May 19, 2010 04:00 AM
Mike's Blog Roundup
Corrente: Best links, on the ground coverage from Thailand
We are respectable negroes: What would U.S. History look like if it were written by Texas and Arizona?
naked capitalism: DOJ: Banks colluded with municipal "advisors" to rig bids on Gauranteed Investment Certificates
The Existentialist Cowboy: How war depresses the U.S. economy
Happy Valley News Hour: Sarah Palin's Hierarchy of Mamas
OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Politisink, Squatlo Rant, Uppity Negro Network
Will pass along, thanks!!
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
Greenland Rising Rapidly as Ice Melts - http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100518/...
U.S. Could Lose 250,000 Manufacturing Jobs Without Comprehensive Clean Energy & Climate Legislation - http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41336
Republican Big Oil Love Fest continues in wake of biggest environmental disaster in US History: 'Whose Side Are You On?' GOP Filibuster Leaves Taxpayers Footing Oil Spill Costs - http://onthehillblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/who...
YOU GUESSED IT...none other than James "I wish I had a brain" Inhofe (R-Exxon/Oklahoma branch) leading the idiotfest charge...There was never a more worthless 'human' being....
Video: As BP’s recklessness ruins the Gulf Coast, CEO Tony ‘Soprano’ Hayward calls oil disaster’s impact “very, very modest” - http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/18/bp-oil-...
Expert says spill rate definitely much more than 70,000 barrels/day; BP and Goldman Sachs sued for oil fraud!
There's a word for Tony Hayward....actually there's a paragraph full of expletives and that's just a start....SCUM OF THE EARTH...Big Oil...no other way to say it...
Jim Hightower: We've Been Slicked by Big Oil - http://www.jimhightower.com//node/7137
U.S. bans more Gulf fishing as oil fears grow for Florida - http://www.grist.org/article/2010-05-18-u.s.-...
The United States Tuesday closed off a large chunk of the Gulf of Mexico to fishing, while fears grew that a giant oil slick could be swept to Florida's beaches and coral reefs.
Big Oil...destroying more than just the Earth...destroying other industries, destroying property values, hundreds of billions in tourism.... How many ways can someone PROVE this crap isn't worth it!!!!
Its a good time to become a Vegetarian/Vegan: Oceans Without Fish by 2050? UNEP Says Yes, At Current Fishing Rates - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/ocean...
House Select Committee Hearing Thursday On Political Attacks Against Climate Scientists - http://www.desmogblog.com/house-select-commit...
Look for plenty of questions from the GOP minority about the Climategate non-scandal that deniers remain obsessed with, despite the exoneration by the British House of Commons of the CRU scientists at the University of East Anglia targeted by the hackers.
New Scientist's “Living In Denial” Special Issue Discusses Climate Deniers - http://www.desmogblog.com/new-scientists-%E2%...
Because you need a SPECIAL ISSUE for that 'special' kind of stupid...
Speaking of 'special kind of stupid': Rep. Graves (R-MO) flees reality: BP oil disaster could have been averted if we were drilling in ANWR - http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/18/sam-gra...
Gee...that's so KIND of you to say...when you're landlocked in Missouri....COGNITIVE DISSONANCE = Republican mantra
Hey Kids, check out those Dead Dolphins & Sea Turtles, aren't they cute! Gingrich: ‘Of course’ Gov. Barbour should encourage tourists to visit oil contaminated gulf beaches
- http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/18/gingric...
Ummmm...Stupid doesn't even scratch the surface...but sociopathic does....
Huge Progressive, Anti-Blowhard Win in PA: Sestak Gets Dem Senate Nomination Over Late-to-the-Gate Arlen Specter - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/us/politics...
Democrats Win Race in Pennsylvania for Murtha’s U.S. House Seat - http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-19/d...
Another Progressive Advance: Blanche Lincoln Forced Into Dem Primary Run Off in Arkansas by Candidate Favored by Progressives - http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN181849232...
Another Progressive victory: Kitzhaber wins Democratic governor nod in Oregon - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37224806/ns/polit...
Kitzhaber won two terms as governor in the 1990s and was known for advocating measures to save salmon and reform health care.
Democrat Ted Kulongoski is leaving office after two terms. State law prohibits governors from serving more than two consecutive terms, but allows former governors to run again after they're out of office at least four years.
Lunatic Pyramid scheme: Glenn Beck's Gold Scam - http://mediamatters.org/blog/201005180023
Rep. Anthony Weiner Wants FTC and SEC Action for Goldline, Beck and the FOX Gold-Shilling Narrative - http://blog.buzzflash.com/analysis/1045
Weiner has served notice that he has had enough of Beck’s crass shilling for the gold industry. Weiner has taken note of the conservative strategy to promote gold as a safe bet in the current political and economic climate. Though consumers would need gold to exceed record highs to reach a return on their investment, while the hosts promoting the gold reap the benefits in simply selling to those consumers now.
Consequently, commentators like Beck, who have invested in the gold they advertise and thus have a vested interest in its doing well, can push the narrative of the decaying U.S. to benefit themselves, regardless of its distance from reality.
The SHIP IS GOING DOWN! Glenn Beck Hits 2010 Ratings LOW - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/18/glen...
Another con-servative bites the dust: YET ANOTHER REPUBLICAN SEX SCANDAL: People in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Promote Abstinence - http://politicalirony.com/2010/05/18/people-i...
This video presents a pretty typical right-wing opinion of abstinence education. In it, Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) claims that teaching teens to abstain from sex actually works, opposes teaching them about birth control, and even blames an AIDS victim for catching the disease because he should have abstained.
But what makes this video fun to watch is that the supposed interviewer is Tracy Jackson, Souder’s part-time communications assistant. Hypocritically, Souder had an affair with Jackson and is now resigning from Congress because of it. Both Souder and Jackson are married. Recording an abstinence video with your mistress certainly takes some balls.
The problem with con-servative 'economics': Transocean to give shareholders $1 billion while trying to cap its responsibility for Gulf spill at $27 million - http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/18/transoc...
No accountability, no remorse, no conscience...just plain old greed, as if it were something to be celebrated instead of rightfully shunned into oblivion....
Meanwhile in reality land: National Academy to release 3 major climate studies - http://climateprogress.org/2010/05/18/nationa...
At a public briefing to discuss the reports, Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences, will deliver opening remarks, and members of the panels that wrote the reports will discuss their recommendations and take questions.
The briefing starts at 10 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 19, in the Lecture Room of the National Academy of Sciences building at 2100 C Street, NW, Washington, DC. Those unable to attend the event can watch the live webcast at The National Academies website.
Test-Driving the New All-Electric Smart Car - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/test-...
Kevin Costner Shows Machine that Extracts 97% of Oil From Water (Video) - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/kevin...
The actor and environmental activist just demonstrated a machine that extracts 97% of the oil from water.
MIT-Designed Futuristic Airplanes Use 70% Less Fuel Than Current Models - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/05/mit-d...
Stopping the Norquist man'crush' madness: Poll: 80% oppose Reagan on $50 bill. Give it to the rich as monopoly money. - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct...
Seriously...if any one thinks this guy is straight, you need your head examined...
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
Yeah, like oil companies would settle for "either/or"...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
My concern with raising the cap, regardless of how well-intentioned, is that it will be almost certainly challenged by BP as retroactively punitive. I'd suspect that they'd have a legitimate claim that because the oil spill started under the old cap, that they're not liable under the proposed cap.
Any lawyers here, please prove me wrong.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
but only five on the SCOTUS matter. And it will take 20 years and a lot of dead fisherman and beachfront resort owners who die off in the process before the money changes hands.
Their needs to be a catastrophic fund to pay off claims promptly while liability questions sort their way through the courts at a glacial pace (speaking of which will that phrase change now that global warming has changed the pace of glaciers?)
Perhaps a temporary penny tax on gasoline, with stickers on pumps and a bold line on credit card bills should be used to build the fund. That way we all know everybody pays for offshore drilling.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
This is the time for the President to have the balls to think outside the
boxslick, announce such a proposal, and tell the 'Thugs to fuck off with their impending "socialist" cries."Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I wish Florida would kick it off with a tax like that down here.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Crist might actually get some positive traction with it. But it will take oil washing up in the Keys or metro Dade/Broward beaches first, unfortunately.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
BP contacted my husband's lab last week and it looks like they are going to be doing some of the sea turtle hatchling and nest protection coordination for the state of Fla. It makes me feel a little better that BP did their homework and found a sincerely good company for this chore.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
If I weren't working now (and having to go back to CA to start a new job on Wed there), I'd like to volunteer to do some clean-up. Sadly, there will probably be "opportunities" for years to come. :(
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
We share a belief in that you can't fine someone with a law written after the crime has been committed. I'm not a lawyer but I believe it's called ex post facto. You can't write a law and make it retroactive.
I just wish BP spent as much time trying to cap the damned thing as they do getting cameras down there to show us the beast.
There was a story on tv this morning that charter boat captains in Key Largo are getting cancellations from tourist who had planned to go fishing down there.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
crawling with gangsters and Seminoles on parole.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
Wow! You're awake early. Everything okay?
As for the keys you forgot about the mulitude of the gay folks. If you are from the south and go down there you might come back all gayed up.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
corporate talking pointers never sleep. I had a high schooler with an early morning make up test to roust from bed.
"I mean Romney is the most conservative on illegal immigration and I don't think Ronald Reagan could get elected in California today."
Ann "Clipped" Coulter
the $5 (last time I checked) bus fare on Dade/Monroe Co transit. Not sure if they've increased it, but it used to be a cheap way to get to at least the middle Keys.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I have already heard enough analysis of yesterday's elections to last me a lifetime. I think I'll just turn on the cartoon channel and let Martini have the tv for the day.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I awoke several times to Tweety's annoying voice, and I feel like sh*t this AM. Thank Dog the bars open in two hours...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I went to bed early and awoke early and from what I can tell, I didn't miss a thing.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/may/16/t...
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
????
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
They like to pretend the 10 Commandments was an influence on modern law.
Supposedly it was total anarchy the world over before so.
They ignore similar stories the world over of divine law givers. In Greece, Dictyna had tablets of the law courtesy of Gaea.
They never seemed to have heard of Hammurabi's Code, or Rome's Civil Law, or the ancient Germanic Common Law which the English inherited and passed on to us.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
trying to wipe their asses with granite (limestone?) slabs...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Nice - I saw that WaPo piece on Susan B. Anthony earlier today. Funny how right-wing claims so seldom resemble reality, huh?
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