September, 2011 archive
The Untold Katrina Story 0
Tom Papantonio interviews Harry Shearer about what actually caused the devastation of New Orleans.
If you haven’t been following this story, watching this 11 minutes will change your beliefs about the Army Corps of Engineers.
Facebook Frolics 0
The family that put the fun in dysfunctional, all out there on Facebook so we can watch.
The (Job) Creationism Myth 0
Job creators at work:
The number of job cuts are not final and could change. The restructuring aims to reduce the bank’s workforce of 280,000 over a period of years, the Journal said.
Stray Question 2
Why hassn’t Michelle Bachmann wondered whether the Texas wildfires are a sign from God to Rick Perry?
Droning On 0
Robot killing machines, the new engine of economic growth:
More than 200 commercial communication satellites will be launched by 2020 as a surging number of television stations boosts demand for broadcasting services, Euroconsult estimates. The increase in capacity will accelerate to 7 percent annually in the next three years, from 3 percent in the five years through 2010, said Chief Executive Officer Pacome Revillon.
News You Won’t Notice 0
Another terrorist gets locked up, but you won’t here much about this one, because he’s the white, right, homegrown kind:
Why Vote Republican? 0
Art Buck explains. A snippet:
I will overlook the fact that this law was passed in 2007 by a Republican Congress and signed into law by President Bush. It is clearly a Commie plot devised by Democrats. Can you spell “1984”?
The Voter Fraud Fraud (Updated) 0
They aren’t even trying to hide their motives any more:
But in Wisconsin, which recently passed one of the nation’s most restrictive voter ID laws, another roadblock exists: ignorance.
A leaked memo written by a high-ranking Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation official stipulates that DMV workers are not to offer the voter ID, leaving it to the patron to explicitly ask for the free ID, then fill out the proper paperwork.
Addendum, the Next Day:
I was wrong. They are trying to hide it:
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Clearly more firefighters must be laid off to correct this.
WWJD 0
In the Chicago Trib, Dan Martin wonders, “How would Jesus vote?” and handicaps the candidates accordingly.
No excerpt or summary can do it justice.
Public Services Should Be Public 0
Thom Hartmann explains:
QOTD 0
Marshall McLuhan, from the Quotemaster (subscribe here):
Anyone who tries to make a distinction between education and entertainment doesn’t know the first thing about either.
My Plans for the Republican Debate 0
The Phillies are on the television tonight.
’nuff said.
“Rescue Me” 0
Yesterdays HearSay, the local NPR affiliate’s information and interview show, discussed the pros and cons of charging persons for emergency services. This seems to be a new trend among cash-strapped states and localities who are too chicken to raise taxes, particularly if the persons rescued can be construed to have been responsible for getting themselves into the emergency, like this bozo.
How much, for example, should the Fed and Treasury charge the banksters for emergency services?
Droning On 0
Asia Times considers internal CIA dynamics as an impetus to increase its use of robot killing. Read it all.
Here’s a snippet from deep in the article:
That decision meant that analysts who chose to specialize in targeting for CIA drone operations were promised that they could stay within that specialty and get promotions throughout their careers. Thus the agency had made far-reaching commitments to its own staff in the expectation that the drone war would grow far beyond the three strikes a year and that it would continue indefinitely.
By 2007, the agency realized that, in order to keep those commitments, it had to get the White House to change the rules by relaxing existing restrictions on drone strikes.
File this under “Why am I not surprised.”