the kids up and out the door for school. I hope there are no typos or other mistakes.
Enjoy your day, and drop a thought or two or three in the comments below!
Wednesday Reads: Election Results, Smoking Crack and Dueling Plagiarisms
Posted: November 6, 2013 Filed under: Affordable Care Act (ACA), Crime, Elections, GLBT Rights, Main Stream Media, Media, morning reads, Political and Editorial Cartoons, U.S. Politics | Tags: Rand Paul, Rob Ford, Washington Times 59 CommentsGood Morning
Well…Election Day is over, and here are the results…in link dump format:
Ally of Clintons Narrowly Wins Election as Virginia Governor – NYTimes.com
Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Democratic fund-raiser and ally of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, was elected governor of Virginia on Tuesday, narrowly defeating the state's conservative attorney general, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, and confirming Virginia's evolution as a state increasingly dominated politically by the Democratic-leaning Washington suburbs.
Bill de Blasio poised to usher in new era of liberal governance in New York – The Washington Post
Bill de Blasio overwhelmingly was elected mayor here Tuesday, becoming the first Democrat to lead New York in 20 years and ushering in a new era of activist liberal governance in the nation's largest city.
Shortly after polls closed at 9 p.m., several networks projected that de Blasio soundly defeated Republican Joe Lhota, a protégé of former mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Chris Christie Coasts to 2nd Term as Governor of New Jersey – NYTimes.com
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey won re-election by a crushing margin on Tuesday, a victory that vaulted him to the front ranks of Republican presidential contenders and made him his party's foremost proponent of pragmatism over ideology.
Well, about that ideology. You have to admit, he scored big points with his base when he took down that teacher who was a) an educator b) union member and 3) a woman…meanwhile, in Illinois a gay marriage bill was approved!
The General Assembly today narrowly approved a gay marriage bill, clearing the way for Illinois to become the 15th state to legalize same-sex unions.
The bill got 61 votes in the House, one more than the bare minimum needed to send the measure back to the Senate, which quickly signed off. Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has said he would sign the bill into law should it reach his desk.
Reaction is rolling in tonight from the White House to City Hall.
President Barack Obama issued a statement praising the General Assembly.
"As president, I have always believed that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally under the law. Over time, I also came to believe that same-sex couples should be able to get married like anyone else," he said in the statement. "So tonight, Michelle and I are overjoyed for all the committed couples in Illinois whose love will now be as legal as ours – and for their friends and family who have long wanted nothing more than to see their loved ones treated fairly and equally under the law."
Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a statement following the House vote.
"Today is a critical moment in history for Illinois and for the entire LGBT movement. Finally, gays and lesbians across our state are guaranteed the fundamental right to marry, and countless couples with children will be acknowledged for what they are under the law – families just like everyone else," said Emanuel in the statement.
Hey, I know y'all have heard of this guy in Canada. Rob Ford, Toronto Mayor, Admits Having Smoked Crack Cocaine (VIDEO)
Rob Ford said Tuesday he loves his job and will stay on as mayor of Toronto despite admitting for the first time that he smoked crack.
Ford earlier acknowledged he smoked crack "probably a year ago" when he was in a "drunken stupor," but balked at growing pressure on him to resign.
"I was elected to do a job and that's exactly what I'm going to continue doing," Ford said. "On Oct. 27 of 2014, I want the people of this great city to decide whether they want Rob Ford to be their mayor."
Well, check out the tie this dude was wearing when he gave his speech today: Rob Ford's Ridiculous Crack-Apology Football Tie Now Available on eBay | Vanity Fair
It is black, made of polyester (the crack-cocaine of synthetic fibers), contains the logos of various N.F.L. teams (the Washington Redskin Native American mascot receives prominent placement), and is currently available for $14.99 on eBay. Is that more than the cost of an individual-sized portion of crack, or less? You'd have to ask someone who knows crack like the back of his crack-pipe-wielding hand—someone like Toronto mayor Rob Ford.
Who can speed-dial the crisis mangers more quickly: Surrey Clothing, which manufactured the tie, or the N.F.L., whose franchises now share the above screen grab with a portly 44-something crack lover?
So, he's wearing a NFL tie…great branding there. Bullying football players, concussion cover-ups, racist team names…and a poster boy for drunk, crack smoking politicians. But back to Rob Ford. Wow, now that guy has balls…dude gets caught smoking crack…admits he did it, possibly during a drunken stupor…and says he is staying put as Mayor of Toronto.
That is almost as ballsy as Rand Paul, who gets caught repeatedly plagiarizing, admits he did it…challenges Rachael Maddow to a faux duel…then announces he will go "dueling" Tarantino style on anyone's ass who accuses him of cheating again! Only to turn around and blame his staff…what an asshole. Well, it looks like someone has finally had enough of Rand Paul's shit: Washington Times ends Sen. Rand Paul column amid plagiarism allegations – Washington Times
Which leads me to this little op/ed from Cagle Cartoons: Corrections by Jason Stanford
Last week's news contained some factual errors that merit correction. We strive for accuracy at all times and regret falling short in these rare instances.
An article on Sunday claimed that the National Security Agency collected data on tens of millions of phone calls in France and Spain. In actual—if less sensational—fact, the records were "handed over to the NSA by European intelligence services as part of joint operations." We regret getting the story exactly backwards.
Also on Sunday, a television news magazine featured an American security contractor who claimed to have fought off terrorists at the State Department compound in Benghazi. It now appears that this person filed an official report stating he was nowhere near the compound. We regret not checking out his story before giving him a national platform.
In repeated interviews on Monday and Tuesday, Sen. Lindsay Graham threatened to filibuster federal nominations because "the people who survived the attack in Benghazi have not been made available to the U.S. Congress for oversight purposes." In fact, they did testify before Congress recently. The cable news anchors regret not challenging him on this easily verified factual misstatement.
A guest op-ed on Monday by actress and author Suzanne Somers misattributed the rantings of emails in ALL CAPS to Vladimir Lenin and Winston Churchill. Furthermore, her op-ed repeated the previously discredited assertion that Canadian doctors are fleeing socialized medicine for the unregulated profiteering in the United States. Also, Ms. Somers also mistook a dog for a horse, but in the greater scheme of things this worries us less than thinking the Thigh Master pitchwoman was a credible health care policy expert. We regret the error.
An article on Monday incorrectly implied that the Obama administration did not know about half of those with health insurance policies purchased on the individual market would receive cancellations. In fact, the regulations written in 2010 predicted that 40%-67% of those in the individual market would lose their policies because of market forces, including insurance companies unilaterally lowering benefits, shrinking coverage or increasing your co-pays, i.e., behaving like insurance companies. We regret the error.
In a follow-up story Tuesday, morning news co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck further claimed this information was "buried in Obamacare," asking "Where was that information up at the top? Where was that in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012? Where was that information?" While she did list the progression of years in correct sequential order, the predicted changeover in the individual health insurance market had been previously reported in 2010 by the network that now employs her. She may or may not regret the error.
Okay, because it is so good…here is the rest of it:
Repeated television interviews last week featured consumers with cancelled insurance policies. After Michael Hiltzik of The Los Angeles Times and Paul Waldman of The American Prospect quickly debunked the horror stories, it became clear that the television journalists failed to do more than turn on the camera and say, "Golly" and "Oh, really? Wow."
It is doubtful that a single television reporter asked any of these people four crucial questions: What did their old plan cover? Did they go to the exchanges? If the premiums were cheap, were the co-pays and deductibles affordable? Did they qualify for subsidies? We regret giving frightened consumers platforms to air uninformed complaints without ever performing what would be recognized by experts as "journalism" until the cameras were turned off. The answers to these questions revealed that the real horror story was how insurance companies could get away with junk policies that left consumers exposed to financial ruin until Obamacare came along.
Journalism's apparent inability to ask follow-up questions, challenge assumptions and debunk lies has left the country in a bit of an uninformed tizzy about its national and financial security. All of this would have been simple to prevent had journalists had checked their facts before polluting the news with false information.
However, researching a subject can get in the way of achieving the ratings usually attained through sensationalizing falsehood and ignorance. We regret the errors, but we can't promise it all won't happen again next week. After all, we hear Sally Struthers has written something about Benghazi that's really dynamite.
Oh…can't wait for that report! Ya know, I loved Struthers' work for starving children in Africa:
Starvin' Marvin (Season 1, Episode 9) – Full Episode Player – South Park Studios
While trying to get a free promotional digital sports watch, the boys end up contacting an organization that helps starving children in Africa. Mistaking Cartman for a starving African child, government authorities send him to Ethiopia. Adding chaos to confusion, a flock of wild turkeys revolt after their treatment at the hands of the local genetic engineer. South Park is at the mercy of genetically altered turkeys.
If you don't remember this episode…
"Starvin' Marvin" is the eighth episode of the first season of the American animated television series South Park. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 19, 1997. In the episode, Cartman, Kenny, Kyle and Stan send money to an African charity hoping to get a sports watch, but are instead sent an Ethiopian child whom they dub Starvin' Marvin. Later, Cartman is accidentally sent to Ethiopia, where he learns activist Sally Struthers is hoarding the charity's food for herself. In an accompanying subplot, after genetically engineered turkeys attack South Park residents, Chef rallies the residents to fight back, in a parody of the film Braveheart.
Okay, joking aside…there's another rape case on video that is making news. 16-Year-Old Florida Girl Held Down By Classmates, Raped On Videotape: Cops
A 16-year-old's visit to a Hollywood, Florida home turned into a nightmare when a pack of five teens descended upon her, dragged her by the hair, kicked and punched her, then held her down while she was raped in a videotaped assault, police say.
Four of the accused and the victim are students at South Broward High, according to their Facebook pages. The three boys and two girls, ages 15 to 19, have been charged with felony sexual battery and false imprisonment.
"It just makes it all the more disturbing when you have this many people working in concert and aggression," Maria Schneider, state prosecutor in charge of the juvenile unit, said Monday. "I can't imagine how overwhelmed and under siege someone would feel under these circumstances. It's very traumatic."
Hospital officials declined to say whether the victim, who bled from an ear and drifted in and out of consciousness with her eyes swollen shut when police questioned her Saturday morning, remained hospitalized Monday. Because of the nature of the crime, the Sun Sentinel is not naming her.
There is some pretty graphic detail in the article.
Next up, two links from AJAM:
SC tribe looks to casino in NC to preserve its heritage | Al Jazeera America
In central South Carolina, clay is pulled from the land near the Catawba River by a Native American tribe of the same name. The loam is processed much as it was thousands of years ago, coiled into pots, scraped and burnished with river rocks and fired over an open pit until it can endure.
And in that ancient pottery tradition — the oldest continuing one in North America — lies the story of the Catawba people, according to the tribe's elected chief, Bill Harris.
It is also motivation for its economic future. The Catawba Indian Nation, South Carolina's only federally recognized Indian tribe, is looking to a casino resort and high-stakes bingo as a way to ensure its cultural future.
Central to the tribe's plan for economic development: Holding the federal government to its promise, the tribe will expand throughout its ancestral lands. It has set its sights on 16 acres across the state line, in Cleveland County, N.C., where it hopes to build a 220,000-square-foot gaming facility and 750-room resort. It estimates that the $340 million casino project will initially create at least 4,000 jobs in a county where unemployment lingers at about 10 percent.
There's another hurdle to the plan. The Cherokee, the Catawba's historical trade rival, view the casino plans as competition.
"Based on the newly released information provided by Cleveland County, we are greatly concerned that this development will negatively impact job growth and revenue at Harrah's Cherokee Casino and for the western region of North Carolina," Cherokee Chief Michell Hicks said in a statement in the tribe's newspaper.
That is a long read, but it is interesting to see the competition between the two tribes…over what seems to be an endless supply of customers. The new outpost that Harrah's Cherokee Casino is building is actually just north of Banjoville, on the other side of the Georgia/North Carolina border.
Median wage falls to lowest level since 1998 by David Cay Johnston| Al Jazeera America
Last year the median wage hit its lowest level since 1998, revealing that at least half of American workers are being left behind as the economy slowly recovers from the Great Recession.
But at the top, wages soared — the latest indication in a long-running trend of increasing inequality, with income gains going to top earners while the majority of workers see stagnant or falling wages.
Al Jazeera is the first news organization to report these figures from the Social Security Administration (SSA), which were released late in October.
The median wage — half of workers make more, half less — came to $27,519 last year, virtually unchanged from 2011. Measured in 2012 dollars, the median wage was down $4.
The 2012 median wage was at its lowest level since 1998, when the median stood at $26,984.
From its all-time peak in 2007, the median wage was down $980. That means someone at the midpoint in pay worked 52 weeks last year but earned about the equivalent of working just 50 weeks at 2007 pay levels, the last peak year for the economy.
The average wage, on the other hand, improved last year. It increased to $42,498, up $434, or 1 percent from 2011 after considering inflation. But the average wage remained below its $42,921 peak in 2007, I calculated from the SSA data.
These figures from the SSA cover only cash pay, not fringe benefits such as health insurance and pensions. The figures are reported to the Internal Revenue Service to verify what individuals put on their tax returns.
More on what those numbers mean at the link.
I will end with this cartoon from Luckovich: 11/6 Luckovich cartoon: 'If you like your health plan…' | Mike Luckovich
So…what's going on in your world this morning? Tell us about it below in the comment section!
Saturday Morning Open Thread: Libertarians Are Not Our Friends
Posted: August 17, 2013 Filed under: 2014 elections, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Foreign Affairs, open thread, Republican politics, U.S. Economy, U.S. Politics, Women's Rights | Tags: Julian Assange, libertarians, Martin Luther King, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, Wikileaks 40 CommentsGood Morning!!
Sorry I'm posting this so late today. I've been pondering some issues that have been troubling me for a long time, and I keep getting stuck about how to write about them.
I'm beginning to see the libertarian influence on so-called "progressives" as a very serious problem for the future of our country. Here's a somewhat incoherent beginning to a discussion of this problem. I'm putting this out there in the hope that I'll get some feedback from you that will help me sort this out. So here goes…
Partial transcript:
"I'm a big admirer of Ron Paul and Rand Paul for their very principled positions in the U.S. Congress on a number of issues. They have been the strongest supporters of the fight against the U.S. attacks on Wikileaks and on me in the U.S. Congress. Similarly, they have been the strongest opponents of drone warfare and extrajudicial executions.
And so, that's quite an interesting phenomenon in the United States. The position of the libertarian Republican–or a better description [right?]–coming from a principle of nonviolence, the American libertarian, that produces interesting results.
So, nonviolence, not going to invade a foreign country. Nonviolence, don't force people at the barrel of a gun to serve in the U.S. Army [?? The U.S. doesn't have a draft]. Nonviolence, don't extort taxes from people to the Federal government, with a [policeman?]….
Similarly, other acts of nonviolence in relation to abortion that they hold. I think that some of these positions that are held by Ron Paul…I can see how they come from the same underlying libertarian principle. I think the world is often more complex. By taking a laid out principle but sometimes simplistic position, you end up undermining the principle. In the short term, visions of the principle are one thing, visions of the principle…it's quite hard to know [inaudible].
A few comments…
It's not clear to me whether Assange supports the Paul's position on abortion, but clearly it's a side issue for him–not nearly as important as the Paul's support of Wikileaks and Assange himself, since he later said that both political parties have been compromised and the only hope for the future comes from the libertarian portion of the Republican Party. HuffPo:
He then put forth an argument against both established political parties in Washington, claiming that nearly all Democrats had been "co-opted" by President Barack Obama's administration, while Republicans were almost entirely "in bed with the war industry."
The current libertarian strain of political thought in the Republican Party was the "the only hope" for American electoral politics, Assange concluded.
Assange sees federal taxes as "extortion." I assume that includes the payroll taxes that support Social Security and Medicare. He never mentions social programs at all; as a libertarian he probably opposes them. This is in line with other libertarians who are leading the fight against the U.S. government keeping any secrets whatsoever, e.g., Glenn Greenwald, Edward Snowden, Conor Frierdersdorf, and David Sirota (I'll have more about this in a later post).
Not only does Assange not know that the U.S. doesn't have a military draft, he's pretty mixed up about recent U.S. history. In praising right wing racist news aggregator Matt Drudge, Assange said, via Raw Story:
"Matt Drudge is a news media innovator. And he took off about eight years ago in response to the Monica Lewinsky scandal."
(Eight years ago was 2005, the first year of George W. Bush's second term, when President Bill Clinton had been out of office for five years and the Lewinsky scandal and subsequent failed impeachment attempt were a matter of history.)
Assange claimed that Drudge made his name by "publishing information that the establishment media would not. It is as a result of the self-censorship of the establishment press in the United States that gave Matt Drudge such a platform and so of course he should be applauded for breaking a lot of that censorship."
Assange says he supports non-violence. I'd like to point out that in U.S. history, one of the leading advocates of nonviolence and civil disobedience was a man named Martin Luther King. Fifty years ago King led a "March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom." But Assange favors the Pauls' notion of "nonviolence." (Assange doesn't appear to know that Ron and Rand Paul are the recipients of vast corporate donations from the defense industry.) I wonder if Assange knows that Ron and Rand Paul oppose Civil Rights laws? I wonder if he cares?
Julian Assange–along with Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald–is currently the idol of the "emoprogs" who have become so distracted by the NSA leaks story that they don't even notice that Republicans have a very good chance of retaking the Senate next year. These supposed "leftists" have forgotten all about jobs, protecting social programs, women's rights, civil rights, economic inequality, and our crumbling infrastructure in order to follow a handful of privileged, young white male libertarian pied pipers who are focused only on their own personal "liberties."
Wednesday Reads: JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Elmore Leonard…the NRA and a Southern Avenger
Posted: August 7, 2013 Filed under: History, morning reads, racism, right wing hate grouups | Tags: Elmore Leonard, George Hickey, GSU, Hunt for Truth.org, Jack Hunter, JFK, Marilyn Monroe, Neoconfederates, NRA, Rand Paul 6 CommentsGood Morning
Hey, the title of this morning's post is longer than the actual body of the post itself.
As usual, the first few days of school are spent wasting time and pulling hairs, with papers to sign and forms to fill out…and of course it goes without saying, it also includes dealing with teenagers that turn what remaining hairs you do have left gray.
Two links for you on JFK:
JFK Second Shooter? New Documentary Makes Radical Claim
A new documentary alleges that a Secret Service agent was the second (and accidental) shooter in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
At the Television Critics Association press tour in Los Angeles on Sunday, producers and investigators behind Reelz Channel's new documentary "JFK: The Smoking Gun" made the claim that George Hickey, a Secret Service agent riding in the car behind Kennedy, accidentally shot the president on Nov. 22, 1963. The film follows veteran police detective Colin McLaren in his four-year investigation of the assassination and points at Hickey, who died two years ago.
McLaren's research built on the work of Howard Donahue, who spent 20 years studying the assassination and had his findings documented in Bonar Menninger's book Mortal Error: The Shot That Killed JFK.
Based on his painstaking investigation, McLaren said, evidence suggests Hickey was not qualified to use the weapon he was holding the morning of the shooting.
"It was his first time in the follow car, his first time holding the assault weapon he was using," McLaren said. Producers said the film's theory is that shots rang out, and Hickey grabbed his weapon to return fire. When his car stopped suddenly, Hickey accidentally discharged his weapon — making him the second shooter, the film's investigators and producers alleged.
McLaren said he believes that Hickey's weapon had hollow-point rounds — different from the ammunition for the weapon used by Lee Harvey Oswald, whom the Warren Commission declared in 1964 was the lone gunman in the case. Menninger and McLaren said that based on their review of the forensics in the case, they believe that Kennedy was also struck by a hollow-point round.
And if that doesn't get you going…maybe this one will: New book claims Marilyn Monroe hoped to marry John F. Kennedy
Marilyn Monroe, who notoriously had an affair with John F. Kennedy, apparently believed she was going to marry the president, even phoning the White House to tell his wife.
The story, reported in a new book out Tuesday by journalist Christopher Andersen, asserts that Jackie Kennedy even told Monroe that the screen siren was welcome to take over her role as first lady.
"And you'll move into the White House and you'll assume the responsibilities of first lady, and I'll move out and you'll have all the problems," she reportedly told Monroe.
The incident is just one layer of the complex marriage in the year before the president was assassinated, according to the new account.
The book chronicles how Jackie was begged to stay by her husband even in the face of a nuclear strike, how the couple withstood the death of their newborn son Patrick, as well as how they weathered JFK's many extramarital affairs.
It aims to answer whether the pair, 33 and 46 when JFK was killed, who captured the hearts of the nation, truly loved one another.
According to Andersen's research, Jackie was well aware of her husband's many infidelities, but was only upset over Marilyn — not because of the affair, itself, but because the first lady feared the scandal set her up for public ridicule.
Honestly, it all seems like some version of the History Channel's brand of historic docudrama meets Lifetime…television for idiots.
Speaking of idiots: Senator Rand Paul denies his former 'Southern Avenger' aide was racist
"I do think he was unfairly treated by the media, and he was put up as target practice for people to say he's a racist, and none of that was true. If you look at his writings, I think there are a lot of problems and a lot of disagreements and none of it do I support. But none of it was racist. He got along with everyone in the office, treated everyone fairly without regards to race or religion."
And more idiots: Informal 'White Student Union' started at Georgia State
Freshman Patrick Sharp said he started the club so that students of European and Euro-American descent can celebrate their shared history and culture and discuss issues that affect white people, such as immigration and affirmative action.
And yes…you got it…a shit more idiots: National Rifle Association Enemies List Now Includes Scientists, Zoos
In a move bizarrely reminiscent of its "anti-gun" enemies list, the National Rifle Association announced a new plan Friday to target scientists, environmental groups, government regulators and individuals who favor banning the use of lead in gun ammunition.
The targeted attacks are part of Hunt for Truth.org, a newly revamped effort by the nation's largest gun lobby to block attempts to regulate the use of lead in bullets. Regulations have been proposed in some states after studies have shown that millions of birds — most notably the highly endangered California condor — are dying of lead poisoning after ingesting lead bullet fragments.
[...]The NRA singled out a law under consideration in California which would require hunters in the Golden State to use lead-free ammunition. Lead free bullets are widely available from top manufacturers, and have not been shown to function any differently than bullets containing the highly toxic element.
In order to rally its members to oppose the lead regulation, the NRA described a conspiracy theory involving crooked scientists, phony research, and a shadowy network of nonprofits, zoos and government agencies all conspiring to ban hunting.
According to the NRA, an "activist portion of the scientific community" has formed "a highly organized network of like minded researchers with an agenda to ban lead ammunition." In order to thwart this looming threat, "Hunt for Truth will expose the researchers associated with 'faulty science' critical of lead ammunition," the gun lobby says.
Scientists aren't the NRA's only new targets. Nonprofits like the San Diego Zoo and the California Condor Recovery Team are also on the enemies list. The NRA claims these groups "have considerable influence over many legislators and regulators," which they use to "capture" the regulatory agencies and bureaucrats responsible for lead ammunition restrictions.
As of Monday, the NRA had yet to list any scientists it planned to target, but there were seven environmental and wildlife conservation groups on the site, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Center for Biological Diversity. Four government agencies were also singled out: the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the California Department of Fish and Game, the Los Angeles Zoo and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Crazy right-wing nuts!
There was some sad news yesterday, Elmore Leonard, Lauded Crime Novelist, Recovering After Stroke In Detroit-Area Hospital
Elmore Leonard, one of the most prolific and beloved crime novelists of the 20th century, is recovering in a Detroit-area hospital after a stroke, according to the Detroit News.
Gregg Sutter, the author's longtime researcher, confirmed Monday that Leonard, 87, suffered the stroke on July 29. Leonard is currently working on his 46th novel.
"He's doing better every day, and the family is guardedly optimistic," Sutter told the Detroit News. "He's showing great spirit. He's a fighter, and we're glad to see that."
For someone who was such a brilliant and prolific writer…to suffer a stroke is devastating.
Last year, Leonard won the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.
In his take on The Huffington Post's regular "Where I Like To Read" column, Leonard wrote, "I don't need anything else when I read. The sound of the words in my head is enough."
That is so true…oh yes, it surely is.
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5mins walk to KLCC & masjid jamek lrt station.
Location, helpfull, front counter staff.
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great location, easy for public transport. free complementary wifi.quite friendly staff at the desk.
Location, location, location. Next to Petronas tower, KLCC station and park. Lots of restaurants and malls. Aeroline bus stop in front of the hotel...
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Clean and spacious room Close proximity to KLCC, LRT and abundance of cabs available
Located in the Golden Triangle, Corus Hotel Kuala Lumpur offers a pool and free shuttle services to Bukit Bintang and Chinatown. Rooms offer free internet access. 5 restaurants are available. Hotel Corus is a 2-minute walk from Putra LRT. Petronas Twin Towers and KLCC are a 5-minute walk away. Corus' air-conditioned rooms offer a minibar and tea/coffee maker. Private bathrooms come with bathtubs, and guests can listen to the radio for entertainment. A fitness center and sauna/steam room are available for exercise and rejuvenation. Hotel Corus offers a concierge that sees to guests' requests and needs. All-day dining is available at Dondang Sayang Coffee House, which serves local and European cuisine. Ming Palace offers Szechuan dishes, while Japanese fare is available at Komura. A wide variety of drinks are served at Kencana Lounge and The Cellar. We speak your language! Hotel Rooms: 388 Why use Booking.com?Why use Booking.com?Low ratesNo booking fees • Save money! • Best Price Guaranteed 435,522 properties worldwide
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Online Hotel Reservation System V 2.0
In this code you will learn on how to create an online hotel reservation system using php. you will also learn on how to create an input validation using javascrpit. you will also lear on how to create online payment using paypal. this is the version 2.0 of my online reservation system version 1.0, to view the version 1.0 of this system click here. to see also the working demo of this system click here. to view the admin page of this system, just add this in your url "/admin_index.php".
database name:argie_tamera
admin username:admin
admin password:admin
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Hey! Dude i just download your system. and i found out some feature of your system is very helpful to my project. thanks dude.. can u help how to import an excel file to mysql. using php. the import must be display ina table format.. thanks dude.. here is my email.. email@example.com
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good day sir,, i have the project thesis, the title Online locker reservation,, please help me what is the appropriate application of this thesis, and what are the things that i can apply to improve this project,
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I have solved the problem concerning my previous post.
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Hey argie,
I am having some problems with your system's pay pal account.
I downloaded your system, installed it into my server and its working but the only problem is in the admin area under the monitor reservation tab.
Under this tab, it does not display guest reservation details and thus I cant check a guest out.
When I enter into the admin area of your online site, its displayed.
How can I configure mine so that the payment notification is updated?
same paypal problems
I have the same problem just like what stated by mr. anonymous..
the showconfirm.php file is not included in your source code can u pls.
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After Paypal checkout then showconfirm.php not included in the system,kindly plzsendthe phpfile
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Help strange creatures to bring the eye to a mysterious customer.
3.75 / 5.00 13,467 ViewsA tribute to Valve's popular console puzzle game Portal 2, which uses almost every feature from the original in 25 epic levels!
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I've started moving recipes and will add new ones to the Wordpress blog as well over time.
All blog post will now be at http://justthefoodpeople.wordpress.com/
I've started moving recipes and will add new ones to the Wordpress blog as well over time.
There have been no blog posts because I'm in a cooking rut of sorts.
So, readers, share some of your favorite foods or request a recipe!
I've been on hiatus from the blog, fancy word for taking a break,.
First Tumblr ticked me off because they auto published everything in my queue. I had worked hard at compiling 2 weeks of posts and bam they put it all out there in one day.
Second, I got busy with another endeavor and it required a bit of attention. One of my goals for 2011 is doing One Thing a day to get rid of possessions be they usable or broken. Visit my page if you don't already and let me know what you think. http://www.facebook.com/pages/One-Thing/158506310863810
Resident Teen gave me a Julia Child cookbook, she is the favorite kid now, and I'm going to try my hand at a few recipes. I'm leaning towards Coq au Vin for next week because I snagged up a pack of chicken for 50% off and it's hogging my freezer.
I also have a new stuffed chicken recipe and a salad idea so stay tuned.
Will be back tomorrow with the Swedish Chef and a new start on Monday.
Chicken with mozerella and ham
I've just returned from a trip to the Netherlands and am filled with ideas for food and recipes.
There are a few things needing mulling over but I'm excited!
I'm planning to be as gluten free as possible during the week but will offer whole carb suggestions.
Food should be more than just nutrition, it should be a little party every time even if it is just a simple meal.
Hope you stick around for 2011 and feel free to pass my blog along.
Instructions for Microsoft's New TV Dinner Product: You must first remove the plastic cover. By doing so you agree to If you have a PC microwave oven, insert the dinner into the oven. mstv.dinn.//08.5min@50%heat Then enter: ms//start.cook_dindin/yummy\|/yum~yum:-)gohot#cookme. If you have a Macintosh microwave oven, insert the dinner and If you have a Unix microwave oven, insert the dinner, enter the Be forewarned that Microsoft dinners may crash, in which case ms.nodamn.good/tryagain\again/again.crap This process may have to be repeated. Try unplugging the Many users have reported that the dinner tray is far too big, larger Dinners are only available from registered outlets, and only the Microsoft promises a dessert with every dinner after '98. Microsoft dinners may be incompatible with other dinners in the
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Years ago my husband and I would watch Emeril Lagasse on the Food Network together. He has some real good recipes and this Sweet potato Flan is to die for.
It's a bit more work but I think for a special dinner spending the time on in is worth it.
Hope you are having good times during the holidays!
Growing up in the Netherlands we did not eat or have sweet potatoes or yams. Here in the US this pretty orange tuber has stolen my heart.
I love to cook it in the oven. It eliminates the need for a binding agent when used in soups.
Curried Sweet Potato soup with crab.
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Discovering the unexpected
Advantages: Delicious food, flexible eating spaces Disadvantages: None
...My son recently graduated from Newcastle University, and we wanted to book a place for lunch that would serve a wide variety of food that would cater for all the various dietary tastes around our table. My son recommended the Marco Polo; all the reviews on the web were outstandingly positive, so we booked a table via the online booking service on their website. The Restaurant...
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Advantages: not even the fees Disadvantages: the worst "fiesta"
...We went to Ibiza last summer, It was a last minute trip and we made our reservations through a website. The pictures from this hotel were nice, a splendid swimming pool , comfortable rooms , and so on. But the problem was: you cannot see the bathrooms in any of the pictures on the web. And that was the worst part. The hotel is placed in San Antonio de Portmany .The location for this hotel was...
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Nice Food, Nice place
Advantages: Good food, good service Disadvantages: Noisy, very busy
...It was my cousins 17th birthday last week and my auntie and uncle asked my parents and I if we wanted to go out for a meal to celebrate. When we agreed they said they would book a table at Marco Polo in Newcastle for Saturday night. Where is it? Marco Polo is an Italian restaurant located on Dean Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. It is near to the metro station and taxi's can be found...
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I have just cancelled my order with them because the way they do business is absolutely not acceptable! I wanted to buy Nikon D600 from them and I applied for the finance at the same time. First of all I was asked few question by the finance company they work with which is fair enough and when they approved the decision I received an email from their customer support asking me to contact them. I phoned them and they said they are not sure if they can release the order and I asked why is that and they said because the manager needs to approve it. The guy over the phone asked me what is the street name closest to my place of living and when I said one he asked about any pub close to me! What sort of ridiculous questions these are!? Then they said there is some sort of problem with my bank and they have to confirm some things with them. I was given a call by my bank asking whether the transaction I made was legitimate. I said it was. Then obviously nobody from Jessops bothered to give me a call so I called again. They asked me to provide a proof of address and my photo ID to make sure they sending camera to correct person. What on earth does that mean !? They were trying to turn that against protecting me as a customer and not sending a valuable item to someone else but this is a bunch of lies! Anyway I calmed down and I did what they wanted... guess what ? Obviously nobody called me back regarding my order. Sent few emails this morning and nothing back... I gave them a call and asked what is going on with the order. I was told it's STILL waiting for the manager to release it and they not sure if they can do it.... I asked to cancel my order what has been done. Someone here said that they don't want anything from you but your money. I would say they don't want anything from you,... even your money now! Absolutely no level of any service. I'm not surprised many of their stores have gone bust if they operate in the way like that. It's easier to open a brand new bank account rather than buy something from them. As I said I will never come back to them again I also sent an official letter to the Citizens Advice to find out whether that sort of practice is legal at all because when I requested to point me into proper sections in their T&C I heard nothing back.
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Amazon continues to undercut every competition, even it's own marketplace sellers. Competition in retail should provide a healthy balance in price and choice but Amazon are causing more harm than good. Buying from Amazon may save you a couple of pounds initially but if they continue to close down small businesses, causing the loss of permanent, skilled and enjoyable employment, and only providing unskilled temporary warehouse employment, then I think we will all suffer in the long term. Eventually there will be no local shops for our kids to get jobs, and our town centres will be boarded up. Now is the time to support the businesses that will keep employment, culture and our local communities healthy. Amazon will not.
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