Cruising through the blogosphere left me with the following thoughts.
Like most all of you, I’m really disappointed to see the Washington Post terminate Dan Froomkin. But in the Post’s defense, they need to save money to land Liz Cheney as a columnist.
Amazing how wealthy guys with good health insurance hate the possibility of non-rich people having health insurance that’s anywhere near as good as theirs. Next thing you know, those filthy non-rich are going to want political power by voting rather than obtaining it the old fashioned way, from their parents.
Dear Obama Administration, I would advise not treating gay rights advocates the way the Republicans treat anti-abortion reactionaries. First of all, they actually are discriminated against and have a legitimate issue; second, they are generally wealthier and much better educated; third, they aren’t nuts. I hated Bill Clinton’s triangulating so stop doing it yourself.
The Roberts Court finding a way to overturn precedent and help employers in discrimination suits, it’s not judicial activism if you’re a Republican, INJAIYAR.
Is there nothing Krauthammer could not make worse if given the chance? Why, no. But, like Robert Kagan, he still gets paid by the Washington Post, so there.
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Oh noes! Not Froomkin…! He’s one of the only reasons I read the WaPoo…! 8-(
Why should the Post publish Froomkin when it can give its readers
spot-on analysis from one of the masters of world diplomacy?
The only question is: who does Paul Wolfowitz work for -
Khamenei or Ahmadinejad?
Wolfie is as deluded as always in thinking that Ray-gun and Shrub senior’s words actually had any real impact on the outcomes in PI and Russia…
It’s Charles Krauthammer and Paul Wolfowitz hitched up and pulling side by side on Fred Hiatt’s 20 Mule Team. See them straining at the whippletree in unison. What a perfectly matched pair.
Who are the pedophiles?
It’s gonna get ugly…
Well, if Obama had just been more forceful in his condemnation everything would have be fine!
Ya left off the obligatory snark tag…! ;-)
Morning, how’s the Peach State?
Fixin to hit 99 here but Marion will have it worse. Caught some nice big fish on the Outer Banks last week. How you doin?
Pretty good…. fixing to move out onto my new lot in July and I’ll be hammering by August… Hopefully, it’ll be done by Oct…!
Ah, the joys of swingin hammers!
July will be jack hammer time and foundation work… Ugh…!
Good morning, pups. It’s Bobo and Krugman today. In “Fragile at the Core” Bobo says the Iranian elections have stirred a whirlwind that will lead, someday, to the regime’s collapse. At least he’s not trying to parade his economic skillz on the same page as Krugman… Prof. Krugman, in “Out of the Shadows,” says President Obama’s plan for financial reform basically punts on the question of how to keep what went wrong from happening again.
Here they are.
The coffee and tea are ready, and I’ve got waffles with warm maple syrup. Eat fast, before the sun comes up, because it’s supposed to be ghastly hot today. I’ve also got pitchers of iced tea and lemonade in the fridge. Real lemonade — not that powdered crap. And for those of you in the north, I’ve got sweet tea for the Southerners and unsweetened for you. Because I loathe watered down cold drinks I’ve also got frozen tea and lemonade cubes. Want a treat? Put a few cubes of frozen lemonade into your tea. Have a great day.
Good thing you are young and strong!
Once again you’re the bestest, Ma’am! *g*
No umbrella drinks for this Island boy…? ;-)
Heh, I wish I was younger and stronger than I am now…! But, a man’s got to do, what a man’s got to do… ;-)
Careful on them ladders.
You bet! Well, time for me to suit back up and head out for the next hour… It’s a brisk 35 degrees F with constant 20-25 mph winds…! Gotta love Hawaii…! ;-)
Mahalo
You can certainly put an umbrella into your tea, but too many other umbrella drinks and you’re likely to hammer your thumb! Do I gather that you’re building a new house?
Morning all, So the the election in Iran was decisive. Guess the ayatollah thinks that an extra 50 % votes cast over the number of voters in a district is decisive and he is the decider.
Mornin’ Attaturk and Firedogs -
Freshman (and openly gay)Congressman Jared Polis declined the WH invitation to attend Memo Signing Ceremony
On Wednesday, he voted a big fat No on the Supplemental/IMF Bailout as one of the freshman critters under tremendous pressure from House Leadership and Rahm to vote yes.
It remains to be seen if he’ll attend NY/DNC Fundraiser eom. Note, Stonewall Democrats have pulled out and urged others to so the same – a significant deal in that they are old school partisan dems who have gone along to get along in the past
Krauthammer is soooooo full of shit, i don’t know where to begin.
disheartening and scary to see the Supreme Leader take such a hard line stance. esp troubling to see Rafsajhani kiss and make up. not getting anything just yet from the twitter sites and looks like Nico Pitney/HuffPo has taken a few hours away from his liveblog to grab some sleep. don’t know if we’ll see any real response from Opposition until Saturday/Tehran time
From today’s New York Times:
Just forget it then. It’s better to have NO health care legislation than some shitty pseudo reform that just makes things worse.
Love it. As promised yesterday – the weather and the drinks. And what a difference! I’m so used to the powdered crap. I’ll bing some fresh grapefruit and OJ. I live in the south but am still a northerner so regular I.T. is fine by me.
Sun’s up in The City Beautiful and it’s 73. Could be worse. Humidity? 93%. Don’t get much worse. Expecting 94 today. 97 Saurday and Sunday.
Pool temp is already 80. Get as much relieff taking a bath.
Oh well.
Which means that Cabbagemallet fits right in on the op ed pages of the Savannah Daily Disappointment, where you can find him… [gag]
More reason to despair on health care from the NYT:
A bi-partisan bill on health care is a bill not worth having.
How refreshing to get a nice livid going early on a Friday morning.
‘zactly. Then they rake credit for the reform. I mean “reform.” And limit right of people to recover for med mal. So yeah, it’ll be worse. Once this “reform” becomes law it’ll be like “Health care reform? We already did that.” Kinda like the stimulus. Not enough. And by taking horseshit action, we’ll never get the reform we really need. I just don’t get it. Real reform has support? Why are these people so chickenshit? Like the guy saysd in the Miracle on 34th Street remake: “It’s all about $, isn’t it?”
Really. I don’t want a single friggin’ R finger print on any heath care bill. Not one. Sometimes I just get tired of “Well, he’s better than Bush.” ya know? I mean, he obviously is. But we gotta hold his – their – feet to the fire. And I blame Biden too.
We need to go to Washington in massive numbers. Is any site organizing anything?
You gotta hand it to this congress. Just when you think we already have the worst possible health care system, that it just couldn’t be any worse, they reach deep down inside and come up with something even worse.
They’re like the Bizarro world Midas.
I agree we won’t get anything worth a shit unless we have a major uprising, I’m really fed up right now. And I don’t have any torches, but we have a couple of pitchforks out in the barn!
Sounds like Krugman changed his mind (haven’t read the full version yet). A couple of days ago on NewsHour he had high praise for Obama’s financial reform.
I tuned into the end of the cspan broadcast of the Grand Ayatollah’s speech. He was sure to mention the suffering people of Afghanistan and Iraq, under the boot of the American soldier. But then he went on to say (roughly paraphrasing): then there is this husband of this woman Secretary of State, who took a dislike to some people in Texas and slaughtered 80 men, women, and children in a ball of flame.
If only we could see ourselves as others do.
I was wondering what happened to Baghdad Bob.
Today’s announcement by the Ayatollah is no different than what happened in Joe Lieberman’s race against Ned Lamont…
http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/…..ion-votes/
It’s always good to have a friend in high places who will just announce you as the winner even though you clearly lost!
Yes Ma’am! My own house…! 8-)
They’re lazing tonite right by the Big Dipper…! Gorgeous viewing conditions… If ya can stand the biting winds…!
Yeah, we lost track of him. Was probably hanged without cell phone pics to document it.
HCAN is organizing DC March on 6/25 – there’s an Act Local button on the page to see what’s happening in your state
http://healthcareforamericanow.org/
Especially with friends like Scalia and/or Katherine Harris too…! ;-)
foothills Mike,brings a good point
Dear Senator Liarman. Since you are so fond of all things Israeli, why not reccomend a replication of the Israeli system where they have a choice of four public options.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Israel
Well, the GA wasn’t giving an inch in his speech, and the crowd was enormous. Since we weren’t allowed to see the size of the anti-govt crowds, it’s impossible to say which are larger. Under control for the most part, but some “Death to America” shouts.
This is still a watershed in Iran, I’d guess. (What do I know about Iran except for several books I’ve read.) The religious pooh-bahs must have lost a great deal of their authoritarian legitimacy, even if they force the results down everyone’s throats.
sorry we all MUST GO TO DEECEE,forget local
WE NEED TO IRAN THEM
No need for pitchforks… Let’s follow the Iranian populace’s lead and show what Civil Disobedience is all about… I mean really, Thoreau was American after all…! ;-)
*sigh* Whatcha drinking…? ;-)
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CALL THAT LIBERMAN PUTZ….ASK HIM….where do you get your platinum insurance from???
Did anyone else hear Pat Buchanon pretty much admit that he would prefer Francisco Franco’s, or perhaps Phillip II’s, Spain to democracy? The relevant portion begins at about 4:40.
MERKINS=fat and lazy…we will fail
This is a great point to bring up to all Israel supporters GOP and Dem!
i’ll support them when they stop ignoring single payer. as of now, ralphbon speaks for me:
http://firedoglake.com/2009/06…..nt-1916583
JULY 4th should have been MILLIONS in the street for HEALTHCARE REFORM
Private Health Insurers Admit To KILLING Sick Americans!
by slinkerwink
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Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 07:13:42 AM PDT
On Tuesday, the three executives from the murder-by-spreadsheet insurance industry such as UnitedHealth, Assured Health, and WellPoint gathered in Washington to tell lawmakers that they’ll continue CANCELLING INSURANCE FOR SICK AMERICANS!
This is known as a “recission” policy, in which insurance companies cancel insurance policies of Americans such as those diagnosed with breast cancer, lymphona, and other 1000 such conditions like acne and pregnancy.
Twolf has the Morning Swim upstairs…!
What is he insane just how many Spanish went to Mexico to avoid Franco? My mom went to school with some of them many of those immigrants were well off my Grandmother taught home ec so my mom got free school.
Spain under Franco achieved what?
Is this a dig at Obama the first African American to lead American troops led American LEFTY Volunteers against Franco.
No, I took it to be an honest explanation of his value system. My jaw dropped. A “political analyst” in the U.S. saying that democracy was way down his list of values, far behind Catholicism, conservatism, etc., etc..
It actually seemed like Franco might have been a little liberal for his tastes.
I’m not doubting his honesty just the logic of his value system:)