Village ‘witches’ beaten in India
Five women were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers after being branded as witches in India’s Jharkhand state.
Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.
Swiss tipped US to Polanski trip
The arrest of Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case was set in motion last month by Swiss authorities, who informed federal officials that the fugitive director was expected in Zurich for a film festival and asked if the U.S. would be submitting a request for his arrest, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
(Jeralyn Merritt thinks that was cheating. Boo-frickin-hoo)
Barack Obama’s envoy hails ‘great opportunity’ in Afghanistan
(John Kerry visits where empires go to die)
CBO finds Dem bill with public option reduces deficit
A preliminary estimate from the Congressional Budget Office projects that the House Democrats’ health care plan that includes a public option would cost $871 billion over 10 years, according to two Democratic sources.
(a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon we’re talking about some real money)
White House Cites Opinion Shows as Basis for Fox News Complaints
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs refers to “Beck” and “Hannity” as the reasons why the Obama administration is criticizing Fox News.
Robert Gibbs
Geithner says core TARP programs ending
(don’t you feel better now?)
Chicago most stressed city in U.S.
(good thing they don’t have to worry about the Olympics anymore)
Malcolm X was bisexual. Get over it
Black History Month should help break down homophobia by celebrating the sexuality of black heroes such as Malcolm X
Advantages to cancer screening ‘exaggerated’
Cancer society reconsiders message about risks and potential benefits
(if a screening saved your life you might disagree)
A-Rod launches Yankees to brink of World Series
(as long as the Dodgers lose to somebody it’s all good)
In honor of Carrie Prejean – the Holy Toast kit
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Meh:
Maddow Finally Apologizes for Saying Limbaugh Wanted MLK’s Assassin to Get Medal of Honor
With all the shit that Big Fat Idiot has said over the years they had to make stuff up?
That’s because he’s threatening libel. This is our new “free press”: they completely fabricated Limbaugh’s “racist” statements, taken from some hack book, and didn’t bother to fact check any of it. CNN, MSNBC and others repeated it as fact–but notice they have time to fact check an SNL skit. I can’t believe journalism has come to this. Limbaugh is a big fat idiot, but as we saw last year, the utter lack of accountability and professionalism is a danger to us all.
Holy shit?:
The face of Jesus has been spotted in a toilet door in a Glasgow branch of Ikea
It looks more like a member of ZZ Top to me.
im sure preety soon we will see that toilet seat door go up on e-bay
I pinched a loaf, after a night of tacos and suds at the local bar, that looked like George W.
Hasn’t everyone?
With friends like these:
They actually meant it as a compliment
Remember the two twits who hung an effigy of Sarah Palin from their roof last year?
This year it’s a bloody and dismembered Carrie Prejean.
(in effigy)
Let’s see, doesn’t Prejean have the same view on gay marriage as does …. Obama?
It’s not a hate crime if it’s aimed at a woman.
myiq2xu
You do realise that when the dodgers lose to the PHILLIES, you will have to learn the Mummers Strut.
It is fun and if you can come to Phila on New Years Day and party all day.
WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
I don’t like the Phillies, Yankees or Angels.
I hate the Dodgers. When their season is over, I can quit watching baseball until next year.
Are the Angels still in it? Did they win last night?
Ooops, I didn’t make it to the end of the post before commenting….
It’s looks like it will be Phillies-Yankees, so I guess I’m a Phillies fan.
A-Rod bugs the crap out of me–reminds me of another strutting arrogant man I dislike…
Heh. I remember you talking a whole lotta smack earlier in the season…my how things have changed, eh? Go Yanks! : )
GO dodgers go dodgers go dodgers
From a PHILLIE fan in dodger land
PHILLIES WILL WIN and you also have to learn the Mummers Strut.
WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
I will forgive your bad taste about the Phillies and you can still party with the mummers on New Years Day.
You would love the mummers. They have the String Bands and the Comics and the Fancy divisions.
Starts at 9:00a and finishes after dark. Then they go to 2 street and party .
WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE, MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
this one of the mummers comic clubs.
myiq
all kidding aside you would love the parade. There are generations of the same families marching. Some as young a 2 yrs and some as old as over 70yrs.
If you ever get the chance go to see it. You will be a real mummer fan.
this is one of the fancy clubs.
WOMEN WITH INTELLIGENCE AND EXPERIENCE,MEN WHO SUPPORT THEM AND COUNTRY BEFORE PARTY ALWAYS
PUMAS,BUBBAS,EQUALISTS AND THOSE PEOPLE RULE
your visiting “journalist” last night must have a TV job too:
Doh!
Well, he probably only makes 50K.
Found some signs Halloween is coming
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/signs-halloween-is-coming/
Where’s Woden? I miss him.
Looks like Obama has been foiled again by the CBO:
CBO finds Dem bill with public option reduces deficit
Never mind…
SOD, it’s simple. They need that money for the bonuses see?
Or we could all pitch in with a 1/4 % or 1/2% sales tax. Seems with 300 million consumers that would more than do the trick.
I want to add that with our government and our politicians it is always about false choices. Health care or jobs? Environment or jobs? All of these are false choices.
I was thinking about getting the new Barnes and Noble e-reader, The Nook. Now I’m not so sure. This thing is going to be able to detect when a customer walks into a B&N store!
The Nook also has software that will detect when a consumer walks into a store so that it can push out coupons and other promotions like excerpts from forthcoming books or suggestions for new reading. While in stores, Nook owners will be able to read any e-book through streaming software.
That is WAY creepier than the 1984 thing.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/64677772.html
That’s sick. Making middle aged men sign up for the Army so their wives don’t die. That’s just sick. We need Medicare for all.
And here’s me, crossing my fingers for good health, because me and my sig other haven’t insurance and we are too old for the army.
Have you ever seen someone cheat death? Check this out. unbelievable.
wow! He’s was watching ahead or he wouldn’t have made it.
Every time I see that video I have to click on it-soaddictive. He was lucky he was already running.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-bessie16-2009oct16,0,3547096,full.story
Why don’t her damn sons take her in? These stories are so sad.
Because they live in the car with her, according to the story.
Finally sat down to read Sunday’s paper. Please pass this on to Dakinat for explanation. I’m sure she knows a little more than I do about these folks. I sure would like to see this covered by Confluence and spread around.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/77244.html
Glenn, the IG also addresses the false credit ratings in this piece:
IG harshly criticizes Treasury’s handling of $700B bailout program
Neil Barofsky, the special inspector general over the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), as the financial bailout is known officially, criticized the Treasury Department for failing to require banks to detail exactly how they are using the money. Barofsky also criticized the Treasury Department for not being more forthright about how and why it selected the first nine recipients of TARP money.
Barofsky said the Treasury Department decided to deny his office access to the “books and records” that affiliates of fund managers keep under the public-private investment partnership program. The program is meant to facilitate the purchase of troubled and toxic assets weighing down bank balance sheets.
The Treasury Department, in response to the report, said that it is committed to transparency. [huh?!]
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/64035-ig-offers-harsh-criticism-of-treasurys-handling-of-700-billion-bailout
Hm. Looks like Geithner may have been set up. Surprise!
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=529645
well… now that it is safe for her to talk about the treatment of Hillary Clinton now that Kim Gandy is no longer NOW President ~ I guess better late than never is a bit overdue…
“I did not expect such a degree of sexism to happen in the context of elections for the U.S. presidency,” Gandy said. “Here, people are running for the most powerful office in the world and I did not think that they would stoop down to this almost grade-school level name calling.”
Yea, why would she use that bully pulpit to say something WHEN IT ACTUALLY MATTERED?!
Yeah. How bout going on CNN and making that speech Kim Gandy. Infuriating.
For myiq — A baseball (Angels/Dodgers) headline WTF
http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/epic-fail-sport-headline-fail.jpg
”Illegal Alien” Halloween ??/
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/around-town/shopping/Illegal-Alien-Halloween-Costume-64648452.html
Humorless funatics.
i got a good laugh out of this Costume
Since this is “WTF Wednesday” I need to know…
What is this????
http://www.shopflick.com/stores/beardhead/Beard-Head-Knit-Cap–Bunny-Edition
i dont know mabey its the next new fad
It would look great with the Snuggie.
If you want to know how much you love Obama then take this test:
http://myfuturespouse.net/take.php?quiz=69
I scored a 4% which seems kinda high.
I got 4% too.
I couldn’t complete the quiz, because I would have had to pick one of the cable news channels as my “favorite.” There wasn’t any choice for none of the above or I don’t watch cable news.
WTF? I scored a 32% and I answered every single question in the most nihilstic way possible. Maybe because I knew what kind of dog they chose (because no one would shut up about it for weeks)?
How about this question?
Would you support a constitutional amendment to allow Obama run for a third term?
I will absolutely leave the country if that is even a remote possibility.
Aack! I am also 31%, likely because of the damn dog.
The same thing happened to me. That d*mn dog.
I knew the dog… so I was at 4% too
I got 26%, which is not accurate, but that’s the internet for ya.
It’s rigged, of course.
Rigged test — they didn’t have any: “5. I’d puke.” answers.
Moonie marriage mania – 40,000 get hitched at same time.
A little ditty in honor of the one-eyed wanderer:
Wow, myiq. That Malcolm X article was a real eye-opener, at least for me. I had no idea so many names were gay or bi—-not that it matters, cuz I couldn’t care less, really, about other people’s sex lives.
But the suppression of same in the Black culture (what’s the big deal?) surprised me. I understand the “down low” phrase, but the rewriting or suppression of factual truth about leaders’ lives is mystifying. Not sure I understand why those facts are shameful for them…..it ain’t no big deal.
But thank you for posting the article. It was quite illuminating.
It’s the religion thing Mary. Difficult for many to square the whole Leviticus translation–which according to gay black Republican Harvard Divinity Minister/Professor (how’s that for an interesting hybrid?) Peter Gomes was based on the tribal culture of the time who were desperately concerned with survival of the tribe (ie: procreation). It’s also been translated how many times by how many people? Don’t get me started.
Public figures are also thinking about their careers and any adverse effects trying to attract a broad constituency.
The sexuality of all of those folks in the article, excepting Malcolm X, is well known in the Black community though it’s not shouted from the rooftops and the evidence the author provides for Malcolm X’s bisexuality seems questionable. Also, the “down low” is nothing more than the Black version of “in the closet”.
Ya think?:
That article makes me want to see an Obama version of this viral video:
Woke up to this, this morning- Mervyn King the governor of the Bank of England is extremely angry at the too big to fails getting big bonuses and no regulation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/21/mervyn-king-attack-banks-bailout
Dems are talking about “Medicare for Everyone,” According to The Hill.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/64029-medicare-for-everyone
They seem to think this is a new idea, because it just dawned on them. Why do we have such stupid people running our country?
It is so painful to read about the Indian “witches” and the charlatan who denounced them.
What did they do? Refuse his sexual demands?
He’s the demon and an all too familiar one.
Does this shit never end?
Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.
ugh…I feel sick, so early in the day. What a world.
(Jeralyn Merritt thinks that was cheating. Boo-frickin-hoo)
Yes, by all means, we must play fair when it comes to fugitive child molesters.
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs refers to “Beck” and “Hannity” as the reasons why the Obama administration is criticizing Fox News.
[I'm just going to leave little opinion droppings behind all your posts myiq
]
Their whiny hypocrisy is so pathetic. Tweety & Olbermann anyone?! They only cry if it’s a ranter that doesn’t genuflect appropriately.
After watching Frontline’s “The Warning” last night, I nominate Brooksley Born for a NPP in economics. She blew the whistle
on Greenspan, Geithner, Ruben, Summers et al long ago. I bet Dak has covered this already and I missed it. Ms. Born predicted the devastation long ago because of the questionable derivatives – there was a meltdown back in late 1998. That time, the big banks had to pay for it themselves – this time, the American tax payers paid.
For Ms. Born’s efforts she lost her job after there was a Congressional hearing. Those testifying against her are the people in charge of the Treasury now. They made her life living hell, just like what they did to Hillary.
but, but, but Greenspan admits he was wrong. So comforting especially since we have the same thugs that orchestrated that meltdown now in control. His Oiliness is paying them trillions. All those idgit Obits saying “look at the money”… never questioning why such a unqualified candidate would garner the attention. Stupid Obits.
Anyone got a score card – the banks, WS, Insurance companies versus middle class, racial lines, LGBT, elderly…….. did someone say he can’t show favorism to any one group??? Doh, he sure isn’t shy about some groups is he?
What’s our options? -0- Except the next election. Sorry for the rant, OT and probably already discussed. I am so sick of discussing “how to make him do the right thing” – it’s baked in the cake – done deal. If the elected officials who foisted this POS on to us are re-elected – then there is no hope. I went from watching the “news” 24/7 for years to 3 minutes a day – if my stomach can take it. I prefer pre-digested BS these days.
Reid is “thinking” about “talking” about a public option – how many years has this weasle been “thinking” about taking some action against the rethugs? What does it take to get rid of this vermin? I had hoped to have a new vocabulary post-Bu$hit. Same ole same ole.
Preachin’ to the choir Boo!
We hear ya.
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 27% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -13. That’s just a point above the lowest level ever recorded for this President. It’s also the sixth straight day in negative double digits, matching the longest such streak
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
I am so sick of discussing “how to make him do the right thing” – it’s baked in the cake – done deal
The whole idea of holding his feet to the fire seemed to me so pointless, that it made me stop considering TL to be a serious pol site a long, long time ago.
Remember when Helen Thomas asked Gibbs: “Is he going to fight for the public option?” After Gibbs continued to hedge, she said, “He’s not going to get it.”
Gibbs: “Then why do you keep asking me?”
HT: “Because I want your conscience to bother you.”
Obama is taking a break from health care:
Obama Takes a Health Care Hiatus
WASHINGTON — As Congressional leaders and White House officials huddle behind closed doors to settle their differences on health care legislation, one of the most powerful voices in the debate — President Obama’s — has grown noticeably quieter.
The idea, aides said, is for the president to take a breather while Democrats resolve their internal conflicts, so he can come back strong with a fresh sales pitch when the legislation moves closer to floor votes.
Mr. Axelrod would not say whether an Oval Office address was under consideration now, but he made clear that Mr. Obama would hardly be silent for long.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/us/21memo.html?_r=1&ref=politics
I have to give a hearty laugh at the idea that his voice was either powerful or actually in the debate.
Or that he can “come back strong”.
Is it wrong to want to nom nom nom that adorable crying baby?
Wish me luck, the 12 year old tested positive for flu last night at ER(they gave him 600 mls of fluid and some zofran and toradol along with a rx for tamiflu) and this morning the 17 year old was running a fever.
Looks like you’re in for a tough week. My son (age 20) had a high fever for seven days-it’s over now.
Best of luck, cwaltz.
12 dimensional chess according to politico.
Jeralyn is gonna be disappointed:
I don’t know but this is starting to smell like Polanski did something in Switzerland and they didn’t have enough evidence to arrest and prosecute him there so they decided to give him to us. I think there is more here than meets the eye.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/21/new-jersey-security-guard-allegedly-threatened-obama/
I don’t get why anyone would threaten this guy. Not smart and bad for a democracy. Also, I don’t get why people keep bandying the Revo word about. They had a huge thread over at Liberal Rapture that made me very uncomfortable to go to the site. That sort of thing has got to be picked up by the FBI’s data filtering system. I don’t like Obama because he is not liberal enough for my tastes. People keep insinuating that he is the second coming of Lenin, Stalin, Hitler or Mao. This is totally not true. His ideology pretty much mirrors George Bush’s in my opinion.
GingerP – i love that you came by my site. Much as I would love to have had a “huge” thread – sadly i rarely garner more than 10-20 comments. Gosh darn it. After a day that post got about 30 comments. Alas, L.R. is still at the kiddie table…though i was one of the first out of the gate to call Obama by his proper name: Fraud.
I did not think the comments about the “revolution” – in response to a reader poll post – were too far afield. It’s a legit question.
http://www.liberalrapture.com/2009/10/fraud-who-made-iconic-poster-of-fraud.html