October, 2012 archive
Update from the Foreclosure-Based Economy 0
Empty nests.
Truly, a Vacuum 0
Leonard Pitts, Jr., discusses right wing efforts to suck facts and truth out of politics. A nugget:
Hillary Clinton was rightly derided for saying a “vast right-wing conspiracy” was out to get her husband. But if that one-time utterance made her sound ridiculous, what shall we make of this constant drumbeat from the political right? What shall we make of a mindset in which the answer to every criticism, the response to every unwelcome fact, is to point to a conspiracy of bias that exists mostly in their minds?
Every Dog Must Have His Day 0
The lawyer is doing this pro bono.
Spill Here, Spill Now, Spill Forever 0
Never gonna go away.
Engineers with Deepwater Horizon rig operator BP reported the sheen on September 16, after spotting it on satellite photos. The Coast Guard said that tests conducted by the Marine Safety Laboratory confirmed that the oil “correlates” to the Deepwater Horizon spill.
The Candidates Debate 0
As a Delawarean for 25 years, all I have to say is “Joe.”
State Rape: Tools of the Trade 0
North Carolina Democratic Congressional candidate Deb Butler shows Republican toys.
Warning: Video shows Actual Medical Device that Republicans don’t want you to see.
The Voter Fraud Fraud 0
And this surprises you how?
Nevada television station KOLO obtained cell phone video of a man, who claimed he worked for the Republican Party, revealing that he was paid by the number of voters he registers, but only if they were not Democrats.
“Could you do me a favor?” the man asked a potential voter. “Mark non-partisan on there. I’ll get credit for it. I don’t get credit for Democrats.”
Afterthought:
How long before the denials? By tomorrow he will be a non-person.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Helen Philpot on the unreported story:
It’s pretty simple really. The other guy lied.
How can the media continue to make Obama’s poor performance the top story rather than the fact that the other guy looked really, really great while he lied through his teeth?
“He Has Not Compromised on Compromising Women’s Rights” 0
Warning: Moderately bad taste about half-way through (at the 1:09 mark to be precise).
Zombiepocalypse 0
The story reports that city officials were not amused.
I drive.
I fail to see how the revised warning was in any way inappropriate.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Under 350k for the first time since Bush’s crash:
(snip)
The four-week moving average for jobless claims, a less- volatile measure, fell to 364,000 from 375,500.
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits dropped by 15,000 to 3.27 million in the week ended Sept. 29. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Concert today: I hear the sound of the wingnut wurlitzer cranking up . . . .
Teabagvertising, Reprise 3
One more parody, one more too true to be funny. From the website:
This is a real print ad running in local media. We dummies thought it would pack more punch in video.