October, 2012 archive
(Washington) Post Racial 0
Colbert skewers George Will’s farcical attempt to claim that “white guilt” accounts for President Obama’s standing in the polls.
Via Raw Story.
Facebook Frolics, Disappeared Dept. 0
From the website:
In August, retired US Marine Brandon Raub was arrested for controversial posts he made on his Facebook page. Raub was arrested by the FBI and was placed in a psychiatric ward against his will, but was later released and wasn’t charged of a crime. A new Army document shows that social media use is considered an warning indicator for radical extremism by the US military. John Whitehead, a constitutional attorney joins us with his take on what situations like these could mean for the rest of Americans.
I have no idea what he posted and I don’t care. But I remember that a favorite tactic of Stalin was to confine his enemies to “mental hospitals.”
Romney’s Bain 0
Sending more jobs overseas. Details at bainport.com.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
For all practical purposes no change. Bloomberg:
(snip)
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits also was unchanged at 3.28 million in the week ended Sept. 22. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Those who’ve used up their traditional benefits and are now collecting emergency and extended payments increased by about 1,400 to 2.16 million in the week ended Sept. 15. The number of people receiving extended benefits climbed by 18,800 after an increase in New York’s jobless rate allowed dismissed workers in that state to again become eligible, a Labor Department spokesman said.
The Ryan Plan to sell the government to Wall Street and offshore all employment will, no doubt, alter these numbers.
On the Debate, Comment Rescue Dept. 1
I haven’t watched a Presidential debate in years and decided that now was not the time to start. They turned into kabuki long ago.
I gather that Romney was glib and assured. So was Vanilla Ice.
(It’s my comment. I can rescue it.)
The Voter Fraud Fraud: Resurrection Day 0
Strategic Allied Consultants, the Republican voter registration outfit that was filing fraudulent registration forms in Florida, tried to raise the dead.
Here’s a snippet from Dick Polman’s article (emphasis added):
Click to read the rest
Voter fraud.
It’s a Republican thing.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twitter comes down with a case of jock twits.
Don’t Be Evil 2
You could argue that we have a Presidential election that pits the forces of evil against the forces of it-could-be-worse.
That’s no reason to bail. As Kevin Drum puts it:
Voting is not a right. It is a duty.
Throwing away your vote shirks your duty.
Kevin Drum via Bob Cesca.
A Picture Is Worth 0
And Contradict Me has a yacht load of them.
The Entitlement Society 3
Right wingers are fond of claiming that poor folks living on unemployment start to feel entitled to a life of ramen noodles and turkey dogs.
Reg Henry, at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, points out that moral lapses do not respect wealth; he suggests that rich folks just as easily can feel entitled to a life of idleness playing golf and yachting to the Caymans to visit their money.
But, he says, there are exceptions:
Trouble is, he can’t relate to anyone now. He is so desperate to be liked by ordinary people that he will say any old conservative thing just to show he is one of the boys.
It is a sad spectacle because it’s such a waste of obvious talent. Instead of investing money in a Swiss bank or the Cayman Islands, he could start another business right here in America, maybe producing special harnesses that could keep dogs safe on the roof of the family car.
Teabaggage 0
The Commander Guy theorizes why Mitt the Flip’s campaign may have Pekoed and his support seems to be Lapsang, leaving his campaign teetering on the Lipton of failure and him with that sinking Darjeeling.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Join us Thursday.
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source.
What: Monthly TWUUG Meeting.
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room. See directions below. (Wireless and wired internet connection available.)
When: 7:30 PM till whenever (usually 9:30ish) on Thursday, October 4.
Directions:
Lake Taylor Hospital
1309 Kempsville Road
Norfolk, Va. 23502 (Map)
Pre-Meeting Dinner at 6:00 PM (separate checks)
Uno Chicago Grill
Virginia Beach Blvd. & Military Highway (Janaf Shopping Center). (Map)
Words Fail Me 0
From time to time, I consider going into a rant about how the media tends to portray Southerners as bumpkins, idiots, and morons.
Something always happens to dissuade me–usually some Southerner acting like an idiotic moronic bumpkin:
“Good Lord, no,” Brad Staats told The Tennessean in a telephone interview on Monday. “Absolutely not. I’m not one of those that would ever threaten the president. He’s probably got enough of his own stuff to worry about without me.”
I think I can understand Mr. Staats’s puzzlement as to why cyber-brandishing a gun and calling out the President should be worthy of note. I can hear the wheels grinding slowly in his head. I hazard that they sound somewhat like this:
He’s just one of them darkies. And an uppity one at that.
What’s the big deal?
Pah!
H/T Dick Destiny for the link.
One Plus One = Empty Suit 0
There’s no there there.
Via TPM.