A reporter gets arrested by fake cops for being at a private function in a public place. “Congress?” I thought to myself.

The guards eventually pushed him against a wall and put him in handcuffs.

The fascist is jumping the gun a bit, no?

Meanwhile in France, the fascist takeover is hitting a speed bump.

all 12 fuel-producing refineries in France are on strike and many depots are being blocked by protesters.

fuel stocks at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport – one of Europe’s key hubs – will hold until at least Tuesday.

What happenes after Tuesday?

Video.

t’s going to penalize the most fragile and the weakest.

Here in the U.S., talk like that would have you targeted as a terrorist by the Attorney General.

Practice makes perfect. Just a warm-up exercise.

Guess we need to get used to the sight of our “elected” representatives escorted by hired thugs.

I can’t wait for the delayed investigation of the incident and while it will conclude that the officer may have been a bit excessive, it was in line with procedure and nothing further will happen. They will try to withhold their findings until after the election to ensure that they don’t influence it.

The American people will once again be thrown under the bus, like they are at each and every turn when “important people” decide to do things in public. Dissent is not allowed. At least not within a half a mile or more of the thing you are trying to influence. He probably left the “Free^H^H^H^HNon-Fox News Zone”, so he had to be pummeled.

Aaron Glantz is guest on first segment of democracynow, showing that suicides & other suspicious deaths of U.S. soldiers after they return to the U.S. are 3X the number who die in the war theaters, and are not counted as service-related deaths by pentagon.

What color shirts were they wearing?

Off topic – “Obama pleads with Democrats in Ohio” http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/17/obama.ohio/index.html?hpt=T2

While I am pretty set in my view of Obama and the Democratic party, it would be swell if he could just admit that his health care bill was a piece of shit and that financial reform was trash as well. Be honest, stop trying to polish those turds and selling them as “sweeping reform”. You just make yourself sound stupid and insincere. The people on the left know the score and the people on the right don’t listen to anything you say anyways.

Tired of listening to politicians this month being up in arms about outsourcing. They had two years to do something about it. Oh wait, they had since 2006 to do something about it, but they didn’t. Now you care? Oh wait, this is undoubtably “silly things” you say around election time, right?

Just tired of all the lies. I’d rather he be up front and honest than sticking to his spin and thinking I’ll eventually bite. Saying the same thing over and over again, hoping that you’ll bring people to your view only works if they don’t have external influences affecting their perspective on things.

I constantly worry about job insecurity and my diminishing benefits (health care). I live in reality, he lives in the world of spin. He can’t make me see his side of things when I look at increasing co-pays and deductibles.

This country is doomed indeed.

If the CA #s Glantz put together were similar to national figures, and no reason not to, there would be 15,000 soldier deaths after they return.

Dodging the press is one thing — but handcuffing them?

I need a lawyer to find out why that isn’t false imprisonment

Why aren’t these security guards in jail? They clearly violated the law.

Next segment on democracynow is how much university funding in energy research is funded by energy corps, which O publicly favors.

The actions akin of Nazis. Folks when Nazis where put on the hot seat they would strike at opposition and silence it. So arresting a reporter to preclude the effective exercise of his employment and constitutional right is a serious problem, at a political event! This is a cancer. Maybe reporters can hire personal body guards so when they are assaulted under the color of law which violates their “constitutional rights” they can be protected against abuses of power manifest in the behavior of fuck-heads!!!!

Mornin’, BT, pups

Krugman this morning:

Couple the rare earth story with China’s behavior on other fronts — the state subsidies that help firms gain key contracts, the pressure on foreign companies to move production to China and, above all, that exchange-rate policy — and what you have is a portrait of a rogue economic superpower, unwilling to play by the rules. And the question is what the rest of us are going to do about it.

The administration’s answer: wring hands and write a sternly worded letter.

In a speech at Berkeley late last month Robert Fisk has a few words to say about the current state of journalism. This is a half hour of the speech. I’m still looking for the whole thing.

In the photo I was they had skinheads and were wearing black suits. No doubt they are all juice users.

9/10 legal contracts allow industry sponsors to control the research, no peer review, selection of personnel, etc., etc., without any control by university.

you know what I can’t wait for?

I just can’t wait to see obama defend those security falsies, “they were doing what they were paid to do”

I can’t wait to see that, it will just simply make my day

Here’s what I typed about that in the prior thread. Shame on Krugman.

Black shirts. How original.

Another phony fiscal conservative, exposed.

When a wingnut manages to frustrate Chris “FoxPac” Wallace, you know she’s off the deep end.

Morning BT, Pups of Fire.

Man! Nate Silver sure sold out. Not one mention in that entire screed about the really unrealistic likely voter screen they are all using.

The administration’s answer: wring hands and write a sternly worded letter.

A little finger-wagging is probably too harsh, eh?

“This country is doomed indeed.”

Only if you are inactive, silent and unwilling to fight fight what is right!

Nate Silver goes to work for corp media & sells out. Color me unsurprised.

nice post, allow me;

Second, there is now enough evidence to demonstrate that there is nothing fair about free trade. The U.S. in particular has gone out of its way to dump its subsidized agricultural products on the rest of the world, esp developing countries, putting their main economic underpinning out of business.

nor is there any evidence that demonstrates there is even such a thing as “free trade” other then in the minds of authors like hans christian anderson, “free trade” is of course, a fantasy

Noticed that at FDL Book Salons, an author’s allegiance can be determined by what he or she does not say as much as by what is actually said. The glaring non-reply by Jocelyn Jones Evans to the legitimate comment by tjbs is a case in point.

All that praise folks heaped on him in 08 musta gone to his head.

nate’s got allot at stake, he’s been right every time, I don’t think he wants to break that record, let’s see where else he goes with this and then how accurate

But then he would have to admit that the reason for that and for the fact that they waited to introduce the lame ass DISCLOSE Act till right before the recess was that the Democrats were all in about trying to cash in on Citizens United.

It reminds me of the American Civil War: A whole lot of people doing a whole lot of suffering because of a profit seeking venture that only a few really wealthy people, (and their paid for politicians), thought was a good idea. When are the poor and middle class going to wake up and realize that the people who control the money don’t know best and they aren’t our benefactors?

“Free trade” is another one of those smokescreens that, boiled down to their essentials, are a way of imposing a regime whereby developed countries can steal resources from developing countries, while dumping whatever they want on those countries.

I’m not an expert in that field of economics, but have read enough to understand the general picture.

great to see everyone, off to work, will be back to the lake after I check in

GOTV this cycle is a distinctly unrewarding experience. Unlike in ’08 when canvassing delivered smiles and friendly comments, this time around expect to encounter rudeness and shunning.

Thanks for setting the tone, Team Obama.

Black doesn’t have the baggage associated with it that brown does. Mussolini preferred black and everyone has a soft spot for the Italian version.

tee hee

“you are not an expert on echanamics”…tee hee

you can crack me up I must say

there of course can’t be such a thing as “free trade”, once there is even a monetary system or a court system that protects ownership you have obviously used regulations

what they mean by free trade is “only the rules I like apply, the rules that force me to pay my own bills are bad”

Like funding a Tobacco Institute? A not for profit tax exempt trade organization which relieves the burdens of government? Would you please bend over America, and trust corporate America! NO fucking way!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Institute

“The Tobacco Institute was founded in 1958 as a trade organization by cigarette manufacturers, who funded it proportionally to each company’s sales. It was initially to supplement the work of the Tobacco Industry Research Committee (which later became the Council for Tobacco Research). The TIRC work had been limited to attacking scientific studies that put tobacco in a bad light, and the Tobacco Institute had a broader mission to put out good news about tobacco, especially economic news. It also attacked scientific studies, although more by casting doubt on them rather than by rebutting them directly. It also lobbied Congress, although initially at a low level.[4]:211,466″

Lobbying and policy work

“The Tobacco Institute collected intelligence on attitudes toward smoking, developed strategies, and lobbied legislators. Allan M. Brandt wrote “The Tobacco Institute, on behalf of the companies, assembled an impressive record of derailing attempts to bring tobacco under any regulatory mandates whatsoever”.[1]:276 By 1978 the Tobacco Institute had 70 lobbyists, and Senator Ted Kennedy said in 1979, “Dollar for dollar they’re probably the most effective lobby on Capitol Hill”.[4]:466″

Nice “BP” commercials as of late. Walk a mile for a Camel, cigarette today? Probably not!

Sorry, I’m a bit too cynical for that. I thought that was what voting was about. Your candidate/party doesn’t earn my vote, I take my vote elsewhere. It is a shame it has devolved to lesser of two evils and the use of fear to compel people to vote for you.

A failed party/politician deserves to fail, just that simple. To vote for Obama or the Democrats just reinforces their belief that they are doing the “right” thing. I realize in the short term that this leads to the Republicans getting back in power, but the line in the sand has to be drawn somewhere. Ineptitude on the part of politicians cannot continue to be rewarded.

I’ll vote green or independent, but the Democrats are as insincere as the Republicans to the needs of the American people. We accuse the Republicans of fear mongering all the time, but the Democrats are as equally guilty. Look at what we’ve gotten, we got to date, we have Republican Lite pretending to be for the people.

Sorry, take your “blame the voter” not the politician or party bullshit and go somewhere else. You most likely subscribe to the notion of “changing from within” the Democratic party. That is a huge investment of time, money and being continually disappointed with the way the party goes. No way, no how. Yum, 30 years of shit before the payoff? Sorry.

Next segment on democracynow is on anti-immigration movements in Europe, keying off of Merkel’s speech. Here’s another example of rising intolerance in Germany.

He’s peddling The NARRATIVE. For the Congressional generic, Gallup is calling more than twice the registered Republicans as they are registered Democrats. Minorities are shockingly under represented in all of them and so are cell phone users. They’ve all become about as “scientific” this cycle as Zogby. Nate Silver has got his gig. More important to his career now than his accuracy is doing what he’s told and that’s advancing The NARRATIVE.

a soft spot for the Italian version fashion.

Fixed it for ya.

True. But black (little black dress notwithstanding) has its own ominous psychology as a color.

Colour of choice for anarchists.

13% of Germans would welcome a new furher, my second link, now being talked about on democracynow. Guest (didn’t catch his name) responds that French are less tolerant than Germans.

One would think that anarchists wouldn’t be fashion slaves and would wear whatever is utilitarian and covers them up.

Good Morning, BT, grumblers and smarty pantses,

Thirteen percent of Germans would welcome the arrival of a new “Fuhrer,” a new study suggests in what may be the most striking example yet of the rise of right-wing extremism in Europe today.

Off the top of your head, do you recall what percentage of US citizens are self id’s tea baggers. I’m wondering how the numbers compare.

And, I thought I’ve been reading just how bitchen they all are in Europe. Maybe I misread something.

True dat.

On the other side there’s Code Pink & rainbow flag of LGBTs.

Good Morning All..yep, it’s Monday.

M: I heard yesterday that the IRS is starting its seasonal employment. Iirc correctly, that’s a pretty good gig; I think the work force Commz can help with the applic. Just a thought.

DN guest talking about TP now.

I agree with the guest in this case.

I’ve already applied with the IRS and I’ve used two of their full time employees as references.

Here, the phenomenon of “tea-bagging” is strictly a funcion of Koch money. Cut off the Koch money and the phenomenon disappears as quickly as it appeared.

“Disappearance of what Kant called, the public use of reason.”

Yeah, actually I was just looking for a link for that because I was going to say that it’s better than the twenty percent or so people who are teabaggers here. I think I read that somewhere but haven’t found a citation yet.

Without question but 10 to 20 percent of rabid racist/nationalist people isn’t out of line with the rest of the world and better than many places

I’ve got a lot of black, lot of multi-colour and 1 pink. Don’t look good in pink for some reason.

Good look….thanks

No….Thank you! :)

Yeah, how dare they fight back against being made to eat catfood!

OK, dn is over, so is coffee. Got lots of outdoor work to do and weather is compatible.

Be well.

TP here apparently hasn’t been blessed with any of the big bucks. Rallies are few, far between and sparsely attended. The libertarian who calls in to WMNF has even quit mentioning them after being all motivated an’ shit a few months ago.

Yes, but they aren’t mobilized unless there is wealthy sponsor interested in using them to promote the sponsor’s cause. In the case of the Koch brothers, they need a cadre of compliant legislators to head off any investigations of their corporate crimes.

OK;)
I heard Rick Perry in an interview continuing to support Abstinence Only education. Yes, it hasn’t been working only b/c it’s not being taught right…..So glad he rep. my state. And no he’s not about calling for moratorium for the death penalty. I guess he likes killing all those Texans….makes me sick.

Really. If it was that easy, hell, I might gain 50 pounds, make some stoopid signs and apply for some of that money. Cash, of course. *g*

Apparently the Koch brothers do not have an industrial presence in Florida.

Last week I was with some longtime Repub friends….I was encouraged at their lack of support from the TPs, but even more their dismissal of Sarah. Sure hope they are right about that one.

On the good news front, I think [you people] might remember that the hard drive in my lap top died about 3 weeks ago. Last night, my daugther told me that everyone at her work is getting new ones, and they are giving the old ones to the employees, so guess who’s getting a new to me lap top?

The Kochies actually co-opted the original movement so it could be stripped of its libertarian and secular trappings and Borged back into the GOP. This allowed the GOP to dodge being faced with a strong nationwide actual third-party group that took votes from them the way the (GOP-backed) Greenies and Naderites take them from the Dems, but at the price of strengthening the TheoCons’ hands within the GOP to the point where their candidates started to win primaries — and to drive off the non-TheoCons.

Perfect!

Fantastic…nice.

The shifting GOP. Now as before they are still the minority party with views held by the minority of voters and can only win elections with a push from the monkey-business outfits, the hackers and the vote-riggers.

Thanks. Now, when my car gets fixed, I’ll be set! The interesting thing is how I’ve just had to set different priorities and learned a new level of patience and flexibility. (And, another benefit is I’ve gotten some heavy cleaning and closet organizing done.)

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Afghanistan: 1,342

US KIA Irak: 4,425

Iraki, Afghan and Pakistani casualties: estimates vary to over 1.5M

US MBS 2010: 35,960 and counting

Snowblind Friend

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things

Namaste

OH, don’t go….;) See ya.

YAY. Great for you!

Thanks, Moll. How you be today?

Moral outrage fair and balanced = not.

Mo-no-Joe today all lathered about that meanie ol’ KY AG pickin’ on Paul. McCainiac’s all but callin’ Boxer traitor at CA event? Big yawn from Mika and the gang.

Once again, the tire-swingin’ press hides behind their kid gloves before running back to scold the Dems.

Nice….I have been without a TV for several weeks…more restful, I think, and as you say, time for other things. Not sure when/if I will get a new one….just does not seem like a priority. Quite odd b/c I was really addicted to Evening news/ and a couple of other items.

How ya’ doing?

Just to say…it is easy to think that almost anything McCrazy does is irrelevant….so round the bend. He will always be known for giving us Sarah, imho.

Your assumption of my politics is in error. Dead wrong! In fact I’m more cynical than you………………

As long as labor is not mobile and there are all sorts of complicated non-tariff restraints on trade, there is no free trade.

One could argue that differences in the enforcement of labor standards and environmental laws, and different tax structures mean there is no free trade among US states.

The last thing investors want is free trade. No barriers; no arbitrage.