Today I have this article and one other to post before leaving for my Cardiologist appointment, but I will have no time to distribute the links. I will catch up on on replies to comments, if I can, but it’s doubtful today. Tomorrow is up in the air, because the heat returns today,
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 4:08 (average 5:34). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: What’s The Difference Between ‘Liberal’ And ‘Conservative’?
Put another way, unlike today’s conservatives, liberals strive to conserve America. Ironic, isn’t it?
From The Nation: Grand, lobbyist-funded bashes used to be a staple of the political convention scene—in 2004, for example, Senator John Breaux threw a huge Mardi Gras–themed party at the New England aquarium during the Democratic National Convention in Boston, complete with performances by Ziggy Marley and Buckwheat Zydeco and a half-million-dollar price tag.
But in 2007, as the Jack Abramoff scandal enveloped Washington, Congress passed reforms that banned, among other things, lobbyist-funded parties at the national conventions to “honor” lawmakers.
So in Tampa Bay and Charlotte this year, the party’s off right? Not so fast.
Recently, ethics committees in the House and Senate have interpreted the law differently. While the Senate views it strictly, the House has determined that the law does not apply to parties that honor a group of members, a committee, or a caucus—only individual members. So under the House interpretation, bank lobbyists could throw lavish parties in Tampa Bay for Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee, for example, and it wouldn’t violate the guidelines.
That shows Senate Democrats are more ethical than House Republicans. No doubt, the bogus House interpretation will be a real boon to Tampa Bay hookers, entertaining family values Republicans on lobbyists’ tabs.
From WGGB: Republican Senator Scott Brown is criticizing state leaders for sending out voter registration letters to nearly half a million welfare recipients.
Of course he objects. If he had his way, no poor people at all would be allowed to vote.
Cartoon:
Who will stand against today’s tyrants?
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5:07 Not even close today. I missed the chairs and fell flat on my face!
4:41 Well Jerry, looks like it will you and I bringing up the rear, I'm sure Patty will be relaxing in the spa.
4:33 I won't be spending any time at the spa today.
Woooo Hoooo! 🙂
Maybe so, but I am still looking at your back.
How's the view? 😉
Puzzle — 4:41 2nd so far but I'm sure that Patty will come in and knock me back.
MoveOn — Well done! Should be required viewing for everyone.
The Nation — "That shows Senate Democrats are more ethical than House Republicans. " — . . .and this is news? Want to bet that Senate Republican/Teabaggers will find a way to crash the party!
Scott Brown — "Brown said it’s “outrageous to use taxpayer dollars” for this.
He says the move is an effort to give Democrats an advantage, including opponent Elizabeth Warren."
I think he is feeling the heat! :devil: Being a welfare recipient has nothing to do with one's rights. This is a group that is least likely to have politicians (especially Republican/Teabaggers) talking to them, yet they too pay taxes.
Cartoon — As I recall from my history lessons, Hitler was not too happy with Jesse Owens' win. How interesting that 2nd and 3rd places were taken up by Japan and Germany, part of the eventual axis of WWII. And nine years later would be the dropping of the 2nd atomic bomb, Fat Man, over Nagasaki, Japan, just 3 days after the dropping of Little Man over Hiroshima. Germany has already surrendered.
She did.
Amen.
I won't take that bet. My mama didn't raise a fool!
In Republispeak, rights are the exclusive property of the 1%.
It was certainly a blue letter moment.
Kudos to MoveOn yet again! I wear the label Liberal as a badge of honor also.
The hookers will enjoy a business boom during the convention because everyone knows they are an integral part of RpublicanT "family values".
Hitler's philosophy on the Negroid race was that they were directly related to the ape. A friend of mine who was born to parents who survived his "work camps" in Poland was taught not to play with the children because they were baby monkeys.
Ditto!
I used to have a close friend, who was a call girl in Phoenix. She told me that when Republican and especially right wing pseudo-Christian groups had conventions there, they called in friends from Vegas, because the volume of traffic was too high for the local girls to handle.
You are correct.