2012 archive
Insiders uber Alles (Updated) 2
The findings of the Freeh investigation into Penn State comes as no surprise.
The powerful tend to protect their own (see “Church, Catholic” and “Bankster, Wall Street”). An excerpt from Freeh’s public statement:
Addendum, Later that Same Day:
What Shaun Mullen said.
SOPA/PIPA, the Return 0
Like shape-shifters, SOPA and PIPA regenerate themselves in new forms to subordinate your internet freedom to Hollywood’s inability to come up with anything more creative than yet more comic book remakes.
Restricted Boots–Sign the Petition Now (Sticky)
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I’ve moved the bulk of this post over to a page. Read it for more information. Or just go sign the petition now.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
A little brighter this week. Bloomberg:
(snip)
The number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits fell by 14,000 in the week ended June 30 to 3.3 million. 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 decreased by about 13,300 to 2.65 million in the week ended June 23.
In a continuing trend, Bloomberg’s experts were even wronger than usual.
Random Shots from the Road 0
Some pictures from the road to Philadelphia.
At the renovated Pa. Welcome Center, I-95 N., just before I hit the seven-mile backup from the accident at the Blue Route:
And Now for Some Cheesecake (Updated) 0
This was in the window of a coffee shop that First Daughter took me to on Third Street in Philly.
Addendum:
It was here.
Is Boston Globe Columnist Jeff Jacoby Paying Attention to That Other Presidential Election? 2
Obviously not.
Otherwise, he could not have brought forth this stream of farcical drivel with a straight face.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
LIBORious Thinking 0
Radio Times tries to explain the LIBOR scam. If you want to know what it is, why it’s important, and what it tells us about the integrity of the responsible fiscals who would rule your world, this is a good primer.
From the website:
Follow the link to listen or click here (MP3).
The Rich Are Different from You and Me 0
As Field discovers, you just have to ask one of them and she will explain to you that the common people don’t get it.
Drinking Liberally Norfolk Today 0
Drinking Liberally is a support group for liberals, where you can realize you are not alone.
When: 6 p., Tuesday, July 10.
Where:
Lola’s Caribbean Restaurant
328 W 20th St (map)
Details here. Meetup page here.
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again 0
Dick Destiny sees parallels between the rationale today’s multifront Great and Glorious Patriotic Wars and the groupthink that gaves us Viet Nam (and Laos, and Cambodia).
And we know how well that turned out.
In these places, the war can never end because all insurgencies and very little wars between bad people are viewed through a dark lens created on 9/11, one that colors the world much as the old Cold Warriors saw communism, a monolithic threat that can only be smashed by the immediate application of military power before it poses a threat to the homeland.
Read the rest. Then see your doctor for some Prozac.