Mike's Blog Round Up

post from Crooks and Liars on 28 July 2012 08:00:00 AM. © Crooks and Liars

The science is undeniable - There are a heck of a lot of droughts in the U.S. This could make things rather unpleasant, regardless of your opinion on Climate Change.

Mad Mike's America: After Romney's Free-Fail, Londoners demand their opportunity to vote in the Nov. election.

Wattree: It's not difficult to see that the GOP is the party of greed and fiscal irresponsibility.

Outside The Beltway: 30 percent of Republicans still think Obama is a Muslim. The party of progressive intelligence this is not.

Emily L. Hauser: Let's call thing what they are. For instance, "Voter I.D. Laws" are actually "Poll Taxes."

Round-up by Bill Wolfrum of William K. Wolfrum Chronicles and on Twitter: (@Wolfrum). Send tips to MBRU (at) crooksandliars (dot) com

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Life after Jamie Dimon

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 28 July 2012 07:48:25 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Crossposted from The Stars Hollow GazetteCould this be accountability?Management shuffle at JPMorganDAVID HENRY and JED HOROWITZ, ReutersPublished Friday, Jul. 27 2012, 12:37 PM EDTJPMorgan Chase & Co. chief executive Jamie Dimon reshuffled managers just[...]

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Opening Ceremonies

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 28 July 2012 07:40:36 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Adapted from The Stars Hollow GazetteOf course every Olympics begin with the Opening Ceremonies in which the host nation showcases its culture, its history, and terrifying lockstep unity.Our good buddy Mitt didn't strap Rafalca to the roof of his Bain[...]

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Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Olympic ceremonies
amidst political flubs

post from Daily Kos on 28 July 2012 07:40:36 AM. © Daily Kos

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WaPo:

Queen Elizabeth II, James Bond, David Beckham and Mr. Bean starred in the Olympic opening ceremony then stepped aside to let seven young athletes light the cauldron as London?s seven-year wait for the Games ended Friday in a blaze of fireworks.

WaPo:

After his ill-received comments on Britain?s preparedness for the Olympics, pressure builds on the candidate to find a better footing in Israel and Poland.

None of it matters, his advisors say. They are betting the election on it.

Rachel Weiner:

?I don?t think that we?ll see a bump in the polls. I think we might even lose some points,? [Obama] told the Post at the time. But, he added, there could be a more subtle, long-term advantage: ?It gives voters a sense that I can in fact ? and do ? operate effectively on the international stage.?
Romney could be similarly polishing his image as not just a businessman but a statesman. Instead, he?s raising questions about his readiness.
?I think it shows a certain inexperience in international affairs,? said Jessica Matthews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ?Certainly it makes him quite unpopular with the British and I think to no constructive end.?
Romney has attacked Obama as a bumbling leader who ?has diminished American leadership? and let important relationships whither. Now, whenever he tries to raise that attack, Obama and his allies can respond: Remember London?

Timothy Noah:

But Romney is deeply invested in the idea that it takes superhuman skills to save an Olympic Games from the disaster and international humiliation to which it naturally inclines. The idea that it can be done reasonably well even by a past-its-prime power like Britain is too much for Romney to bear. And I'm afraid he let it show at a very inopportune moment.

Gallup:

Jewish Voters in U.S. Back Obama
While Republicans may look favorably on Romney's visit to Israel, another group with keen interest in U.S.-Israeli relations -- Jewish Americans -- solidly backs Obama in the election.
Gallup Daily tracking from June 1-July 26 finds Jewish registered voters favoring Obama over Romney by 68% to 25%. That is essentially the same as Gallup's prior update on Jewish voting preferences.

David Maraniss:

There are Obama doubters and haters out there who claim with righteous anger that they are ?vetting? the president, something they say the mainstream media never did. Some of them have said that my new biography ? unwittingly, they argue, for I am too dumb to understand what my research has unearthed ? proves that Barack Obama?s defining memoir is phony and that his entire life is a fraud. My intent is not to defend Obama or his book; he can take care of himself, and I have my own questions about ?Dreams From My Father,? which I make clear in my book. But when comparing the liberties Obama took with composite characters and compressed chronology ? which he acknowledged in the introduction to his memoir ? to the stretches his most virulent detractors have taken in building their various conspiracies, I believe that they are the frauds and fabricators.

Nate Silver:

The reason our economic index sees Mr. Obama as a very modest favorite for re-election is because it also considers inflation, which is assigned 15 percent of the weight. And inflation has been very low.
Imagine the counterfactual: that on top of all the other problems in the economy, we also had, say 6 percent inflation. Then gas might cost $4.75 a gallon, and you?d notice the change in prices pretty frequently when you went to the grocery store. Under those circumstances, our model would have Mr. Obama as an underdog.

Charles Blow:

Where?s the Outrage?
If the Democrats don?t pay more attention, Big Money and new state laws may just help the Republicans run away with the election.

Fred Kaplan:

Mitt?s insults, mistakes, and blunders abroad aren?t gaffes. They actually represent his true worldview.

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The Myth of the American Dream

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 28 July 2012 07:24:53 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Crossposted from The Stars Hollow Gazette(Joseph Stiglitz w/ Jon Stewart 7/25/12)The Price of InequalityJoseph E. Stiglitz, Project SyndicateJun. 5, 2012America likes to think of itself as a land of opportunity, and others view it in much the same light.[...]

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Cartnoon

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 28 July 2012 07:17:35 AM. © Docudharma - Front Page

Sports Chumpions [...]

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Saturday Open Thread

post from My Left Wing - Front Page on 28 July 2012 07:00:00 AM. © My Left Wing - Front Page

We must confront the privileged elite
who have destroyed a large part of the world.

Hugo Chavez

Born July 28, 1954

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On Media Matters Radio, Zahir Janmohamed
Highlights Chilling Effect Of Abedin Witch Hunt On American Muslims

post from Media Matters for America - Latest Items on 28 July 2012 04:56:48 AM. © Media Matters for America - Latest Items

From the July 28 edition of SiriusXM's Media Matters Radio:

Previously:

CNN Vs. CNN: Loesch Backs Muslim Brotherhood Conspiracy That Cooper, Blitzer Call "McCarthy-Like"

Conservative Media Defend Bachmann's Muslim Brotherhood Conspiracy, Despite Bipartisan Condemnation

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On Media Matters Radio , Internet Pioneer Robert
Kahn Explains The Government's Role In Creating The Internet

post from Media Matters for America - Latest Items on 28 July 2012 04:56:39 AM. © Media Matters for America - Latest Items

Previously:

Birth Of A Conservative Myth: The Government "Didn't Create The Internet"

WSJ's Crovitz: "Creating The Internet" And Getting Everything Wrong

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Raise Your Hand

The four programs listed above are a good example of government programs that work exactly as they were designed to work. They are also socialist programs. Since the Republicans (especially the teabaggers) seem to hate socialism so much, I'm sure they will refuse to take any benefits from these programs -- because accepting the benefits of these programs would be hypocritical.

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