Yesterday the victims impact meeting in prison was excellent. My guys demonstrated authentic empathy toward the victims, recognizing the pain they have suffered, and the victims responded with compassion and concern. As always, I felt proud. This is today’s only article, but I am current with replies to yesterday’s articles. On a scale of one to ten, I’m pooped, so I’m going back to bed. Tomorrow appears routine. Good night!
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today’s took me 3:39 (average 4:38). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From MoveOn: SHOCKING Mitt Romney Footage: ‘I’m A Big Believer In Getting Money Where Money Is, And It’s In Washington’.
Lord Willard just loves that federal government to spend money… for the 1%.
From NY Times: Mitt Romney has been barnstorming the country, telling voters that he has a five-point plan to restore prosperity. And some voters, alas, seem to believe what he’s saying. So President Obama has now responded with his own plan, a little blue booklet containing 27 policy proposals. How do these two plans stack up?
Well, as I’ve said before, Mr. Romney’s “plan” is a sham…
…So Mr. Romney is faking it. His real plan seems to be to foster economic recovery through magic, inspiring business confidence through his personal awesomeness. But what about the man he wants to kick out of the White House?
Well, Mr. Obama’s booklet comes a lot closer to being an actual plan…
I strongly urge you to click through and read this entire editorial by Paul Krugman.
From YouTube: Colin Powell Endorses President Obama – October 25, 2012
Could Powell be the last big name Republican with integrity?
Cartoon:
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UN-F▼CKING-BELIEVABLE!
Today, Grumpy Old Man John "Get-Off-My-Damn-Lawn" McCain actually blamed Gen. Colin Powell for getting us into war with Iraq:
Let us not forget that it was McCain himself who Co-Sponsored Senate Joint Resolution 46 titled “Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq” that actually got us into the war (along with all the War-Hungry Neo-Con advisors to Bush/Cheney).
I knew there was a reason I labeled him McConJob.
Puzzle — 3:47 I think those are harp strings playing my end, not bridge cables holding up the bridge between here and there!
MoveOn — Rape and pillage Romney style! He is a user and abuser! Small government my ass!
NY Times — How is it that so many Americans can't see Romney for who and what he is? — the politician with the magic underwear and nothing more!?!? "Trust me!" he says, or rather intimates. Trust him? Trust is earned, not bought and so far he has done nothing to inspire trust. All he has done is lie, lie, lie, and when he was done, he flip-flopped and lied some more!
YouTube — I posted this to Care2 two days ago and thought it was great news! He supported Obama in 2008 too. It is too bad that it is coming so late in the election fracas!
Cartoon — The Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighter with stealth capability is designed a lot of different fighters — contract awarded 26/10/2001. Canadians are in a stew about this as we contributed to its development and agreed to purchase some, but many Canadians believe this is just folly! Also, 26/10/2001 Baby Bush signed the US Patriot Act, another contentious event! And that one still haunts Americans!
2:57 I crossed that bridge when I came to it.
3:30 You did not just cross it. You ran across it. Looks like your leg is all healed up.
Glad to see that you are healing! Can't have been the most wonderful hospital stay, but glad you are back, even if it is with a vengeance!
We're hoping that it's all healed. I have to have blood work done today to check my clotting factors. I keep getting clots and the doctors can't figure out why. I have a cholesterol count of 79 and I eat healthy and don't smoke. Now they have me on 2 different blood thinners. I don't like that at all! They are all stymied. So am I.
You trounced me, and MEGAjig clobvbered you!
I can's speak from experience, but I'd bet Willard's holy inquisition would be far bigger than your arse.
Good point!
Good catch!
No! Where did you learn to read numbers?
Patty 2:57
Jerry 3:30
TC 3:39
Lynn 3:47
As I said — harp strings! I'm last! From 1st to last in 24 hours!
OOPS! My Bad!
MoveON ~ Rmoney believes all the money is in Washington. That's why he wants to go there as President. He wants to dip his hands into the Treasury and help himself to more tax breaks. Cha-ching!$!$!$
NY Times ~ I stand with President Obama's 27 proposals as being more viable.
As NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF of the NY Times said : "If you want to see how Romney’s economic policies would work out, take a look at Europe. And weep."
YouTube ~ The idiot, John Sununu said Gen. Powell only endorsed the President for re-election because he is black. Just another angry old white man shaking his fist at the clouds.
Cartoon ~ Another reason why our deficit is so damned high!
Bingo!
So do I.
Bingo again!
Yet another bingo!