GOP's Jindal complains Obama isn't giving him
enough taxpayer socialism for hurricane damage

post from US Politics | AMERICAblog News on 28 August 2012 03:00:41 PM. © US Politics | AMERICAblog News

That crazy socialist governor from Louisiana Bobby Jindal and the rest of the Teabagging Republicans are such complete frauds but can't admit it.They're always glad to complain about handouts - such as when Jindal turned down $90m in stimulus monies meant to help 24,000 unemployed in Louisiana, or when Jindal turned down $300m for high speed rail - but then, when it's politically popular...

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Midday open thread

post from Daily Kos on 28 August 2012 03:00:04 PM. © Daily Kos

Today's comic is White dudes talkin' rape by Matt Bors:
Just like Jesus:
The Roman Catholic archbishop-elect of San Francisco was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, San Diego police said Monday. The Rev. Salvatore Cordileone, a vigorous supporter of California's same-sex marriage ban, was taken into custody after being stopped early Saturday at a police checkpoint near the San Diego State University campus, said Detective Gary Hassen, a police spokesman.
Oh, sweet Jesus:
If the dream of a New Jersey group comes to life, another creationist attraction will locate in Northern Kentucky.
Founders of the Creation Science Hall of Fame, which now exists only as a website, would like to build a brick-and mortar structure along Interstate 75. The group will consider vacant land and the renovation of an existing site.
Oh, Herman:
Former Republican presidential contender, Herman Cain, said Monday he's paying for an investigation into the source of sexual impropriety reports during his primary campaign that eventually pressured him from the race.
Cain gave up his presidential bid last December amid a flurry of allegations of past sexual impropriety, alleged to have taken place during his tenure as president of the National Restaurant Association. He was also confronted with news reports of a past extramarital relationship.
Then maybe he can help OJ Simpson find the "real killer."
Because of course:
Isaac Aguigui, the Army private and alleged ringleader of a plot to assassinate Barack Obama and "take over" Ft. Stewart in Georgia, apparently served as a page at the 2008 Republican National Convention in Minnesota.
Best wishes:
Arlen Specter's office confirmed Tuesday morning that the former U.S. Senator is once again fighting cancer. "I am battling cancer, and it's another battle I intend to win," Specter said in a statement issued by his office. "I am grateful for the well wishes I have received and I am looking forward to getting back to work, to the comedy stage, the squash court and the ballpark," says Specter, an avid Phillies fan.
Uh ...
A man trying to create a Bigfoot hoax on a highway died after being hit by two cars, officials in Montana said.
Randy Lee Tenley dressed in a Ghillie suit -- camouflage designed to resemble heavy foliage -- and stepped out onto Highway 93 Sunday night, officials said.
Need some cute puppy pictures? Okay.
Condolences:
The phone calls went out from Saigon's Xa-Loi Buddhist pagoda to chosen members of the foreign news corps. The message: Be at a certain location tomorrow for a "very important" happening.
The next morning, June 11, 1963, an elderly monk named Thich Quang Duc, clad in a brown robe and sandals, assumed the lotus position on a cushion in a blocked-off street intersection. Aides drenched him with aviation fuel, and the monk calmly lit a match and set himself ablaze.
Of the foreign journalists who had been alerted to the shocking political protest against South Vietnam's U.S.-supported government, only one, Malcolm Browne of The Associated Press, showed up.
No longer content to just tweet about politics, campaigning, and life in the White House, everyone's favorite senior White House official on Twitter, @SrWHOfficial has written a book. Funnier than a blow to the head, yet easier to read than Dune or the Ryan Budget, From An Anonymous Source: An Off-the-Record Memoir of Politics is available for Kindle devices and the various Kindle apps on iPhone, iPad, Android, etc. Whether it's learning why staring thoughtfully at a farmer is important to candidates, negotiating tips from a master negotiator, or a frank discussion on National Security, there is little in this book that won't make you at least feel more informed and involved in our political process. Plus, it's not super long.
As an added bonus, some book excerpts have been collected up for your perusal. - SrWHOfficial
Today's Kagro in the Morning show: Today's weirdest news: the alleged plot to assassinate President Obama, and also apparently put millions of American princesses under a spell by poisoning the apple crop. Then a look urban gangs vs. right-wing militias, and whether Vito Corleone "went Galt" better than John himself. In news from this planet: the Republicans rediscover the "debt clock," and Reince Preibus notes each family's share of the debt increase is less than two off-the-cuff Mitt Romeny bets.

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High-Frequency Trading Pioneer: Todays Trading
Has Absolutely No Social Value

post from ThinkProgress on 28 August 2012 03:00:04 PM. © ThinkProgress

Thomas Peterffy, who pioneered the computer-based high-frequency trading that generates millions of dollars in profits for big banks, said in an interview with NPR’s Planet Money that speed trading has gotten so fast that it now “has absolutely no social value?: Peterffy says automation has done some very good things for the world. It’s made [...]

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Pat Robertson: 'People Love to Work' So Raising
Retirement is Awesome

post from Crooks and Liars on 28 August 2012 03:00:00 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Via Media Matters:

Robertson: ...Now with medicine and nutrition in our society people are living a great deal longer and consequently they should be working longer and they should not begin retirement age at 65 or 66, we should push that retirement age up to 70 or 72 and it?s not going to hurt anybody. People really like to work they don?t want to sit around----there?s nothing worse than sitting around in a rocking chair, who needs that.

Yea Pat, you go support your beloved GOP's agenda with plans to work people into their graves. It's easy picking up a shovel or unloading boxes for UPS when you're sixty nine with arthritus. What does he care. He's worth millions of dollars, but talking on TV is a big strain on the back I'm told. Let me ask you, Pat. What jobs will be available to seventy two year old's?

This man represents religion in America? maybe he's hoping that if grandma does continue to work she'll keep the donation checks coming.

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After Democratic Convention Bans Corporate
Donations, Corporations Avoid GOP Convention Too

post from ThinkProgress on 28 August 2012 02:59:11 PM. © ThinkProgress

For the first time this year, the Democratic National Convention will take no contributions from PACs, lobbyists, or corporations. A new CQ analysis suggests the Democratic ban caused corporations to rethink their giving to the Tampa Republican National Convention. With public sentiment strongly against corporate political contributions and the Democrats’ ban making it impossible for [...]

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If We Cant Have a Wonder Woman Show, Maybe We Can
Get Athena

post from ThinkProgress on 28 August 2012 02:56:59 PM. © ThinkProgress

As much as I’d love to see Diana Prince be the subject of a movie franchise or a television show (though, of course, not one by David E. Kelley), that seems like a pretty remote possibility at this point. But at least I’m glad to hear that Fox is considering a tantalizing alternative, a story [...]

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Housing Price Index Shows First Year-Over-Year
Increase in 21 Months

post from Firedoglake on 28 August 2012 02:45:16 PM. © Firedoglake

The housing recovery narrative got a boost today from the Case-Shiller price index, which went positive year-over-year for the first time since a first-time homebuyer's tax credit goosed the numbers in 2010. So really, this is the first year-over-year[...]

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Mean federal government won't let career criminal
James O'Keefe jet down to Florida

post from Daily Kos on 28 August 2012 02:41:27 PM. © Daily Kos

Mugshot of James O'Keefe James O'Keefe: Criminal.Don't you just hate when you're on probation for trying to break in and bug the office of a United States senator and the super-mean federal government won't give you a special exemption to ignore your probation just because you are likely to continue your crime spree because you can't stop getting yourself into legal trouble every time you leave the house and maybe that's not a good enough reason to get a special exemption?

Yeah, I hate when that happens:

JMI Tampa Luncheon Update: Due to unforeseen circumstances, the guest speaker for our luncheon, James O?Keefe, will not be able to personally attend JMI?s event tomorrow. However, he will participate via Skype with both remarks and a robust Q & A session. Come hear why the federal government has revoked permission for him to travel to Tampa.
Despite the government?s restrictions, not all is lost for this citizen journalist in the age of new media. Even by Skype, if you have yet to see one of Mr. O?Keefe?s presentations, we believe you will find it thought-provoking and entertaining.

Now, who among us doesn't love a good euphemism? And "citizen journalist" sure is a good one for a 27-year-old guy who lives in his parents' basement and enjoys amateur film-making about a range of topics, from conservative porn, to National Public Radio executives saying things they didn't actually say, to Medicare fraud that doesn't exist, to exposing a "dead" voter who isn't dead.

When not making fake videos, this "citizen journalist" enjoys swinging by Occupy Wall Street demonstrations just to be a dick, in possible violation of his probation; avoiding the entire state of New Hampshire for fear of being served with a grand jury subpoena; and committing voter fraud with his friends?the ones he's not busy suing to stop them from talking about all those times he sexually harassed them.

Yup. "Citizen journalism" at its finest.

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Lieberman: Well Hope And Pray For Regime Change
After Iran Attack

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty this week that he thinks the chances are “high” that Iran will face military attack if the regime in Tehran doesn’t change course on its nuclear program. In that event, Lieberman said he’ll “hope and pray” the regime falls: “I think we have the capability either [...]

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Educating The Next Generation To Compete In The
Clean Energy Economy

by Kate Gordon I’ve spent many years making the case that transitioning to a greener, more advanced energy economy will create jobs, spur economic growth and put America on a path toward global technological leadership. But lately, I’ve been thinking that I’ve placed too much emphasis on the stuff side of this equation — the [...]

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