By: twolf1 Friday June 19, 2009 4:51 am

Iran’s supreme leader says Ahmadinejad won fair and square, calls for end to protests.
-The Big Picture: 1 – 2 – 3
Billionaire ponzi schemer Allen Stanford surrendered to the FBI.
Washington Post fired Froomkin.
Expensive music.
The CIA is recruiting people that have been laid off from Wall Street.
Bailed-out banks’ CEOs still using company jets for personal use. "We are implementing a new policy in 2009, under which personal use of aircraft will not be permitted," said a Bank of America spokesman.
The Navy is monitoring a suspicious N. Korean ship.
The FBI finds child porn on domestic terrorist James von Brunn’s computer.
Iraqi security forces confident they can do their job without U.S. assistance.
Ensign Interns Flee; Will Their Parents’ Wallets Close As Well?
Crist signs bill to kill Florida’s illegal pill trade. Limbaugh will not be happy.

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68 Responses to “Morning Swim: Finally Friday”

CTuttle June 19th, 2009 at 4:57 am

Most excellent compilation, twolf!

cbl2 June 19th, 2009 at 4:59 am

it’s on

via persiankiwi twitter:

Confirmed – Saturday Sea of Green rally – Enghelab Sq – 4pm – Mousavi, Karoubi and Khatami will attend - #Iranelection RT RT RT

sadlyyes June 19th, 2009 at 5:00 am

from Kos

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.

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:04 am

Mornin’, twolf1, pups

Soooo, how long before we can expect to see Froomkin as a front pager at FDL? Now that WaPo is the official home of the Village neocons will they get rid of Woodward as well? Prolly save a few million a year with that move.

eCAHNomics June 19th, 2009 at 5:05 am

The CIA is recruiting people that have been laid off from Wall Street.

That should work out well. Put all the criminals together and then put them in charge of U.S. spying and undercover operations.

ThingsComeUndone June 19th, 2009 at 5:06 am

# The CIA is recruiting people that have been laid off from Wall Street.

Why does the CIA need more help destroying economies I thought the Chicago School guys had that job?

CTuttle June 19th, 2009 at 5:09 am

Dayam, a tad harsh…

Woman illegally downloads 24 songs, fined to tune of $1.9 million

Why her, when Exxon and others get away with murder…!

twolf1 June 19th, 2009 at 5:10 am

Mornin’ folks! How is everyone today? This was the first morning in quite a while that I saw the sun when I woke up. It’s starting to cloud up again now though.

ghostof911 June 19th, 2009 at 5:10 am

Patrick said the agency would welcome worthy applicants from Wall Street, whose reputation has been tarnished by the financial crisis and revelations of lavish lifestyles and multi-million dollar bonuses…

So join the CIA and you will have the government protect your lavish lifestyle, and will give you the opportunity to gratify your most devious perversions. Should anyone object, the President will have the DOJ defend you in court, claiming “national security.”

spacefish June 19th, 2009 at 5:11 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 5

Maybe the FBI should be hiring them. Who better to investigate the heads of Wall Street than those that were fired by them?

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:11 am

Crist signs bill to kill Florida’s illegal pill trade.

The SP Times has a section where you can see the mugshots and offenses of people arrested in the local counties in the last 24 hours. The number of people arrested for doctor shopping or selling the drugs is astounding.

ghostof911 June 19th, 2009 at 5:11 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 5

You beat me to it.

eCAHNomics June 19th, 2009 at 5:13 am

In response to twolf1 @ 8

It’s so wet in the mid-Hudson that the slugs are trying to get into the house. I’ve picked a couple off the storm door, though none have made it inside yet (at least I haven’t seen any inside). And in order to get to the storm door, they have to cross a 6′ wide concrete porch floor.

twolf1 June 19th, 2009 at 5:13 am

In response to CTuttle @ 7

I thought so too. Especially when you have NFL players driving drunk and killing people only getting 30 days in jail.

cbl2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:14 am

In response to twolf1 @ 8

mornin’ – thanks for filling in and doing your part to keep early morning dfh rabble off the streets :D

ThingsComeUndone June 19th, 2009 at 5:14 am

In response to SouthernDragon @ 4

I’m so tempted to short sell that paper now but no! No gamboling!

eCAHNomics June 19th, 2009 at 5:14 am

In response to spacefish @ 10

Your scheme might work if anyone on Wall St. knew what they were doing to begin with.

eCAHNomics June 19th, 2009 at 5:14 am

In response to ghostof911 @ 12

I’m on my last cup o coffee, so I’m bright eyed & bush tailed.

sadlyyes June 19th, 2009 at 5:16 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 5

plus ca change…hehe

CTuttle June 19th, 2009 at 5:16 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 17

LOL…! ;-)

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:18 am

In response to ThingsComeUndone @ 16

From the glory days of Watergate to the days of wading knee deep in neocon shit. Quite the comedown.

twolf1 June 19th, 2009 at 5:19 am

In response to cbl2 @ 15

You’re welcome. It’s the least I could do to help out FDL.

foothillsmike June 19th, 2009 at 5:19 am

The CIA is recruiting people that have been laid off from Wall Street.

If you had fun screwing people out of their money wait till you try waterboarding people and keeping them in stress positions for days on end. Some travel involved but we have private jets just like your former employer.

CTuttle June 19th, 2009 at 5:19 am

In response to twolf1 @ 14

Is it any consolation that he lost his license for life…? /s

cbl2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:20 am

also being tweeted from various Opposition sites -

participants in Saturday’s Sea of Green protests are being urged to carry the Qur’an

sadlyyes June 19th, 2009 at 5:20 am

please bear witness

http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/5839

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:20 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 17

In Nam we had an old fisherman (sorta like Raven /s *g*) who was one of our best sources for VC activity. Had a CIA guy who really nurtured this old dude. I can see one of these Wall St types trying to sell the old guy derivatives.

eCAHNomics June 19th, 2009 at 5:21 am

OK. Off to other tasks, though I don’t know what they might be, as it’s too wet to do anything outside. BBL.

eCAHNomics June 19th, 2009 at 5:21 am

In response to SouthernDragon @ 27

ROFLMAO. Quite the mental picture.

twolf1 June 19th, 2009 at 5:21 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 28

Slug wrangling perhaps?

spacefish June 19th, 2009 at 5:22 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 17

Aren’t the ones that get laid off usually the ones that do know what’s going on?

CTuttle June 19th, 2009 at 5:23 am

In response to spacefish @ 31

Just ask Froomkin…!

sadlyyes June 19th, 2009 at 5:24 am

In response to CTuttle @ 24

chauferettes

http://www.abbeyweddingcars.ne…..re%201.jpg

spacefish June 19th, 2009 at 5:25 am

In response to CTuttle @ 32

Or the 9 US Attys.

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:26 am

In response to sadlyyes @ 33

Nice ride but I’d rather have an XKE with the pictured chauffeur in the passenger seat.

sadlyyes June 19th, 2009 at 5:28 am

oy mustgo….rescued an 8 week old female puppy on bridge yesterday,but she ate farmers phone cord,must go replace cord or he sez he will shoot her,hope he is kiddin

ThingsComeUndone June 19th, 2009 at 5:28 am

Interns would leave why unless they had knowledge ahead of time the Senator was going to resign? What else have we not heard?

sadlyyes June 19th, 2009 at 5:29 am

In response to SouthernDragon @ 35

hehehehehehehehehehehe

see 36

CTuttle June 19th, 2009 at 5:29 am

In response to sadlyyes @ 33

Nice Jag! *sigh* Time to head back outside for the 2:30-3:30am shift…!

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:30 am

In response to sadlyyes @ 38

Typical shithead. Tell him you know a really crazy VN vet who’ll come after him if he does.

cbl2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:30 am

btw – Olive Garden is walking back it’s plan to pull ads from Letterman – “unauthorized staffer misspoke”# 81462

couldn’t have anything to do with thousands of dfh calls and emails – or the ratings bump the show rec’d from the flap – nah

Prairie Sunshine June 19th, 2009 at 5:34 am

quick flyby…No froomkin? No WaPoo bookmark, no hits no mo’….

Daschle? take off the Harry Potter glasses and get a good look at yourself in the mirror buddy. See the face of corruption and sell-out. Ya, I can see South Dakota from my house….and the local hospital…

The Sunshines are doin’ the “spa thing”…more to come….

ThingsComeUndone June 19th, 2009 at 5:34 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 13

No slugs in Northern Illinois, Portland has some big ones but the swamp dirt where I grew up was littered in old snail shells but I never saw a snail once growing up.
DDT or were those snail shells pre ice age?

Bluetoe2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:35 am

Back from 4 weeks in France, Italy and Monaco. One observation, the rich, despite national differences, take care of their own. The rich have no national loyalties.

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:37 am

In response to Bluetoe2 @ 44

Go to any of the gaming palaces in Monaco? Fun to watch the really high rollers from behind the velvet rope.

ThingsComeUndone June 19th, 2009 at 5:40 am

In response to cbl2 @ 41

Naw Olive Garden just realized that their customer base in the burbs was bloggers. I wonder what other businesses will realize this Newspapers perhaps?

ThingsComeUndone June 19th, 2009 at 5:40 am

In response to Bluetoe2 @ 44

Explain further not doubting just curious.

Bluetoe2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:42 am

In response to SouthernDragon @ 45

Didn’t go in the casinos this trip but did see the yachts of the high rollers in Monaco and along the Cote d’Azur. The wealth of some is trully stunning.

cbl2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:44 am

unconfirmed from numerous twitter sites –

Basiji headed to Rafsanjhani’s house (his children weren’t allowed to leave the country yesterday)

truckloads of “security forces” moving in to north end of Tehran

ThingsComeUndone June 19th, 2009 at 5:47 am

In response to ThingsComeUndone @ 46

I mean who else quotes Bobo, or any of the other GOPers in the press the 20%ers? I’m not so sure they read I’ve never met a 20%er who read Rush, O’Reily etc I’m thinking that if not for US the MSM would be under water financially.
Which is kind of Ironic since all we do is mock them.

cbl2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:48 am

how ’bout some good news -

Freshman Congressman Jared Polis declined WH invitation to be part of the hopey-changey tableaux at memo signing ceremony yesterday.

he was one of the newly minted critters who voted a big fat No on this week’s Supplemental – despite tremendous pressure from Leadership and WH

ghostof911 June 19th, 2009 at 5:49 am

In response to eCAHNomics @ 17

Your scheme might work if anyone on Wall St. knew what they were doing to begin with.

They did know what they were doing. They were very successful at cleaning out your pockets.

Bluetoe2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:49 am

In response to ThingsComeUndone @ 47

The rich use the resources and political infrastructures of whatever country they are from to protect and expand their wealth. It’s true for the rich in the U.S., France, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Gabon, etc.. I suppose it’s a Marxist view that class trumps nationality.

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:50 am

In response to cbl2 @ 51

We need to make a list of Congressional Dems who haven’t been spayed or neutered.

foothillsmike June 19th, 2009 at 5:51 am

The Weakly Standard is being sold too. Heard the Kristol will be leaving Has anyone heard that?

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:53 am

In response to foothillsmike @ 55

Where did you see that? I’ve wondered for years how long Murdoch was going to settle for losing $1M+/year on that rag.

foothillsmike June 19th, 2009 at 5:54 am

In response to SouthernDragon @ 56

http://www.washingtonexaminer……75582.html

cbl2 June 19th, 2009 at 5:56 am

In response to SouthernDragon @ 54

true test could be whether Polis attends this co-opted NY/DNC fundraiser – looking pretty unlikely at this point – even the ever faithful Stonewall Democrats have pulled out

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 5:59 am

In response to foothillsmike @ 57

Did you read the comments to that piece? Holy shit.

Raven June 19th, 2009 at 6:00 am

In response to SouthernDragon @ 27

Open the door and lie on the floor
I’m Barnacle Bill the Sailor!

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 6:02 am

In response to Raven @ 60

LOL. Wondered if you’d see that.

It’s me an’ the crew
We’re here for a screw
Said Barnacle Bill the Sailor

Millineryman June 19th, 2009 at 6:04 am

In response to cbl2 @ 58

Tammy Baldwin said she’s still going. She wants to convey the frustration and urgency to that the community is feeling. I can understand both sides, and from what she said on Rachel’s show the other night, I won’t criticize her for attending.

twolf1 June 19th, 2009 at 6:04 am

Scarecrow is upstairs…

SouthernDragon June 19th, 2009 at 6:09 am

Live blues/gospel in celebration of Juneteenth at WMNF Tampa.

Raven June 19th, 2009 at 6:19 am

In response to Raven @ 60

I saw a license plate in North Carolina with a East Carolina University pirate logo and ARRRRR !

Raven June 19th, 2009 at 6:24 am

Georgia Theater is burning

twolf1 June 19th, 2009 at 6:37 am

In response to Raven @ 66

That sucks :(

twolf1 June 19th, 2009 at 6:48 am

Bo’s official portrait

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