I allowed myself a couple extra hours sleep this morning, because I need all the sleep I can get for my volunteer work in prison, a meeting and a CoDA group. I’m current with replies. What I do tomorrow will depend on how much today poops me out.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:58 (average 5:18). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: Nine Words Sum Up America’s Corporate Welfare Queens
Just in case you don’t understand, this means that the beneficiaries of Republican corporate welfare get to keep their profits, but we have to pay for their losses.
From NY Times: “Voucher” is a fighting word in education, so it may be understandable that when Mitt Romney speaks about improving the nation’s schools, he never uses that term.
Nonetheless, as president, Mr. Romney would seek to overhaul the federal government’s largest programs for kindergarten through 12th grade into a voucherlike system. Students would be free to use $25 billion in federal money to attend any school they choose — public, charter, online or private — a system, he said, that would introduce marketplace dynamics into education to drive academic gains.
That lie will fertilize your veggies. Poor people will help pay for rich kids to attend exclusive private schools, which poor kids will not be able to attend, as they can not afford the extra tuition. In addition, sane people have to pay for schools that specialize in Republican supply-side pseudo-Christian brainwashing in violation of the Separation Clause.
From MSNBC: No Room for Reagan or GHW Bush in today’s GOP
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As much as the notion of another Bush in the White House fills me with horror, I must give credit where credit is due. Jeb Bush’s evaluation is both honest and correct. Pope Grover I, on the other hand, has his head so far up his arse that he see his own tonsils.
Cartoon:
For Rmoney, people = 1%
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NOTE to TC: Your “Attach a File” feature is on the blink at the time of this posting
Nameless, I tried to fix that by deactivating the plugin, U Extended Comment, and reactivating it. When that did not work I uninstalled it and went to reinstall it only to learn that it no longer exists. The author has discontinued it. I spent over an hour looking for a replacement without success, do for now, we’re back to stock. I’ll keep working on it. 🙁
Puzzle — How now brown cow? A little over the average — sometimes my mouse just doesn’t pick up the pieces! Very frustrating! Today was worse than most days.
MoveOn — “We’ve socialised the losses and privatised the gains. That’s not capitalism.” The definition of corporate welfare so succinctly put. Anyone and everyone should be able to understand that. The trouble is, does anyone and everyone have the will to understand it? Of course the willfully ignorant will twist it so badly that it will be totally misconscrewed!
Vouchers in education — Personally, if parents choose to send their kids to other than a public school, they should foot the entire bill themselves. The only exception I would make is for severely disabled children who can get better help in special learning classes. And there should be no religious education in school. US society is pluralistic and to force a non Christian, or for that matter a liberal Christian, to sit through evangelical Christian teachings is a violation of the 1st amendment rights. Vouchers do nothing except create inequality.
Reagan — I disagree with you TC on two points — Norquist’s head is so far up his ass that he is tickling his tonsils with his tongue! and any Republican/Teabagger in the White House would be a disaster on the magnitude of a nuclear meltdown.
Cartoon — The vermin is delusional at best! Twisted, incompetent, arrogant . . .
I had that problem, Lynn and TomCat suggested I try Chrome as my browser. I was using firefox. I still have the problem occasionally, but it is better with Chrome.
Jerry is correct. I use Chrome for puzzles only.
I fully agree.
Maybe even chewing them.
Amen!
4:03. Missed you by 5 seconds.
3:34 I guess I got it today.
AAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I am still reeling by the fact that a Bush said something that made sense to me. Thanks, TC
What a shock it was!
I love the sign! It is definitely corporate welfare,
Thanks Patty!
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