Morning, BT.

Willard really screws the pooch in Ohio.

And Santorum likes to watch.

Line of the day:

Taibbi: We cheer for people who hit their own home runs in this country– not shortcut-chasing juicers like Bonds and McGwire, Blankfein and Dimon.

From last link above.

Well people cheered for McGuire and Bonds. Just sayin!

LOL. And Barry cheers for Blankfein and Dimon.

Even Morning Joke understands OWS.

Good morning.

Never thought I’d read Taibbi being naive.

“This sort of thing seems to happen every time the banks do something dumb with their money.”

Their money?!

I’ll see your must read and raise you a must watch.
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=74&jumival=795

Feet of clay?

Good catch.
G’Mornin’, BT and early dawgs.
I’m pretty sure I’m glad I don’t live in Mississippi. Or Florida, or Ohio (Sorry Boxturtle). That’s some kind of crazy. We’ll see how the votes come in.

Mornin’, BT, pups

We need to get Tiabbi back at the Lake for a nice discussion.

Today is Natalie Merchant’s 48th birthday.

Yeah, but that was before we found out they were juicers.

Not that bad a gaffe. Gotta allow some leeway. :-)

1) I don’t understand why greece doesn’t simply default. It is obvious to even the most casual observer that Europe is not going to come up with the funds to do anything else.

2) Even the GOP is chewing on Mittens over that one. Lot’s of tongue in cheek coverage of that locally. Still, would an indecisive, do nothing president with no detectable positions on anything be worse than what we have now?

3)The pro-life side is not going to give up. The smart ones truly believe that abortion is murder, the dumb ones are sure they’d go hell for anything that might not push the pro-life side because that’s what they hear every week from the pulpit and the cynics are counting votes.

4) Lucky for Mitt….

5) Well, duh! How long did it take to figure that out?

Boxturtle (Msg to Barry’s re-election team: I’m still not scared of Mitt. You need to do better)

SB5 is going to go down in flames. I think it will take the other two GOP initiatives with it.

But the abortion one will be very close, that’s the only thing that might get discouraged GOPers to the polls.

Boxturtle (Ohio not so bad. Fresh sweet corn and apples available in season)

Glenzilla’s up next on democracynow.

What I would demand of the Fed? Credit the Treasury’s account with enough to pay off all U.S. government debt — and make the Treasury do it.

At the amount they were being paid, I’d HOPE they were juicing. At that salary, I’d expect them to do whatever it took, regardless of the health or social impact, to get hits.

Boxturtle (wish I could find the tongue in cheek editorial that started with the above premise. Hysterical)

Tried to get my son to start a chant in the stadium. Clap. Clap. Tiny nuts.

I shouldn’t diss a whole state because some special groups have got an initiative on the ballot.
I’m sure most Ohio people are perfectly wonderful.
Like, when Prop 8 passed, I took some flack here. :(
I happen to really enjoy sweet corn. :)

Do you think the offenders knew beforehand of that trade-off?

oh please, if you want to see how narrow minded your liberal friends can be, move to Texas :D

Morning All

True dat!

what they hear every week from the pulpit

In a pudunk down in the middle of nowhere in Chester County, PA, a gathering of the faithful hold anti-abortion signs in front of the local Catholic church on Sunday afternoons. Ten cars might go by in an hour.

So pathetic.

I watched it yesterday and he is right on the mark. A must see indeed.

Yep, I’ve seen lottsa that here too.
Mind expansion for all, even liberals.
Did I miss your diary? Saw the photo of the girlies, tho.
(I wanted to see the whole fam.)

I happen to really enjoy sweet corn. :)

Visit the midwest in season. We keep the good stuff for ourselves and truck the rest nationwide.

Most people think Silver Queen is the best sweet corn. Some think its the ONLY sweet corn.

Boxturtle (Midwesterners just smile and say nothing when we hear that)

If I knew it, surely they did.

It was all so obvious to me, and I watch bb about 5 minutes/year when I’m passing an electronics store or having a meal at a bar with TVs. You could tell it instantly by the size of their necks. As for the ‘collateral damage,’ I have no idea where in the ether I picked that up, but I think it’s been known all along.

I know but McGuire is now the hitting for he Cards and I am not sure what Bonds is doing. Seems you have to cheat to make it in this country /s

yeah, I’m shocked as well – TradMed going with the ever reliable ‘both sides do it !™

CNN: “Police & OWS protestors clash in two cities”

Dear OPD, y’all better pray my niece didn’t clash with any rubber bullets

Up Against the WalMart Motherf***ers !

But the abortion one will be very close, that’s the only thing that might get discouraged GOPers to the polls.

Divide and conquer the GOP motus operandi. I guess they will keep using it until it doesn’t work anymore. IMHO

This Financial Times blog is a good place to follow the EuroBomb:

13.20: As German parliamentarians debate the eurozone crisis, anti-bank demonstrators have gathered outside the Bundestag, unfurling a 15 metre-long banner calling for “die Banken in die Schranken”. Quentin Peel says this means, freely translated, “Cut the Banks down to Size“, with just a hint of “Stick the Bankers Behind Bars“.

13.15: Angela Merkel is coming under fire in the Bundestag, says Quentin Peel, our Berlin bureau chief, as the chancellor’s opponents seize the opportunity to voice their anger ahead of a parliamentary vote on expanding the firepower of the eurozone rescue fund:

“One of the best speakers in the Bundestag is Gregor Gysi, leader of the far-left Linke party, and he never misses an opportunity to taunt his more worthy rivals in big debates with embarrassing insights.
‘Why don’t you tell the German taxpayers the truth?’ he demanded of Ms Merkel. ‘They are being asked to pay for the losses of the French banks’. The chancellor looked pained and irritated

.

Germany is what matters because they have the money the Global Financial Elite Wants. The trick is to rob the German People without them realizing it. At some point, one begins to consider the question of treason by state leaders.

Eeeaaasy hippie.

Good morning all. I got nothing today.

motus operandi

They use motorcycles? (Just teasing.)

here ya go :D

‘the family that preys together. . .’

Ya, like our leader.

Neo-feudalism / “austerity” for the 99% courtesy of our betters.

LOL

I was listening to the NLCS and heard them mention that McGuire was hitting coach. Damn near fell outta the chair. Bonds is still in legal trouble over his denying using steroids.

Not going so well in Italy either:

13.47 It’s all kicking off in Rome. At least two deputies from the Northern League, a member of the ruling centre-right coalition, had a fist-fight with members from the opposition FLI party of speaker Gianfranco Fini, Reuters reports. Two deputies grabbed each other by the throat as other parliamentarians rushed to separate them, while parliament was temporarily suspended.

The chancellor looked pained and irritated

That’s the look that O has most of the time these days.

Nothing really pushed my buttons very much. The whole fertilized egg = a person flips my switch, but we’ve been down that road here many times.
I’m not coming up with words this morning.

Time seems to heal all wounds apparently. Although I live in St. Louis I think Texas will win in 7 games. I am a hockey fan anyway. Go Blues.

Their egos probably make up for it. Is that medically possible?

Please, don’t answer that…. yech.

Hillary is 64 today. I think she looks better with long hair, but I’m biased.

Yes but “law,” enforcement has all that non-lethal weaponry that is going to go past the expiration date if they don’t use it up some place./s

Oh gosh, you’re all so adorable.
AND, the kids at my son’s school are dressing up this week; today is hero day and my son has the Guy Faux mask on at this very minute.

thank you Brother Dragon !

I was told I was being too sensitive (by white guys wearing dockers)whilst pointing out the racially tinged disparity in treatment by Big Sports Media btw Bonds and Macquire at the height of juice-a-palooza

DFH

If’n it ain’t baseball or Gators football (oh, lordy do they stink this year) I ain’t interested. I’d like it to go 7 with the Rangers winnin’. Last baseball I’ll get until March.

I just finished a little book called the “Problems of Death”. It covers Suicide, Abortion, and Capital Punishment. It presents all points of view and for me being an Atheist/Agnostic all the arguments from the religious point of view are mute. It amazes me how the GOP keeps using the abortion issue to keep dividing this country.

Um .. Why nothing on FDL about Oakland? Weird.

Neo-feudalism is exactly correct. From the CBO:

From 1979 to 2007, average household income for the nation’s top 1% nearly tripled, while middle-class incomes grew by less than 40%, according to a new report from a research arm of Congress.

Says it all in one sentence.

Obama deserves far worse than pain and irritation.

This was posted yesterday.

http://bit.ly/teIChZ

I’ll quote Woody Allen here: I’m not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
Lots about the GOP and their tactics and agendas amazes me.
You are not alone, not by a long shot.

From what I’m reading, when Europe blows out as it surely will, we’re going dooooowwwwwnnn!

I’m not getting the sense of a broad understanding of this from the populace though.

I feel your pain for the Gators/s

I’m not sure how long it is gonna take for the Vols to recover, but it isn’t happening this year…

I’m not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.

I will have to remember that one.

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Afghanistan: 1,821

US KIA Irak: 4,481

Afghan, Iraki and Pakistani casualities: estimaste vary to over 1.5M

US MBS 2011: 36,952 and counting

Autumn Leaves

No war but class war

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things

Namaste

Never. Give. Up.

I am off to swim (in a pool). Have a great day all. Never give up as SD says. Will check back later.

Check the Dissenter. Myself, TarheelDem, and Mzchief liveblogged the entire thing in Athena1′s State of the Occupation post from last night.

Kevin also updated his liveblog from yesterday throughout the night. Tons of live-tweeting, photos, and video to be found.

I want the character of DEATH from the Terry Pratchett books to be there when it happens. And I definitely would not want to miss that.

Otherwise….I’m sleeping through it.

Just remember, don’t be shy.

I’m talking about what happend last night, early am on east coast. (and I’m talking about the editors / front pagers etc.)

Morning Demi,

Several hearty thank yous from local union workers for poking that stick in the hornets nest for the Walker recall. My message was read into the record aloud at the bi-monthly meeting this week. From what some meeting attendees remembered, my agenda item request was referred to committee so that committee meeting is on my agenda to populate with supporters of the recall.

*snort*

Sounds great!

I won’t tell you about what happened yesterday at the Y. I decided not to swim, though. lol in a gross sort of way!

Occupy movement is covered on The Dissenter. Live with it.

it will all happen very quickly when it happens but it may drag out as the global financial elite will take the time they need to manufacture the theft of the german people’s money

best we can do is jump up and down, point and scream, and keep the spotlight on the thieves

they’re like cockroaches and they thrive in the dark

Great Job, Non! Keep up the good work. You really are being tenacious.
Proud of you, little brother.

That’s not fair. You bring it up, you dish, sister.

I’ll just state the take-away line from a special I saw once (on PBS):)

There is poo everywhere.

lol. In a gross way!

Well last night I went to Athena’s post and it had Toronto, Atlanta, Detroit, etc. So I couldn’t find any thing on any page about it. Now I see I was supposed to go three stories below to a different post from Kevin from many hours before. Whatever.

OK. Who hid my martini glass. There is going to be trouble.

I was going to ask if it was a Baby Ruth bar episode.

Vodka martini. Stirred, not shaken.

Geez, dude. Let it go already.

There is poo everywhere.

At PBS. LOL

I was sleeping, can you tell us in a two links or a few words???

The treadmill suddenly looked very attractive. Lucky I was wearing tennis shoes.

Just let me find my high heels :)

So, just forget what I said!!! Like you really can, now!

I’ll be ok tomorrow, and remember, chlorine works wonders!

I love you! Go swim and have fun! XOXOXO

btw, thousands occupied in snow (10-15″) overnight in Colorado -

I’ll just bet. Har. I was going to suggest the walking track.
Martinis go better with walking than swimming, I think.

I have this crazy image of a tipsy woman in a little black dress teetering around the track. Drives the guys nuts.

What a silly bunch we are :)

Whatever gets you through the night, it’s alright, it’s alright.

The weather is going to be a tremendous challenge. So happy that FDL is making such efforts to support the Occupiers. thank you to everyone here who has contributed money, time and effort.

tens of rounds of tear gas, bean bag shots, rubber bullets, and more shot by Oakland police at unarmed protesters

veteran “shot”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZLyUK0t0vQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0cDqeO8aL0&feature=youtu.be

fyi — started the hallloween cake yesterday – do I have enough time to do a Fawkes mask border ?!?!

and did I already share with y’all we had the genuine pleasure of meeting Firedog greenwarrior on Sunday ?!? as always, meeting a Firedog is like havin’ a coffee with a longtime dear friend -

John Boener is going to be here for a fundraiser tomorrow. It is at the Walden Club, a private club on the 20th floor of our BOA building. How is that for a twofer?

The law firm I worked for has the 16th – 19th floors of the building. It is going to be interesting to see the reaction when I run into old friends from Baker Donelson.

somewhere in my surfing last night, organizers everywhere are talking about Occupying in shifts – eg, you go to my house, take a hot shower, sleep in a warm bed while I work my shift ? dfh’s for the win !!!

You’re a wonder, wonderwoman.
Greenwarrior is a doll. I’ll bet she’s cute too.
(Sorry I misspelled Guy’s name. I’ll take a 5 minute penalty.)

…around the track, in high heels.

Attaturk had the links I saw earlier in the weekend and I’m scheduled with two different ministers this PM.

That.is.amazing. The power of WE.

I love the photo of the family. (You and oldnslow are an achingly beautiful couple).

Is that Kris in the mask?

Appreciated, thanks.

unbelievably cute ! scooter boy and I were both struck by how she looked younger than both of us even though she’s 10 yrs older – and so very down to earth and warm — you’d've loved it

This is Kevin’s beat and I’m sure will be the focus of the liveblog that will go up shortly. Don’t worry :) Nobody’s ignoring Oakland, or Atlanta, or Sacramento, or any of the other cities who were hit by police last night.

Shit yeah!

CBL and Kris are on facebook. You have my real name, so you can look me up and then check my friends for cbl.
If ya wanna.

yes,that’s our Kris, and oldnslow & I are wearing ours backwards

I’m Kris Andrews on facefook. Pic of me in a *gasp* Guy Fawkes mask!

That’s what I remember from a photo of a pup meet up hosted by texasbetsy – ages ago.

Maybe you missed my earlier comment, but my son wore his to school today. Fun!

apparently the pigscops moved in to Albuquerque last night as well

You are gonna have to beat off the women with a stick :)

I really messed up my Facebook. I don’t know what the dickens I’m doing. I had photos up, but set up for Public, then worried that some malign being would see them, so at midnight last night changed them all to Friends only…

What to do? About all of it. What about posts from othe people? This is when I really start to feel old!

What a good kid! I wore mine at the Hutto town festival a couple weekends ago. People kept looking at me like I was a demon.

I switched all of my stuff to friends only yesterday because we had a conference call with the company that bought mine out, a kind of orientation thing, and they said that they have a contingent of the HR department that monitors our social network activity.

I am Clare Boothe Lucid on facebook -

I know for sure that Albuquerque, Sacto, Oakland, and Atlanta had arrests. I’m sure Kevin will have more when he gets the liveblog up. I had to call off at 11 last night. I was so angry about Oakland. I couldn’t take anymore.

Ah, geez. What’s next? The thought police?

Cripes. But nothing we do online is private. I guess we just deal with it when and if it happens :)

did someone mention Hutto ?

:D

Frannie was in the streets of Oakland last night – still waiting to hear from her or her mother

*bowing to that creativity*

Cripes. I haven’t seen anything from her on facefook. Didn’t know she was there.

I’m taking off now. And, remember, there is no insignificant communication. Chit chatting keeps the lines open, and then when something significant needs to be discussed, it can.

Yes, as long as there is communication there is hope for just about anything.

XOXO

How are you listed on FB?

Victoria Love

I sent you a message, did you see it?

Not yet. I don’t check FB very often. Email me at gulfportfreepress AT yahoo dot com and I’ll reply from my normal email.

If you haven’t read Terry Pratchett, or seen The Hogfather, or Colour of Magic, here is a scene with DEATH and his granddaughter, Susan.

From The Hogfather

I’ll seee what I can do about getting someone to deliver milk to your doorstep in bottles./s

will do. watch the clip above, if you can from work.

I didn’t mean to sound morbid about DEATH, but he really is quite good.

Hey, good morning.

How’s the dispensation bidness this fine day? :)

It’s not whats on top of the head. it’s what’s in it.

Morning, sweetness. I think you cost me a sale yesterday. I will continue to love you anyway.

That is the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me :)

Is it possible to have Taibbi run for President? Man that piece would make a steam roller speech.

Spot on Matt. Spot on!

I should probably dial that back a bit. forest says she discovered that she had a Get Out Of Purgatory Free card, so I probably could not win a loss of business case against you in court. ;-)

Now, that’s a scandal right there lol.

I do love a good scandal.

Here, I have something for you in return … *unfolds a small piece of paper*

It is a One Way Ticket to Hell. You might find use for it oneday :)

It was given to me, but I have, thusfar, avoided having to use it.

What makes you think I don’t already have one of those?

Because. You are one of the good guys.

Now, look at the time. ((rc))

Off to do something odious :)

mornin’ all.

I could have handed out a half dozen one way tix this weekend. Had to rely on my catch phrase: that is some kinda b…sh.t.

Ahh, you saw right thru me. Despite my best efforts lol. Have a great day, see you later.

Awww, you saw right thru me. Despite my best efforts lol. Have a great day, see ya later. On edit:”connection errors” abound lately, sorry for the dupe.

Good morning, dos. Hang in there, I’m sure you’ll get other chances. We seem to be in an opportunity-rich environment right now.