It’s another busy day. I’m waiting for Store to Door to deliver groceries (They came late.). I may have no articles tomorrow, because I have to go out o renew my cell phone contract and get a new phone. The old one will hold hold a charge. I’ve been wanting to replace it over a year, but have put it off to escape either a long walk or an involved transit.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 2:51 (average 5:26), To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From The New Yorker: A new poll indicates that the American people are deeply disappointed in Hillary Clinton’s State Department e-mail flap because it does not live up to the high standards of sordidness set by Clinton scandals of the past.
Davis Logsdon, who supervised the poll for the University of Minnesota’s Opinion Research Institute, said that those surveyed were “receptive and even intrigued” by the idea of a new Clinton scandal, but then were deflated when they learned what the scandal actually involved.
“When people hear the words ‘Clinton scandal,’ they expect a certain amount of sex and sleaze,” Logsdon said. “But once they find out that this one is about State Department e-mail regulations which may or may not have been disobeyed, they feel very let down.”
“In a sense, the Clintons have created this problem for themselves,” Logsdon added. “They set an extremely high bar with some very memorable scandals in the past, and for a lot of people, this one just doesn’t live up to the hype.”
Andy has a perfectly valid point. Hillary should win the Presidency first, and then get a BJ from an Intern.
From MSNBC: What if Obamacare critics finally win?
Steele’s head is ensphincterated. He’s telling us that the same House that has voted a gazillion times to defund the ACA will now keep people covered. The only solutions House Republicans will offer is the RepubliCare death benefit: Can’t pay? Die free!
From TPM: If he manages to avoid prison, former CIA director David Petraeus’ guilty plea for providing reams of classified material to his mistress will result in far more lenient punishment than that often meted for leaking the nation’s secrets.
Petraeus, 62, has agreed to admit guilt on a single misdemeanor count of the unauthorized removal and retention of classified material. The agreement was filed Tuesday in federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Paula Broadwell, the general’s biographer and former mistress, lives with her husband and children.
Prosecutors recommended two years of probation and a $40,000 fine. However, the judge who hears the plea is not bound by that and could still impose a sentence of up to one year in prison. No immediate date was set for a court hearing for Petraeus to enter the plea.
I’m doing volunteer work with a couple guys that are serving years for stealing food. If the judge approves the sentence, the Betrayus deal is an insult to justice.
Cartoon:
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Love the cartoon.
This supposed scandal isn't scintillating and will soon lose attention.
I wish more would tell them to stop voting for the freedom to die for people who want to live, with affordable health care.
His penalty should be at least as severe as those that released information with whistleblower intent.
5:06 average up a second.
New Yorker – Right. Since you and your readers were smart enough to find out by yesterday already that the law she is being accused of breaking was not in effect until AFTER she had left the post, this scandal doesn;t really live up to much of anything. Kindergarten playfround scandals could probably be found that are more convincing.
MSNBC – Roughly 9,000 people a year will die who would not if Obamacare stays in effect, that's what will happen.
TPM – Oh, but he's ENTITLED! Your prisoners who stole food are modern-day Jean Valjeans – so, yes, he lives. Unfortunately the modern Javerts, not having the moral intelligence to EVER realize that Valjean held the moral high ground, and therefore having absolutely no motivation to go jump in the Seine, unfortunately also live on in droves. Grrrrr.
Cartoon – I assume that is not Bill Blass – excuse my ignorance, but who is it?
JD, meet the infamous Republicanus/Teabaggerum Rush Limbaugh aka Limpballs or Limfart.
Thanks Lynn – JL let me know in a PM – My Go*, he has changed since this picture.
Hmmmm …. "Andy has a perfectly valid point. Hillary should win the Presidency first, and then get a BJ from an Intern."
Hillary … BJ?!? I take it anatomy and/or biology was NOT your strong suit.
I just assumed TC was referring to the corresponding practice.
Wouldn't surprise me if we hear a bit less WRT the "Hillary Email 'Scandal'" – because as it turns out, Jeb Bush ALSO conducted governemtn business using his private email … AND he also OWNED his own private email server:
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/jeb-bush-owned-personal-email-server-he-used-governor-n317286
How absolutely sick and f\/cked up is it that Jeb Bush is now asking his individual donors to NOT GIVE MORE THAN ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH … YET to his campaign?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/awash-in-cash-bush-asks-donors-to-limit-gifts-to-1-million–for-now/2015/03/04/0b8d3fc6-c1c8-11e4-9271-610273846239_story.html?postshare=2781425472080047
Thanks, SCOTUS!
That was their intent!
The New Yorker: I love Andy, but the latest scandal is much ado about nothing, since she broke no law and followed the actions of previous SOS.
MSNBC: Steele is a puppet, I give no credence to anything he says. I fully expect Scotus to destroy the ACA as their masters have told them to do. The Repubs are beginning to realize the back lash on their party that will ensue, but I think they are awakening too late. The number of people who have been helped by the ACA will put the Republicans in jeopardy if it is overturned.
TPM: TC, I am fairly sure it will be a Betrayous deal. If you have no money and steal to eat you are put in jail. If you betray your country or steal millions of dollars, there is always a way out of trouble.
Cartoon: I have signed petition after petition for that mike to be taken away from him. We have too many right wingers who love him for the networks to get rid of him.
2:54 So Patty and Jerry, which one of you is going to save that beautiful butterfly from being a puddy tat snack?
3:21 Not I.
Maybe?
Oh the poor prisoners who merely stole food – that made me think of Hywel Dda (Hywel The Good – King of Deheubarth, later all Wales, and friend of Aethelstan of England in the 10th century – his laws were codified with compassion. If I recall correctly there were seven degrees of theft – the most desperate being that of a person who was starving and stole merely enough to keep body and soul together, and for which I hope and think that I remember that there was no punishment. Well done America – you seem to have elected people that aren't just two hundred years behind the times, but eleven hundred.). Of course almost all compassionate laws vanished from both countries when the psychopathic Normans invaded in 1066 – it was like having the Nazis win.
I hope that you help them bring good out of evil TC. There is a phrase I like – "God draws straight with crooked lines".
Puzzle — 2:54 So Patty and Jerry, which one of you is going to save that beautiful butterfly from being a puddy tat snack?
The New Yorker — "…for a lot of people, this one just doesn’t live up to the hype.” May Andy be correct in his reporting.
MSNBC — Michael Steele "After six years that's still developing…" in response to Chris Hayes' question of where things will go if the plaintiffs win the case. Isn't it nice to know that Republicanus/Teabaggerum have voted 53 times to ditch Obamacare but have nothing with which to replace it despite having 6 years to come up with something, should SCOTUS rule in favour of the plaintiff.
TPM — You do the crime, you do the time! And as far as justice, the time should be commensurate with the seriousness. The recommendation really sucks in my view.
Cartoon — You could also point that arrow at Limbarf with a caption "Take this old, demented Republicanus/Teabaggerum away to a mental hospital where he can't get out at all!"
I think Clinton knew she should be ON the up and up. I know Obama would have told her to keep an offical recond of all e-mails. But like most women she think she knows best..(But she had not broken any laws) Well I think if the republian/tea Party had more than "Benghazi ". They always do the same thing which is turn all of the dishonesty the lies anything that is unacceptable and make it look like it is not them but the democrats who are being deceiving to gain some personal advantage. And it works because we always fall their "Show". I say if we stay on the issues we can not lose in 2016. As as the cartoon well lets hope 2016 dosnot turn into a one.
New Yorker ~ "Much ado about nothing". That didn't stop Morning Joe from screaming about it today. I watched for a full 5 minutes before switching channels to local news. Must be that Joe doesn't know the law either. You would think his staff would be more diligent in their research. Nah!
MSNBC ~ "I think that's all clear, Dear."??? Michael Steele is very condescending to this woman who is an expert. She was biting her lip. He is a TeapublicanT puppet and will never escape their control strings. He will never realize he was only a "token" because we elected Pres. Obama. Of course, the Death Panels are the alternative to the ACA.
TPM ~ 20 yeears to Life for selling Marijuana and a possible 2 years probation and/or 1 year imprisonment (in a country club prison) and a $40,000 fine for divulging States' Secrets? The punishment should fit the crime!
Cartoon ~ Please! Take it away!
Thanks all. Preparing to leave.
SoINeedAName is so RIGHT ON! Jenny-boy really said that to his MEGA donors and that is not against the law! Unfrigginbelievable! SCROTUS has so screwed the American people!
Hillary Clinton stepped ever-so-lightly in it this time. But, if it had been a repuglikkant, there would never have been anything about it! Thanks to the repuglikkants entertainment, “news”, channel, we will never hear the end of it!!!