November, 2011 archive
Advice for the Forlorn 0
Ask Dr. Gerry Mander, the Therapist the Stars Trust.
I’m the governor of Texas, running to be the Republican candidate in next year’s presidential election and I’ve got myself three problems.
First, I forgot one of my key policies in a live TV debate. Second, I’m now the laughing stock of the internet. Third… now what was it? Nope, sorry, it’s gone.
Rick Perry
Dear Governor Perry
So you’re an inarticulate, rightwing Texan with no grasp of policy who liberals sneer at – and you want to be US president. Something tells me you’ll be just fine.
Everybody Must Get Fracked 0
Fracked veterans describe their experiences:
Carolyn Knapp and Carol French warned that if North Carolina permits drillers to explore here, residents can expect conflicts with neighbors, lawsuits with gas companies, health complaints, a spike in crime and ruined property values.
Sword Filtched 0
Officials have no idea when this happened, other than sometime this fall:
My guess is that it was taken for its value as scrap. I know of a church that had its copper gutters stolen.
Withdrawn 0
More like this, please.
Santa Cruz Treasurer-Tax Collector Fred Keeley said Thursday evening that the banks, which were handling some of the county’s bond investments, had engaged in unacceptable practices that should alarm any official charged with handling public dollars.
“There seems to be no limit to the greed of some of our nation’s largest banks,” Keeley said . . . .
One of the things that keeps the banksters going is that persons keep going to them. Since all they care about is money, the only consequences that will get their attention must involve money (or perhaps jails).
So far, we have reinforced their recklessness and duplicity: we keep giving them more money for doing the same things all over again once more.
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
Still holding its own (emphasis added):
The Real Estate Information Network reported that 866 existing homes were sold last month, down 8.2 percent from September but up 12.6 percent from October 2010. It was the fourth consecutive month of year-over-year sales volume increases.
Distressed sales in all of Hampton Roads still played a major factor in the market last month, accounting for 33 percent of October’s sales. Those sales include foreclosures and sales by homeowners whose homes are worth less than the balance of their mortgage.
Facebook Frolics 0
Whatever it turns out to be, I am confident it won’t be stringent enough.
Wars for Lies 0
Asia Times looks at the neocon warmongers who have started a campaign to keep the Great and Glorious War for a Lie in Iraq in perpetuity. A nugget:
Vampirella 0
Biting off more than she can chew.
The woman walked up to a customer, groped him from behind and bit him on the neck.
She then approached a female clerk and asked her for a hug. When the clerk leaned over the counter, the woman bit her in the neck too. After the second alleged bite, the woman left the store with a man in a dark-colored sedan.
The Ultimate Penalty 0
Gasp (emphasis! added!)!
When the only measure is “How much?” there can be no greater penalty.
Facebook Frolics 0
The local rag editorializes about this situation. A snippet:
Read the rest and, as they say on the railroad, be guided accordingly.
Dustbiter 0
The FDIC dined early this week because of the holiday. I almost missed it.
More Masters of the Universe are ISO gainful employment, having failed at the ill-gotten-gainful kind:
One wonders, does Georgia have any native Georgian banks left?
How To Rob a Bank 0
From the description:
Bank of America has become the poster-child for corruption and incompetence ever since they took a taxpayer-funded bailout to save themselves from their own incompetence. They then took that bailout money and paid record-breaking bonuses to their executives, and raised fees for their own customers. And today, it looks like the company is poised to repeat history again. Sam Seder talks about the next round of troubles facing Bank of America with William Black, author of the book “The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One.”
No Moderates Need Apply 0
Kay at Balloon Juice speaks sense (emphasis added):
There’s one Republican Party, just like there’s one Democratic Party. I don’t run around pretending there’s another, alternate Democratic Party that is much, much better than the group that currently exists. I’d sometimes like to do that, but I don’t, because that’s purely aspirational on my part. It’s not reality.
Like all organizations, the GOP is a group of people. It’s a sum of parts. This fantasy mainstream “Republican Party” exists only in the memories of newspaper editorial writers. There are no activist members or leaders of the imaginary GOP. An organization like that no longer exists. This is what they are. Deal with it.
Remember that on the next election day. What you see is what you will get.
Attack of the iPeople 0
It’s a bleedin’ cult, for Pete’s sake:
Mitt the Flip Detroit the Bird, Reprise 0
No there, there.
