Yesterday I got some housework done and visited with some friends from a church ministry, who used to be Republicans, before meeting me a few months back. I’m current with replies. Today is a high holy day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, and I will be meditating on Broncos and Patriots, while hoping for another miracle.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 4:01 (average 5:43). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: How Much Money Can One President Spend?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
From The Guardian: Four US marines identified by the military as the soldiers filmed urinating on corpses in Afghanistan are likely to face a court martial after an American military commander said such actions are a "grave breach" of the laws of war.
I think they should throw the book at these individuals, while keeping in mind that seemingly endless participation in a dead-end war can have profound psychological effects.
From Raw Story: “He wears a sweater vest everywhere, which is proof that he does not have one gay friend,” Maher noted. “This guy thinks about gay sex more than any gay man in America. There’s a guy down in West Hollywood working at Dorothy’s and Dildos who does not think about gay sex as much as Rick Santorum.”
“Also, [he] wants to bomb Iran,” the comedian continued. “And I think people who are sexually frustrated want to bomb other countries.
LOL @ Bill Maher!! 😀
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The committee to recall Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald announced Friday it has the signatures to force an election.
Lori Compas, the recall committee’s chairwoman, said in a news conference the group had gathered more than the 16,742 signatures needed, but declined to say how many. She said volunteers would continue to gather signatures to recall the Juneau Republican through Saturday. That’s to provide a cushion because Fitzgerald will be able to knock some signatures off the petitions if he can show they belong to people who don’t live in the district or aren’t eligible to vote.
The petitions will be turned in Tuesday, along with those to recall Gov. Scott Walker, Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch and three other Republican senators.
Great news! For those not familiar, Fitzgerald is the “Fitz” in the Fascist Corporate Plutocracy of Fitzwalkerstan, formerly Wisconsin.
Cartoon:
9 Responses to “Open Thread–1/14/2012”
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What an interesting bunch of news you gleaned! From urinators to factory destroyer to union buster would be governor to the gay obsessed! Cool! Only in America!
I agree, it is terribly offensive to think these urinators couldn’t hold it till they got home and pissed on a Halliburton corpse – they should have the book thrown at them!
and to think some graffiti artists have the book thrown at them for “defacing” some abandoned factory buildings – others get rich by producing them!
What can I say about the holy cheese of Fitzwalkerstein – hope his political life is short-lived, and he can find his future in the same sweater vest infested closets of santorum!
Lee, that is one of the factories Romney owned.
Mitt,
Add this to your deluxe 6 mansions as the perfect example as to how you were able to afford to treat yourself so welll.
Welcome Laura. 🙂
Wrecking that building helped him buy those mansions.
Cartoon — And here I thought this was not an abandonned factory but Mitten’s idea of a renovation! Either way, his design taste sucks and he should be put in jail for poor design if for nothing else!
Fitzwalkerstan — a little joke for you:
The urinators — “…participation in a dead-end war can have profound psychological effects.” yes but that does not excuse the desecration of a body. I hope that they have suitable penalties lined up. The US should be chanrging Baby Bush et al while they are at it!
Bill Maher — Very funny but at the same time sad. Santorum is so over occuppied about gay sex — it’s none of his business! He should be more occuppied with jobs, the economy, and a host of other things. Love your neighbour Ricky!
The stats — You have to love the gift that Baby Bush gave the country. And I’ve heard so many say the US owes China too much, well it isn’t as bad as people think. Look at all the categories.
So TC, if you’ve done your housework, how about lending me a hand?
I heard on the radio news tonight that at this point the only two people on the SC Republican/Teabagger presidential nomination ballot are Mitt Romney and Ron Paul. Both Perry, who said “South Carolina here we come.” after Iowa, and Newt Gringrich had not obtained the necessary number of signatures on petitions as required by SC election rules. There was no mention when the deadline for getting on the ballot is but given that the vote is either friday or saturday next week, I would expect it to be soon if it hasn’t already passed. The newscaster made a disparaging remark about the organisation of Perry’s and Gingrich’s campaign structures, or lack there of. There was no mention of Santorum and his sweater vest.
See my reply to Lee.
YES!
I agree. It does not absolve them, but there is room to share the guilt.
Maher is good at exposing sad by making it funny.
I agree.
HELL NO!
That should prove most interesting!
4:28 This one belongs to you, unless Patty can come through.
I can pretty well assure you that I won’t get two in a row.
4:15
I couldn’t beat him either.