2012 archive
Twaddling Clothes 0
PoliticalProf observes:
Except, of course, this characterization of the two parties’ positions on government is factual twaddle.
Follow the link to find out why.
Endless War 0
AKA full employment for Generals, consultants, and munitions makers.
Asia Times considers the ambling course of endless war over what seems like endless decades.
Elsewhere – in Pakistan, Libya, Yemen, and Somalia, for example – US forces are busily opening up new fronts. Published reports that the United States is establishing “a constellation of secret drone bases” in or near the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula suggest that the scope of operations will only widen further.
Obsessive/Repulsive 0
Clarence Page muses upon Republicans’ skeevy (my word, not his) fascination with the sex lives of others. A nugget:
ISO . . . 0
. . . a coincidence.
Dustbiters 0
And the digit counters fall. Tonight’s list of banks no more:
They Just Can’t Hide It Any More 0
The appeal to bigotry, that is:
But shortly after her appearance, Stewart phoned MSNBC to say that she had misspoken, that she had actually meant to reference Obama’s “radical environmentalist policies.”
Hollow Party, Hollow Men 0
The Booman Tribune contributes two excellent articles contemplating the hollowness of Mitt the Flip and of Republicanism in general.
Here’s a bit from the first:
And from the second:
In other words, conservatives have basically arrived at their destination and now they are in a position to actually act on their rhetoric. And people want no part of their actual agenda, which has been fueled on lies and bullshit and fear and paranoia.
Check them both out.
It would appear that the contemporary Republican party has gotten a field of candidates that it deserves.
This Is Not Right 0
The weather forecast for today is 80 Fahrenheits with severe thunderstorms.
Spill Here, Spill Now 0
Though it’s largely out of the news, Buccaneer Petroleum’s wild well continues to soil the lives of people, even as Buccaneer Petroleum ups its dividend:
Bloomberg itemizes the damage.
Who Said It? 0
Take the quiz.
Little Ricky, Public Servant 0
Ronnie Polaneczky reminds us:
Because the more he talks, the more he reminds us that the personal liberties enjoyed by Americans – particularly female Americans – are always at threat from primitive minds that want to rescind rights we thought had already been won.
Read the rest.
In other news, I understand that Primitive Minds is protesting the comparison as slanderous.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
Signs of a positive trend continue.
(snip)
The four-week moving average, a less-volatile measure, declined to 359,000, also the lowest since March 2008, from 366,000.
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits dropped by 52,000 in the week ended Feb. 11 to 3.39 million. The continuing claims figure does not include the number of workers receiving extended benefits under federal programs.
Virginia “State Rape” Bill in Trouble 0
And justifiably so.
McDonnell issued a statement prior to a House of Delegates debate on the issue Wednesday, saying he would not support forcing women to undergo an ultrasound in which a probe is inserted into the vagina.
More at the link.
It’s like many things Republican. If persons notice what they are actually proposing, as opposed to what they say they are proposing, suddenly the proposings ain’t so rosy.
Addendum:
Money Talks 0
Follow the money:
Aside:
In the case of Mitt the Flip, it not only talks, it bores.