Dark clouds foreshadow the week as your gentle toe-poke into the Monday marinade is not being lead by the master, MaBlue. I shall endeavor to offer some synapse triggering tidbits, while galumphing about like a drunken clown in shoes much too large to fill. I hope the image did not cause you a fright.
SCIENCE
If humans are like these beetles, then male Conflucians are doomed to be outbred by our adversaries!
Imagine what a project that desalinizes water while creating electricity could mean for our thirsty world…
or one that creates electricity while eliminating toxic sludge.
Water, after all, is one of our limiting factors. What happens to a rain forest when the rain stops?
WEATHER
Morakot is wreaking havoc on the Chinas…
and Etau is hitting Japan.
Ban Ki-moon says that the window to act on climate change is closing.
WORLD NEWS
The Secretary of State is in the DR Congo.
FEMICIDE crisis in Guatemala.
India and China work to overcome border tensions.
Iraq’s difficulties continue.
Meanwhile, POTUS faces a public relations problem in Pakistan.
Iran acknowledges abuse of election protesters.
France provides some heat.
Tourists continue to be targets in Spain.
The UK continues to reap the whirlwind of Thatcher’s divestment of their revenue positive assets.
Hmm, banksters. How will Sarkozy’s approach compare to POTUS?
Morales continues to push for indigenous people.
The three amigos talk dope…
and the US talks tough on Afghan drug lords.
ON A DIFFERENT NOTE
This Florida prison wants you to buy hot goods from their inmates.
If you’re naked, can you be charged for concealment?
I hope your today allows you to peacock your finest and conceal your shyness. Blessed be.
This is an open post as I am now going to bed.
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The Shrill One:
That might be a little bit premature. There are still more bubbles to burst. And where are the jobs going to come from? I guess if he defines the economy as just Wall Street being supported by taxpayers, maybe everything is just hunky-dory. But what happens when the taxpayers don’t have jobs anymore?
We won’t know when we hit bottom until a while after the fact.
we could double dip too
So will PK and the Dems give Paulson and Bush credit for that first bailout from the abyss? Ummmmm. Didn’t that pass with bi-partisan support?
In my world and for most Americans, the worst isn’t over until the unemployment rate is back to where it was before the economic collapse last year. I have nothing invested in Wall Street. So the creative class in NYC and their rich friends might feel that the recession is over but in my state where the unemployment rate is astronomical, the worst might be just beginning.
I often wonder what Krugman’s price was.
Nancy Pelousy says protesting is un-American.
Pelosi and Hoyer said that “drowning out opposing views is simply un-American.” Isn’t that what is happening when Congressional committees refuse to consider single payer health care?
They were accidentally honest about their own actions. Wonderment.
Frikkin idiots. 2010 will be a bloodbath, thanks to their arrogance.
I sometimes think they know it and are glad…making bad excuses about why long held Dem ideals are trashed now that they have more than enough power to vote them in, is hard work! It seems they want more GOP back in DC almost as bad as the GOP .
Pelosi and Dimocrats in DC have shown that they support the status quo and even the Bush era abuses. Their only concern is their own seat when is up for grabs and the amount of influence they have at their fancy dinner parties to hobnob with their big business associates. They love to blame the GOP for their incompetence. As long as Obama can raise enough money to win in 2012, they could care less about anything else that happens before then.
A statue of Angelina Jolie nursing twin babies will arrive in Oklahoma.
Video
(This is not a rick-roll)
kinda wish it was.
The UK article was bad news.
I can only add that here in Italy, gross domestic product has fallen by 6%-the worse variation since1980.
(According to same sources US GDP has fallen by 3.9%.The worse since 1947)
sources in Italian:
http://tinyurl.com/kwaulc
http://tinyurl.com/m4zt6e
L,
I’ve seen other data that suggest Italy is one of the hardest hit western EU members. Given the passion in Italian politics, I suspect the uproar in the US healthcare forums will look like a tea party, comparatively.
TY for the links.
S
Good morning. This is good from @PumaSF.
This too. She’s on a roll.
This is hilarious! Both videos are great and definitely have the potential to go viral.
This isn’t astroturf, it’s “community organizing”
http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=13419
So is this:
I think it’s pretty odd the Dems are subjecting the little Dems to these near riot town halls , particularly since at the same time , they say these town halls are right wing set up jobs….then why are they subjecting other dems to this tomato pelting kabuki? I guess to make it appear there is a differance between the two parties eliteson the topic of more money, less sick people for the insurance companies?
If this opportunity is being sent through emails only to members of Organizing for America, then he’s completely denying anyone else the chance to set up an appointment or be heard.
What a chickenshit. Hope his constituents find out, and bust him for it.
This one is kinda clever:
Will Stephen Colbert cover this story?:
She died doing what she loved most – feeding bears.
Beary sad. 😦
Feeding bears is dangerous to other cabin owners (because they’ll expect food at all cabins) and irresponsible. It was wrong to do, put everyone’s life in danger.
Looks like if the Dems have their way it’s only a mattter of time before they kill it all together. It’s a shame we can’t elect people that are willing to do something about it. I can’t find anyone ATM that doesn’t link to Fox for the story so I’m bringing it from Fox
No. 2 Senate Democrat ‘Open’ to Health Care Bill With No Public Option
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/09/senate-democrat-open-health-care-public-option/
If only the Dems controlled the House and the Senate and the White House – we could get a good health care bill!
Yes, we need more REAL Democrats, to make it happen!
Someone posted this last night from “The Hill” website. I also saw him on CNN. What he said was not that he was willing to have no public option but that he was willing to leave it out until later where it would be added in by committee. He did not say he agreed with or was open to reform that didn’t include the public option. He was referencing how things might have to be done to get the bill onto the floor.
Does anyone get how absolutely deceitful and hypocritical that posture is? No wonder the American people are up in arms when they have a congress that openly plots to devise legislation behind closed doors in closed committee so they can put things in that otherwise would not be able to pass.
Yep. Sneak it in later, is what he’s saying, on national TV.
Wunderbar.
Was dissent ever patriotic? Deconstructing fuzzy memories of Bush times and righteous accusation of hypocrisy from the right
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/was-dissent-ever-patriotic/
Remember Kent State.
who said
“It’s almost immoral what (insurance companies) are doing,” . “Of course they’ve been immoral all along in how they have treated the people they insure. They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a major way.”
That would be Nancy Pelosi
But who also
In the current election cycle, the insurance industry has been Pelosi’s third-largest donor, giving her $31,000. HMOs and pharmaceuticals contributed generously as well, handing over $17,500 and $15,000 respectively. The finance/insurance/real estate sector has been by far the largest donor to Pelosi’s DCCC, giving it so far $3.4 million in the current cycle.
well that would be Nancy Pelosi too.
Who is holding a “donor maintenance” event,( a thank you party for you and me ) for big donors of 30,000 and up at her mansion in San Francisco and the next day, at her Napa Valley vineyard with the likes of David Axelrod and James Carville?
that would be Nancy as well .
I’m not pointing out Nancy’s summer break doings on a personal level , but as a class. This woman is supposedly the leader of the “liberal wing ” of the Dem party. It’s a party all right. And while Obama is not a socialist, the article I’m quoting is from a socialist site.
http://tiny.cc/UysZH
in the interest of reading everything and decideing for yourself, it’s often a good read.
Not to mention that the Pelosi -controlled House of Representatives has put $550 million of pork in the Defense Bill , to buy 8 luxury jets just for her Congresscritters’ use.
The woman is totally tone deaf.
Thanks-I shall bookmark that.
Jake Tapper:
Supporters of President Obama formerly signed up as members of “Obama for America” received an email today from Mitch Stewart,…
They didn’t read the fine print where it says you can be called on when needed …..for life .
Meh, I got my letter. I also get letters from Redstate. I think it’s good to know what BOTH sides are agitating for. Just because you get their email doesn’t mean you have to do a blessed thing they tell you.
Somebody needs to work on his people skills:
Heh, the only reason Dr Hill asked the question at this meeting at all is because he had been unable to get an answer from Scott’s office after multiple previous calls.
That’s the weird part…these pols have little experience with a non fawning public and they have been thrown in the deep end with an angry public while not even knowing what they are promoting/ defending beyond the buzz word , Obamacare? Who thought this would go well?? You have to wonder if they want this hot mess .
Hmmmm?:
Irony isn’t dead, but it IS taking donations to pay for life-saving medical care.
(h/t Lambert)
That’s a double sided irony with jam on top.
Hillary over the last couple of weeks has really gotten to me…and not in a totally good way. It’s not just N.Korea, it’s a whole string of things…
The Complicated Diplomatic Life of Hillary Clinton
http://insightanalytical.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/the-complicated-diplomatic-life-of-hillary-clinton/
This is interesting
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/npo/1307026982.html
(Hattip to Redstate for bringing it to my attention)
I know the summer is going fast, but I didn’t realize it’s 2012 already !
Who’s paying them? $500 dollars a week to sell health reform to their local communities in California when government workers are getting paid with iou’s, is quite a slap in the face. IMO anyway.
Sign of the apocalypse:
(((shaking head))) Me thinks, maybe he’s gone Hollywood, but didn’t make the ‘A List’ and had to become a hanger-on. Will he disclose if Kathy Griffin’s mother knows they are sleeping together? Will shows line up to ask him the most intimate questions about their time together? Hemmm…
this so sad…and I’m thinking of Kathy.
“Just a ‘D List’ gigolo”
From Politico:
From Jon Soltz:
Soltz wants more veterans, I want more liberals.
Lots of veterans are liberals. Sestak beats the hell out of Arlen Spectre.
Big Dog May Not Return to Leash After Pyongyang: Albert R. Hunt
Then there was the Obama administration. Publicly, the president praised Clinton. Privately, the White House downplayed the importance of Clinton’s role, with a top National Security Council official trashing the former president on background.
This comparatively disciplined White House tries to keep a tight rein on everyone, including top Cabinet members like Secretary Clinton.
The Big Dog doesn’t take well to a leash.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&sid=alf7davX8DKc
They are pathedic….so pissed because the North Koren guy WANTED Bill and not fluffy pillow Precious. I knew the excellent idea to send Bill did not come from Obama inc . They aren’t smart enough .
That one’s got a loophole too. Yes, they’ll have to take your money for premiums even if you have pre-existing conditions but that doesn’t say they can’t deny you payment for services.
oh they love that part! That’s the fun part…denying you the coverage you paid for on top of 30% of every medical dollar spent.. And it’s treated as the word of god, with no recourse…WTF???
This is too fucked up for words.
Meet America’s New Celebrity ‘It’ Couple: Levi Johnston and Kathy Griffin
http://gawker.com/5333689/meet-americas-new-celebrity-it-couple-levi-johnston-and-kathy-griffin
Bring out the buckets.
This whole thing is such a mess – but then the American Revolution was started wiht only 12% of the population at the time.
That won’t happen. Big Insurance is for that reform and no underwriting. The pay off is the new big captive market.
If humans are like these beetles, then male Conflucians are doomed to be outbred by our adversaries!
Bastards. Hmm, thinking… OK, so if anyone wants some sperm from a nice, embarrassingly blue blooded, Stanford liberal guy who was immune to Teh Precious, let me know. Intertubes to the rescue. There, take that beetles (and our human adversarial counterparts) . 🙂