Open Thread
A delightful post from the blog "anyway..." [h/t Batocchio]
When Sebastian was just three we lived in an apartment in Amherst with a grad student named Jake. Sebastian and Jake bonded over music; they were both big fans of Jonathan Richman. They'd put on his disks and run around the living room with their arms outstretched, making airplane noises.
One day Sebastian came up to Jake with his eyes very wide. "Let's not pretend to be airplanes," he said. "Let's really be airplanes."
Jake made his eyes very wide too. "Okay," he said. So they ran around the living room, arms outstretched, nrrow, nrrow! Wangity-wang, wangity-wang I'm a little airplane nrrow!
I think Jake had double-majored in philosophy and cognitive science, and was now pursuing some kind of cogsci masters. Sebastian made him a happy, happy Jake.
Open thread below...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9n21d3n5j8
i saw this on daily kos. kind of funny.
Jeremy Scahill at Rebel Reports
read on here
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Pass a law that protects lawbreakers. That's ironic.
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
that's the American way.
me-oww!
...moronic.
Each and every day I become less and less impressed by Barack Obama. I realize he isn't in Congress, but he could at least voice his displeasure with such a cover-up of the truth.
Graham and Lieberman are reprehensible. Knowing their traitorous background, it makes perfect sense that these two amoral bastards would be the ones to come up with this coverup for war crimes.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. Albert Einstein
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"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
Ya, it seems like graham and lieberman are always lobbying to pass some law that protects lawbreakers. They're persistent with their perversion aren't they.
Hey they're republicans = no government = no laws = problem solved.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
if you watched bill mahr on fri
then his New Rules makes perfect sense....
there is only one party running this country
and it's the dems in republican clothing
or the new republicans....
it's our govt...we don't have to put up with being
made criminals
by the very criminals that this outrageous bill
is protecting.
We could all benefit from returning to our imaginations. I believe our most real and life changing experiences could certainly benefit by again honing our imaginations. Our ability to lose ourselves in such a way keeps us from truly realizing so many things... Peace, for one.
Make no motto of love that worships war
Obama's False Financial Reform
by WILLIAM GREIDER (Nation)
June 19, 2009
read on here
It is as I have said over and over.
Too big to fail, too big to jail, the crooks will be back because we bailed them out. They got the number, they can !@#$ Up completely with no penalty.
The next time will be even worse.
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Speaking of the Devil
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Goldman to make record bonus payout
Phillip Inman @The Observer (Guardian UK) here
[Alice X here: He says they had 'surging' revenues. You bet they did, big bailout pay through from AIG etc etc. Courtesy of We the Peons. I have to go barf.]
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
I was gonna post the Guardian article about Goldman Sachs record bonus payout !!!
I'm SO GLAD we bailed out those poor suffering institutions ..
Makes my charitable heart throb to know they can once again pile up record bonuses ..
When will government of the people, by the politicians, for the corporations perish from this Earth?
Not soon enough!
Help struggling food banks this summer with a counter protest to the July 4th tea party. Together we can donate one million cans of food.
Or - speaking of a lack of imagination - we could just take advice from State Rep. Cynthia Davis, R-O’Fallon, Missouri, who says that hungry childlren can be a postive motivator for parents to get a job. And if parents don't know how to serve nutritious meals for their children, she's there to help them out with these priceless tips:
“Families may economize by choosing not to waste hard earned dollars on potato chips, ice cream or Twinkies.”
“Laid-off parents could adapt by preparing more home cooked meals rather than going out to eat.”
“Tip: If you work for McDonald’s, they will feed you for free during your break.”
Please support the Million Can March
Someone still has the image of "Cadillac welfare queens" and a Malthusian philosophical mind-set. "It's your fault if you're poor; you simply aren't motivated enough."
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
One of our resident Repubs suggested me losing access to the medications I will need for the rest of my life would be a positive motivator to get me to go looking for a job. Never mind that I am useless without the benefits of those meds and I am still very limited in my ability to work even with the benefit of having the meds.
But enough about me, I'm going to look up the Million Can March now and see if I can help someway! :)
"The greatest tyranny is censoring information in order to be better able to control people." - Cristina Saralegui
It's high time to cut off Rep. Cynthia Davis's publicly provided health care. I think she's receiving too many benefits at the public's expense. Let her work harder and pay for her own fucking insurance.
Maybe she can economize and pick up a second goddamned job at McCardiac's.
I suppose she thinks if the parents and kids eat enough beans they will be able to provide enough gas that they will have no problem finding work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHv8Rok9UfA
I love this guy!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ppCtmpNJU&fe...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
It is no longer the 'Global war on terror'
Now it is the 'Overseas Contingency Operation' here in WaPo
Chris Floyd prefers 'Long Overseas Contingency Operation' or LOCO
People still get killed, call it what you will. Civilians get killed, some by B1 Bombers
excerpt here
read on here
[Alice X here, the '86 hunks of collateral damage' is a euphemism for civilians. The Pentagon now says they MAY HAVE killed that many. That sends my Orwell meter into the red. The US Government is the Terrorist. Excusez-moi, I have to go barf again.]
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
I'm worried about you. I'm concerned there isn't going to be much of you left. There's so very much to barf about right now.
That is a sweet story about Sebastian and Jake.
http://www.sigalert.com/map.asp?Region=Greate...
Really a (now) handy interactive map showing freeway speeds between sensors at intersections of major roads and the freeway. Runs in nearly real-time and mouse-over points will display speed between intersections (MPH) and accident descriptions (time of occurrence, lanes blocked) Can also suggest routes, either shortest distance or quickest time, based on current conditions.
Would be especially handy on a Palm or Blackberry, I suppose, if one can still use those while driving in CA.
I don't drive anywhere (here in LA Co) now without checking it first.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
it's amazing how we demand everyone have the most
sophisticated software and gadgets that we
will pay any price no matter how expensive
and yet, we won't rise up in even a whimper
to have the most sophisticated and affordable
health care for everyone. health care is not
a luxury it's a necessity ignored by the elite.
implementation cost someone (CA taxpayers?) something), but I agree. I've got no Palm, Blackberry, or health insurance of any sort. With any luck, I'll go quickly and relatively painlessly by a driver typing on Blackberry who runs a light...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Would the girls turn the color of avocado when Jake would drive down their street his El Dorado?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77zxTfw0Nb0
Good pic, BG. Thanks for passing on a cool story.
One of my favorite moments in TV.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
http://www.boston.com/news/science/articles/2...
this is a quick read summary/forecast of all regions of the u.s. report was done by the u.s. government.
"agreed to immediately repay $73,000 in past grants. The academy was given 10 years to repay the remaining $350,000."
"a letter pointing to a law requiring that Congress be given the reasons an inspector general is fired. He cited a Senate report saying the requirement is designed to ensure that inspectors general are not removed for political reasons."
your point?
"The FBI's Sacramento division is investigating a former St. HOPE executive's allegations of obstruction of justice, Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence G. Brown confirmed Tuesday."
That and the IGs illegal firing without a 30 day notice and good reason.
After the fact doesn't quite count.
http://www.sacbee.com/ourregion/story/1952940...
We need a break from the GWB tactics of government and 'faith based', and the hangers on who abuse the systems.
HuffPo's full details of the scandal. The reich wing press/pundits are making hay with this story, for some strange reason the onmessage MSM and liberal websites are ignoring it.
Deja Vu of a time before January, from a different political angle.
It appears that we have to see how it plays out. Am I wrong in reading that the person resigned?
he was offered a choice, resign or be fired, so he said FU politely, then they fired him.
Assuming resigning would affect any pension or severance package, and grease most people's choice if money was all that motivated them.
I will go oveer it again in the morning.
GNA
Senator Suck-ass gets a new drug deal out the pharmaceutical companies. The unsold houses in Flint literally go up in flames.
The Capitalist Manifesto. Barry wants more dads to be responsible this Father's Day. SCOTUS hates victims of age discrimination, while one judge wants to review Cheney's role in Plamegate. The FBI wasted more time with the Deep Throat porno than the Deep Throat informatn.
More transparency on torture? CT officials knew the chimp was dangerous.
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"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
We all know despite Bush and Cheney's lies, Al-Queda wan't in Iraq........until now.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090621/ap_on_re_...
We have spent half a trillion dollars for this? Feel safer yet? No wonder we can't afford health care. You'd think if we are spending our tax dollars for failed lie based oil wars that open up the middle east for more terrorism for Al-Queda so Exxon/Mobil, the defense contractors and Halliburton can get richer, we'd at least get free gas. But you'd be wrong of course, that's not part of the GOP's plan. The GOP's plan is to make themselves and the corporate puppet-masters who pull their strings richer with our tax dollars while gutting programs that help the rest of us. Lie, cheat, steal, demonize, demagogue, divide, starting wars, running the country into the ground...no low is too low for them to stoop to accomplish their nefarious self-serving goals.
No wonder the GOP's only remaining stronghold is the deep south and parts of the middle west. Only the least educated areas of the country so blinded by religion, intolerance and bigotry they continue to vote against their own best interests can't see through this scheme by now.
is obama a master chess player with a super-secret winning strategy?
or, is he a total fraud?
a manchurian candidate?
is he a good guy who is being coerced, blackmailed or threatened?
is it true, what bill hicks said?
what is wrong with president barack obama?
from the hicks link:
CAPITALIST SCUM-#@!%: "any questions?"
THE PRESIDENT: "just what my agenda is?"
I couldn't remember what it was called or where it was on CD, Got it saved as a fav now.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Meghan McCain discovers there's heat in the kitchen
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/20/paul...
Meghan to Begala: ""you clearly know everything and I'm just the blond sitting here." No Meghan, Begala was attacking your position, not you personally. Fellow Republican Laura Ingraham, is the one who is attacking you personally making you out to be a dumb blonde. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umbd0-s-KcY because that's what your party does best, attacking people personally, even if it means eating one of their own. In fact, I would argue it was you Meghan who was attacking Begala personally by basically calling him a "know it all" for stating his postion.
I do appreciate Meghan's attempt to moderate her party though, though it is probably a lost cause.
sticks and stones may break their bones, but words dismantle empires.
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Americans overwhelmingly support substantial changes to the health care system and are strongly behind one of the most contentious proposals Congress is considering, a government-run insurance plan to compete with private insurers, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Embrace diversity
Sounds reasonable on the surface.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Cheney - Democracy can only survive if the law of the land is enforced and prosecuted by ordinary people. If the law of the land is broken by a trusted representative then the people must prosecute.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Bush - to see how well your theocratic dictatorship would have worked out look no further than Iran today. ...and stop looking at books. I know you're not really reading them.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
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