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July 11th, 2009
12:50 am daddy_guido [Link]	Guido's new ride. After an epic battle with evil sales managers, escalating to the dealership owner, and eventually resulting in a meeting of the minds with the F&I guy, The garage Ma'hal is now inhabited by this bad-ass piece of Detroit* Muscle. The car in the picture is not mine (actual photos tomorrow maybe), but is it's physical twin- right down to the sunroof and the pinstriping. A Challenger R/T 5.7 liter (350c.i. for you old-school types) gadget-laden dream machine in Hemi Pearl orange, rolling on 20" chrome. Yes, it really can smoke the tires like that. Yes, it really is comfortable, and nimble and SMOOTH. Yes, I am one happy sonofabitch right now. More on the Epic Battle later - I have to finish reading the 4" thick owners manual so I can figure out the freaking radio controls. Technically Canadian Muscle, with pieces of Mercedes, and it's now ultimately a FIAT, but you get the idea. Tags:* happy, hemi, hotrod (Leave a comment)
12:41 am cat_macros [bell_witch] [Link]	My Caturday contribution Idea taken from t-shirt purchased for my best friend at the New Orleans Zoo.* Only it had a 'gator on it. Tags:* itunes, kitten (Leave a comment)
12:25 am controuble [Link]	Happy Birthday to... lisagems. Have a great day and many more years to come. (Leave a comment)
02:22 am bdunbar [Link]	Shotgun Friday Night Twitter Chat. bdunbar: Daughter's bf will be at dinner. She said, 'Be nice". That means 'Don't clean the pistol at the kitchen table and glare.' Dang. joe:boyfriend?! How old is your daughter? bdunbar: I quote the girl herself "Sixteen. And a half." joe: I vote for the shotgun Haw. Also ... PastyD: Daughter's boy toy came for dinner and family game night. He survived. He said, "My family isn't like this." They don't play chrononauts? Man. (Leave a comment)
11:16 pm noise626 [Link]	friday LOL cat!!! (Leave a comment)
12:14 am not_eurotic [Link]	ADD THIS!!!! ( You are about to view content that may only be appropriate for adults. ) (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
09:55 pm mroblivious [Link]	Start of Shore Leave Day 51. We got up today at the usual time, and took our time packing up. Kathy sat talking with France as I packed and watched some more of the SportsNight set. We finally got underway, heading into downtown Baltimore to drive by Poe's grave. We decided not to try to walk to it as traffic was hectic and parking looked sparse. So we headed toward the convention, up I-83 past the beltway. We stopped at a Bob Evans to have some breakfast (at 4:30, but breakfast is breakfast) and then headed up another couple of exits to the hotel. Mr. Tom was unclear on the actual location of the hotel so we had to double back to find it. But we got checked in, or actually, found Crystal and Steven who are graciously letting us share their room. I've never met them before but am enjoying their company. Kathy put her foot up for a bit, and I went off to find a 7-11 to feed both a pending thirst and my wallet (their CitiBank ATMs don't charge fees -- yay), then came back and helped Kathy get to the concert. Roberta Rogow started things with a panel that was kind of an intro to filk, then the concerts started, with several groups going on. Kathy was the final entry in the concert, and the only soloist for the concert. She was very well received by the audience. After that open filking started. At this point things seem to be winding down so we will be off to crash soon. Pictures from Shore Leave Current Location: Cockeysville, MD Current Mood: tired Tags: summer2009 (Leave a comment)
12:01 am breakmanz [Link]	The Power Hours: July 10 Thanks to Trav, Sinstress, and DJ Particle for joining me on the Skype Line tonight! The show was off since I had to work until 9:30, but it was still pretty good. Possible Oscar - Kill The Enemies - DEMENTIA RADIO WORLD PREMIERE!!! Hot Waffles - Living On A Roll And A Prayer Emerald Rose - Never Split The Party the great Luke Ski - We're Goin' To The Dells (The Wisconsin Dells) I Fight Dragons - The Future Soon Lemon Demon - Knife Fight --- THE VIDEO GAME NEWS --- Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful) Brandon M. Dennis - Lovely, You're Lovely DJ Particle - V For Victory Dr. Steel - Drop Da Bomb Reel Big Fish - Another F.U. Song MadHatter - Overheat --- RANDOM BS SESSION WITH THE SKYPERS --- Foamy The Squirrel - New Used brentalfloss - Tetris with Lyrics Kepple, Clark, Woods, Townshend - Zero Wing Rhapsody Level 70 Elite Tauren Chieftain - I Am Murloc Laura Shigihara - Zombies on Your Lawn Baldbox - Sad Trombones --- TOP TEN MESSAGES ON SARAH PALIN'S ANSWERING MACHINE --- The Muppets - Closing Theme (Instrumental) (Leave a comment)
05:14 am daily_kos [Link]	Blunt Instrument http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/xzylYLQCi3Q/-Blunt-Instrument [from the diaries - BarbinMD] MIKE FERGUSON: What is the proper role of government, and what are the potential impacts of the direction that we're going right now? BLUNT: Well, you could certainly argue that government should have never have gotten in the health care business, and that might have been the best argument of all, to figure out how people could have had more access to a competitive marketplace. Government did get into the health care business in a big way in 1965 with Medicare, and later with Medicaid, and government already distorts the marketplace. The Eagle 93.9 Interview with Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) July 9, 2009 House Majority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) today praised President Bush’s signing of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. With his signature, the promise of a modern Medicare is a reality for millions of seniors: “In 1965, President Johnson signed Medicare into law, and in 2003, President Bush and Congress modernized this program that millions of seniors depend on . . . The 108th Congress put aside partisan politics and provided the president with a bill to strengthen Medicare for America’s seniors and future generations. “And today, after years of debate and deadlock, Congress and the president delivered for today’s seniors and future generations who will rely on Medicare and prescription drugs.” BLUNT: MODERN MEDICARE A REALITY FOR SENIORS Press Release from Rep. Roy Blunt's office December 8, 2003 The lying, hypocritical scumbag is right about one thing: government does distort the health care market -- by writing big fat checks to the medical-industrial complex, without imposing any real cost discipline. Of course, having the federal government directly negotiate Medicare drug prices with Big Pharma, or including a competitive public option in the health care reform bill -- or, even better, dispensing with the "free market" charade and moving to an effective single-payer system -- would at least put a throttle on the money pipeline running from the U.S. Treasury to the health care industry's bottom line. But we can't have that -- not when the profits of Mr. Blunt's friends, campaign contributors, ex-staffers and future employers are at stake. A "parliament of whores" doesn't even begin to fucking cover it. Update 12:05 AM ET: It strikes me that the dueling quotes above present, in microcosm, the brutal tragedy that passes for health care policy in this country. Liberals want health care coverage for all -- or at least, as many as they can get -- but traditionally have cared much less about cost control. Conservatives, on the other hand, traditionally haven't given a rat's ass about universal coverage, but have been big on pinching the taxpayer's pennies (as long as those taxpayers have plenty of pennies to pinch, that is). But today's pseudo-conservatives (i.e. the modern GOP) also don't give a rat's ass about cost control -- at least, not if it's at the expense of the powerful business interests sucking on poor Uncle Sam's withered old tits. What's more, since Medicare feeds many of those selfsame business interests, and might even win the GOP a few votes every once in a while (think: Shrub's prescription drug boondoggle and its intended role in the 2004 congressional elections) Blunt and his fellow prostitutes will even vote for expanded benefits every once in a while (although apparently not at the moment.) As a result, the path of least resistance for any legislative compromise (on those rare occasions when the knuckledraggers see a need to compromise) is to expand benefits without meaningful cost control, which is how Medicare -- not Social Security -- became the federal entitlement program that really is going to eat us out of fiscal house and home. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like our latest health care reform "debate" is going to end any differently, no matter how tough progressives talk about demanding a real public option. Are they really going to hold fast when Obama caves -- as he inevitably will to avoid a Clinton-style failure -- and cut their own president, the great, um, liberal hope, off at the knees? I'm sorry, but I'll believe that when I see it, and not before. (Leave a comment)
04:26 am daily_kos [Link]	Open Thread and Diary Rescue http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/t4oamCxKSFI/-Open-Thread-and-Diary-Rescue Tonight's Rescue Ranger krewe consists of noddem, Louisiana 1976, dadanation, grog, and jennyjem, with YatPundit operating the vintage Perley A. Thomas streetcar on a hot New Orleans night. Please enjoy tonight's selections, be sure to subscribe to these diarists-they do good work! The Rescues: washunate puts on the pundit's cap with this insightful piece: Analyzing Adm. Mullen's views on the Broader Middle East. (grog) Project Vote shares promising news on how a coalition of Voting Rights Groups Sue States for Failing to Register Low Income Residents. (noddem) In yet another example of the Traditional Media failing to see the forest for the trees, Femlaw shows what activism is really about in The Myth of "Obama's Army" and the Reality of Organizing for Healthcare. (noddem) David A Love tells the story of Roxroy Salmon to illustrate how our Broken Immigration System Breaks Up A Jamerican Family. (dadanation) jotter brings us High Impact Diaries: July 9, 2009. emeraldmaiden has Top Comments 7/10/09 - If You Can't Take the Heat ... Please join tonight's Ranger krewe by suggesting your own rescues in this Open Thread. (Leave a comment)
03:52 am daily_kos [Link]	Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 7/10/09 http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/GswimzGlmIA/-Polling-and-Political-Wrap-Up,-7-10-09 If it's around 7:45 PM on a Friday night, then that means that Mark Kirk is definitely IN the U.S. Senate race in Illinois. Oh, wait...did I say 7:45 PM? Oh. In that case, he is definitely OUT of the Senate race in Illinois. Wait fifteen minutes, though. By the time you are done reading the wrap-up, we may have new developments. MN-Pres: Pawlenty Not Getting Home State Love, Says PPP Tim Pawlenty might have demurred from a bid for another term as Minnesota's governor in order to test the 2012 waters, but according to PPP, those waters are frigid, even in his home state. If the election were held today, Pawlenty would trail President Obama by eleven points (51-40). Pawlenty might be earning some home-field advantage, though, as Obama destroys another presumptive GOP hopeful, Sarah Palin, by twenty-one points (56-35). Pawlenty's job approval is woeful, as he has slid to a 44/48 spread on that question, down from a 46/40 spread earlier this year. TX-Pres: Obama Leading Mitt Romney. In Texas. No, Really. A big tip of the hat to Kossack Setrak, who caught an amazing University of Texas poll out of the Lone Star State. Pitted against GOP co-frontrunner Mitt Romney, Barack Obama actually enjoys a two-point advantage over the Republican (36-34). In a sign that Texans may not be in LOVE with their president, however, a third of the field was undecided. Obama's approval in the state is also middling at best--43% approval with 46% disapproval. Rick Perry's approval, by the by, is not much better: 42/32. FL-Gov: Sink Outraised McCollum in Gubernatorial Money Showdown While Republican frontrunner and state Attorney General Bill McCollum has enjoyed slight leads in most recent polling, he lost to presumptive Democratic nominee Alex Sink, the state CFO, in the 2nd quarter fundraising derby. Sink raised $1.28 million, which easily exceeded McCollum, who trailed with $1.03 million. CO-Gov: Penry To Announce Plans Tomorrow; McInnis Needs Geography Lesson GOP "rising star" state Senator Josh Penry will apparently announce his 2010 plans tomorrow at the Mesa County Courthouse. Local columnist Jim Spehar thinks that Penry will refuse a bid for Governor, despite the conventional wisdom saying that he is going to make the race. Speaking of Republicans running for the Governorship, former Congressman Scott McInnis made a pretty embarrassing gaffe recently: he adorned his website with a beautiful mountain scene. Living in Colorado, this makes sense. Except that the photo was not actually OF the mountains of Colorado. The shot was of a mountain range in Canada. In a state like Colorado, this is likely to be an impeachable offense. IL-Sen: Burris Makes It Official, Declines Re-Election This doesn't qualify for the "BREAKING!!" prefix that we often see in the diaries, but we thought you'd like to know that Illinois Senator Roland Burris made it official today that he will not seek re-election. We also thought you'd like to know the reason: "Political races have become far too expensive in this country. And in making this decision, I was called to choose between spending my time raising funds or spending my time raising issues for my state." Of course, reports are that Burris raised about $20,000 in his re-election bid. And it JUST occurred to him that this was going to be inadequate amount? Heck, I don't think that you could win with $20,000 in the days of Alben Barkley, for crying out loud. NJ-Gov: Corzine's Internal Polling Also Claims Tightening Race According to PolitickerNJ, the Corzine campaign released some internal polling numbers (all standard caveats apply, of course) that had GOP nominee Chris Christie's lead down to just four points (42-38, with 4% for an Independent candidate) in this year's governor's race. Normally, it is pretty easy to dismiss internal polls, for obvious reasons. But it must be said that this tracks with the tightening in Rasmussen's data, which we discussed in the wrap last night. Department of Corrections: But Really...Can You Blame Me? In yesterday's segment of the wrap-up, I wrote that Malcolm Smith was being reinstated as majority leader of the New York state Senate. As it turns out, that was only early speculation on the "deal" returning Pedro Espada to the fold. I should have known better--the way the Democrats were able to get Espada back into the fold? Making Espada the Majority Leader: As they resumed the majority, the Democrats announced a new leadership arrangement under which Pedro Espada Jr., the Bronx Democrat who had joined with the Republicans last month, will be given the title of majority leader. Mr. Sampson will serve as leader of the Democratic caucus, and Malcolm A. Smith of Queens will be the Senate’s president for what several senators described as a transition period of an undetermined length. The duties of the three leaders were still unclear Thursday evening. So...well...that clears THAT up... (Leave a comment)
11:37 pm druidsfire [Link]	RFG: 07 10 09 ( You are about to view content that may not be appropriate for minors. ) Current Mood: melancholy Current Music: Abney Park: Airship Pirate (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
10:35 pm pixelene [Link]	Liked "Borat"? Skip the hell out of "Bruno" Bruno sucked and made me feel sick. My husband put it best "It's the kind of 'comedy' that will appeal to those that enjoyed sticking firecrackers up a cat's a$$ and lighting it when they were kids just so they could watch it suffer. Borat was shocking, yet funny. Bruno is shocking and empty." Please don't spend any of your hard earned cash on this piece of s* like we unfortunately did, due to the fact that we both enjoyed Borat. But if any of you do actually sit through the whole thing, let me know if there is ANYTHING gay-positive about the movie. Everything that I actually sat through can only hurt the gay rights movement. I think I'll go watch 7 hours of MJ-related footage to cleanse the palate. Yes, this movie might get people to briefly stop talking about Michael Jackson, but it's not worth it. IF YOU MUST WATCH IT, PLEASE BUY A TICKET TO ANOTHER MOVIE INSTEAD so Sacha Baron Cohen doesn't get any of your money. I will not support any of his future endeavors. And for those of you who know me, this is probably the first movie I've ever seen that actually offended me. Congrats, Sacha. Current Location: home Current Mood: dirty Tags:** bruno, movies (5 comments \| Leave a comment)
11:34 pm joe_haldeman [Link]	Spacey at the movies Last night we went to the opening of the new sf movie _Moon_. There's a lot to like about it. It's hard sf set on the Moon, but it's small in scale, a couple of people and robots, no guns, only a few loud noises. You really can't say much about the plot without revealing too much, especially to sf readers. The special effects are a little cheesy, but that's more budget than a lapse of taste. It would bother anybody that while people are outside of the moonbase, they look like astronauts moving in 1/6 g, but inside the base they seem to have earth gravity. (At least they didn't try to say they had a gravity generator.) Having stars twinkle in the lunar sky is not good. The dust on the set looks like a backlot sandbox; not the way dust rises and falls on the Moon. It's also hard to believe that a moonster can get a live iChat sort of feed from his girlfriend on Earth, but can't respond. Unless the plot requires it. It feels like a really well done 1950's sci-fi flick. For awhile I thought that that was part of its shtik, but if so, the joke was too subtle for me. It's emotionally authentic, though -- a "Cold Equations" or Heinlein YA kind of sensibility, which is a lot more interesting than the usual misuse of sf tropes. Roger Ebert liked it -- ' "Moon" is a superior example of that threatened genre, hard science-fiction, which is often about the interface between humans and alien intelligence of one kind of or other, including digital. John W. Campbell Jr., the godfather of this genre, would have approved. 'The movie is really all about ideas. It only seems to be about emotions. How real are our emotions, anyway? How real are we? Someday I will die. This laptop I'm using is patient and can wait. '   Note: The film's capable director, Duncan Jones, was born Duncan Zowie Heywood Jones. Easy to understand if you know his father is David Bowie, which rhymes with Zoe, not Howie. He's a successful U.K. commercial director; this is his debut feature.' Joe (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
02:28 am cuteoverload [Link]	Friday Night Happy Hour http://cuteoverload.com/2009/07/10/one-catini-too-mani/ http://cuteoverload.com/?p=29313 Come on in, it’s two-for-one ’til closing time! We’re mixing up a few CO classics, nice and casual. Really. Cheers! — 6 parts gin 2 parts vodka 1 part Lillet blanc Lemon twist Kitty head Combine liquid ingredients in a cocktail shaker with cracked ice and shake well. Strain into a chillin’ martini glass and garnish with lemon twist kitty head. We maded you a martini, Sandy B., but we drinked it. (Recipe based on the classic James Bond martini. More recipes here.) — Sender-inner Jessica L. writes: “Okay, here’s a strange one for you. But every time I look at these pictures I think how cute it is, so I thought I’d send it on in. It is a turkey made out of a pine cone who has clearly befriended a sprouted onion. Seriously, check it out. Or maybe I’m just strange.” [shifty eyes] Thanks… [looks over shoulder] Yeah, it’s strange. But in a good butter duck or tree sweater way. — Behold a gaggle of color-coded Peeps riding multi-colored horses. Even stranger is the text accompanying the submission: “These little guys deserve fun too.” Um. OK. [shifty eyes in disbelief] Katy M., unique. Very unique. Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: Cartoons, Encore Presentayshe™, Kittens, Pinecones, Product Cuteness (Leave a comment)
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09:57 pm ontd_political [lanrek] [Link]	Bill Moyers Show Tonight Reveals Insurance Lobby's Secret Plan to Attack 'Sicko' and Michael Moore ALERT: We've just been informed that Bill Moyers, on his show later tonight, will expose for the first time the health insurance industry's secret campaign against Michael Moore and his film, "Sicko." It contains a stunning revelation and admission by a top health insurance executive -- the former head of publicity for CIGNA, one of the top health insurance companies in the country -- that the disinformation and attacks on Michael and the film were extensive and well-planned. Their job was to stop the movie from reaching a wide audience (and, more importantly, from having the widespread political impact the industry feared "Sicko" would have). Wendell Potter, former Head of Corporate Communications at CIGNA (which provides health insurance to nearly 70 percent of the Fortune 100 companies) admits that, in fact, "Sicko" "hit the nail on the head" and told the real truth about how much better people in other countries have it when it comes to their health care. The show airs tonight at 9:00 PM on PBS. (Check your local listings for exact times. Many areas show it on Saturday night, too.) You can check out the segment about Michael and "Sicko" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv1FwOCNoZ8 Be sure to tune into Bill Moyers Journal tonight at 9:00 PM for the full program. Check here for local listings: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/about/airdates.html If you get this email too late, their website will soon post the full show soon: http://www.pbs.org/moyers Finally, the truth comes out. From one of their own. Amazing. Yours truly, Webmaster Source Current Mood: annoyed Current Music: Ace of Base - All That She Wants \| Powered by Last.fm (27 comments \| Leave a comment)
08:04 pm ontd_political [evildevil] [Link]	Regulations? What regulations? We dont need no stinking regulations! Bank Lobbyist’s Freudian Slip: ‘We’re Not For Any Regulation’ Today, Scott Talbott, Senior Vice President for Government Affairs at The Financial Services Roundtable (one of the financial services industry’s main lobbying arms) appeared on C-Span to discuss the Obama administration’s proposal to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA). The Roundtable has already made its opposition to the new agency abundantly clear, while claiming there are other ways to enhance financial regulations. However, when asked what the Roundtable would support, Talbott slipped and said “we’re not for any regulation“: HOST: So if not this process by the administration, the creation of the CFPA, how would the Financial Services Roundtable go about assessing and remedying this… TALBOTT: Sure, sure. We’re not for any regulation. In fact, we have some proposals, but what we don’t want to do is separate out the regulation of the entity from the regulation of the product, which is what the CFPA would do. Ever since the administration first suggested creating the CFPA, the financial services and business lobbies have been up in arms, claiming that the agency will drive up costs for consumers and limit which financial products they can use. As part of a wider multi-million dollar lobbying campaign, the industry plans to run “Harry and Louise” style ads saying that the CFPA will amount to government “telling you what you can and can’t buy.” Republicans have bought into this frame, claiming that the CFPA will “decide whether or not we can be trusted with a credit card.” In reality, the CFPA would “take consumer regulatory responsibility of financial products from seven other agencies and centralize it in one office that is empowered to make rules, examine balance sheets, [and] issue subpoenas.” It’s designed to ensure that all financial products (from mortgages to credit cards) are transparent, with disclosure forms that are clear and fair, thus protecting consumers from exploitation and predatory lending. The financial services industry claims that it has consumers’ best interests in mind, but as Talbott’s unwitting admission reveals, what it’s really interested in is a return to the free-wheeling practices that contributed to the economic meltdown. (1 comment \| Leave a comment)
06:44 pm ontd_political [evildevil] [Link]	Same old risky business as usual... Goldman Sachs Reverts to Pre-Lehman Risk Mean as Profits Surge July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is poised to report the largest profit since it set earnings records in 2007, marking the return of a business model that was the envy of Wall Street before the financial crisis devastated competitors and spurred a government bailout. Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein, who helped make Goldman Sachs the highest-paying securities firm by wagering capital and fueling the bets with borrowed money, may report the most second-quarter profit per share among the 15 biggest U.S. banks, analysts estimate. While rivals have pared risks, New York-based Goldman Sachs has ratcheted up trading gains and reaped more fees from stock and bond sales, according to Barclays Capital analyst Roger Freeman. The results come on the heels of a rescue effort that funneled about $200 billion from taxpayers to U.S. financial firms, including $10 billion to Goldman Sachs, after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and near-failure of American International Group Inc. ignited concern that the credit contraction might cripple the world economy. “Once all the government support mechanisms were in place, they were able to basically go about business as usual,” Freeman, who’s based in New York, said in a phone interview. Goldman Sachs, which shed government-imposed restrictions on employee compensation by repaying the $10 billion from the U.S. Treasury, will kick off U.S. bank earnings season on July 14. The company will probably say it earned $2.2 billion, or $3.57 per share, in the three months through June, according to the average estimate of 25 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. ( Read more ) Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Plan To Rebrand Failure As Success I have wonderful news to report to everyone! Apparently I have woken up today in a parallel universe, where the sun is shining and the birds are singing and my coffee tastes like malted orgasm. There's something called a "Dylan Ratigan" on my teevee, asking shouty sports pundit Stephen A. Smith about auto bailouts, so it's not like EVERYTHING makes perfect sense, but here's the real good news! Apparently, the financial collapse in the derivatives market never happened! EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN AND WILL SUCK AGAIN, YAY! From this bizarro universe's Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley plans to repackage a downgraded collateralized debt obligation backed by leveraged loans into new securities with AAA ratings in the first transaction of its kind, said two people familiar with the sale. ( Read more ) (Leave a comment)
06:41 pm ontd_political [evildevil] [Link]	You Guyz! Obamacare is actually a genocide plan to kill Real Americans! GOP Rep.: Public Health Care Option "Is Gonna Kill People" Rep. Paul Broun, a Georgia Republican, upped the rhetoric against public health care Friday, saying that giving people the option of a public plan "is gonna kill people." Broun is a doctor. "A lot of people are going to die," he diagnosed from the House floor. He criticized the British and Canadian systems of universal health care and said those nations, "don't have the appreciation of life as we do in our society, evidently." WATCH: I gotta ask our british and canadian ontds... why dont you appreciate life anymore?... (103 comments \| Leave a comment)
06:27 pm ontd_political [evildevil] [Link]	Renaissance painters jailed for obscenity. Michelangelo you are next! Ukraine: Culture War Arrives, With Bans On Porn And Gambling Igor Gaidai considers himself an artist, who, among other things, produces erotic photography that glorifies the beauty of the feminine form. In his photo studio and gallery in the center of the Ukrainian capital, he displays his various projects, including one called "Saman," which hearkens back to a "pre-Christian era" when "witches" roamed the earth. In it, naked women are depicted in various poses with brooms, as if in mid-flight, and are meant to glorify "the power of feminine energy, beauty and wisdom." His main display window also exhibits four young nude mothers, partially covered by their equally nude infants. In recent days Gaidai may have become an outlaw. ( Read more ) (2 comments \| Leave a comment)
05:51 pm ontd_political [evildevil] [Link]	Known racist to be head of Young Republicans. The GOP is saved! The GOP's Young Hatemonger Audra Shay, accused of endorsing racism on Facebook, is favored to become the head of the Young Republicans tomorrow. John Avlon uncovers new details about her disturbing online comments. Thirty-eight-year-old Audra Shay’s campaign to become the next chairman of the Young Republicans went from obscure to infamous over the past week, after The Daily Beast revealed details of posts of her Facebook account. Specifically, a thread where one of her friends posts that ““Obama Bin Lauden [sic] is the new terrorist… Muslim is on there side [sic]… need to take this country back from all of these mad coons… and illegals,” and Shay responds eight minutes later with: “You tell em Eric! lol.” Following those revelations, several Young Republican colleagues urged Shay to remove herself from tomorrow’s election at the group’s convention in Indianapolis—a request Shay, the favorite going in to the vote, has pointedly refused. Instead, she said that she was responding to an earlier post from her friend, and labeled criticism against her “political attacks” which “proves that my opponents will stoop to the lowest levels to steal this election from the jaws of victory.” Now, The Daily Beast has obtained more troubling details about her online musings—despite clear attempts by Shay to scrub her social-networking pages clean. Specifically: * In October 2008, in the wake of news that an effigy of Sarah Palin was being hung outside an affluent Hollywood home as an offensive Halloween decoration, Shay replied, returning to the “LOL” style that she employed after the “coons” comment: “What no ‘Obama in a noose? Come on now, its just freedome [sic] of speech, no one in Atlanta would take that wrong! Lol.” She picked up the thread again the next morning with a clarification and a new insight. “Apparently I could not spell last night. I am wondering if the guys with the Palin noose would care if we had a bunch of homosexuals in a noose.” * Posting and endorsing a conspiracy-theory video that attempts to prove that Obama believes he can only “ensure his own salvation” and “fate” if he helps African Americans above whites, complete with Barnum-esque captions (“LISTEN AS HE ATTACKS WHITE PEOPLE”). * Numerous posts in which Shay says that President Obama is “anti-American” and has “disdain of this country.” ( Read more ) (12 comments \| Leave a comment)
10:43 pm ontd_political [sunoftheskye] [Link]	Civil Rights Group May Boot Leader For Supporting Marriage Equality The LA chapter head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Rev. Eric P. Lee, may be kicked out for supporting same-sex marriage. The SLCL was founded over 50 years ago by Martin Luther King, Jr. and is one of the most noted civil rights groups in American history. Mr. Lee’s opposition to Proposition 8 “created tension in my life I had never experienced with black clergy,” he said. “But it was clear to me that any time you deny one group of people the same right that other groups have that is a clear violation of civil rights and I have to speak up on that.” In April, Mr. Lee attended a board meeting of the civil rights organization in Kansas City, Mo., and found himself once again in the minority position among his colleagues on the issue of same-sex marriage, but was told, he said, by the interim president of the civil rights organization, Byron Clay, that the group publicly had a neutral position on the issue. So a month later, Mr. Lee said, he was surprised to receive a call from the National Board of Directors summoning him immediately to Atlanta to explain why he had taken a position on the same-sex marriage issue without the authority of the national board. Explaining that he was unable to come to Atlanta on such short notice, Mr. Lee then received two letters from the organization’s lawyer, Dexter M. Wimbish, threatening him with suspension or removal as president of the Los Angeles chapter if he did not come soon to explain himself. According to the above-linked story, it is unclear if the national board has the authority to remove chapter presidents. Source Hmmmmm. What would Bayard Rustin think about this? (10 comments \| Leave a comment)
03:20 am daily_kos [Link]	What staring at an ass really looks like http://rss.dailykos.com/~r/dailykos/index/~3/yScUsWwTA3U/-What-staring-at-an-ass-really-looks-like Since it seems Matt Drudge has forgotten: Kerri Walsh looks on as George W. Bush gives Misty May-Treanor a playful slap on her lower back in Beijing, 8/9/2008 (Getty) One other point -- even if President Obama did in fact happen to catch a glimpse of a female's backside (gasp), at least he didn't either (a) let the girl he was holding fall down the stairs, or or (b) lean over to the recipient of his alleged stare and whisper sweet nothings in her ear and then pay her to sleep with him and then fire her husband. (He'll need to ask Republicans like John Ensign, Mark Sanford, and David Vitter for for some advice before he takes that particular plunge.) (Leave a comment)
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