Destor on Ordering a Pizza Conservatively in Texas
Ramona: Hatred in a Lovely Church
Gallup: Obama 46, Romney 46
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How do I know, he asked me if I was investing in gold or selling gold. OMG, this guy, even though he is a landscaper, or some such thing, has three kids, gets his health care from the state because he doesn't make much money, recevies food stamps, and aid to go to school. But he always rants about ObamaCare, socialism, fascism, etc! What? Yes you are thinking the same thing I am. However, Beck is ripping off poor folk, who don't know any better, and I feel bad for them. While at the same time, i wonder if I should fire him for being such a numbnuts.
Oh well, I never fire anyone. So at least he has that.
Gawker dropped a line to neo-Nazi, JT Ready, to find his thoughts about yesteray's Court decision dealing the Arizona's borders, you know, the "Let Me See You Papers Please", legislation. Incredibly, he spells almost everything correcty in his response. That was quite unexpected. If you do find the "one" error, let me know, you just might get a prize!
And in News Oddities today, it's all about a bear in New Hampshire, who not only walked into a kitchen but stole a stuffed bear on his way out. Awesome, so damn awesome.
Glenn Greenwald is taking a break from writing articles about Hating the Presdient with the White Hot Intensity of a Kajillion Suns, probably to write an entire book about his hatred, political tribes, LOTE voters, his love of Ron Paul and Libertarianism, you know what he writes about daily. Every article is virtually the same:
-Corporate control of media
- Government control of media
- Military control of government
- "Empire" vs constitutionality
- Globalism and resource control
- Public themes for Imperialism
- the merging of the two major US political parties
- Elite Consensus vs Public Discourse
Oh I digress.
John Thune can't do math, and screws up his own plan to reduce the deficit.
And a crazy interview with Jeffrey Lord, defending his thesis that Shirley Sherrod, is a lying racist. Shirley Sherrod is going to sue Andrew Breitbart, well good for her.
By Ismail Kahn, New York Times, May 23/24, 2012
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A Pakistani doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency pin down Osama bin Laden's location under cover of a vaccination drive was convicted on Wednesday of treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison, a senior official in Pakistan said.
A tribal court here in northwestern Pakistan found the doctor, Shakil Afridi, guilty of acting against the state, said Mutahir Zeb Khan, the administrator for the Khyber tribal region [....]
By Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2012
MOSCOW — Stiff new penalties aimed at opposition protesters were given preliminary approval Tuesday by Russian lawmakers loyal to President Vladimir Putin, the target of mass rallies and demonstrations before his March election victory.
The bill, which opposition parliament members termed draconian and protested by threatening to file out of a legislative session, calls for fines of up to $50,000 and up to 200 hours of community service for organizers of rallies and demonstrations that grow violent or exceed the approved number of participants.
The sanctions were approved on first reading by parliament's lower house, which is controlled by Putin's United Russia party. They mark a return by the Kremlin to a tough stance against critics after concessions during the recent election campaign [...]
Also see:
Russians back Putin, strong leadership
Washington Post, May 22, 2012
A Pew survey of 1,000 Russians found that President Vladimir Putin is well-liked by more than 70 percent of citizens, especially older adults.
Associated Press, May 21, 2012
HAVANA — It was all sunshine, smiles and celebratory speeches as officials marked the arrival of an undersea fiber-optic cable they promised would end Cuba's Internet isolation and boost web capacity 3,000-fold. Even a retired Fidel Castro had hailed the dawn of a new cyber-age on the island.
More than a year after the February 2011 ceremony on Siboney Beach in eastern Cuba, and 10 months after the system was supposed to have gone online, the government never mentions the cable anymore, and Internet here remains the slowest in the hemisphere. People talk quietly about embezzlement torpedoing the project and the arrest of more than a half-dozen senior telecom officials.
Perhaps most maddening, nobody has explained what happened to the much-ballyhooed $70 million project....
By Tamasin Ford in Monrovia, Guardian.co.uk, May 22, 2012
Husbands, not strangers or men with guns, are now the biggest threat to women in post-conflict west Africa, according to a report by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) released on Tuesday.
The IRC report, Let Me Not Die Before My Time: Domestic Violence in West Africa, based on data collected over 10 years by the IRC in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast, said domestic violence is the "most urgent, pervasive and significant protection issue for women in west Africa" [.....]
By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press, May 22, 2012
WASHINGTON -- Uncle Sam may not want you after all.
In sharp contrast to the peak years of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the Army last year took in no recruits with misconduct convictions or drug or alcohol issues, according to internal documents obtained by The Associated Press. And soldiers already serving on active duty now must meet tougher standards to stay on for further tours in uniform.
The Army is also spending hundreds of thousands of dollars less in bonuses to attract recruits or entice soldiers to remain.
It's all part of an effort to slash the size of the active duty Army from about 570,000 at the height of the Iraq war to 490,000 by 2017. The cutbacks began last year, and as of the end of March, the Army was down to less than 558,000 troops.
For a time during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army lowered its recruiting standards [....]
JT Ready "spells almost everything correctly"? Them's fightin' words, tm. Let's see: "citizens' rights, asinine, air-conditioned" for starters. Then there are the random capitalization errors: "Circuit Court of Appeals, narco-terrorists." I used to do this for a living. What's the prize?
And I hate to nag, tm, but you're still not spellchecking your own text. Just sayin'.