The joke's on the GOP, part 4

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From NBC 4:
Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't know who the GOP candidates for citywide election are, but he says they've got no chance at winning – an interesting comment from the guy who, ahem, is running for mayor on the Republican line.
"They have no chance whatsoever … whoever they are," the mayor said at a press conference today.
Suffice it to say, Bloomie's probably not making any new friends in the GOP. Last week he said he didn't even know the namesSource: Queens Crap RSS Feed

That Gang Murder In Chicago?

The right has been seizing on the brutal murder of a teen, Derrion Albert, in Chicago by feuding gang members. Reports are that Albert just happened to walk into the fight and became a fatality of it.

This story has been the top story on Drudge for the last day, you know since Obama is from Chicago.

As well as Malkin trying to take a jab at community organizing, and there for Obama:

Community organizing has not stopped Chicago’s teen violence epidemic. The Olympics willSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

Presenting Election Target: A Fun New Site For Political Junkies & Regular Folks Too!

As many regulars around here know, I’ve been fairly quiet lately and for good reason! Since the spring, I’ve been working on a new project with some talented friends called Election Target, which aims to track democratic elections around the world and allow folks who register with the site to predict the individual district results, as well as the overall result.

While we’re still polishing off the site, I wanted to take this opportunity to welcome everyone of all politicalSource: The Politic RSS Feed

Another Republican Revolution?

Republicans are going to take over. It's inevitable. People aren't happy with congress and this means that, since Democrats are in control of both chambers, we're in for a big, big change. It's a lead pipe cinch. A sure bet. No contest. The republican base is excited, the Democratic base is disappointed. The pendulum has begun to swing.
At least, that seems to be what a lot of people think. Democrats better watch out, a lot of pundits are saying, because 2010 could be 1994 all overSource: Griper Blade RSS Feed

Campaign Launched to Stop Domestic Terrorism

Recently, there has been an explosion in threats and acts of domestic terrorism. The majority of these can be traced to groups and individuals who do not accept the results of our recent election or the laws enacted or proposed by those who have been elected. They seek to undermine the democratic process through threats, intimidation, and even outright murder. They can't accept the legitimacy of the President, or a woman's legal right to make choices about her own medical care, or anSource: Democrats.com | The Aggressive Progressives! RSS Feed

Dispicable Obama Says 'NO' to Pensions for WW II Alaska Guards

Obama says 'no' to pensions for WW II Alaska guards

WASHINGTON

In a strongly worded message to Congress outlining its priorities for a military spending bill, the Obama administration today said it disapproved of including money for pensions for 26 elderly members of the World War II-era Alaska Territorial Guard.

The Guardsmen are among those assigned to protect Alaska from the Japanese during World War II.

The Army decidedSource: Theodore's World RSS Feed

BJ Dictionary Open Thread

Many of you have asked about the dictionary function to the right. The point of it is to allow newcomers some idea of what the older folks in the comments are referencing when they make statements about things like “hoot-smalley” or “IOKIFYAR.”

The problem, of course, is that you all can not edit the dictionary like a true mini-bjpedia, and only the blog overlords have that ability. So take this thread and write out definitions as you think they should be, and I will add theSource: Balloon Juice RSS Feed

McChrystal, Harman, McCain, Lieberman & Li'l Lindsey Put The Squeeze On Obama Over Afghanistan

An even worse appointment than Rahm Emanuel or Larry Summers?
Many people who knew, even vaguely, who Stanley McChrystal was (and is), were shocked that Obama picked him to head up the U.S. effort in Afghanistan. At the time, one of my friends said, "He's not going to be Douglas MacArthur; he's going to be Curtis LeMay." Prescient! And "vaguely" because, as the Times piece linked above points out, "Most of what General McChrystal has done over a 33-year career remains classified,Source: DownWithTyranny! RSS Feed

ThinkFast: September 22, 2009

Vice President Joe Biden said Republicans have made a “bet” to oppose Obama in order to win back some congressional seats. “They’re going to put their chips on movement in the 35 seats in the House that have been traditionally Republican districts and trying to take them back,” Biden said, adding, “If they take them back, this the end of the road for what Barack and I are trying to do.”

The Pentagon has told top commander in Afghanistan Gen. StanleySource: Think Progress RSS Feed

For upbeat piece, Fox News converts uber-liberal Jim McDermott into a Republican

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This morning, Fox News' Jon Scott led off a "Happening Now!" with a report on some very worthy legislation now making its way through the halls of Congress:

Scott: Despite talk that the recession is easing, the House is taking up emergency legislation this week that would help Americans out of work. A bill offered by Republican Congressman Jim McDermott of Washington would provide 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits.Source: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

Peggy Noonan: The "Young Man" is Boorish

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Peggy Noonan with a double dose of her typical snobbery on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. Noonan first calls the President "boorish" for doing his "Full Ginsburg" on the Sunday shows and for all the town hall meetings he's had. Then she goes on to excuse the racism at the tea bag parties and town hall protests.

Stephanopoulos: Peggy one of the arguments the White House makes is they're dealing with a very different mediaSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

Energy and Global Warming News for September 21st: Obama to shift focus as climate talks approach

Obama to Shift Focus to Climate Change

After months of almost single-minded focus on healthcare, President Obama is about to shift the White House spotlight to global warming — first with a speech to the United Nations in New York on Tuesday, then later in the week at the G-20 economic conference in Pittsburgh.

The renewed emphasis on climate change and reducing carbon dioxide emissions comes at a crucial time: Negotiators are entering the homeSource: Climate Progress RSS Feed

Liberals’ new obsession: Afghanistan

American soldiers are dying in vain in Afghanistan. Or so Brij Kindiharia writes for The Moderate Voice:

In Afghanistan, the US is heading towards futility if not defeat mainly because no policy maker in Washington or its allied European capitals is willing to notice the bull in the china shop obvious to others.

Washington and its NATO allies are focused on the awful recent elections. They are running in circles trying to establish democracy andSource: PoliGazette RSS Feed

Pawlenty continues to bear watching

In this August post on the battle over government healthcare, wewrote that Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlentydoes a great job explaining the Republican position on the subject and has correctlyread the mood of ordinary Americans as they rise up in opposition to the plans as put forth bya "leftist" president and the majority Democrats. We furtherstated that

Pawlenty is one of the bright lights of the Republican Party. Well informed, well spoken and quite articulate on the Source: GraniteGrok RSS Feed

The Two Poorest Districts In The Country And Polar Opposite Views On Health Care Reform

Although Max Baucus has veered dangerously off the path to create an expensive and unsustainable welfare system for wealthy health care and insurance corporations-- his campaign donors-- at the expense of the middle class, Obama has always insisted that his vision of health care reform was all about bringing in as many families as possible who aren't adequately covered and are just one tragedy away from complete ruin. It's a worthy goal and a real test for the Obama presidency. Is heSource: DownWithTyranny! RSS Feed

Poster Explains Obama's Health Care Plan

Obama Discusses Death Bed Treatment
Obama said families need better information so they don't unthinkingly approve "additional tests or additional drugs that the evidence shows is not necessarily going to improve care."
So if your parent gets sick, and the treatment has a 70% success rate, say goodbye, because the treatment won't "necessarily" improve care.
And note that it is "improve care", not "improve your life". If the treatment will be successful, but leave youSource: TwoConservatives RSS Feed

COLLECTIVE LENS - 19th September Song (poems for hunger)

Collective Lens - Hunger and Hope
We see them through our collective lens,
Behind the mirage of everlasting riches,
On the frame of our simulated empathy,
Our shared eyeglass compressing the world.
Their faces then made beautiful and satisfied
When we look upon them with a vivid shame
Just away from the hushed cries,
Just beyond where the silent do their weeping.
In this song, hope is gathering around to witness
The pluck of death from theSource: Peace, Social Justice and Truth for RSS Feed

Obama: Racism Is Not The ‘Main Issue’

From the race baiters at the Agence France-Presse:

A White House photo of President Barack Obama during an interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC This Week in the Roosevelt Room of the White House. Obama: racism not ‘main issue’ in health debate

by Alex Ogle

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama does not think racism is "the overriding issue" in the fierce debate on health care but said in interviews to be aired Sunday thatSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

Gallup and Rasmussen: No Bump for Obama on Health Care

A new poll from Gallup shows that Obama didn't get a bump from his speech to Congress last week:

As you can see, disapproval actually ticked up a couple points. Rasmussen also shows that Obamacare is as unpopular:

Just before President Obama gave his speech to Congress last week, 44% of voters nationwide supported his health care reform proposal and 53% were opposed. Today, eight days after the speech and a brief bounce, a new Rasmussen Reports nationalSource: Michael Goldfarb - The Blog RSS Feed

NATO Chief: Link US/Russian Defense

From glad tidings from the Associated Press:

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivers a speech in Brussels September 18, 2009. NATO chief proposes linked US/Russian/NATO defense

By Robert Wielaard, Associated Press Writer

BRUSSELS – The head of NATO called Friday for the U.S., Russia and NATO to link their missile defense systems against potential new nuclear threats from Asia and the Middle East, saying that the old foes mustSource: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

What’s this going to do to the coming battle?

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How potent is the rising jobless total?

So as expected there’s been another big increase in the number of jobless and we are now back at levels not seen since the mid-90s when the Tory government was in power.

The news comes on the same day that that ex-Tory leader, Iain Duncan Smith, unveiled plans costing nearly £3bn a year, to get half a million people off benefits and into work.

This is not party policy but the fundingSource: Political Betting RSS Feed

Role Model News: Yankees brawl with Blue Jays in 10-4 Toronto victory

Pretty good bench clearing basebrawl lastnight in New York.
It's always nice to see million dollar athletes settling their disputes outside of courtrooms for a change I guess, but not good for the kids as no doubt little league fights will increase after after enough of em see this clip today..lol (video link)
NJ.com: "Following their stirring victory over the L.A. Angels of Anaheim in a makeup game Monday night, Tuesday's game against the well-below-.500 Toronto Blue Jays had the Source: Chicagoray RSS Feed

Vote Tony Avella for real change

From the Daily News:
The crusader wore a pinstriped suit, campaigning outside Hunter College on the first day of classes and promising free City University tuition if he's elected.
"I'm Councilman Tony Avella. I'm running for mayor," he said over and over, as students politely shook his hand. "Keep me in mind. Talk it up. I need it!"
Student Barrie Weisblum, a 19-year-old political science major from Brooklyn, grilled him on how he'd pay for it (answer: legalize sports bettingSource: Queens Crap RSS Feed

Jane Harman-- The Richest Democrat In The House-- And, More Important, The Most Duplicitous

The other day a Capitol Hill staffer who works with the leadership told me that although California Blue Dog Jane Harman was parading around southern California crowing about how she's a big supporter of meaningful health care reform-- she even did a video interview with Mike Stark which has been interpreted by some naive activists as meaning she's on "our side,"-- she has informed the House whip team that she's a no vote on a plan with a public option. "But what about the video sheSource: DownWithTyranny! RSS Feed

Watch and listen to the comptroller debate

From WNYC:
The four Democratic candidates for city comptroller — Melinda Katz, John Liu, David Weprin, David Yassky — met in The Greene Space for their final debate before the primaries. Listen to the debate.
On August 21st, the comptroller candidates debated on ABC. You can watch that debate here:
Part 1
Part 2

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Americans That Love Our Country Gather in Washington D.C. Sept.12th Part 3

I've always been proud of my country. But what I saw yesterday on September 12, 2009 in Washington DC not only reinforced that pride, it made me EVEN MORE PROUD of hundreds of thousands of my fellow countrymen and women who came to Washington DC to say the following to Barack Hussein Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and the Democrat Socialist majority, and to the Rino's...........all the things you see in this post and the two posts from yesterday. ~Source: Theodore's World RSS Feed

A Rising, and Not a Setting Sun...

Whilst the last members were signing it, Doctr. FRANKLIN looking towards the Presidents Chair, at the back of which a rising sun happened to be painted, observed to a few members near him, that Painters had found it difficult to distinguish in their art a rising from a setting sun. "I have," said he, "often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicisitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it

Obama Shines, But Blows ‘Comedian’s Fantasy’ of Dealing With Heckler

“NOW, CONGRESSMAN WILSON, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF I SHOWED UP AT YOUR JOB … AND KNOCKED THE CONFEDERATE FLAG OUT OF YOUR ASS.”

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John Amato at C&L with a balanced look at Obama’s speech.

11 hours to go, and no agreement on water plan

By Rebecca Bowe

Mark Twain said that whiskey is for drinking, and water is for fightin'. Which one do you think Sacramento lawmakers will be thirsty for by the time they adjourn?

The California Legislature is scheduled to adjourn at midnight tonight, but many items on its to-do list have yet to be checked off. One of the biggies is a new plan for the state’s Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water system, a contentious mess that seems to defy politicalSource: SFBG Politics RSS Feed

german geothermal earth rumbles...,

NYTimes | Government officials here are reviewing the safety of a geothermal energy project that scientists say set off an earthquake in mid-August, shaking buildings and frightening many residents of this small city.
The geothermal plant, built by Geox, a German energy company, extracts heat by drilling deep into the earth. Advocates of the method say that it could greatly reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels by providing a vast supply of renewable energy.
But in Source: subrealism RSS Feed

Headmaster Obama has a lesson for you

The following editorial byMarty Trillhaase ran in today's Lewiston Tribune.

So what did we learn in school Tuesday?

Anything the president of the United States wishes to say or do can become whipped up into a five-star national controversy in this white-hot partisan era.

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Under that kind of pressure, some districts will buckle - including a few in Idaho - and treat a president's words as, well, something naughty - as if it were aSource: Right Mind RSS Feed

Sarah Palin’s Wall Street Journal Health Care Op-Ed.

Former governor and VP candidate Sarah Palin wrote a pretty good op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on the health care situation - one where she points out, repeatedly, that we’re being asked to blindly fund a government program that will affect every aspect of our life and will not save us money in either the short or long term.  As Ace of Spades notes, this is not going to cover new ground for the people already intimately familiar with the debate - but for those who aren’t, it willSource: Red State RSS Feed

Man hangs self as horrified ex watches on Web cam

Another fine use of the internet and the fabulous technology most of the supposedly civilized world now has at it's fingertips (not)...please don't do this at home kids....Not cool...
Romeo and Juliet is freakin' Fiction, not real..some argue that of course .........(eyes rolling)
Romeo and Juliet was in fact based on the life of two real lovers who both died for each other and lived in Verona, Italy in 1303.
.... saying it's actually Non fiction or fact, as I just linked. I Source: Chicagoray RSS Feed

Candidate Tweets the Republican View on Obama School Speech: ‘Hell Yes, We’re Using a Double Standard’

The other Republican running for the same Senate seat as Florida Gov. Charlie Crist is as rightwing as they come. But don’t take my word for it, take his. Former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio tweeted the following message: “I have no problem with President giving political speech to kids……..if his name is REAGAN!”

In a personality contest with Crist, I would vote for Rubio hands-down. There’s just something about being what you are that Crist willSource: Pensito Review RSS Feed

Feds order Boymelgreen to cease and desist

From Crain's:
LibertyPointe Bank, an institution co-founded four years ago by developer Shaya Boymelgreen, has been ordered by federal regulators to cease and desist from excessively risky lending.
The bank, which is headquartered in lower Manhattan, was deemed to operating with excessive levels of delinquent loans, setting aside inadequate allowances for loan losses, and overly concentrating its portfolio in commercial real estate lending, according to the order dated July 16 but Source: Queens Crap RSS Feed

CAIR to hand out over 100,000 Korans in America

(US) In an attempt to turn everybody to the dark side, CAIR is going to ship out 100,000 copies of the Koran to local, state and national leaders in the US before year's end. On 'the share the Koran website' CAIR have a video of this fellow in which to substantiate their aim in which to convert as many Americans to Islam.
I wonder what the outcry would be from CAIR if somebody targeted Muslims in the US with Bibles or even verses from the bible.
I don’t have to mention what wouldSource: Eye On The World RSS Feed