If the birthplace of democracy has money to wage endless warz around the world, why doesn’t it have money to deploy Democracy’s Gold Standard?

Presuming the chain of custody for those paper ballots is secure (not always a safe assumption, naturally) a transparent public hand-count of those ballots should yield reliable results. Had they been counted by humans last night, at the precinct, in front of the citizenry and video cameras, before ballots were sent back to a central counting location — as per Democracy’s Gold Standard — chain of custody concerns would not have been as much of an issue.

All the Democrats have to do is raise the white flag allowing dear leader to declare a glorious bipartisan victory.

Which will happen in 5… 4… 3… 2….

To illustrate the point, consider that Judge Prosser won his last election to the bench by garnering 99.54% of the 550,000 votes cast.

Well, that puts it in a whole, different light.

Good morning.

apparently you missed the top notch messaging from the Dim-0-Shits — use the word “extreme” to define the right wing thieving liars.

of course, since you missed the key meme, you also missed how to deliver the meme:

1. you know how a 4 or 5 year old says “that’s not fair” when they find out there isn’t a passover bunny or santi claus? put on that CRUSHED look of disappointment and say “they’re extreme”.

2. you know those condescending know it alls with the better-than-thou degrees, titles, and jobs – you know how they deign to en-lite-en you, how they interrupt their Great Thoughts to sprinkle the unwashed with some grace of genius – stick you’re nose in the air, barely look at who you’re talking to, and say “they’re extreme”

I’ve lived in Boston or Seattle for 30 of the last 32 years – this is the sum of Dim-0-shit messaging – oh yeah, and don’t forget the diaper pissing fear that if we do anything NOT approved of by the reich wing, then the reich wing will lie, the middle will get scared, and we’ll lose.

rmm.

Good Morning All.
Oh, right Chris. It’s the unions’ fault. (Did I place the apostrophe correctly? I guess it depends on how many unions he was talking about.) If I was in a bad mood, I’d call him a fat fuck.

What Christy really meant,

“I believe the teachers politicians in New Jersey in the main are wonderful public servants that care deeply. But their union, republican party their union tea party are a group of political thugs,”

Good morning, everyone! The Decorah eagles channel is offline for some reason, although it was fine earlier. *frown* Third baby hatched last evening.

A fundy rightwing former colleague and friend (we stay away from politics or religion) posted a link on my FB page to a Fox story that says Teh Beckster isn’t out at all, that he’s got some new “TV and digital projects.” I won’t dirty the thread with a linky.

If I was in a bad mood, I’d call him a fat fuck.

I’m in a perfectly fine mood, and he’s a fat fuck.

But you may mean if I “were” in….G’Morning, dear.

Babies!!! I had it on all day, but when I looked last night it was offline.

Here it comes: Time to start blaming the left for Obama’s failures, just in time for the election campaign.

So while libs can whine all they want about Obama’s imperfections and so-called failures, the instant you turn it all around and look at the alternatives, and then hitch them to the current GOP-led House’s plans to gut the budget and spew hate on women and gays, the arts and the poor, promote Islamophobia and kowtow to the rich, well, suddenly Obama shines all over again like the gleaming savior we all want him to be.

It’s long and goes on and on and I advise anybody feeling queasy this morning to avoid this piece of shit but if you want a look at what the campaign is going to be about, check out Rahm Emanuel Mark Morford.

John Boehner is interested in appeasing the tiny percentage of extreme partisan that call themselves the “Tea Party,” not in fulfilling his constitutional responsibility to govern this nation for all Americans. That he is willing to kill millions of jobs and risk a devastating recession because of partisan politics is mind-blowing. How do you remove these extremists from office? Can a Speaker be impeached? Better do it…and fast.
http://www.sunstateactivist.org

Thanks, sis. I wonder whether it were better to be a f. f. or a political thug.

Christie blames teachers’ Unions and Sawyer never even mentions the tax cuts he gave to the rich.

Well, that puts it in a whole, different light.

Exactly.

Morning BT & Firepups.

Rude weighs in on the Ryan budget proposal. He sugar-coats his sentiment, as usual…

Perhaps because she’s one of them…

Such language from such nice ladies. *g* But, sometimes we just gotta tell it like it is.

Obama shines all over again like the gleaming savior we all want him to be.

Ewww. I think I might puke pass on that article.

Japan is finally admitting that they may have to expand their evac zone. Any bets they set it to the 50 the US military used so long ago?

I now have foxes in my back yard. It’s been at least 20 years since I’ve seen foxes in the wild. But unlike the coyotes, they won’t come in the yard to play with the husky’s.

Boxturtle (Molly@9: you left out ‘butt ugly’)

YOU started it!! *G*

I’m so excited about Saturday. Aren’t you?

Mornin’, BT, pups

I’ll take “What came out of Morford’s ass” for 200, Alex.

Molly@9: you left out ‘butt ugly’

OOPS. Sorry, my bad. Time for another cup of tea.

Yeah, that’s why I selected that paragraph to quote. Let’s you know what you’re in for right away.

He’s at least a fucking fuck no matter what kind of mood I’m in.

on edit;
Sorry all, good morning and thanks for the post BT.

(Beaming proudly.)

Hey, Blue Texas. On August 4, 2008 you wrote that the “Democrats have not sufficiently hammered Bush/Cheney on gas prices.”

Where is your outrage today?

Blaming us? We may take credit for it! The idea that Obama goes down in flames is not at all scary to me.

Hells Bells, I might knowingly vote Trump over Obama. Trump will at least tell the truth about what he plans (even if I disagree with it) and he’ll be a heck of a lot funnier than Obama.

Boxturtle (Ain’t nobody gonna primary Obama? Anyone? Bueller?)

The money line from the Rude One:

Paul Ryan’s budget is not a serious document. It is, instead, a few pages of dried ejaculate on paper.

Yeah. I wish some honest producer would publish video of the media clowns and the politicians before and after the interview when they’re winking at each other and laughing their rich asses off at the rest of us.

G’Morning Texas Scooter Boy.
It’s a good thing I have V. Work today. Maybe I’ll stay out of trouble.

What happens Saturday?

Hey Cygnus! Nice work! You became a registered member just this morning so you could be a content troll? Maybe you should have hung around and lurked a bit before you jumped in and on your very first comment removed every shred of credibility/

There are people who are able to pick up those feeds. I only wish they’d start putting them up on the Intertoob Machine.

Check the Book Salon sidebar, hunny bunny.

Very delicately stated, alright.

Oh. Very cool. Bring it…

Fits right in with my new nickname for Rick Scott – the Libertarian Wet Dream.

Amazing, isn’t it? Flies right in with his/her giant troll flag in hand.

I’m predicting a heeuge turn out.

He sure seems bent on turning Florida into Somalia for you and a money making machine for himself. If there was any politician I think might do something egregious enough to be removed and jailed, it would be Rick Scott.

I am thanking the universe for you and Peg. Schmackdown.

Wonder if he’s a paid troll? Did he actually remember 2008 or was that fed to him?

Trolls used to be cleverer in hiding their true nature.

Boxturtle (I’m still pounding ObamaLLP for their constitutional ignorance. I’ll get to gas prices when I’m done there)

the Libertarian Wet Dream.

Very apt.

Gonna be good…

I’m still trying to figure out the point of the comment…

I just don’t get it. What is the deal with content trolls?

(I’m still pounding ObamaLLP for their constitutional ignorance. I’ll get to gas prices when I’m done there)

Copy that. Gas prices, while quite annoying, are somewhat further down the list…

It’s back up now as of a couple of minutes ago.

Good morning all.

That’s what I was wondering. S/he mentioned a post from three years ago but only registered this morning. That tells me that they are either a paid troll, a formerly banned troll or somebody’s sock puppet.
But yeah, as SD said, this one came in with the troll flag flying high.

She’ll do it because it’s fun, and lie about what she thinks of it for money.

Typical Palin…

Oh, look. New food.

Yeah, at least two new fish since last night. Gotta keep that big family well fed.

Beats me. Mayhaps they think they can stir something up. Gotta be a lot smarter than a box o’ rocks to do that here though.

Hey. I’m not here as much as I used to be, so maybe I missed something. Is Jim White okay? Haven’t seen him or Pouting Baby for a bit. Hope everything’s okey dokey.

Heckuva job getting us into another war Obushma. This kind of thing seems to be becoming more frequent. Who would have ever expected it, (who hasn’t been lobotomized)?

AJDABIYA, Libya — At least five people died in an airstrike on a Libyan rebel position near the eastern oil town of Brega on Thursday, a hospital nurse said.

Rebel fighters blamed the airstrike on NATO forces.

Don’t you love that baby? Often fits my mood. And Im home sick today, so not at all cheerful…feel awful. Awwwww, I know.;)

Here’s a little something to get your feet a’tappin’.

Gotta be a lot smarter than a box o’ rocks to do that here though.

Generally speaking, people smart enough to be good ones aren’t trolls.

(((Reverly)))
Take care of yourself.

I’m sorry. Is it that awful, ass kicking flu that is going around Austin? So far I’ve managed to avoid it and I hope I can keep avoiding it. Sounds truly horrible.

Blaming us? We may take credit for it! The idea that Obama goes down in flames is not at all scary to me.

If it’s obvious to all that Obama has gone down in flames because he failed to be the president he promised to be and because he failed to pursue progressive policies, great.

The problem with the spin of blaming the “left” is that Obama’s failures won’t be seen as having been his own flipping fault for screwing over the American people.

It matters that his failure will be spun as our fault rather than his.

Reports of my demise are premature.

I’m composing a US-Pakistan post at the moment (but a vet visit might delay my finishing it) and Pouting Baby is now a weekly Thursday night thang. It’s very likely that Pouting Baby tonight will be asking why the house where he grew up is now a dirty word (uterus) in Florida.

I saw our one-trick (play with numbers) troll tried it again on a WI thread yesterday evening. Fell flatter than a popcorn fart.

And Morford is conveniently forgetting how “well” that strategy worked in 2010. The Bonehead.

Hey, ya get to watch the eagles all day. I’m jealous. Get better. (((RevBev)))

Thanks, guys….I hope it’s not the flu…not my sense of it yet. But not fun. Stay well.

Yeah I saw that too. The word pitiful or pathetic comes to mind.

And Angela…the most contented thing I have ever seen…sleeps like a rock.

Jimmy Boy! Coolio. Just been thinking of you.

Local news talking about all the T-Partiers on Capitol grounds. Budget talk, of course.

Seems we are having fewer lately. Can’t say I miss it.

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Afghanistan: 1,527

US KIA Irak: 4,446

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

US MBS 2011: 11,904 and counting

Wooden Ships

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things

Namaste

No war but class war

Never. Give. Up.

So while libs can whine all they want about Obama’s imperfections and so-called failures, the instant you turn it all around and look at the alternatives…suddenly Obama shines all over again like the gleaming savior we all want him to be.

Thanks for the warning about avoiding this piece if we’re feeling queasy this morning.

Obama’s flowery rhetoric will never again convince anyone that he’s the gleaming savior we all want him to be. Never. Ever. Again.

Meanwhile, we’re stuck with “we suck less” bullshit until the Democratic Party gets its head out of its ass or progressives can break away.

New post up top!

Nancy at the clinic told me about a 5 year old tortie at a rescue place in Clearwater. Long haired female. This is her 3rd rescue place. Gonna go see her Saturday. May have another tortie in the colony. After 20 years with one it doesn’t feel right not having a tortie.

Time for dis one to start getting ready for the day. Thanks all for a good start.

Wow, sounds like a courtship to me…Good luck. Bet she’s a cutie.

WooHoo! Good luck! I’ll email you some Kuroneko pix on Saturday too. Cool?

Yeah. Gotta see how tejana wants to handle Itsa’s death.

I’m pretty sure it works this ways. The trolls get a set of talking points and some terms that they are told to look for in the blogs to trigger them. Up to a point the whole operation can be computerized, so you never really know if it is a person or HAL. It can also be out-sourced to India or Israel, where I think most of the trolls actually reside.

Someone needs to give Christie a hug or some love.While riding in cars with stupid people , I noticed the Garden state and the Volvo drivers act a bit odd. The Jersey drivers would change lane on a microsecond noticed. They would speed up to get ahead of you in traffic just to slow down. When we were in college they would ask weird questions. Not the “where is the beef” questions, But are you sure two plus two is four? I can up with a theorem or fallacy that something has to be in the drink water , air or the food they consume. Because its to many cave dwelling troglodytes in that state to be coincidentally, As for the Volvo drivers, I still have not come up for any reason for their insane behavior on the road.

Are you a troll? ;) We had lessons yesterday on “it’s”, and I’ll add a note about “to” or too…..

I want something horrible to happen to christie.

“Teachers unions brought this on themselves.”

Why the hell do these assholes think they can get away with cutting taxes on the rich and fucking over workers and the poor?

Is this asshole really arrogant enough to think shared sacrifice means cutting taxes on his rich friends?

Seriously what the **** is wrong with this guy.

The entire republican party has built up so much bad karma that either there’s going to be a lightning storm at the next RNC leaving no survivors thanks to a good divine smiting or the bad karma will build up into such a dense ball that a micro black hole opens up taking christie, ryan, trump, cry baby boner and all of the other assholes into a singularity.

I hope he gets acne, boils on his acne, acne on his boils on his acne and leprosy on his acne on his boils on his acne. Just something monumentally horrible.