Mike's Blog Roundup

Qwerty's Qoncepts:  Giddy up.

Shakespeare's Sister:  McCain has "ties" to a well-known felon.

Zaius Nation:  That rabbit trick never works, except...

News Media Tube:  McCain's election tactics remind us of...Zimbabwe?

Off the beaten path:  2 millionth weblog, The Missisippifarian, Betty Cracker, and  Either Relevant or True (which at the moment has the best. blog header. ever.).

Guest posted by Blue Gal, who contrary to rumor, does not have a birth control device with Tom Brokaw's name on it.



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assassination plot?
{ It's coming CoInTel, in about an hr. SiteMonitor}

Yee Haw!!!

Olbermann to Scarborough: "Why don't you get a shovel?"

Discussing the McCain campaign yesterday, Keith Olbermann tells Joe Scarborough: "Jesus, Joe, why don't you get a shovel?"

At first I assumed that Olbermann was saying that the McCain camp should dig their own grave. But he also could have meant that Scarborough was shoveling, err, something. After Scarborough riffs on Olbermann's comment, Chris Matthews chimes in: "Well, are we done?"

politico

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 1:

assassination plot?

Looks like it was three gun crazy white supremacist meth heads with big mouths. They're in custody. I wouldn't give that story any more oxygen.

All hell is braking loose

Russian forces have captured Americans who were with the Georgian troops directing their attack on civilians.

Bush Pushing The World To Armageddon

If Georgia becomes a NATO member and renews its attack on South Ossetia, it must drag Europe into a war with Russia, a main supplier of energy to Europe.
[...]
The United States is financially bankrupt, with budget and trade deficits that exceed the combined deficits of the rest of the world together. The dollar has wilted. The American consumer market is dying from the offshoring of American jobs and, thereby, incomes, and from the wealth effect of the real estate and derivatives collapses. The United States has nothing to offer Europe. Indeed, American economic decline is killing European exports by driving up the value of the euro. America long ago lost the moral high ground.
[...]
The Bush regime owns no Russian currency that it can dump. The Russians own U.S. dollars. The Bush regime owns no Russian bonds that it can dump. The Russians own U.S. bonds. The U.S. can cut Russia off from no energy supplies. Russia can cut America’s European allies off from energy.

By Paul Craig Roberts
He is an economist and a nationally syndicated columnist.
He was an editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal.
He opposed the Iraq War and writes frequently on the subject.
He wrote an article calling for Bush's impeachment for lying to Congress about the case for war.
Although his criticisms of Bush often seem to align him with the political left, Roberts continues to praise Ronald Reagan and to endorse many of Reagan's policies, arguing that "true conservatives" were the "first victims" of the neoconized Bush administration. He has said that many supporters of George W. Bush "are brownshirts with the same low intelligence and morals as Hitler's enthusiastic supporters."

cobsjo @ 3:
politico sux - it's drudge in drag.

where's the link?

Anyone have idea what the DNC is really trying to accomplish other than lose?

Blue Gal @ 4:

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 1:

assassination plot?

Looks like it was three gun crazy white supremacist meth heads with big mouths. They're in custody. I wouldn't give that story any more oxygen.

yeah! I'm sure we can have a full investigation AFTER an actual attempt on Obama is confiirmed by gunfire.

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 1:

assassination plot?
{ It's coming CoInTel, in about an hr. SiteMonitor}

sorry to pester you.


Shovel any one?

Politico does sux, but sometimes you find something funny like:

McCain Supports abortion

Michael Scherer catches an odd moment yesterday: Clinton delegate turned McCain backers Debra Bartoshevich suggests, falsely, that McCain favors abortion rights, and has a talking point to back it up.

cobsjo @ 5:
where are the facts?

cobsjo @ 5:

All hell is braking loose

Bush has done a helluva' job transforming us from a superpower to a basketcase.

L.A. Confidential @ 7:

Anyone have idea what the DNC is really trying to accomplish other than lose?

OK mr. carville, your ruse is now exposed! Tell your wife we hate her for the fake-ass swiftboat book she published by that reicher moron.

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 13:

L.A. Confidential @ 7:

Anyone have idea what the DNC is really trying to accomplish other than lose?

OK mr. carville, your ruse is now exposed! Tell your wife we hate her for the fake-ass swiftboat book she published by that reicher moron.

Just because I don't always agree with pop opinion and follow the crowd doesn't make me a Carville. It does annoy some people though when I say, will you SHUT UP and let me finish what is I'm communicating?
Even thats mostly hopeless in our blabber mouth society.

Three arrested in Plot to kill Obama: Local police say the group of "white supremist" admitted they had talked of it, they were found with Rifles, one with a scope, bullet proof vests and drugs.

And yet, "Federal Authorities" say there was no viable threat against Obama. So i guess this means that they wont consider anything a threat unless a shot is actually fired at Obama?
{ Save it for the thread we have coming BB.SiteMonitor}

L.A. Confidential @ 14:

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 13:

L.A. Confidential @ 7:

Anyone have idea what the DNC is really trying to accomplish other than lose?

OK mr. carville, your ruse is now exposed! Tell your wife we hate her for the fake-ass swiftboat book she published by that reicher moron.

Just because I don't always agree with pop opinion and follow the crowd doesn't make me a Carville. It does annoy some people though when I say, will you SHUT UP and let me finish what is I'm communicating?
Even thats mostly hopeless in our blabber mouth society.

you're working awfully hard to prove my case.

☻Bangkok Bob ☻ @ 15:

Three arrested in Plot to kill Obama: Local police say the group of "white supremist" admitted they had talked of it, they were found with Rifles, one with a scope, bullet proof vests and drugs.

And yet, "Federal Authorities" say there was no viable threat against Obama. So i guess this means that they wont consider anything a threat unless a shot is actually fired at Obama?

Welcome to the Bizzaro World of The United Basketcase of America.

☻Bangkok Bob ☻ @ 15:

Three arrested in Plot to kill Obama: Local police say the group of "white supremist" admitted they had talked of it, they were found with Rifles, one with a scope, bullet proof vests and drugs.

And yet, "Federal Authorities" say there was no viable threat against Obama. So i guess this means that they wont consider anything a threat unless a shot is actually fired at Obama?

that's kinda how I think they think. It's still boosh's gubmint, ya knoe!

All hell IS breaking loose.

And how do we apply the brakes.

cobsjo @ 5:

All hell is braking loose

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 16:

you're working awfully hard to prove my case.

Well I'm glad I deliver some entertainment value to you. Something to chase after. Keep you off the street and out of trouble.

Alice X - (Chomsky Nader) - status quObama - change you can pretend in - @ 19:

And how do we apply the brakes.

It's going to take what most people outside the US would consider a ridiculous level of disaster before most Americans understand that something is deeply wrong with the trajectory of their nation.

L.A. Confidential @ 17:

☻Bangkok Bob ☻ @ 15:

Three arrested in Plot to kill Obama: Local police say the group of "white supremist" admitted they had talked of it, they were found with Rifles, one with a scope, bullet proof vests and drugs.

And yet, "Federal Authorities" say there was no viable threat against Obama. So i guess this means that they wont consider anything a threat unless a shot is actually fired at Obama?

Welcome to the Bizzaro World of The United Basketcase of America.

Sounds like the "Federal Authorities" are complicit don't it?
they arrested them on drug charges, but not conspiracy to commit murder or an assassination plot.
Had these clowns been after mccain they would have this 24/7 and the clowns would already be convicted.
Did you know mccain is an ex-POW?

cobsjo @ 10:
Keith did call him out on his BS and scabby started whining about the shovel comment. It makes me look forward to the RNC convention.

Alice X - (Chomsky Nader) - status quObama - change you can pretend in - @ 19:

All hell IS breaking loose.

And how do we apply the brakes.

cobsjo @ 5:

All hell is braking loose

give him a brake, he caint hep it. he's home skoooled

☻Bangkok Bob ☻ @ 22:

Did you know mccain is an ex-POW?

Of course I do. I know to much for my own good. Kind of like yourself I suspect.

L.A. Confidential @ 20:

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 16:

you're working awfully hard to prove my case.

Well I'm glad I deliver some entertainment value to you. Something to chase after. Keep you off the street and out of trouble.

Hey! you calling me some kinda thug? I haven't given a beatdown in a long time. I can't afford to look angry.

Alice X - (Chomsky Nader) - status quObama - change you can pretend in - @ 19:

All hell IS breaking loose.

And how do we apply the brakes.

cobsjo @ 5:

All hell is braking loose

I hate when my brakes get loose.....its hell

Speaking of McCain tactics, whenever this asshat uses his POW experience as an excuse for anything, the response should be, "Well Senator, since you were a POW how come you've not supported a lot of pro-vet legislature?"

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 26:

I can't afford to look angry.

Well, then just do the "nice guy thing". You know the one where everyone always says, "jeepers, he's really a nice guy!"

Russia/America

an African Americans were found, which was a red flag to Russia

According to the report, the mercenary is an African-American who is a NATO instructor and an ordinance specialist. He has now been transferred to the Russian base of Vladikavkaz.

The story also backs up previous reports of dead black Americans having been found in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia.

U.S. soldiers recently conducted training programs where they instructed Georgian soldiers how to deal with unexploded ordinance as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program.

Another report from the Russia daily Kommersant states that thousands of mercenaries from numerous different countries are fighting on the Georgian side and are being “commanded by the U.S. military instructors.”

http://www.infowars.com/?p=3893
http://www.prisonplanet.com/
http://www.congresscheck.com/2008/08/11/american-mercenary-captured-by-r...

also slightly mentioned in
http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/archives/16505.html

Filthy Harry @ 28:

"Well Senator, since you were a POW how come you've not supported a lot of pro-vet legislature?"

"Since I am a POW how can I not support veterans sonny boy? Just last week we gave away free beer to homeless vets on whacker drive in Chicago. What else do they need? It's a refreshment and food in a can." Meals ready to drink." Next Question please."

hey why can't i post
is it just me or everyone else as well?

L.A. Confidential @ 30:

Filthy Harry @ 28:

"Well Senator, since you were a POW how come you've not supported a lot of pro-vet legislature?"

"Since I am a POW how can I not support veterans sonny boy? Just last week we gave away free beer to homeless vets on whacker drive in Chicago. What else do they need? It's a refreshment and food in a can." Meals ready to drink." Next Question please."

You voted against the new G.I. Bill, Sentator

I emailed this in as well.....So far, I haven't seen any mention of this:

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/08/25/mccains-yankee-doodle-daddy/

Apparently a Latin Rapper, Daddy Yankee, endorsed John McCain. No big deal-except they are making appearances-like together at a High School. I can't imagine how mad I would be if my 13-18 year old was exposed to "Daddy Yankee" and, of course having met this lovely individual, then wanted his album.

My Spanish is rusty, so I just took the English Lyrics to make the point:
" Beat it up and break your back
Lay the wood and make you sweat
Girl, it's gonna be a long night
I'm wide up and ready to rake
C'mon and gimme a midnight snack
And I'm gonna have you moanin' "

http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/daddy-yankee-lyrics/machete-reloaded-lyric...

Or the "give me gasoline song" which really means "give me semen" (maybe a better 'translation' is pump me?!?). A number of his lyrics mock English speakers-I'm going to seduce your girl in Spanish, she can't understand me, but will understand sex.

Most are about gang activity and rape:

"I let em know I bust a hoe,
I'm shakin' up a shivero,
That every where a nigga go,
This will be,
The day we will always "G"
Turn around get em' up,
Put em down (I Fall back)
Take my hand,
We could have a little fun in the van,
I'm the man with gun in his hand,
I don't plan,
On stayin' around,
I'm just playin' around,
I'm all about layin' you down,
Now g-get up"

http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/daddy-yankee-lyrics/gangsta-zone-lyrics.html

Considering the 'outrage' over unsolicited endorsements for Obama,
why no play on this?

If you see double not my fault trying to get through

Black man = Red Flag

According to the report, the mercenary is an African-American who is a NATO instructor and an ordinance specialist. He has now been transferred to the Russian base of Vladikavkaz.

The story also backs up previous reports of dead black Americans having been found in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia.

U.S. soldiers recently conducted training programs where they instructed Georgian soldiers how to deal with unexploded ordinance as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program.

Another report from the Russia daily Kommersant states that thousands of mercenaries from numerous different countries are fighting on the Georgian side and are being “commanded by the U.S. military instructors.”

LINK

LINK

And slightly on

LINK

RobC @ 34:
It's McKeatingFive, POW! no problem.

cobsjo @ 35:

If you see double not my fault trying to get through

Black man = Red Flag

According to the report, the mercenary is an African-American who is a NATO instructor and an ordinance specialist. He has now been transferred to the Russian base of Vladikavkaz.

The story also backs up previous reports of dead black Americans having been found in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia.

U.S. soldiers recently conducted training programs where they instructed Georgian soldiers how to deal with unexploded ordinance as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program.

Another report from the Russia daily Kommersant states that thousands of mercenaries from numerous different countries are fighting on the Georgian side and are being “commanded by the U.S. military instructors.”

LINK

LINK

And slightly on

LINK

I'm really starting to hate when I'm right.

Hey Site-Monitor for future reference did i do something wrong?
{ Not that I'm aware of, Sometimes key words set off the spam filter. SiteMonitor}

Oh, bluegal, I am a gay man but I think I am in love! I would give ANYTHING to see you take down that pompous prick Brokaw on national TV. Ever since he's written those books about the "greatest generation", Brokaw has been an insufferable wind machine, and has been giving blowjobs to Bush/Cheney since before the Iraq War. Hey Brokaw, just because you were an anchorman for 675 years doesn't mean you can decide what women - or anybody else - can do with their bodies, and you sure as hell are not qualified to tell Obama - who has more intelligence and integrity in the fingernail of his left pinky than you have in your entire mind and body - how he should deal with women's issues, or any other issue for that matter.
And BTW, "officials" are saying the 4 FoxNews fans who got arrested for trying to assassinate Obama were not a "credible threat". I suppose they would only be a "credible threat" if they had Obama on his knees on the stage at the convention with a machete pushed against his throat.
But one must remember that Obama was not a POW.
And this can only be good for the McCain campaign.

Authorities say man arrested near Denver with rifle never posed 'credible threat' to Obama
By STEVEN K. PAULSON | Associated Press Writer

10:10 AM CDT, August 26, 2008

{ The threads up CoInTel, SiteMonitor}

Liberal AND Proud @ 37:

cobsjo @ 35:

If you see double not my fault trying to get through

Black man = Red Flag

According to the report, the mercenary is an African-American who is a NATO instructor and an ordinance specialist. He has now been transferred to the Russian base of Vladikavkaz.

The story also backs up previous reports of dead black Americans having been found in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia.

U.S. soldiers recently conducted training programs where they instructed Georgian soldiers how to deal with unexploded ordinance as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program.

Another report from the Russia daily Kommersant states that thousands of mercenaries from numerous different countries are fighting on the Georgian side and are being “commanded by the U.S. military instructors.”

LINK

LINK

And slightly on

LINK

I'm really starting to hate when I'm right.

they aren't mercs. they are regular army and marines. they were training with US weapons and equipment under CIA operatives, just like we provided training and equipment for the georgians serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Ivy-league georgian preznitwit actually thought the US would immediately defend Georgia. When the scope of loss of american life over there becomes public, there will have to be a lot of spinning. the boosh crime family will be exposed for betraying an ally, and for exposing and betraying and abandoning american troops in combat.

CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 41:

Liberal AND Proud @ 37:

cobsjo @ 35:

If you see double not my fault trying to get through

Black man = Red Flag

According to the report, the mercenary is an African-American who is a NATO instructor and an ordinance specialist. He has now been transferred to the Russian base of Vladikavkaz.

The story also backs up previous reports of dead black Americans having been found in Tskhinvali, the capital city of South Ossetia.

U.S. soldiers recently conducted training programs where they instructed Georgian soldiers how to deal with unexploded ordinance as part of the Georgia Train and Equip Program.

Another report from the Russia daily Kommersant states that thousands of mercenaries from numerous different countries are fighting on the Georgian side and are being “commanded by the U.S. military instructors.”

LINK

LINK

And slightly on

LINK

I'm really starting to hate when I'm right.

they aren't mercs. they are regular army and marines. they were training with US weapons and equipment under CIA operatives, just like we provided training and equipment for the georgians serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Ivy-league georgian preznitwit actually thought the US would immediately defend Georgia. When the scope of loss of american life over there becomes public, there will have to be a lot of spinning. the boosh crime family will be exposed for betraying an ally, and for exposing and betraying and abandoning american troops in combat.

Mercs or Soldiers but still Americans
The US and NATO need to explain

Russo-American relations is best portrayed by an old Swahili proverb that says:

'when the elephants fight, the grass gets crushed, and when elephants make love the grass gets crushed'.

In that way, post-Cold War rapprochement between Washington and Moscow allowed the latter to brutally crush Chechnya and for Putin to neutralise political dissent with little opposition from Washington.

It also allowed the Pentagon to use Moscow's military bases in the former republics of the Soviet Union for various aggressive operations and paved the way for the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan.

On the other hand, renewed tension and conflict between the old Cold War nemeses has opened the way for the destruction and mayhem in Georgia. If continued, it will lead to a deterioration of the situation in the Middle East and trigger or escalate conflicts and arms races around the world.

I always thing the blog round-ups are like an open thread so I want to encourage everyone to watch the convention on C-Span. It's pure uninterrupted and unedited convention, and you can make up your own mind and not rely on the pinheads like Carville or the over-rated David Gergen. Boycott CNN and FUX unless you enjoy being aggravated.

You're too much for Brokaw to handle!

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