Monday, January 31, 2011
for sail
the freeway blogger tries something new: putting a sail on a bike and riding his message across america
these kids today with their x-box and ipods
we can't tell from her tweet if this girl is just being snarky or really this stupid
breaking good
fans of breaking bad will get this:
do us and our friend trixie con queso a favor, go to the youtube page and leave a message, plus a "like" for her efforts...maybe she'll actually get on the show!!
do us and our friend trixie con queso a favor, go to the youtube page and leave a message, plus a "like" for her efforts...maybe she'll actually get on the show!!
monday musings
it's rich v. poor in egypt
giving makes the brain physiqcally happier
targeting planned parenthood
and finally, don't be timid, gop
giving makes the brain physiqcally happier
targeting planned parenthood
and finally, don't be timid, gop
Sunday, January 30, 2011
environmental news stories sunday
i know...i know...a little late, but i have been busy this weekend at the edible institute, an amazing conference for those involved in all things food. (for some live blogged highlights...huffpo had a blogger there. i was too busy working it...although, i did find some time to tweet.)
today, in "honor" of 1/2 governor 1/2 wit sarah palin's visit to the santa barbara area soon, a few stories involving alaska.
one bear's long swim illustrates sea ice shortage. - in one of the most dramatic signs ever documented of how shrinking arctic sea ice impacts polar bears, researchers in alaska have tracked a female bear that swam nine days across the deep, frigid beaufort sea before reaching an ice floe 426 miles offshore - latte times
alaskan chronicles polar bear's 9-day swim. - one of alaska's own polar bear experts is making headlines this week with a new revelation about the toll climate change is taking on polar bears as a result of melting sea ice. scientists recently documented a mother bear's "epic nine-day swim in search of ice" in the waters of the beaufort sea. - anchorage alaska dispatch
fairbanks' pollution levels could hinder federal money. - commissioner larry hartig told the alaska house finance committee on friday that the decision by residents could have statewide ramifications for federal road dollars to alaska, which depends on a federal order that the city reduce pollution levels by 2014 - ap
arctic waters are warmest in 2000 years: study. - water flowing into the arctic ocean from the north atlantic is now the warmest in at least 2,000 years, reports a new international study that's bad news for climate change as well as polar bears needing sea ice for survival. - ustoady
alaska seeing impact of climate change in its infrastructure, villages. - climate change has already begun to make life difficult for state transportation managers. and they expect it to become a bigger and more expensive challenge if warming trends continue as predicted - fairbanks daily news miner
fairbanks borough follows ballot measure weakens air quality regulations. - the fairbanks north star borough assembly passed an air quality ordinance thursday that eliminates emissions fines but keeps penalties for prohibited fuels. - fairbanks daily news miner
today, in "honor" of 1/2 governor 1/2 wit sarah palin's visit to the santa barbara area soon, a few stories involving alaska.
one bear's long swim illustrates sea ice shortage. - in one of the most dramatic signs ever documented of how shrinking arctic sea ice impacts polar bears, researchers in alaska have tracked a female bear that swam nine days across the deep, frigid beaufort sea before reaching an ice floe 426 miles offshore - latte times
alaskan chronicles polar bear's 9-day swim. - one of alaska's own polar bear experts is making headlines this week with a new revelation about the toll climate change is taking on polar bears as a result of melting sea ice. scientists recently documented a mother bear's "epic nine-day swim in search of ice" in the waters of the beaufort sea. - anchorage alaska dispatch
fairbanks' pollution levels could hinder federal money. - commissioner larry hartig told the alaska house finance committee on friday that the decision by residents could have statewide ramifications for federal road dollars to alaska, which depends on a federal order that the city reduce pollution levels by 2014 - ap
arctic waters are warmest in 2000 years: study. - water flowing into the arctic ocean from the north atlantic is now the warmest in at least 2,000 years, reports a new international study that's bad news for climate change as well as polar bears needing sea ice for survival. - ustoady
alaska seeing impact of climate change in its infrastructure, villages. - climate change has already begun to make life difficult for state transportation managers. and they expect it to become a bigger and more expensive challenge if warming trends continue as predicted - fairbanks daily news miner
fairbanks borough follows ballot measure weakens air quality regulations. - the fairbanks north star borough assembly passed an air quality ordinance thursday that eliminates emissions fines but keeps penalties for prohibited fuels. - fairbanks daily news miner
Labels: alaska, animals, climate change, global warming, pollution, regulation
auspiciousness
More Soundgarden...
Saturday, January 29, 2011
rip charlie callas
charlie callas, the manic old-school comedian who made robin williams look like a zen monk by comparison, died thursday @age 83. la times:
read the comments on this ac club piece for further tidbits about this amazing man's career.
rest in peace, charlie callas
a former drummer for the tommy dorsey orchestra and other big bands who switched to comedy in the mid-1960s, callas once described himself as being "like a little kid running loose in the living room."
a 1982 article in the tmes said callas "will strut, stroll, fall down or drape himself over anything handy to get laughs during his routines."
"somebody once told me, 'You look like a cartoon that somebody just drew,' " callas recalled in a 1991 interview with new york's newsday. "and that's what I am, a cartoon come to wreak havoc, like a wild kid. i'm silly."
the whippet-thin callas, whose visually oriented brand of humor included celebrity impressions, was a regular guest on tv variety and talk shows in the 1960s and '70s, including "the merv griffin show," johnny carson's "tonight show" and the "dean martin celebrity roasts."
callas was a regular in mel brooks' films, and a favorite of frank sinatra.a 1982 article in the tmes said callas "will strut, stroll, fall down or drape himself over anything handy to get laughs during his routines."
"somebody once told me, 'You look like a cartoon that somebody just drew,' " callas recalled in a 1991 interview with new york's newsday. "and that's what I am, a cartoon come to wreak havoc, like a wild kid. i'm silly."
the whippet-thin callas, whose visually oriented brand of humor included celebrity impressions, was a regular guest on tv variety and talk shows in the 1960s and '70s, including "the merv griffin show," johnny carson's "tonight show" and the "dean martin celebrity roasts."
read the comments on this ac club piece for further tidbits about this amazing man's career.
rest in peace, charlie callas
Times Are Gone For Honest Men, And Sometimes...
Friday, January 28, 2011
dorothy surrendered to the big bad wicked witch
well, it's more like the organic "elite" surrender to monsanto and their genetically engineered crops, alfalfa specifically.
but...why? apparently because of friends in "high places."
well..actually just the american dorothy has surrendered... the european dorothy has a spine.but...why? apparently because of friends in "high places."
according to informed sources, the ceos of whole foods (wfm) and stonyfield are personal friends of former iowa governor, now usda secretary, tom vilsack, and in fact made financial contributions to vilsack's previous electoral campaigns. vilsack was hailed as "governor of the year" in 2001 by the biotechnology industry organization, and traveled in a monsanto corporate jet on the campaign trail. perhaps even more fundamental to organic inc.'s abject surrender is the fact that the organic elite has become more and more isolated from the concerns and passions of organic consumers and locavores. the organic inc. ceos are tired of activist pressure, boycotts, and petitions. several of them have told me this to my face. they apparently believe that the battle against gmos has been lost, and that it's time to reach for the consolation prize. the consolation prize they seek is a so-called "coexistence" between the biotech behemoth and the organic community that will lull the public to sleep and greenwash the unpleasant fact that monsanto's unlabeled and unregulated genetically engineered crops are now spreading their toxic genes on 1/3 of u.s. (and 1/10 of global) crop land. - organic consumers association
there can be no such thing as "coexistence" with a reckless industry that undermines public health, destroys biodiversity, damages the environment, tortures and poisons animals, destabilizes the climate, and economically devastates the world's 1.5 billion seed-saving small farmers. there is no such thing as coexistence between gmos and organics in the european union. why? because in the eu there are almost no gmo crops under cultivation, nor gm consumer food products on supermarket shelves. and why is this? because under eu law, all foods containing gmos or gmo ingredients must be labeled.- organic consumers association
Labels: monsanto, organic, spineless, usda, whole foods
friday fare
james o'keefe pal admits involvement in acorn-like (failed) sting on planned parenthood
bomb found @ mlk day parade may have contained poison
reports of police massacres of civilians in egypt
and it's always good to remember...
bomb found @ mlk day parade may have contained poison
reports of police massacres of civilians in egypt
and it's always good to remember...
Thursday, January 27, 2011
skippy's thursday nite music club
in honor of the opening night of the santa barbara film festival, one of my all time favorite "movie stars" doing what he does best...making motion poetic.
Labels: movies, music, skippy's music club, things that make you go hmmmm
Open Up...
this financial hell was avoidable
avoidable. need we say more other than why aren't these guys being fired and charged with financial terrorism?
the 2008 financial crisis was an “avoidable” disaster caused by widespread failures in government regulation, corporate mismanagement and heedless risk-taking by wall street, according to the conclusions of a federal inquiry.
...“the greatest tragedy would be to accept the refrain that no one could have seen this coming and thus nothing could have been done,” the panel wrote in the report’s conclusions, which were read by the new york times. “if we accept this notion, it will happen again.” - nytimes
Labels: banking, crooks, financial markets, liars, terrorists
thursday things
the mentally ill over-crowd our jails
the unbearable whiteness of being pro-life
surprise! ted haggard is bisexual
but these russian tourists, while researching weird american laws, had sex w/a porcupine
the unbearable whiteness of being pro-life
surprise! ted haggard is bisexual
but these russian tourists, while researching weird american laws, had sex w/a porcupine
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
More Gen Xer Goodness...
tweet of the day
greetings! foknewschannel is on the air. well, on twitter. well, it'll be on as soon as we pay the electric bill #fok
"deviltry and mahem"...i'm diggin' it.
"deviltry and mahem"...i'm diggin' it.
Labels: #fok, olbermann, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
happy australia day
let's hope they have a break in their natural disaster to "celebrate what's great" about their wonderful country.
Labels: australia, holiday, natural disasters
j.p.morgan crooks
like this surprises us.
former bear stearns mortgage executives who now run mortgage divisions of goldman sachs, bank of america, and ally financial have been accused of cheating and defrauding investors through the mortgage securities they created and sold while at bear. according to e-mails and internal audits, jpmorgan had known about this fraud since the spring of 2008, but hid it from the public eye through legal maneuvering. last week a lawsuit filed in 2008 by mortgage insurer ambac assurance corp against bear stearns and jpmorgan was unsealed. the lawsuit's supporting e-mails, going back as far as 2005, highlight bear traders telling their superiors they were selling investors like ambac a "sack of shit."
news of internal whistleblowers coming forward from bear's mortgage servicing division, emc, was first reported by the atlantic in may of last year. ex-emc analysts admitted they were sometimes told to falsify loan-level performance data provided to the ratings agencies who blessed bear's billion-dollar deals. but according to depositions and documents in the ambac lawsuit, bear's misdeeds went even deeper. they say senior traders under tom marano, who was a senior managing director and global head of mortgages for bear and is now ceo of ally's mortgage operations, were pocketing cash that should have gone to securities holders after Bear had already sold them bonds and moved the loans off its books.- the atlantic
Labels: banking, crooks, financial markets, mortgages
with a future that depends on science
ours isn't looking so good.
just 1 out of every 100 u.s. schoolchildren excels at science, while less than a third of their peers reach grade-level proficiency in the subject, according to the nation's report card released tuesday. - sfgate
Labels: california, education, schools
wednesday wares
conservative christians divorce more
91% of americans approve of obama's sotu
gop roadmap would dynamite social security and medicare
dems don't have cooties
91% of americans approve of obama's sotu
gop roadmap would dynamite social security and medicare
dems don't have cooties
state of the yoga
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
sotu stfu
obama is scheduled to call for a ban on earmarks and for a spending freeze tonite
by airing michelle bachmann's "tea-tuttle" tonite, cnn will provide 2 gop views to obama's one dem view
the prez will not endorse social security cuts in the speech
and of course, tradition holds that we all gather @ the first draft crack van to live blog sotu tonite!
[addendum: and let's all play sotu buzzword bingo while we do!
by airing michelle bachmann's "tea-tuttle" tonite, cnn will provide 2 gop views to obama's one dem view
the prez will not endorse social security cuts in the speech
and of course, tradition holds that we all gather @ the first draft crack van to live blog sotu tonite!
[addendum: and let's all play sotu buzzword bingo while we do!
tuesday tidbits
watching tonite's speech? try pop-up sotu
laurence o'donnell pays tribute to keith olbermann
media mostly ignores domestic terrorism bomb found @ mlk day parade
kevin smith protests the protesters protesting his film red state
laurence o'donnell pays tribute to keith olbermann
media mostly ignores domestic terrorism bomb found @ mlk day parade
kevin smith protests the protesters protesting his film red state
Monday, January 24, 2011
Release...
This song turned up on my supervisor's iPod today. Have you ever heard a song you haven't even thought about in so long, and then once you finally hear it again, you're all but speechless and frozen?
I've gone through that, probably, close to a hundred times. But this is the first time I've gone through it based on a song written and performed by fellow Gen Xers. "Release" will turn twenty years old later this year -- which means that Pearl Jam is officially a classic rock band now, and not only do I clearly remember the days when they were young, fresh, and full of that wonderful grunge-scented musk only us Gen Xers will ever fully appreciate, I think it's about damned time my generation got some well-earned recognition on some of these classic rock radio stations.
I was listening to one of these for a couple hours last week -- not because I wanted to, but because that's what the radio happened to be tuned to. The "youngest" song I heard was Journey's "Separate Ways." I got nothing against Journey being in the classic rock category -- though personally, I think Journey sucks. But what about Bruce Hornsby? What about Tracy Chapman? What about the Red Hot Chili Peppers? Hell, what about Prince? I have never heard any of these artists played on any classic rock station. Why is that? They all qualify. What's the damn problem?
My 2 cents...
Labels: music
bye bye blackbird sang the usda
apparently they had a hand in the aflockalypse.
it's not the "aflockalyptic" fallout from a secret us weapon lab as some have theorized. but the government acknowledged thursday that it had a hand in one of a string of mysterious mass bird deaths that have spooked residents in arkansas, louisiana, alabama, south dakota, and kentucky in the last month. - christian science monitor
Labels: aflockolypse, birds, things that make you go hmmmm, usda
tweet(s) of the day
Labels: olbermann, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
The Right Man for the Job?
I said something like this in comments at Brad DeLong's, but it's short and worth repeating here.
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric, is leading the Jobs Initiative for the Obama White House. He has been at GE for about a decade now, so let's see how he has done.
If you look at the GE Annual Reports, you can see the staff growth under Immelt. 2000 Annual Report (PDF; the last one with "Neutron Jack" as head of the company), GE had 131,000 U.S.-based employees and 92,000 non-domestic ones.
For the 2009 Annual Report (also PDF), there are 134,000 U.S.-based employees and 154,000 non-US ones.
So the man charged with solving the greatest level of U.S. unemployment since July of 1983 is someone who has added jobs domestically for his own firm at the rate of 0.25% (just to be clear:0.0025) per year.
Or, to put it another way, a man whose firm has added less than one domestic job for every twenty added elsewhere.
One of the reasons that is perpetually given for the high level of unemployment is a poor fit of the "skill set" required to do the job. It's a pity the Obama Administration doesn't follow the lead of the private sector.
Jeffrey Immelt, CEO of General Electric, is leading the Jobs Initiative for the Obama White House. He has been at GE for about a decade now, so let's see how he has done.
If you look at the GE Annual Reports, you can see the staff growth under Immelt. 2000 Annual Report (PDF; the last one with "Neutron Jack" as head of the company), GE had 131,000 U.S.-based employees and 92,000 non-domestic ones.
For the 2009 Annual Report (also PDF), there are 134,000 U.S.-based employees and 154,000 non-US ones.
So the man charged with solving the greatest level of U.S. unemployment since July of 1983 is someone who has added jobs domestically for his own firm at the rate of 0.25% (just to be clear:0.0025) per year.
Or, to put it another way, a man whose firm has added less than one domestic job for every twenty added elsewhere.
One of the reasons that is perpetually given for the high level of unemployment is a poor fit of the "skill set" required to do the job. It's a pity the Obama Administration doesn't follow the lead of the private sector.
out and about
bath salts provide high similar to cocaine
keith olbermann removed from msnbc site
7 reasons the right will have a tough time defeating obama
happy birthday michelle obama!
keith olbermann removed from msnbc site
7 reasons the right will have a tough time defeating obama
happy birthday michelle obama!
Sunday, January 23, 2011
I Dare Not...
A Northeast Philadelphian Explains It All to You
As echidne has been documenting, the Internet has become less and less fun as it panders to views over facts.
In honor of my being homesick for an area I left more than forty years ago, the following is offered as the source of all the commentary at Redstate.com.
In honor of my being homesick for an area I left more than forty years ago, the following is offered as the source of all the commentary at Redstate.com.
breaking: jane hamsher detained @ quantico
according to jane's twitter feed, jane and david house are being detained @ quantico even as we speak:
jane hamsher is with david house who is trying to visit pvt. bradley manning at quantico today while carrying a petition with 42,000 signatures requesting humane treatment for manning. the military isn’t making it easy at all and detained jane and david for two hours. we’re publishing her tweets as well as david house’s tweets here as a post in case you haven’t been able to follow them on twitter (@janehamsher and @davidmhouse
environmental news stories sundays
for those stories you won't hear bandied about on the talking head shows this morning...nor, in all likely hood, on the front pages of american corporate media.
i apologize for neglecting my editor status duties last sunday, however, i do have a good explanation. i was in baghdad-by-the-bay for the winter fancy food trade show held at the moscone center.
so..that being said..lets get down to bloggin' "dirt" about mother nature and our "battles" with her, shall we?
frankenfish or super salmon? - controversial salmon research pioneered at memorial university decades ago is in the final stage of the u.s. approval process. if the fda gives it the go-ahead, the salmon will be the first genetically modified animal species ok’d for sale to americans - a move that could open the floodgates to other engineered animals - st. john telegram
california's 'big one' might be a megastorm. - california's "big one" may not be an earthquake at all, but a devastating megastorm that would inundate the central valley, trigger widespread landslides and cause flood damage to 1 in 4 homes in the state - latte times
fish threatened by global warming to be moved north. - fish from the lake district will be moved to cooler waters in scotland under radical plans – which will be unveiled this week – aimed at coping with climate change. - london independent
europe begins to run short of water. - half of the czech republic’s population could face water shortages because of climate change, a top climate change expert has warned - inter press service
climate-change secrets in foam. - the mountains of foam which coat coast beaches after wild weather could provide more than hours of fun for youngsters. scientists believe they might also provide indications about global climate change and pollution. - marochydore sunshine coast daily
the world is warming and waiting for science. - most of the major discoveries in climate science have not been reported by the major media. Instead, mainstream media continue to focus on climate scientists at the expense of climate science. - orlando sentinel
changing climate means changing oceans. - from acidification and warming temperatures to sea-level rise and sea-ice loss, ira flatow and guests look at how the oceans are changing with changes in climate - talk of the nation npr
and then there are poor deluged australia, brazil, sri lanka and south africa
more natural disasters on australia's radar. - an expert says australia will see a higher incidence of extreme weather events like the flooding in queensland. - australia abc news
the great avoidable flood: an inquiry's challenge. - for reasons now highly controversial, on january 13 australia's third-largest city was devastated by a major flood in the brisbane river. at first it was put down to the wrath of mother nature. but, as engineers and hydrologists model data on the performance of the dam, a very different picture emerges. - sydney australian
reefs reeling from queensland floods. - researchers say the recent queensland floods are carrying tonnes of fresh water, nutrients and pesticides to the ocean, placing enormous stress on the great barrier reef. - australia abc news
anxious wait for moreton bay . - queensland environmentalists are anxiously waiting to see how much of moreton bay's "unique playground" will be destroyed by the unprecedented pollution that is still gushing down the brisbane river. experts say turtles, dugongs and various fish species are certain to die as toxins kill their main food source, sea grass. - brisbane times
report reveals flooding's massive impact on farms and mining. - the devastation from recent floods will cost the australian agricultural sector $500-600 million, while coal exports will take a $2-2.5 billion hit in 2010-11, according to a new report. - sydney australian
new victorian flood front ruins farm sector. - victoria's flood disaster will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars, delivering a second crippling blow to the country's economy in weeks, after rampant floodwaters devastated the state's farming sector and rural infrastructure - sydney australian
brazil tallies destruction in deadly floods. - in brazil, officials are tallying the dead and missing after last week's floods and mudslides. nearly 800 people have died; 400 more are registered as missing. It's one of the deadliest disasters on record for brazil - npr
sri lankan floods could leave 400,000 children without enough food. - the worst floods in sri lanka's recent history have destroyed homes, schools and agricultural land. up to 1 million people, including 400,000 children, are facing a food crisis, a children's charity has warned - london guardian
food appeal for sri lankan flood victims. - record monsoon rains driven by an unusually strong la niña weather pattern in the pacific have caused devastating floods in sri lanka, killing dozens and driving more than 300,000 people from their homes in recent weeks, the united nations said in an urgent appeal for relief funds on Wednesday - nytimes
floodwaters rising across southern africa. - as south africa declares a national disaster due to flooding, other countries in the region hold their breath while water levels continue to rise. with dozens dead and damages exceeding $50 million across eight of its nine provinces, south africa is experiencing its heaviest floods in years. - inter press service
i apologize for neglecting my editor status duties last sunday, however, i do have a good explanation. i was in baghdad-by-the-bay for the winter fancy food trade show held at the moscone center.
so..that being said..lets get down to bloggin' "dirt" about mother nature and our "battles" with her, shall we?
frankenfish or super salmon? - controversial salmon research pioneered at memorial university decades ago is in the final stage of the u.s. approval process. if the fda gives it the go-ahead, the salmon will be the first genetically modified animal species ok’d for sale to americans - a move that could open the floodgates to other engineered animals - st. john telegram
california's 'big one' might be a megastorm. - california's "big one" may not be an earthquake at all, but a devastating megastorm that would inundate the central valley, trigger widespread landslides and cause flood damage to 1 in 4 homes in the state - latte times
fish threatened by global warming to be moved north. - fish from the lake district will be moved to cooler waters in scotland under radical plans – which will be unveiled this week – aimed at coping with climate change. - london independent
europe begins to run short of water. - half of the czech republic’s population could face water shortages because of climate change, a top climate change expert has warned - inter press service
climate-change secrets in foam. - the mountains of foam which coat coast beaches after wild weather could provide more than hours of fun for youngsters. scientists believe they might also provide indications about global climate change and pollution. - marochydore sunshine coast daily
the world is warming and waiting for science. - most of the major discoveries in climate science have not been reported by the major media. Instead, mainstream media continue to focus on climate scientists at the expense of climate science. - orlando sentinel
changing climate means changing oceans. - from acidification and warming temperatures to sea-level rise and sea-ice loss, ira flatow and guests look at how the oceans are changing with changes in climate - talk of the nation npr
and then there are poor deluged australia, brazil, sri lanka and south africa
more natural disasters on australia's radar. - an expert says australia will see a higher incidence of extreme weather events like the flooding in queensland. - australia abc news
the great avoidable flood: an inquiry's challenge. - for reasons now highly controversial, on january 13 australia's third-largest city was devastated by a major flood in the brisbane river. at first it was put down to the wrath of mother nature. but, as engineers and hydrologists model data on the performance of the dam, a very different picture emerges. - sydney australian
reefs reeling from queensland floods. - researchers say the recent queensland floods are carrying tonnes of fresh water, nutrients and pesticides to the ocean, placing enormous stress on the great barrier reef. - australia abc news
anxious wait for moreton bay . - queensland environmentalists are anxiously waiting to see how much of moreton bay's "unique playground" will be destroyed by the unprecedented pollution that is still gushing down the brisbane river. experts say turtles, dugongs and various fish species are certain to die as toxins kill their main food source, sea grass. - brisbane times
report reveals flooding's massive impact on farms and mining. - the devastation from recent floods will cost the australian agricultural sector $500-600 million, while coal exports will take a $2-2.5 billion hit in 2010-11, according to a new report. - sydney australian
new victorian flood front ruins farm sector. - victoria's flood disaster will cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars, delivering a second crippling blow to the country's economy in weeks, after rampant floodwaters devastated the state's farming sector and rural infrastructure - sydney australian
brazil tallies destruction in deadly floods. - in brazil, officials are tallying the dead and missing after last week's floods and mudslides. nearly 800 people have died; 400 more are registered as missing. It's one of the deadliest disasters on record for brazil - npr
sri lankan floods could leave 400,000 children without enough food. - the worst floods in sri lanka's recent history have destroyed homes, schools and agricultural land. up to 1 million people, including 400,000 children, are facing a food crisis, a children's charity has warned - london guardian
food appeal for sri lankan flood victims. - record monsoon rains driven by an unusually strong la niña weather pattern in the pacific have caused devastating floods in sri lanka, killing dozens and driving more than 300,000 people from their homes in recent weeks, the united nations said in an urgent appeal for relief funds on Wednesday - nytimes
floodwaters rising across southern africa. - as south africa declares a national disaster due to flooding, other countries in the region hold their breath while water levels continue to rise. with dozens dead and damages exceeding $50 million across eight of its nine provinces, south africa is experiencing its heaviest floods in years. - inter press service
Labels: brazil, california, climate change, drought, earthquake, europe, fish, floods, global warming, natural disasters, ocean, salmon, scotland, water
sunday potpouri
mrs. clarence thomas got $680,000 from the heritage foundation, but her hubby failed to disclose it
message from corporate america: work longer, harder, faster
ministers attack billboard depicting black gay men in church
the making of glenn beck
message from corporate america: work longer, harder, faster
ministers attack billboard depicting black gay men in church
the making of glenn beck
In The Old Days...
There was the practice of exorcism. Today, we call that $#!+ therapy. If you're possessed by demons, then therapy just might be the solution for you. I'm not possessed by demons, though; I'm haunted by ghosts. There's a major difference...
Labels: life
fire!
Saturday, January 22, 2011
skippy's saturday nite music
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
exit stage left
i admit. i have a big crush on keith o.
handsome. intelligent. witty. well read. natty dresser. leans to the left. my kind of man. usually when i see mention of keith, my heart skips a beat, but, alas, last night when reading my twitter feed, the mentions of keith brought about my heart to sink. low.
as i wait to have the countdown episode from last night to download onto itunes, i'm taking a look at some of the articles that are out about his announcement and it's making my heart sink even further.
yeah, it's been a big day at msnbc...at least it's been a big 15 minutes...i know very little about it, all i know is that it was between keith and the company and it didn't involve any of the rest of us and he was really gracious and nice when he left. - businessinsider.com
bill carter just told anderson cooper that part of whatever deal they struck will likely keep olbermann of tv "maybe not for two years" but for an extended period of time. - businessinsider.com
the virtual war in which olbermann was engaged with his bosses at msnbc and nbc news could not have been something that comcast wanted a part of. and while thus far there is no specific evidence that comcast had a direct hand in this development there no almost no question that comcast provided some sort of support to nbc to end olbermann’s contract, an action that jeff zucker might not have supported. - mediaite
whether or not the recent comcast-nbc merger has anything to do with it, we may never know. but, the timing does seem, well, a little too "conveeeeeeeeeenient" for the comcastic company and way too inconvenient for viewers who appreciated a tall, dark and handsome american who called out to the "emperors" that they had no clothes.
speaking truth to power. more often than not, the "power" wins.
so, keith. so long for now (i'm hoping that it is not goodbye)...and good luck.
blogging around
before palin-free february kicks in: australia promises to arrest palin for inciting violence if she comes to that country
roll back citizens united
can harry reid save social security?
birthers twarted: obama's birth certificate declared private
roll back citizens united
can harry reid save social security?
birthers twarted: obama's birth certificate declared private
Friday, January 21, 2011
bad news for modern man
ko has been ko'd:
[addendum: dave neiwert, the best writer in blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase, gives us keith's farewell starement.]
keith olbermann, the highest-rated host on msnbc, announced abruptly on the air friday night that he is leaving “countdown with keith olbermann” immediately.
the host, who has had a stormy relationship with the management of the network for some time, especially since he was suspended for two days last november, came to an agreement with nbc’s corporate management late this week to settle his contract and step down.
in a closing statement on his show, mr. olbermann said simply that it would be the last edition of the program. he offered no explanation other than on occasion, the show had become too much for him.
...
in a statement, msnbc said : “msnbc and keith olbermann have ended their contract. the last broadcast of ‘countdown with keith olbermann’ will be this evening. msnbc thanks Keith for his integral role in msnbc’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”
oh, no, there's no problem with the nbc-comcast merger at all.the host, who has had a stormy relationship with the management of the network for some time, especially since he was suspended for two days last november, came to an agreement with nbc’s corporate management late this week to settle his contract and step down.
in a closing statement on his show, mr. olbermann said simply that it would be the last edition of the program. he offered no explanation other than on occasion, the show had become too much for him.
...
in a statement, msnbc said : “msnbc and keith olbermann have ended their contract. the last broadcast of ‘countdown with keith olbermann’ will be this evening. msnbc thanks Keith for his integral role in msnbc’s success and we wish him well in his future endeavors.”
[addendum: dave neiwert, the best writer in blogtopia and yes, we coined that phrase, gives us keith's farewell starement.]
for one thing, it's the shortest month of the year
we're tossing in w/dana milbank, and pledging to make february a palin-free month!
it's going to be hard. we are, after all, comedians at heart, and it's a little like saying "here's a gun, there's a barrel of fish, no shooting!!"
but we figure that if mr. milbank, someone who actually gets paid for rendering his opinion, can go 28 days w/o mentioning sarah palin, we can too.
we like this line from milbank's essay:
but maybe, at least, the lack of attention will piss her off.
it's going to be hard. we are, after all, comedians at heart, and it's a little like saying "here's a gun, there's a barrel of fish, no shooting!!"
but we figure that if mr. milbank, someone who actually gets paid for rendering his opinion, can go 28 days w/o mentioning sarah palin, we can too.
we like this line from milbank's essay:
but if we treat her a little less like a major political figure and a little more like ann coulter - a calculating individual who says shocking things to attract media attention - it won't matter. sure, we might lose some web traffic or tv ratings, but we might also gain something. remember the "seinfeld" episode where george costanza, by giving up sex, suddenly frees up brain power to learn portuguese and euclidean geometry, to teach derek jeter the physics of batting, to become a "jeopardy" whiz and to solve a rubik's cube? if we stop obsessing over palin, we might suddenly become experts in the federal budget or medicare reimbursement rates.
no, we're sure we won't become experts in anything.but maybe, at least, the lack of attention will piss her off.
they get letters
i wrote to my democratic congress critters about the upcoming state of the union address.
please write to your representatives as well.
find your senators
write your representative
[editor's addendum: more here]
if president obama mentions cutting social security during the state of the union addrees then the only reasonable thing for you to do is walk out of the chamber immediately.
please write to your representatives as well.
find your senators
write your representative
[editor's addendum: more here]
Labels: action alert, bipartisanship, social security
Thursday, January 20, 2011
morning round up
is anybody wondering what wikileaks has on the b of a?
ny schools chancellor jokes school overcrowding could be fixed by birth control; parents not amused
change tea baggers can believe in: house tea party caucus requested over $1b in earmarks
fox: the most distrusted name in news
and another radio station drops beck and hannity
ny schools chancellor jokes school overcrowding could be fixed by birth control; parents not amused
change tea baggers can believe in: house tea party caucus requested over $1b in earmarks
fox: the most distrusted name in news
and another radio station drops beck and hannity
ask not what your country can do for you
but what you can do for your country. 50 years ago...
we were a different country then. we were a different people. we dreamed of a better world. we vowed to make it a better world. we were inspired.
we were a different country then. we were a different people. we dreamed of a better world. we vowed to make it a better world. we were inspired.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
they just don't want the general public
"educated" not in a certain "class" of people...you're sh*t out of luck in wanting to attend a uc campus.
the university of california will shut out tens of thousands of qualified students over the next decade as deep budget cuts force the nation's premier public university to become more exclusive, uc president mark yudof told the regents today in san diego. - sfgate
Labels: budget, california, colleges, ucsb
This Jared Kid (Part Three...)
You know, the more I learn about this m@*&!rf%$k#r...
The more I want to see him beaten to a pulp.
Yeah, I do. I'm looking forward to seeing him go to prison. His fellow inmates are liable to kick his ass for shooting that little girl, and the guards are liable to kick his ass for shooting that judge. Fine with me.
Anyone else read this $#!+ yet?
F%@k this kid.
Like I've said, I've stood on the edge of the same cliff he has and looked down. Should you come to that point, you are supposed to back away, turn around, keep going, and find some way to make peace with the universe. I still have a bad day now and then, but deep down, I know I'm going to get through it -- I have many times before, and I don't consider myself a particularly strong person. Hell, I just went through a bad weekend, and I'm doing all right now, all things considered -- I'm just venting some more, it doesn't amount to anything.
But if I could ask Loughner just one question, it would be this: Why on earth would you want to shoot a little girl?
Hell, This One's Easy...
Ex-Republican John Cole's take on the GOP having gotten a lot dumber over the last five to seven years:
...I’m sure many of you will want to say “They were always this dumb.” They just weren’t though. It’s been a noticeable shift in both stupidity and meanness. Somehow or another they’ve managed to take the old stupid/evil continuum and figured out how to get stupider and more evil.
Cole is partly right. The Republican party, as a whole, has probably never been anywhere near as mean and brainless as it currently is. The thing is, it's had a small but enduring mean-and-brainless bloc for decades, going back at least as far as Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential run. And unfortunately, this is the one bloc within the GOP that has been growing in recent years -- all the rational and decent people have either left the party, are leaving it, or have been marginalized.
That's one of the key differences between Democrats and Republicans these days. I'm pretty sure the Democrats have as many or almost as many lunatics as the Republicans do. But the Democrats will try to keep their lunatics on as short a leash as possible -- the Republicans have gone and let their lunatics take over the damn asylum...
Labels: it is what it is, politics
travelin' memes
no, ezra, joe lieberman is no democratic hero
house gop members explains why they won't give up their govt-sponsored health care
palin unfavorability ratings at an all time high
new alabama gov says only christians are his family
(thx to memeorandum for the links!)
house gop members explains why they won't give up their govt-sponsored health care
palin unfavorability ratings at an all time high
new alabama gov says only christians are his family
(thx to memeorandum for the links!)
blogging around
sc ethics reports reveals gop contribution violations
feel the joe-mentum! lieberman will not run for re-election
but operation rescue's randall terry will!
and rip peace corp founder, special olympics organizer, former vp candidate and maria's dad sargent shriver
feel the joe-mentum! lieberman will not run for re-election
but operation rescue's randall terry will!
and rip peace corp founder, special olympics organizer, former vp candidate and maria's dad sargent shriver
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
oh no there's no right wing violence
police disarmed a pipe bomb found at the mlk day parade route in spokane:
a suspicious backpack left along a martin luther king day parade route in spokane, wash., held a radio-controlled pipe bomb that could have sprayed shrapnel at marchers in the parade.
three parade workers spotted a backpack with visible wires on a bench at north washington street and west main avenue in downtown spokane about 30 minutes before the parade was scheduled to begin monday. authorities rerouted the parade while officers from the spokane police department's bomb disposal unit worked on the bomb.
fbi special agent frank harrill, the supervisory senior resident agent in spokane, told abc news that the backpack was "a viable device."
three parade workers spotted a backpack with visible wires on a bench at north washington street and west main avenue in downtown spokane about 30 minutes before the parade was scheduled to begin monday. authorities rerouted the parade while officers from the spokane police department's bomb disposal unit worked on the bomb.
fbi special agent frank harrill, the supervisory senior resident agent in spokane, told abc news that the backpack was "a viable device."
the prattle hymn of the she-public
you can't make this stuff up...
sarah palin battle hymn
sarah palin battle hymn
stuff n' nonsense
all 50 states ranked by tolerance
tim pawlenty wants to undo don't ask don't tell
america's biggest persecuted minority: republicans
78% approve of obama's response to the tucson shootings
tim pawlenty wants to undo don't ask don't tell
america's biggest persecuted minority: republicans
78% approve of obama's response to the tucson shootings
Monday, January 17, 2011
goldman sachs, the great vampire squid of the american financial industry
has decided it will block american investors from investing in an american company.
goldman sachs has decided to block u.s. investors from getting in on its big investment in facebook. the decision comes after a wave of media attention when goldman invested $450 million in facebook, a privately held company, as reported by our sister blog money & company.
excluding american investors will keep goldman and facebook from having to fall in line with some u.s. securities laws -- such as having to report certain financial information when a cap of more than 500 u.s. investors is broken so that investors can have an idea of the risk they face in the stock. - latimes
Labels: facebook, financial markets, goldman sachs, lawlessness, liars
Martin Luther King, Jr...
What he said. Everything he said.
This struggle didn't end when Obama became President...
Labels: martin luther king
"Sing, O Goddess, The Anger Of Achilles"...
I went to the library Saturday afternoon. Ended up checking out The Iliad by Homer. Something I read by Chris Hedges gave me the idea -- basically, whenever Chris Hedges speaks, I listen, long story short. And I started reading it.
Now, I already know how the tale ends. I read it years ago, back when I was too young and naive to grasp what Homer was saying, and more interested in getting enough credits to graduate. But this time around, I didn't even get past the first chapter before muttering "Jesus Christ," and rubbing the tears from my eyes.
For years, I've considered free will the name of a song by the band Rush, and little more. And I love Rush -- unlike one particular marsupial and the majority of his readers. But now that I'm re-reading The Iliad, I have to say, Rush is full of $#!t. There is no free will.
The ancient Greek gods may be dead, but the hopeless human condition is alive and carries on...
monday miscellany
obama rebounding in the polls would beat all gop rivals and crush palin
new rhetoric from the tea party dissing both obama and mccain
eric fuller, victim of tucson shooting, says palin should be incarcerated for her incendiary speech
progressive activists protest koch bros. face-to-face
new rhetoric from the tea party dissing both obama and mccain
eric fuller, victim of tucson shooting, says palin should be incarcerated for her incendiary speech
progressive activists protest koch bros. face-to-face
Sunday, January 16, 2011
This Jared Kid (Part Two)...
I want to slap this son of a bitch upside the head as hard as I can. Hell, I want to crush his skull.
Labels: it is what it is, life
take a bad flow chart and make it better
Fools Must Pretend To Be Wise...
morning miscellany
cherish the constitution (except the onconvenient parts)
activists protest anti-gay pastor's book-signing in el paso
now is on bill o'reilly's enemies list
teabaggers: welcome to washungton
activists protest anti-gay pastor's book-signing in el paso
now is on bill o'reilly's enemies list
teabaggers: welcome to washungton
sunday headlines
tennessee morphs into texas with slavery censorship textbooks
holiday sales up but outlook still poor
dadt dead enders dig on
rip superman's mom suzannah york
holiday sales up but outlook still poor
dadt dead enders dig on
rip superman's mom suzannah york
Saturday, January 15, 2011
This Jared Kid (Part One)...
It's been a week since Jared Lee Loughner went completely off his nut and shot twenty people, killing six. When I first heard about that, I initially thought it was some good-for-nothing lay-about who spent more time reading articles from the Whirled Nut Daily website in his mother's basement than he did looking for a job to pay for room and board. Then I heard about that cross-hairs map Sarah Palin tried to erase from everyone's memory, and even though there was, and is, no evidence that Loughner was motivated by her or that map, I jumped on the Palin-bashing bandwagon like nearly every other left-leaning blogger.
As for that "blood libel" remark Palin made in her pathetic defense later on, my best guess is that she was speaking in code to the Bible-believing Republican base, and not anyone else. George W. Bush did that throughout his presidency -- and it took those of us who were paying the most attention to him, but at the same time were unfamiliar with the lay of the Bible-believing fundie fantasy land, about six years to figure that out. So far, I haven't seen any other left-leaning person who correctly pointed out that "blood libel" is a demonstrably false claim that non-Christian people use the blood of Christian children and babies in their own religious rituals make the same guess -- and, of course, my guess could be flat-out wrong. But the vast bulk of the people who do believe the "blood libel" claim are hard-right Christians -- the same group that most strongly supports the likes of Sarah Palin. For all I know that was her way of telling her base, "They want your blood" -- "they" being everyone who criticized Palin for that crosshairs map and called for the likes of her to tone down the vicious-minded rhetoric. (Don't hold your breath on that one.)
But I was just wasting my time on Palin -- basically, she's an easy target, and I was just venting at her expense. The real challenge for me is Loughner. I sensed that he was buggier than batcrap about the same time everyone else did. But when I first saw his mug shot, my heart damn near skipped a beat: looking at that picture, I instantly saw a younger, slightly chunkier version of me.
And since then, I've learned that he and I have quite a few things in common. I find this humbling and disturbing, and it's been eating away at me for most of this past week.
Sooner or later, I have to explain why...
Labels: it is what it is, life
the $1 billion dollar fence goes nowhere
the virtual fence to keep out those pesky folks who pick our crops...is a no go.
the department of homeland security on friday canceled a project to build a technology-based “virtual fence” across the southwest border, saying that the effort — on which $1 billion has already been spent — was ineffective and too costly.- new york times
Labels: boondoggles, homeland security, immigration
tidbits...a week later
tucson tea party founder says giffords to blame for getting shot
jon stewart takes on fox's take on the memorial
sign the letter, tell arizona lawmakers "don't turn the tucson tragedy into an arms race"
"glenn beck has been responsible for three twarted assassination attempts"
joe scarborough says palin's political career is over. and this is coming from a man who had a dead intern found in his office
jon stewart takes on fox's take on the memorial
sign the letter, tell arizona lawmakers "don't turn the tucson tragedy into an arms race"
"glenn beck has been responsible for three twarted assassination attempts"
joe scarborough says palin's political career is over. and this is coming from a man who had a dead intern found in his office
Friday, January 14, 2011
this should be the new nra motto
words don't incite guns to kill people. words incite people to kill people:
- eric fuller, 63 yr old disabled vet, who was a victim of jared loughner's shooting rampage last saturday
"how many other demented people are out there? It looks like palin, beck, sharron angle and the rest got their first target. their wish for second amendment activism has been fulfilled—senseless hatred leading to murder, lunatic fringe anarchism, subscribed to by john boehner, mainstream rebels with vengeance for all, even nine-year-old girls." there was a little girl named christina green, nine years old, who is one of the deceased.
- eric fuller, 63 yr old disabled vet, who was a victim of jared loughner's shooting rampage last saturday
tweet of the day
according to the new zodiac sign dates, i am now a kitten.
Labels: comedians, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
banks want to "take back" capitol hill
i think the banksters already own capitol hill...and its inhabitants.
it's time for america's banks to turn around the conversation about the financial system and retake their position as enablers of economic recovery.we have already seen a little of the future the banks want for us...what do they want next, debtors prisons?
that's the message richard davis, the chairman, president and ceo of u.s. bank, brought to santa barbara on jan. 13.
during an interview with the business times just a few hours before a major speech to the california bankers association, davis said it's time for the nation's bankers to "take back the hill" and reshape the political dialogue about banking and the future of the economy.
davis, named "banker of the year" by the trade publication american banker, leads the fifth-largest banking enterprise in the country, and one of the healthiest. In addition to his talk at the bankers’ group, he was in santa barbara to open a new private wealth management operation on state street.
...but he also meant banks need to literally take back capitol hill, where bankers have faced tough questions about their role in the near-collapse of the nation's economy. in part, he said, smaller community banks, medium-sized banks and large banks such as u.s. bank must speak with one voice on key issues. - pacific coast business times
the half-term half-baked governor from alaska
will be delivering an address at a "surveyors" convention. looks like she is retreating from dog whistles to "lone wolves"...she's reloading.
former alaska gov. sarah palin (r) will deliver a keynote address to a gun convention later this month. palin will speak saturday, jan. 29, to the safari international club (sci) in reno, nev., according to the group's website.
the organization bills itself as "the leader in protecting the freedom to hunt and promoting wildlife conservation worldwide." - the hill
out and about
new gop gov of oklahoma swears to "offend" the constitution. we bet
republican national committee raises on debt ceiling
rush limbaugh's billboard depicting bullet holes
new jersey cuts bond sale after christie's "bankrupted state" remarks
the hardly-ever-right wing is so desperate, they (incorrectly) parse the meaning of "open her eyes" to call obama a liar
anti-palin posters appear in sf
is this irony? newspaper w/"christian science" in its name calls astology "a big load of nonsense"
republican national committee raises on debt ceiling
rush limbaugh's billboard depicting bullet holes
new jersey cuts bond sale after christie's "bankrupted state" remarks
the hardly-ever-right wing is so desperate, they (incorrectly) parse the meaning of "open her eyes" to call obama a liar
anti-palin posters appear in sf
is this irony? newspaper w/"christian science" in its name calls astology "a big load of nonsense"
Thursday, January 13, 2011
sarah palin facebook scrubbing in real time
watch the total number of comments vacillate up and down
tweet of the day
"and in #christina we see all of our children. so curious, so trusting, so energetic and full of magic." ~ pres @barackobama #supportgabby
Labels: arizona, obama, tweet of the day, tweets, twitter
stochastic terrorism
the highly accurate meme.
read over at open left and the agonist and refer to the diary of g2 over at the "great orange satan" about it...so we can call people out on it.
(tip o' the kangaroo tail to thom hartmann)
read over at open left and the agonist and refer to the diary of g2 over at the "great orange satan" about it...so we can call people out on it.
(tip o' the kangaroo tail to thom hartmann)
Labels: terrorists
various n' sundry
praise for obama from right and left
white house thinks this is "interesting": sen. mark udall suggests dems and gop sit together @ sotu speech
and the prize goes to adam serwer for being the first one to correctly predict the wingers' outrage @ the cheering crowds @ last nite's obama speech
was threat against rep. mcdermott inspired by bill o'reilly?
white house thinks this is "interesting": sen. mark udall suggests dems and gop sit together @ sotu speech
and the prize goes to adam serwer for being the first one to correctly predict the wingers' outrage @ the cheering crowds @ last nite's obama speech
was threat against rep. mcdermott inspired by bill o'reilly?
stuff n' such
politico agrees: obama 1, palin 0
palin's callous indifference to violence: it's not a bug, it's a feature
the cable news networks on obama's speech
not sure if we believe this one: palin aides says death threats against her at an "unprecendented level"
joe gandelman @ the moderate voice has a nice round-up of opinions on palin v. obama speeches
palin's callous indifference to violence: it's not a bug, it's a feature
the cable news networks on obama's speech
not sure if we believe this one: palin aides says death threats against her at an "unprecendented level"
joe gandelman @ the moderate voice has a nice round-up of opinions on palin v. obama speeches
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
They Called It Off...
The Westboro Baptist Church will not be picketing the funerals for Christina Green and John Roll after all.
Instead, WBC will get what an attorney for the church calls "substantial air time" on two radio stations. So these folks will still have a venue to express their toxic views, but if it'll keep them away from the funerals, fair enough. It's not like they're not going to win a bunch of new converts over the radio, either -- virtually everyone who first comes into contact with Fred Phelps's racket in any way, shape, or form is left appalled and disgusted by it...
Labels: hate mongering, politics
they are never happy unless they are miserable
the hardly-ever-right wing are frothing themselves into a lather about tonite's memorial service in tucson. apparently it's unseemly of americans to celebrate people's lives rather than mourn their deaths.
(we won't link to michelle malkin, the biggest complainer of all, even tho that would bring in the traffic hits. instead, read tmpdc's account)
well, if the rightists hate tonite's celebration of the good that the shooting victims lives created, they would abolutely burst a blood vessel had they been at this funeral:
(we won't link to michelle malkin, the biggest complainer of all, even tho that would bring in the traffic hits. instead, read tmpdc's account)
well, if the rightists hate tonite's celebration of the good that the shooting victims lives created, they would abolutely burst a blood vessel had they been at this funeral:
there goes the jewish vote
half-baked term gov. palin, we do not think those words mean what you think they mean
plus, w/6 people dead, including a 9 yr old girl, and w/several people in the hospital fighting for their lives, including a sitting united states congresswoman, leave it to caribou barbie to make it all about her.
plus, w/6 people dead, including a 9 yr old girl, and w/several people in the hospital fighting for their lives, including a sitting united states congresswoman, leave it to caribou barbie to make it all about her.
oh no, there's no violent rhetoric on the right
dave niewert, the best writer in blogtopia (y!wctp!), lists over @ orcinus some of the egregious examples of hate speech from accepted leaders and pundits (ie, not anonymous bloggers) speaking for the right wing:
rush limbaugh: "i tell people don’t kill all the liberals. leave enough so we can have two on every campus -- living fossils -- so we will never forget what these people stood for."
stop the aclu [post since removed]:
rope + tree + aclu lawyer = pinata
ann coulter: "i think our motto should be, post-9-11: 'raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'"
ann coulter: "we need somebody to put rat poisoning in justice stevens' creme brulee. ... that's just a joke, for you in the media."
…
glenn beck:
with that being said, you are a democrat. you are saying, "let's cut and run." and i have to tell you, i have been nervous about this interview with you, because what i feel like saying is, "sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies."
and i know you're not. i'm not accusing you of being an enemy, but that's the way i feel, and i think a lot of americans will feel that way.
bill o'reilly:
everybody got it? dissent, fine; undermining, you're a traitor. got it? so, all those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. will you have that done, please? send over the fbi and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care, couldn't care less.
michael reagan:
"howard dean should be arrested and hung for treason or put in a hole until the end of the iraq war!"
stop the aclu [post since removed]:
rope + tree + aclu lawyer = pinata
ann coulter: "i think our motto should be, post-9-11: 'raghead talks tough, raghead faces consequences.'"
ann coulter: "we need somebody to put rat poisoning in justice stevens' creme brulee. ... that's just a joke, for you in the media."
…
glenn beck:
with that being said, you are a democrat. you are saying, "let's cut and run." and i have to tell you, i have been nervous about this interview with you, because what i feel like saying is, "sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies."
and i know you're not. i'm not accusing you of being an enemy, but that's the way i feel, and i think a lot of americans will feel that way.
bill o'reilly:
everybody got it? dissent, fine; undermining, you're a traitor. got it? so, all those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. will you have that done, please? send over the fbi and just put them in chains, because they, you know, they're undermining everything and they don't care, couldn't care less.
michael reagan:
"howard dean should be arrested and hung for treason or put in a hole until the end of the iraq war!"
blood libel
when the failed veep candidate, 1/2 governor from alaska uses this phrase in her "un-apology", you know she just doesn't freakin' "get it." next she'll claim that representative gabrielle giffords wasn't jewish and didn't know what blood libel actually means.
representative james clyburn puts it succinctly.
former bush speechwriter david frum, writing on politico’s arena, notes “now is not the time to use words like “blood libel” or to attack those who seek to lessen the use of violent words or deeds.”
indeed, jewish groups are taking offense to palin’s choice of the term. noting that accusations of blood libel have been “directly responsible for the murder of so many jews across centuries,” the national jewish democratic council condemned palin’s use of the term. - think progress
sarah. you're not amongst the victims here.
representative james clyburn puts it succinctly.
"you know, sarah palin just can't seem to get it, on any front. i think she's an attractive person, she is articulate," clyburn said on the bill press radio show. "but i think intellectually, she seems not to be able to understand what's going on here."- the hill
mad about tom in prison, no delay!
mad kane, that is!
update on the queensland flooding
from kryten42, one of bryan's frequent commentors over at why now"
twelve people are confirmed dead, with one other possible. the qld. police commissioner stated that they expect that to rise. the loss of animals, including livestock and pets, is unknown but very high. the fed. government has said that the expect that cost of this disaster to be at least 1% of australia’s gdp for the next year, and that prices of food and commodities globally will rise significantly. qld. was the largest exporter of thermal and coking coal, and several mines are completely flooded. coking coal is used primarily these days to manufacture steel worldwide, so steel prices are going to rise.
a large area of qld. is without power as utilities were forced to shutdown supply to flood areas. several sewerage & treatment plants have been flooded, and much of the flood water has been contaminated, which has then contaminated catchment areas, dam’s and river systems. so clean drinking water is a big problem ironically. some outbreaks of gastro problems have been reported primarily caused by e. coli. outbreaks of dengi & ross river fever are expected also. emergency hospitals and medical centers have been setup where possible near affected areas, and the army medical corps have setup at least one rapid deployment field hospital with staff experienced in tropical disease control.
as well as sanitation issues, and dealing with hundreds of annoyed critters like red-bellied black snakes and assorted spiders looking for a dry place, a bull shark was spotted swimming up the main street of goodna, a suburb of ipswitch. though the street was under 6m of water at the time.
Labels: australia, floods, natural disasters
susie quotes rfk jr.
i find this posting at suburban guerilla very compelling and insightful:
go read the whole thing. then consider sending some complaints to the FCC yourself. demand a return to the fairness doctrine.
Neither Beck, Hannity nor Savage not the hate merchants at Fox News and talk radio can claim to have invented their genre. Toxic right-wing vitriol so dominated the public airwaves from the McCarthy era until 1963 that President Kennedy, that year, launched a citizen’s campaign to enforce the Fairness Doctrine, which required accuracy and balance in the broadcast media. Students, civic and religious groups filed more than 500 complaints against right-wing extremists and hate-mongering commentators before the FCC.
go read the whole thing. then consider sending some complaints to the FCC yourself. demand a return to the fairness doctrine.
blogging around
juan cole snark: naw, there's no right wing extreme rhetoric"
americans are five times more likely to die of gun shot in arizona tha hawaii
blowback for palin?
and here's palin's response
rip david nelson of "ozzie and harriet"
americans are five times more likely to die of gun shot in arizona tha hawaii
blowback for palin?
and here's palin's response
rip david nelson of "ozzie and harriet"
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
From A Deadbeat To An Old Greaser..
the rains in australia...keep coming...and so do the waters
just heartbreakingly horrible these massive floods in australia. the raging waters are now sinking suburbs in brisbane, the capital of the state of queensland and the third largest city in the country.
nasa has some images.
please consider donating to aid them in their hours(s) of need.
up to 40,000 properties are expected to be impacted by flooding by thursday based on the latest flood modelling.some are managing to keep their sense of humour, as some tweets can attest.
of these, 19,700 are residential properties which will have flooding across their entire property. a further 12,000 are expected to have flooding across part of their property.
about 3500 commercial premises will have flooding across their entire property and a further 2500 will have flooding across part of their property.
a further 2300 properties such as parks and vacant land will also be flooded.
the depth of flooding on individual properties is not known because this flood event is expected to exceed all previous records. - courier mail
 | squirrellykoala rt @kollektor: me, to mate in brisbane: "you ok? need anything?" him: "send the biggest shamwow you can find." bless. |
nasa has some images.
please consider donating to aid them in their hours(s) of need.
Labels: australia, disasters, floods, natural disasters
various n' sundry
we never thought we'd ever agree w/roger simon
remember the 2009 report that warned that something like tucson could happen in today's extreme climate?
hardly-ever-right wing deperately tries to prove loughner is a liberal
"shoot the unemployed"
remember the 2009 report that warned that something like tucson could happen in today's extreme climate?
hardly-ever-right wing deperately tries to prove loughner is a liberal
"shoot the unemployed"
Monday, January 10, 2011
skippy's monday nite music club
some soft...relaxing music to help ease the psyche. charlie haden and pat matheny with the love theme to one of my favorite movies, cinema pardiso.
Labels: music, skippy's music club, youtube
our hearts go out to our aussie global neighbors
the flooding in queensland is just devastating. if you have a little money, please consider donating to the queensland flood relief.
Labels: australia, floods, natural disasters
Somebody Please Tell Me This Is A Hoax...
Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church is going to picket the funeral of the six people who died in Saturday's shooting rampage in Tucson -- including the nine-year-old girl. The mass funeral for all of the victims is Tuesday; there will be another funeral for Christina Green on Thursday. I hope the people of Tucson turn out in droves to thwart these WBC assholes. And yes, I've known Phelps is a pitiful excuse for a human being for many years. But for the love of God...
Not even the funeral for a nine-year-old girl is off-limits to him?
What happened to that man to make him that way? I occasionally have really bad days, too, but come on...
Labels: wtf
matt taibbi asks...
is the media partly at fault for the tragedy in az?
Labels: arizona, matt taibbi, multi-millionaire media, rolling stone
nothing says "stop the violence"
murdoch gets letters
and let's hope he takes action on this one. david brock calls on murdoch to tone down the violent rhetoric.
...you have the power to order them to stop using violent rhetoric, on and off of fox's air. if they fail to do so, it is incumbent upon you to fire them or be responsible for the climate they create and any consequences thereof. - media matters
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thank you sheriff dupnik
the sheriff of pima county is getting carpet-bombed w/negative comments about his opinions he expressed yesterday.
why not leave a message of support for sheriff dupnik?
why not leave a message of support for sheriff dupnik?
just a taste of the violent rhetoric
rush limbaugh: "i tell people don't kill all the liberals. leave enough so we can have two on every campus – living fossils – so we will never forget what these people stood for."
senator phil gramm: "we're going to keep building the party until we're hunting democrats with dogs."
rep. james hansen on bill clinton: get rid of the guy. impreach him, censure him, assassinate him."
john derbyshire intimated in the national review that because chelsea clinton had "the taint," she should "be killed."
ann coulter: "we need to execute people like john walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too."
ann coulter: "my only regret with timothy mcveigh is he did not go to the new york times building."
bill o'reilly: "if those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. will you have that done, please? send over the fbi and just put them in chains."
radio host glenn beck said he was "thinking about killing michael moore" and pondered whether "i could kill him myself, or if i would need to hire somebody to do it," before concluding: "no, i think i could. i think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and i could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong?"
fresno city council member jerry duncan in 2003 wrote in an email that police should "cap" members of the human relations commission and wrote, "if i had one dirty bomb and i could eliminate all the liberals in fresno at once."
vandals hit at least five dem offices nationwide, threaten to ‘assassinate’ children of pro-reform lawmakers.- think progress
severed gas line found at home of perriello brother - daily progress
with his kew gardens office still closed after a white powder incident yesterday afternoon, pep. anthony weiner (d-brooklyn/queens) blasted sarah palin for sending out a tweet that he says could be interpreted as a call for violence. - gothamist
quotes collected by commonplace book:
"i would have no problem with [new york times editor bill keller] being sent to the gas chamber." -- melanie morgan
""[t]he day will come when unpleasant things are going to happen to a bunch of stupid liberals and it's going to be very amusing to watch." -- lee rogers
"and if al qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. we're going to say, look, every other place in america is off limits to you, except san francisco. you want to blow up the coit tower? go ahead." -- bill o'reilly
"howard dean should be arrested and hung for treason or put in a hole until the end of the iraq war!"-- michael reagan
"let's start with the following new york times reporters and editors: arthur "pinch" sulzberger jr. , bill keller, eric lichtblau, and james risen. do you have an idea where they live? go hunt them down and do america a favor. get their photo, street address, where their kids go to school, anything you can dig up, and send it to the link above. this is your chance to be famous -- grab for the golden ring." -- "the political insight"
orcinus has quite the collection, too...
senator phil gramm: "we're going to keep building the party until we're hunting democrats with dogs."
rep. james hansen on bill clinton: get rid of the guy. impreach him, censure him, assassinate him."
john derbyshire intimated in the national review that because chelsea clinton had "the taint," she should "be killed."
ann coulter: "we need to execute people like john walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too."
ann coulter: "my only regret with timothy mcveigh is he did not go to the new york times building."
bill o'reilly: "if those clowns over at the liberal radio network, we could incarcerate them immediately. will you have that done, please? send over the fbi and just put them in chains."
radio host glenn beck said he was "thinking about killing michael moore" and pondered whether "i could kill him myself, or if i would need to hire somebody to do it," before concluding: "no, i think i could. i think he could be looking me in the eye, you know, and i could just be choking the life out -- is this wrong?"
fresno city council member jerry duncan in 2003 wrote in an email that police should "cap" members of the human relations commission and wrote, "if i had one dirty bomb and i could eliminate all the liberals in fresno at once."
vandals hit at least five dem offices nationwide, threaten to ‘assassinate’ children of pro-reform lawmakers.- think progress
severed gas line found at home of perriello brother - daily progress
with his kew gardens office still closed after a white powder incident yesterday afternoon, pep. anthony weiner (d-brooklyn/queens) blasted sarah palin for sending out a tweet that he says could be interpreted as a call for violence. - gothamist
quotes collected by commonplace book:
"i would have no problem with [new york times editor bill keller] being sent to the gas chamber." -- melanie morgan
""[t]he day will come when unpleasant things are going to happen to a bunch of stupid liberals and it's going to be very amusing to watch." -- lee rogers
"and if al qaeda comes in here and blows you up, we're not going to do anything about it. we're going to say, look, every other place in america is off limits to you, except san francisco. you want to blow up the coit tower? go ahead." -- bill o'reilly
"howard dean should be arrested and hung for treason or put in a hole until the end of the iraq war!"-- michael reagan
"let's start with the following new york times reporters and editors: arthur "pinch" sulzberger jr. , bill keller, eric lichtblau, and james risen. do you have an idea where they live? go hunt them down and do america a favor. get their photo, street address, where their kids go to school, anything you can dig up, and send it to the link above. this is your chance to be famous -- grab for the golden ring." -- "the political insight"
orcinus has quite the collection, too...
Labels: beck, coulter, gop, hate mongering, limbaugh, o'reilly, republicans, violence
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