Yesterday I got most of my research done before my groceries arrived. Unpacking and putting them away took several hours. I went to bed tired and overslept, so I’m running a bit behind. I’m current with replies. Today is the highest of all holy days in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb, so I will be in deep religious meditation. Will the Orb shine it’s glorious light on New England or New York?
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 3:16 (average 4:32). To di it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From You Tube: War is a Racket by Smedley Butler
Hat-Tip to Phyllis for sending me this video that pegs war as only a retired general can.
From Washington Post: Six protesters were arrested in a pre-dawn raid on the Occupy D.C. encampment in McPherson Square Saturday, and police began clearing away tents, debris and some dead rodents.
U.S. Park Police on horseback and on foot clad in riot gear swept into the park around 6 a.m. Several square blocks downtown were closed during the raid, which was characterized as “further enforcement” of a no-camping crackdown that began Monday.
I characterize this as an injustice and a violation of the demonstrators’ rights to assemble.
From SPLC: A noose and two written threats directed at African-American students are triggering concern and an investigation on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside at the beginning of Black History Month.
A black female student found a noose made of rubber bands in a common area in her dormitory on the campus in Kenosha on Wednesday and later received a threatening note, WISN-TV, the ABC affiliate in Milwaukee, reported today.
After the initial threatening note and noose were discovered, “fliers were found listing several black students by name, (saying) that they would die in two days,” radio station WTAQ reported.
The minions of Fitzwalkerstan’s embattled Fartfuhrer, Scott Walker, are hard at work spreading the gospel of Republican Supply-side Jesus (the Republican invention, not the real Jesus).
Cartoon:
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Let us hope the orb lands in favoir of the Giants today.
It did.
A very funny, and well done, PhotoShop of Gilligan’s Island that I’ve seen at a couple of sites, but I think it began on Keith Olbermann’s Facebook page:
Can we send them all to a deserted island?
Love it. A friend sent me that in email today too.
As for the orb crap – first I don’t care who wins, being from Boston and spending most of my life now as a NY native – but I’ve never cared for the sport – hats off to “Harry’s Law” this week – the show spoke of the ridiculous danger of this “arena” spectacle of a sport where “overgrown” men butt each other with their heads, and put their minds and bodies at tremendous jeopardy (not to mention the youth) – unlike many other sports this is one whose players are over-paid as is the whole corporate grab of this spectacle – it is probably the most revealing “all American” crap that holds the microscope up to everyone’s eyes our nation’s character – but no one cares to examine it!!
Love the video – the actor reminded me of Keith Olberman at his most zealous! and who was the singer!!!!!! Great voice!!!!
The sweep of DC Occupy was perhaps the most understated over-militarized police activity that the Homeland Security has yet performed! complete with hundreds of cops and helicopters – a spectacle worthy of a Leninist Red Square Sweep – and where were the journalists? There is such a clear policy to eradicate and mute the OWS movement – the fed involvement – worthy of front page news on every paper – strangely quiet – who is going to pick this up and report the truth?
Well, you can stop complaining until late summer.
Thanks.
That was DC police, not HS Lee.
4:36 terrible!
Loved the video!
They’ve changed the rules for public parks in Austin, TX and Washington, D.C. so they could evit the protesters. These “game changes” should be illegal.
It seems the KKK is alive and well in Walker’s empire.
Gee, is that Romney’s little shack? Not too shabby.
Dang! I won one!
Thanks.
I agree.
Amen
It’s one of them
4:12 I thought I would do better. TomCat, you smashed both of us today.
Thanks Jerry. I did fairly well today too.
4:08
Welcome Bonnie. 🙂
That puts you in second place for the day,
Video — Maj General Smedly Butler: “War . . . the profits are recorded in dollars and the losses in lives.” How true! Excellent video. Everyone should be watching and listening to this!
Occupy D.C. — More than just a little high-handed! If they want to remove the rats, remove the politicians! particularly the Republican/Teabaggers who don’t want anyone to rise up.
Black History Month — The morons that would presume to claim superiority are oh so insecure in themselves. This is clear and simple a hate crime and I hope that authorities will vigorously investigate and prosecute this crime. There is no place in a civil society for this kind of action.
As an aside, Walkers cohorts in crime that have been charged so far, look like thoroughly thuggish morons that have more brawn than brain. How on earth they got into those county positions I’ll never know. They belong behind bars in a freak show.
Rmoney’s home — I don’t know if that is indeed Rmoney’s home but earlier today I ran into an article that had pictures of million dollar homes all supposedly occuppied by Republican/Teabaggers. Don’t know if it included Democrat politicians too, but it isn’t the Democrats that are saying that they aren’t concerned about the poor. Good cartoon.
Thanks!
Amen to that!
I fully agree.
They got them through Republican corruption.
That is one of Rmoney’s. He has several.