Ahh, Thursday. We’ve made it through hump day and it’s downhill now to the end of the day Friday. The news has been predictable and slow: Healthcare yada yada yada.
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Hillary Clinton’s arrival in Pakistan Met by Fatal Attacks
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Was that poor girl in California who was gang-raped in front of 20 people a victim of “Genovese Syndrome?” That’s what some experts are saying. Even so, how have we failed our children when something like this happens and they consider it entertainment? This is the most devastating news story in quite some time. My heart goes out to that poor child and her family.
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The Bay Bridge in San Francisco is still closed in both directions due to structural damage causing more traffic jams than usual. Bay Bridge closure threatens to snarl traffic for at least another day.
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Here’s a story about some very resourceful cats: Cats take over vacant house in Blackstone
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SPORTS NEWS
Sorry Yankee Fans, my hubby made me post this: Game 1 of the World Series: Phillies 6 Yankees 1
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Is a ticket really that valuable?: Woman attempts to trade sex for World Series Tickets.
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Are we confusing despair with depression?: Kierkegaard on the Couch
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If you’re interested in tracking your lifestyle habits to increase awareness of what may be keeping you from being as healthy as possible, this website offers a solution. At www.thecarrot.com, you can track everything from diet to exercise to daily behaviors and then prepare reports to compare all of your personal data.
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I really wish they’d pick a version of the story and stick with it. One day we’re scraping to find enough H1N1 vaccines to handle demand, the next day we’re tossing surplus in the dumpster out back. Which is it?
U.S. may end up discarding unused vaccine.
or
Shortage of Vaccine Poses Political Risk for the President
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Fertility breakthrough:are we at the precipice of major change in the way we view human reproduction?: Stem cell studies lead to creation of sperm and egg in the lab.
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That’s all I’ve got! What’s caught your eye this morning?
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Levi Johnston should be the poster child for abstinence.
I notice he spends most of his time far away from Alaska. Maybe he’s not as dumb as he looks.
Heh:
They started a war with FOX News and then surrendered faster than the Iraqi army.
I wondered what happened to Baghdad Bob:
He was the Iraqi who was predicting we would be crushed by the Iraqi soldiers who were surrendering to news crews. He must be working as an Obama adviser now.
That whole “war with Fox” was a big snoozefest. Most of us give very little credence to these partisan entertainment forums anyway.
Why did they start it in the first place?
It was either a diabolical plan to energize both parties’ bases or it’s amateur hour in the White House.
The Obamacrats couldn”t organize a donut run to Krispy Kreme without screwing up.
Last year Obama had more money, the media and the DNC leadership in his pocket and Hillary still got more votes than he did.
Because our fearless leader just HAD to win! (they told him he’d win – and the Olympics too). But seriously, I think 3 scary guys are sitting on him right now to make him stop with the Fox already! (like they did in the campaign with Palin)
what a giant waste of money that was.
My money’s on amateur hour.
I don’t think Fox will give an inch. But I have noticed Tapper (ABC) and Dickerson (CBS) have been more actively stroking the President on Twitter since this whole media relations thing flared up two weeks ago. That’s a change for Tapper. Dickerson has more than a million followers. So does Gregory and Maddow. But interestingly, stats clearly show that conservatives have the upper hand over progressives on Twitter. Seems progressives may be burnt out from the past two years while the conservatives are finding their sea legs online and they have more energy.
The conservatives were pretty quiet last year. I’ve never seen Republicans so passive during an election.
It’s like they didn’t want to win.
They didn’t.
They saw what was ahead: massive long-term economic problems. Let Obama and the Democrats deal with it and take the blame. It’s so much more fun to be in the minority when everything is collapsing and you can’t be held responsible.
Besides, McCain wasn’t their “kind of people”, don’t you know.
Even better-actively work to get the least experienced Dem elected…
If we had allowed them to win. The next 4 years would have likely finished them off as a brand. Instead our party decided to resusitate them by having the party leadership annoint Obama as our candidate. I swear the Democratic leadership is either clueless or in cahoots and I’m not sure which choice is worse.
I had misgivings (for lack of a better word) about the Dem leadership starting in 2000 when they made the bizarre decision not to fight for the Bush v. Gore election. It just didn’t make sense. They were spineless, and I don’t give a cr@p about bipartisanship when the fundamental integrity of a presidential election is at stake. If they wouldn’t fight for that–wtf? That’s when I started feeling queasy around my party selling out.
Now I know they’ve sold out, and they’re incompetent nincompoops to boot–or as you said, clueless and in cahoots.
and not just the Dem leadership, what about the whole morass who voted for him? The supposedly intellectually superior rank ‘n’ file Dems — lawyers, professors, the creative class?
The poor shell-shocked Obots. They are worse than deer caught in the headlights.
😯
I am from Indiana and it is well-known here that Evan Bayh, our former governor, is a Democrat in name only – unlike this father, the great former Senator Birch Bayh.
When Evan-Boy was governor, he tried to cut off Medicaid funding to group housing for the developmentally disabled. ( Hey, they don’t vote or contribute to campaigns, do they? ) He thought, mistakenly, that no one would notice or care but people did, even in our conservative state. His plan did not go through.
When Evan was governor, he and his lovely wife, Susan, were known as “Ken and Barbie”. She is a professional corporate board member, mostly on health-care related boards.
I grew up in Indiana too, and I remember Birch Bayh well. He was a true liberal. I don’t know what happened to Evan. He’s better looking than his dad, but otherwise pfffft!
In their quest of speaking truth to errr…power, the White House says the darnest things
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/we-were-going-to-correct-that/
I’m still appalled at the BO campaign $$$ mess. Donations from King Kong, and never mind if the card # doesn’t match the name & address, eh? You couldn’t get away with ordering online from WalMart with that.
I have a so called political/ feed for NYT. Why they have to send me an email on the Obama marriage, I do not know.
Furthermore the title was Obama Mar… so I had to click just so as to see what was there… 😦
Thx for the carrot link SoD
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8331132.stm
Since China just about owns now, does anyone think that any progress will be made about trade?
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After Obama renegotiates NAFTA, he will turn his attention to trade imbalances with China. ( Wink, wink. )
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8331136.stm
I will never understand this thinking. I would never want to give birth to a daughter in that religion.
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I spoke with my Doctor’s office manager yesterday to see if they got the swine flu vaccine in yet. She said they got 30 doses of the nasal spray. When she called the supplier to find out about the shot vaccine she was told they did not have any so the sent her the nasal sprays even though that was not what she ordered and they did not know when they would get any shots. I sent my two sons over today to get one of the 30 – they both attend college and work around a lot of people so their expsure is of great concern to me.
She said it was so screwed up she could hardly wait for the “health reform”. She said all the vaccines seem to be going to the East coast.
It’s not in SW Virginia. After my son got the flu I started to look into vaccination for the rest of the kids and we aren’t expected to get it until mid November. I think at this point we all have been exposed though. 3 of the kids spiked high fevers. My oldest is the only one who ended up with a consistent low grade temp. Hubby ran a temp the other day. They tested for flu and he came up negative so we may have had a touch of other stuff running around too. Loads of fun. I’ve pretty much cancelled trick or treating this year and am going to listen to audiobook while making cookies and cupcakes with kids and then play some games and watch movies.
We don’t have any here, so I don’t know what part of the east coast that would be–the southeast?
Sorry for the typos – sometimes I type to fast.
Dang it – another typo – “to” instead of “too”. Maybe I should have stayed in bed today!
Don’t sweat it. We’re not spelling and grammar Nazis here.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/10/29/financial/f053505D61.DTL&feed=rss.business
An economy that does not create many jobs does not seem like a good economy to me. I understand and agree that unemployment benefits have to be longer as people have to live. But if I have a job I might have a future. Unemployment benefits will run out then what happens?
Now that backtrack and bunch have redistributed a lot of the wealth of this country, how do average people who have worked hard and saved and been totally screwed survive?
Congress has become nothing but a drain on the people.
i keep thinking of the NY firemen that were hurt in 9-11 and went to Washington and some congress critters treated them like trash. Now they seem to think American citizens are beneath them.
2010 can not come fast enough. Do you think they will open a special window for the unemployed congress critters?
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Is it any wonder that China owns us? They make things. We don’t anymore. Can an economy be strong without a strong manufacturing base? The elitist argument that we are now a postindustrial nation with an information and service-based economy doesn’t seem to be working out so well for many in this country. Maybe we are now a neo-postindustrial nation?
And the “information”-type jobs are being outsourced as fast as possible.
Wasn’t it Henry Ford who wanted his workers to make enough so they could buy a Ford product? Seems current CEOs have forgotten all about that concept.
The congressional Democrat’s decent into cowardice that started in the Clinton years is almost complete and has spread into the Oval Office.
Turn outs in Va and NJ will predict Democrat chances in 2010 and beyond.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/chi-thu-burns-repo-1029-oct29,0,1445481.column
This article reminds me of something that happened to me when I first came to California.
My children sent me roses for Mothers Day. They were supposed to be peach colored roses from all 4 kids.
I got red roses with only two names on the card. My daughter who manages an optical store called and complained and since there was a money back guarantee if not satisfied, wanted the money back.
I got a knock at my door and a man said he came to repossess the roses. They were supposed to live for a least a week but had died in three days. I had thrown out the dead roses. I gave him back the vase.
When I went to work that night we were trying to decide how and what do you put on a resume for a rose reprossessor
What education do you need, what hourly salary is expected, what running speed do you need and so forth.
I may have forgotten the roses but I will never forget the repossession of the them. My family still laugh about it when we get together.
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LOL-that’s a laugh
Rose repossession.
Thanks Helen! My first laugh of the day.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/220144?from=rss
During hard times this is something where attention needs tp be paid.
Many older people have had their retirement savings wiped out and also are taking care of parents who are living longer and kids and grandkids due to the economy.
They can not retire as planned and now are being fired first.
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This is what I woke up to on the news this morning-European stock market falls after disappointing company data in the US.
This is the closest I can get to it in English-from the Indian Econ Times:
http://tinyurl.com/yhcoxc2
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/coal_lobby_paid_7_million_to_pr_firm_that_hired_bo.php
This just angers me. Since information is an important part of decision making, lying and getting paid for it is more than just unacceptable it is criminal. Using legitimate group names to further the lie is worse.
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Thx for the great update SoD!!!
Hillary calls out the liars:
Clinton puzzled at Pakistan failure to find al Qaeda
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s said on Thursday it was “hard to believe” that no one in Pakistan’s government knew where al Qaeda leaders were hiding, striking a new tone on a trip where Washington’s credibility has come under attack.
“I find it hard to believe that nobody in your government knows where they are and couldn’t get them if they really wanted to,” she told a group of newspaper editors during a meeting in Lahore.
“I am more than willing to hear every complaint about the United States,” Clinton said, “”but this is a two way street.
“If we are going to have a mature partnership where we work together” then “there are issues that not just the United States but others have with your government and with your military security establishment.”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/pl_nm/us_pakistan_usa
When I read these words from Hillary, also the ones SoD posted above, it’s clear these are her words, her convictions, her statements about leadership and partnership. They are not the words of a speechwriter a few years out of college.
wOOt! a leader or the US at last!
for not or
A refreshing acknowledgment of Bair’s courage and independence:
In praise of… Sheila Bair
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/oct/28/in-praise-of-sheila-bair?commentpage=1&commentposted=1
That’s nice recognition from the Guardian, fif. Here’s that piece from Bloomberg earlier today about Bair breaking with Obama’s path on banks.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5dyQPV01qp8
If you can stomach the “How Brilliant and Wonderful Obama & His Team Were” infomercial that this article is:
The Audacity to Win: How They Did It
By David Plouffe
What surprised me at [our first meeting to discuss the vice presidency] was that Obama was clearly thinking more seriously about picking Hillary Clinton than Ax and I had realized. He said if his central criterion measured who could be the best VP, she had to be included in that list. She was competent, could help in Congress, would have international bona fides and had been through this before, albeit in a different role. He wanted to continue discussing her as we moved forward.
We met again a couple of weeks later in mid-June and winnowed the list down to about 10 names.
At our next meeting, we narrowed the list down to six. Barack continued to be intrigued by Hillary. “I still think Hillary has a lot of what I am looking for in a VP,” he said to us. “Smarts, discipline, steadfastness. I think Bill may be too big a complication. If I picked her, my concern is that there would be more than two of us in the relationship.”
In early August, he narrowed his list down to three names: Senator Joe Biden of Delaware, Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana and Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia. Hillary did not make the last cut. At the end of the day, Obama decided that there were just too many complications outweighing the potential strengths. But I gave him a lot of credit for so seriously thinking about his fierce former rival. Some in the Clinton orbit thought we gave Hillary short shrift. My view is that any serious consideration was somewhat surprising given all the complications and the toxicity during the primary campaign.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1932963-1,00.html
This really should have been a very short article.
The Audacity to Win: How they did it
LIE – CHEAT – STEAL – THREATEN – BLACKMAIL
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you forgot “payoff”
I’d like to take Plouffe out to the woodshed with a big paddle.
I’d like to throw a creme pie in his face.
Me? A cowpie.
Also forgot “denigrate” (voters, other primary candidates, anyone who didn’t agree).
RACE BAIT
“She was competent, …would have international bona fides”
Damn right. In fact, it makes 0bama sound much more logical than he acts. I don’t believe it.
me either… & the word “competent” is a back-handed compliment
Lol Smirking frat boys, for realz. 🙂
OTOH, being “competent” is actually a miracle among professional Dems and certainly anyone associated with The One, so….;)
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/is-aarp-the-gops-new-acorn.php?ref=mp
here we go again. Is there any group that really gives a damn about the American people and not just how much money they can make off them?
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These groups just remind me of hungry hyenas.
http://www.maniacworld.com/cheap-shot-thrown-at-FOX.html
I thought backtrack was advancing to the rear in the fight with Fox News. Somebody did not get the orders.
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I hate to set off a debate among liberals about morality, but when adults are so clearly immoral, crude and rudderless, what do we expect from children? Most of the left went bat-shit crazy when Hillary suggested that there should not be pornographic content in video games for children even if it is hidden (like they can’t find hidden code in about two minutes). And hollywood thinks everything is groovy when an old man rapes a 13 year old. Many on the left agree. We also have a lot of people who believe you shouldn’t talk about abstinence (I did NOT say abstinence only)
With TV and magazines and videos all celebrating teen sex, why the hell would we expect teens not to think gang rape is entertainment?
I don’t buy into the vidoe games and magazines made them do it meme.
Certainly by the time you hit your teens, most of us are able to discern pretend from real. I’d be willing to bet some of them did nothing out of fear they might become a target themselves.
it has nothing to do with knowing what is real and what is not, it is all about desensitizing a person so that nothing is sacred or important.
Please tell me you are not saying it is okay for there to be pornographic content in video games aimed at children.
Many parents no longer make kids accountable for their actions. The are not taught to make good choices.
How many are surprised when they go out into the world and find out it really does not revolve around them?
Be a parent is hard work and is not about being popular. Teaching kids morals and to stand on their own two feet is not always pleasant and many tears are shed. But better those tears then the tears of failure to help and teach .
How many lives have been ruined in just this one incident?
The girl, the rapists, and the watchers who will have to live with their cowardly non-actions.
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I think my generation, the boomers, have been rather bad parents as a whole. So many of my friends and even my ex have said they could not tell their children not to do drugs or wait for real affection and caring for someone and a committed relationship before having sex. What I heard was “oh I can’t be a hypocrite. I still get high and I never got hurt by having one night stands”….said the 50 year old guy delivering Pizza and on his third marriage.
I am far from the worlds greatest parent, but I had no problem being a hypocrite for the sake of my children. It is not that they always took my advice, though I was shocked at the times they came to me for it. But they had limits to rebel against and they had a healthy sense of responsibility to the girls they were with etc…
Right next to not fighting the 527’s.
… not fighting for Ohio…
… and not fighting for the more qualified candidate
The cloture vote was ruined by ‘I voted for it, before I voted against it’ Kerry… Just one other thing you can thank John Kerry for…
Every Senator now knows they will be hung by that petard from now on.
On Kierkegaard SoD, when I read Fear and Trembling, Sickness Unto Death in college, both depression and despair ensued. There wasn’t much difference. For Kierkegaard, it meant making that “leap of faith.” For me, it meant experimenting with some new kinds of mushrooms.
LOL.
What was your reaction to Nietzsche?
Lost my religion entirely. Started hanging out with the fashionable nihilists on campus and dating liberal feminists. Good times.
I liked Kant. Very appropriate for a psychology major like me.
Good thing we keep selling our collective asses to the Chinese and obama refuses to meet with HHDL … they’re such an outstanding country
HHDL isn’t offended by the POTUS’ cowardly behavior, but the rest of us who don’t have HH’s equanimity are appalled.
http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/28/autos/clunkers_analysis/index.htm
DAK
Can we afford the economists in this government? I hope they do not get any more ideas.
Is there any way we could publicly let the HHDL know that most Americans are not as ignorant as those in the White House now?
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Nervous W.H. intervened in N.J. race; top Obama adviser now in charge
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28872.html
Bringing home war casualties is tragic and sad for the whole nation. But I could care less about Gibbs and his public tears for the media, nor do I care about the detailed news reports of how appropriately stoic Potus was on the Dover flight. If you want to show proper respect, don’t make it another media event. My opinion.
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/10/gibbs-describes-his-experience-last-night-at-dover-afb.php
yes, but showing up and doing what you can without talking to the media or alerting them to your efforts is so Al Gore goody two shoes.
/snark
Only one family opted for a photo op with POTUS.
http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2009/10/28/2009-10-28_reality_nightmare_jon_gosselin_and_nadya_suleman_to_date_in_new_show.html
Where are those stem cells when you need them.
Some people should just NOT breed.
Just when you thought it was safe to turn on the tv again!!!!!!!
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Does anyone understand why “Ax” and Plouffe are once again trashing Bill and Hill? It makes sense if they’re secretly working for the Republicans–distance themselves from the only two Democrats many Americans can stomach, plus alienate the legions of Dems who love Hill and are trying to pretend Obama’s almost as good, even as it becomes harder and harder to keep up the pretense.
If they’re not secretly trying to elect Republucans (literal Republicans, I mean, not Republicans with D’s after their names like BO), then it seems to make no sense. All they’re doing, once again, is alienating voters and making themselves look terrible. Are they really this stupid and clueless? Did they hire the same anti-publicist as Jon Gosselin? When in hole, quit digging.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/65449-poll-obamas-minimal-effect-on-race-relations#at
this is not a good thing for the country. I do not know if race relations will ever improve in my lifetime.
Where backtrack had a chance to bring people of all colors and religions together, he chose to make things worse.
read some of the comments. At this time with the economy in the gutter we should all be working together to improve things. That will not happen and when the economy is down and people are fighting for the same job it will get worse.
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