But which would you rather have, oil or chocolate?

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, excellent choice for new DNC Chair! She is a Pit Bull (that is a complement). You have to be when facing the GOP. She is TV savvy and is not afraid to speak up for the people.

Cue SCOTUS to rule in favor of the repigs. The sequel.

But even with 97% of the vote counted, less than 2,000 votes separated the candidates.

That close margin had political insiders from both sides talking about the possibility of a recount, which Wisconsin has avoided in statewide races in recent decades. Any recount could be followed by lawsuits – litigation that potentially would be decided by the high court.

Debbie would be an most welcome replacement to Mr. Awesomeness.

Mornin’, BT, pups

DWS, excellent choice for DNC chair. She’ll do exactly what DLC/Third Way tell her to do. Neoliberal is as neoliberal does.

We have to figure out a way to better counteract the campaign money coming from the right. WI recount prolly a given now. Organizing at the local level more important than ever.

I believe the authors are referring to the state Sup Ct, since they never mention the SCOTUS by name.

Obama’s bipartisanship fetish was seen as a sign of weakness by the Republicans and they have therefore forced him to cave at every turn. Obama has earned a primary challenge. The working and middle class deserve someone that will fight for their interests and not a narcissistic caver.

Got anybody in mind? Somebody who isn’t a neoliberal.

She’ll also prpbably refuse to put money in races where the rethug opponents are “friends” since politics is clubby you know.

From what I’ve read the day-to-day stuff will be done by operations staff. They’re not gonna support anybody who even shows left-leaning tendencies.

Peter DeFazio of Oregon comes to mind.

http://www.defazio.house.gov/

Good Morning, Dogs On Fire

Well, it’s moot anyway since Obama “picked” Wasserman-Schultz for the post. We can identify better choices, but AFAIK it’s a done deal.

G’morning, Firepups! Just read the entire WI election liveblog thread. I’m still not sure who won “officially” but it looks like a recount. 778 comments and nary a troll.

Hiya, Demi. I’m back to watching the eagles again this morning.

I am not going to be bummed out, that another warmonger, and corporatist, has replaced the previous warmonger corporatist, the incomparable Tim Kaine. Kaine was replaced five months after successfully leading a Democratic Party to defeat. But he did his most important job for quisling Obama. Kaine led the D’s toward supporting everything the Republicans and Ronald Reagan want. Obama has a crush on Reagan.

But the reason I am not bummed out is because I received my brand new beautiful FIREDOGLAKE T-shirt!

Yeah, I turn ‘em on first thing.

Paul Ryan and the extreme Republicans in Congress are only interested in the “numbers” of corporate profits. This plan blows up the deficit while making deep cuts in programs that matter, “balancing” the budget with tricks that place he burden on ordinary Americans. RyanCare will literally kill seniors off by ending Medicare.
http://www.sunstateactivist.org

Nice. Something natural. Real. No guilt or responsibility attached. We need more of that.

The Lake needs to sell them separately too. I didn’t take any swag but would definitely buy a tee.

I managed to get into their chat room late yesterday (closes at 8 CDT) and the sense is that the 3rd hatch will be tomorrow, based on when eggs were laid. I happened to be looking when one baby got out of the nest (i.e., out from under Mom) and poked around for several minutes before it went back where it belonged.

Troll moms won’t let their little ones stay up that late.

I saw that too. I’ve yet to see dad bring food though.

Morning BT & Firepups:

The fact that the WI Supreme Court race is too close to call is somewhat disconcerting, given the fact that recalls of other “elected officials” will be forthcoming. In other words, the wingnuts will be out in force (with all their Kool Koch & Citizen’s United money) to make sure the recall efforts fail.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

(Thanks, HST)

The audio alone is worth the click. Like being in a forest. Soothing.

Dad’s ears musta been burnin’, There he is.

What gorgeous animals.

I’ve seen Dad in and out of the nest, and sitting on the babies/egg a couple of times, but haven’t seen any food arrive — although there are a lot of carcasses in the nest. Apparently both hunt.

She has a “where the hell have YOU been” look, too. I was watching at one point yesterday when she was calling and calling. First I had seen that.

Hundred thousand viewers as we speak. Quite the show.

Snark from comments to yesterday’s NYT story:

It’s fun to watch the eagles… until they bring home Bambi.

I kid, I kid.

Still too close to call? Bummages.
Good morning.

If you like the Democratic Party as the left-hand puppet of the MOTU, doing the bidding of the MOTU (no less than the Republican Party right-hand puppet) and not representing the best interests of the American people, then you might think that Debbie Wasserman Schultz is an excellent choice.

By afternoon it’s usually up to 175K or so. I didn’t realize that it had been so widely reported in the media.

I just have it up in a separate tab with the sound (on the stream) turned off, and grab a look every so often. I could easily just sit and watch all day.

Headed for a recount, looks like. But I think Prosser is up by a couple thousand vote.

This one has Prosser by 589

I have it up at work and peek alla time.

Tim Kaine wants to succeed Jim Webb? Good Grief!!! …I doubt it will happen.

Though not given to conspiracies, it’s hard for me to believe it’s even this close given the turnout.

Oh, but I really like the sound. When the dad just took off, mom called out to him. It’s hard not to anthropomorphize. I thought I heard her say, Fine, you take off. I’ll just stay here, like I usually do. But, would you pick me up something yummy on the way back, please?

Even with his campaign slogan of “I Suck Less”?

Chocolate for me, Ruth… I take public transit to work and only drive, if I absolutely have to.

On twitter, @Shoq was speculating about Dielbold voting machines having something wrong with their programmed malfunctions…

I think that may be Pop on the nest now. I am beginning to be able to tell them apart. I agree about anthropomorphizing. I was going to say in #26 that she had a look on her face, but I decided that was too much.

Wish I could do that. But I can’t get anywhere without a car (or my bike, but that’s not great for shopping and there are lots of busy streets between my house and ANYTHING).

I dont quite understand the enthusiasm of DWS. If nothing else this is obummer pandering to the left because he knows hes screwed without them. But putting that aside what exactly will she do? Howard Dean was considered a godsend when he was appointed and now is hypocrite and corrupt as much as the next dem. So seriously besides lying to dem supporters about how great obama and the dems are in order to get them to donate what else will she do?

Why do these wingers love and defend Gbagbo so much? Because he’s a member of “The Fellowship” the pantomime “Christian” group from which another African leader is pushing an execute the gays law. Could it be Gbagbo was leaning in that direction too?

Maybe it’s a stretch, but the stories here and the results in WI indicate that probably more than just 30% want a fascist, authoritarian government to “return government to the people,” but actually to end the Constitution as the law of the land. The Constitution will then be used only as an aegis to hold people in line. The use of lies to substitute for facts and reality seems to present no problems for the supporters because this is what they want to hear.

:-))

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Afghanistan: 1,525

US KIA Irak: 4,445

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

US MBS 2011: 11,780 and counting

The Story of the Eagle

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things

Namaste

No war but class war

Never. Give. Up.

I think Schultz will be better than Tim Kaine but then again so would anybody not dead.

G’Morning, Peggy
What a stunning compliment. *g*

New post up top…

I’ll be driving by the nest in about 30 minutes.

NE Iowa is the ‘driftless zone” not covered by the last glacier. Limestone bluffs and a beautiful Oneota Valley of the Upper Iowa River. My Golden will be the trout stream nest to the nests hauling 20 lb. limestone rocks from the chrystal clear water to have her retrieve.

My little slice of heaven.

I just got a “call to action” email sent to my work email addy from:

Karen Harbert, Institute for 21st Century Energy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

urging me to send a letter to Congress urging them to block the EPA’s overreach.

Sounds wonderful. The camera panned around the area yesterday and it is beautiful country!

Is that legal?

That *whoosh* when the eagle took off flying was sure something!!!

Sorry but it’s pretty true. Kaine is a dishrag.

Im not saying she wont be but again we’re cheerleading the lesser of two evils. I mean exactly what will she do that will be so great? Besides lying to supporters in order to get donations as thats all the dnc chair does. Solicit donations. Dean championed the 50 state strategy which seemt o be a godsend until it became apparent alot of the dems elected were horribly corrupt blue dogs.

Awesome. I kind of prefer the whoosh to the sound of flesh being ripped off for the babies to eat. But, that’s nature, I guess. Really puts things into perspective, doesn’t it? They could care less about the election results or dishrags.

Im not saying she wont be but again we’re cheerleading the lesser of two evils

“We” who? I’m not cheering for anybody.

They’ve got far more important things to tend to! It’s amazing to see the wind whipping through thier feathers. Really gives me a spiritual lift.

Meditative. Blissful. And, yes, spiritual. I’m so glad you’re enjoying it also.
Big h/t to Molly for turning us on to this. And, Dragon too.

I find it hard to follow right wing “Christian” motivations – and supporting the loser in the Ivory Coast election is a case in point.

But it does seem that the GOP is taking out for a test drive the meme “Do you want a Secular Atheist nation friendly with Islamic Radicalism” – forgetting all the ways that meme does not apply to the US and the Democratic Party.

Guess it is all about “framing the issue” and “hot buttons for rubes” – fortunately I do not see much more than isolated instances of the above being test driven these days – so it may be a step too far.

Thanks for that update on Gbagbo, Margaret. I didn’t realize that Ivory Coast’s dictator who LOST the popular election was supported by Doug Coe & his nefarious C Street “Family/Fellowship” tribe. Yeah, quite possibly Gbagbo was leaning towards supporting similar “kill the gays” legislation that Ugandan “Family/Fellowship” so-called “Christian businessmen” are pushing to be passed in Uganda.

Figures! Here we have a dictator flouting the law in Ivory Coast, and we pick up the rock and what scurries out but a bunch of C Streeters like scum bag Inhofe… unsurprised.

Thanks for connecting those dots. Doug Coe’s evil “band of brothers” (they’re very male dominate) is very active around Africa… allegedly in the name of spreading the word about “Jesus,” but in reality about being brutal, dictatorial and figuring out how to rip off money in various ways, usually by oppressing “others” like gays and women.