Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Signs and Portents
We’ve got Half a Horse in the Senate
Which half? The southern end of a northbound horse.
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IF they all toe the line, it’s a fillibuster-proof Senate.
yippie.
Panic of the Day
*runz in circles*
Dog Flu [??!?!??? are you f’n kidding me?!??!]
While fears of a flu pandemic among humans have shifted from the lethal H5N1 avian flu to the relatively mild H1N1 swine flu, the H3N8 canine flu has been a quiet undercurrent in the United States, rarely discussed except among veterinarians and dog owners in the few areas where it has struck hard: Florida, New York City’s northern suburbs, Philadelphia and Denver.
Yes. Flu. That your dog gets.
It’s the H3N8 dog flu. And there’s a vaccine. “...the dogs that tend to die from it are the “brachycephalics” — dogs with short snub noses.”
ToDaZeD Golden *EyeRoll*
ooooooo....
*sigh*
Religion of Peace
"we’ll kick your tablecloth-hatin’ arses!"
Yeah. I see you trying. I don’t see you succeeding much.
“We call upon all Muslims to confront this hostility with greater hostility,..." “We will take revenge for the honour of our daughters and sisters against France and against its interests by every means at our disposal.” ... “the grudge the Western crusaders have against Islam."
Provocation for this outbreak of hostility peace?
Earlier this month, President Nicolas Sarkozy said the burka, which covers the whole face, was not welcome in the strictly secular country.
You can tell me all freakin’ day that this get-up “liberates women from the gaze of the hunter.” Personally, I find that creating a Civilization that raises its sons—and daughters—to be in control of themselves and have a sane, healthy approach to the differences between the sexes actually leads to Liberty.
Yeah—the Brittany Spears phenomenon is bad. Whipping women for showing an ankle is barbaric. Holding women responsible for the feelings, behaviors and choices of men is enslaving them—and men.
"It's yours... if you can keep it."
Iraq National Sovereignty Day
MOSUL, IRAQ - The commanding general in charge of US forces in the north says American combat troops pulling out of Iraq’s most volatile cities are being shifted to areas encircling the cities to try to stop what has proved to be a resilient Al Qaeda in Iraq and other insurgent groups.
And there goes that “War for Oil” meme…
Oil companies from China, the world’s second-largest and fastest-growing consumer of oil, bid aggressively on Tuesday as Iraq began auctioning licenses in six large oil fields.
...A partnership of BP and the China National Petroleum Corporation, or C.N.P.C., won the first contract awarded, in the latest indication of Chinese interest in Iraq, a country that has until recently seemed to be firmly in the American sphere of influence for natural resources.
*sigh*
Monday, June 29, 2009
Waxman: "You Hating Haters! I Hate You!!"
I love it when he tries to point those chubby little sausages
They [Republicans] ... They’re rooting against the country and I think in this case, even rooting against the world because the world needs to get its act together to stop global warming."
Hm… Must be a newly-manufactured meme; Krugman agrees parrots:
...as I watched the deniers make their arguments, I couldn’t help thinking that I was watching a form of treason — treason against the planet.
When we re-form back around the actual US Constitution, can we appoint a special Czar for Teh Stoopud?
I’m sure it’ll work out better when Commie Connie Carol Browner gets around to reading the damthing...
[Including but not limited to:] 397 new federal regulations (which require traditional federal agency rulemakings [and the corresponding bureaucracy]) ...1060 new mandates [and that corresponding bureaucracy]) ...a system that rewards polluters with massive giveaways and can be gamed by Wall Street ... includes an important new program to preserve the health of our watersheds and wildlife sanctuaries, and provides initial funding. [read: “land grab” & “water grab"]
And don’t forget that nice sparkly-new, ginormous empathetic bureaucracy that will tell you how ya hafta re-build your house before you’re allowed to sell it. That‘ll help the plunging real estate market.
We’re gonna need those “free” pacemakers painkillers, eh, Jacko?
Stated Goal -vs- Actual Goal
promoting energy independence bullshiite calumniation
Under the Waxman-Markey climate bill ... refiners would have to buy allowances for carbon dioxide spewed from their plants and from vehicles when motorists burn their fuel. Imports would need permits only for the latter, which ConocoPhillips Chief Executive Officer Jim Mulva said would create a competitive imbalance.
“It will lead to the opportunity for foreign sources to bring in transportation fuels at a lower cost, which will have an adverse impact to our industry, potential shutdown of refineries and investment and, ultimately, employment,” [said Mulva]...
“There’s no question there are some marginal refiners that probably will not survive,” said Exxon Mobil’s Tillerson…
...said Geoffrey Styles, founder of GSW Strategy Group LLC in Vienna, Virginia. “We will end up with less domestic product on the market and a greater reliance on imports, all of which means higher, more volatile prices.” ... Carbon permits would add 77 cents a gallon to the price of gasoline…
The same amount of gasoline that would have $1 in carbon costs imposed if it were domestic would have 10 cents less added if it were imported, ...
Just for the gas, the cost would be “an additional $178 billion annually, or about $560 for each man, woman and child in the U.S.”
So, lessee… What kinds of manufacturing/industry uses fuel? All of ‘em. Check. Service industries? All of ‘em. Check. Financials? All of ‘em. Check. Consumer discretionary/necessities? All of ‘em. Check. Communications? Tech? Materials? All of ‘em. Check.
So what is this? A ginormous tax which will depress the economy, give advantages to off-shore sellers of everything, and make US more reliant on foreign oil. Which is just the opposite of what they promised that this pile of shiite was for.
So what is the actual goal?
Carbon prices will soar as U.S. refiners compete with each other and other industrial companies for a limited number of allowances ... permit prices may top $100 a ton.
Yep. A new derivatives market for market playahs to ....er, play in.
Because the last derivatives market worked so well…
Friday, June 26, 2009
Always wanted to live in a company town...
St. Peter don’t call me cuz I can’t go...
OR *clicky*clicky*
The U.S. Senate proposal to impose taxes for the first time on “gold-plated” health plans may bypass generous employee benefits negotiated by unions. ...Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, the chief congressional advocate of taxing some employer-provided benefits to help pay for an overhaul of the U.S. health system ...would shield the 12.4 percent of American workers who belong to unions from being taxed while exposing some other middle-income workers to the levy.
Who needs Card Check?
now… How do I form a Union for just me and the dogs?
Thursday, June 25, 2009
I think it's working...
call ‘em anyway
I just tried to contact the [D]s said to be still on the fence about how I plan to mail their next opponent a fat check if they support Cap & Trade.
Yes. All the way from CA.
Yes. Even if the person running against you is a flatulent baboon.
But their sites are all jammed. Good.
Game Ovah.
if there were a media to spread the word....
It required a brain surgeon....
Dr. Orrin Devinsky, a neurologist and researcher at the New York University Langone Medical Center, said that elites often propose health care solutions that limit options for the general public, secure in the knowledge that if they or their loves ones get sick, they will be able to afford the best care available, even if it’s not provided by insurance.
Devinsky asked the president pointedly if he would be willing to promise that he wouldn’t seek such extraordinary help for his wife or daughters if they became sick and the public plan he’s proposing limited the tests or treatment they can get.
The president refused to make such a pledge, though he allowed that if “it’s my family member, if it’s my wife, if it’s my children, if it’s my grandmother, I always want them to get the very best care.
...as opposed to the diagnosis by chicken entrails and cure via random herbs we offer you little people...
Even ∏eh iW∅n©DM‘s veryown MD disapproves.
*snerk*
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Whacha Gonna Do?!
Congress fails to stem greenhouse gas emissions
Sarychev Peak
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This is worth a gajillion Cap&Trades.
oooooo.... shiny....
Look! A Moose!!!
While we’re supposed to be looking over here [manufactured complete with hand-gauged “right-wing” outrage factor], what’s really happening is over there:
House lawmakers are getting closer to a vote on a sweeping energy bill that would cap greenhouse gases, with a vote possible on Friday,
Call and write today.
"Under the guise of reducing carbon emissions, Democrats are poised to force anyone who drives a car, buys an American-made product, or flips on a light switch to pay a national energy tax,” wrote House Republican Leader John Boehner
Yeah. And that’s only the beginning of it. And for No Discernible Benefit. To Anyone.
...except Algore.
U.S. House Ag Committee Chairman Collin Peterson and authors of the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill have reached an agreement that would allow farmers and ranchers to participate in a market-based carbon offset program. According to Peterson, the agreement also addresses concerns about indirect land-use provisions that target U.S. crop producers and exempts agriculture from the definition of a capped sector. ...Details of the agriculture agreement are not yet available.
Great. Now I can get rid of all those pesky [yet delicious] cows and plant me some inedible but potentially lucrative carbon credits....
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
That Which Must Not Be Named?
hey… they said it...
ChiTown Style, with a little Hollyweird Magical Thinking stirred in.
In a letter dated June 11 an attorney for ACORN advised top whistleblowers that their unauthorized use of the organization’s name could make them liable for monetary damages and injunctive relief.
Imagine the job interview:
Where did you work last?
I worked for mumble
Where?
mumble
What?
I can’t say it.
Whaa—yer a spy?
But wait…
ACORN is in the process of dismantling Citizen’s Consulting Inc. (CCI), a New-Orleans based non-profit, which has been used to maintain centralized financial control...
So, they’re moving their money laundering operation. Probabaly overseas.
ACORN executives have also changed their organization’s name… [which] will let ACORN leaders continue their operations without worrying about prior bad publicity...
yeah. that’ll work. Well—with the MSM[state-run media] it will work.
...ACORN International has officially changed its name to “Community Organizations International."
Oh, yeah—International. [iCORN?]
Tell Me Again
why do we call them “Liberals?"
The only thing they’re liberal with is the taking/spending of your money.
Every other policy is about restricting your freedoms: regulating your business, regulating your commercial choices, regulating your personal choices, regulating your energy choices, regulating your employment choices, regulating your information choices…
WTH?!?!?
world Chi-ch-changiness
Listening to the Uh-Bambi presser on the raadio… The SECOND question was given to THE HUFFPO!????!!?
The Huffington freakin Post?!?
Not ABMSNBCBS.
And no mentions of the NorKs. [so far]
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