The only reason the DoJ is filing a lawsuit against AZ is to preserve the regal prez.

Mornin’, twolf1, pups

Quite the oiled bird slideshow. Little heavy for so early in the morning. I did like the “Courtesy of BP and Federal Government” sign, though.

Meanwhile, Obama will tell Netanyahu that confiscating Palestinian homes in the West Bank is fine with him.

Motherfuckers, one and all.

Guess I needed all that to keep me gnarly and focused.

democracynow doing segment on how BP is blocking scientists from studying where the oil is going. Who coulda anticipated.

Good morning, pups! Back to work this morning, and I had the misfortune to listen to an interview with Maureen Dowd on NPR on my way in. I didn’t know who it was until it was over or I would have turned it off. Interestingly, she sounded like Amy Klobuchar — I thought that’s who it was, although I wouldn’t have expected Klobuchar to be discussing Saudi Arabia.

Now I need to wash my ears out with soap.

I recommend Corexit. I hear it’s perfectly safe — like dish soap. /s

Mornin’ all!

Good morning pups. I can’t think of anything good to say. Not one thing.

Nepal may have tried to put a damper on the Dalai Lama’s birthday but Buddhist spirituality transcends such measures.

What is it about the Dalai Lama that scares so many bullies? (Rhetorical question)

At end of interview with scientist, Amy asked him about the idea of bombing the BP gusher. He said that it would be highly risky, and that there was far too little knowledge about what the consequences would be. Worst case, it could fracture the whole structure and it could gush even more until the end of time. Then his key sentence: so instead of beaches, we’d have pavement.

Aha, a twofer! Plenty of oil and infrastructure all for the price of one little bomb.

You woke up alive. That’s a start. *g*

Mornin’ Twolf1 and Firepups:

Not one good thing?

Deepwater Horizon oil has now hit every Gulf state.

If the oil swings around the southern tip of Florida and starts heading north, maybe it will wreck Limbaugh’s ocean front property in Palm Beach. That would be something good, right?

Waking up alive these days is not necessarily a good thing.

The Taliban celebrated Petraeus taking over command in Afghanistan by killing 5 American troops in separate actions yesterday.

What is it about the Dalai Lama that scares so many bullies?

Too hard to explain on “Morning Joe” and “Fox and Friends?” Just guessing…

I’m not particularly fond of the alternative. Got too much to see and do.

I woke up on the right side of the grass!

How about we trade Rush for a hundred Ridley turtles?

Waking up alive these days is not necessarily a good thing.

I would prefer it to the alternative. I will be retiring in two months and I am looking forward to my “next chapter.”

Inconveniencing Rush Limbaugh isn’t worth all of the wildlife it would kill or livelihoods it would ruin. It would be ironic justice in a way but Limbaugh would just hire some day laborers at less than minimum wage to clean it up. Better yet, he’d threaten a few Florida Republicans and the federal government will clean it up for free and give him a written apology and fluff his pillow.

LOL. Have to remember that one.

That’s a good trade.

It’s preferable to the alternative. For now.

Land ownership in S. Africa is last story on dn. Less than 3% has been distributed since the end of apartheid. Film to be premiered on PBS tonight.

The whites made sure they’d lose nothing in the change. The ANC really fucked up making deals with the former government, who ended up retaining control of the economy.

G’day Firedogs. I’m off for my morning swim.

Just another example of sellout for power.

Naomi Klein has a chapter on it in Shock Doctrine.

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Irak: 4,411

US KIA Afghanistan: 1,157

Iraki and Afghan casualties: estimates vary to over 1.5M

US MBS 2010: 23,064 and counting

Lives in the Balance

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Happy Birthday, Tinzen.

Namaste

Cannabis is proving useful against a whole range of illnesses and diseases but that doesn’t mean it’s going to be legalized anytime soon. Heaven forbid anybody might have fun!

Keeping weed illegal is a cash cow for the slave prison industry.

Get ready for PhRMA lobbying against it. 3…2…1…

BTW, honey has a lot of medical uses as well, but USG won’t authorize it for those. Well, except for the honey produced by a big drug company, I think it’s Pfizer.

New post up top…

It has rained on and off for the last two days and my raspberries are loving it and I am loving my berries, yummm! Not just good, but great! Buckwheat pancakes with berries and WI homegrown maple syrup.

eCAHN @ 29

Well at least you own those (bees) tools of your production. Just remembering Utah Philips words from about 35 years ago. “Own the tools of your production.”

In a just world Limbaugh would be sleeping with the fishes.

•Adm. Mike Mullen: “I think the biggest threat we have to our national security is our debt.”

Thank you for your analysis, Admiral. Next up: a discussion of Afghanistan strategy by Paul Krugman.

DoD’s cost cutting claims sound laughable, they aren’t going to end the needless and costly wars/occupations.

But the most outrageous statement on NPR morning edition came in The economy is growing but momentum has slowed segment.

Normally Congress would boost economic spending increases but…. “The public seems to be getting this deficit cutting religion”

Yup, that’s the ticket, it’s the public that doesn’t want jobs or teachers. Our Dear leader and poor Congress critters are just dying to spend money to fix the economy but that’s just not what the public wants.

Surprised there wasn’t a “Brought to you by Peter G Peterson” tag at the end of the segment.