Yesterday, I felt a little better and caught up on both sleep and replies to comments, but I still feel weak and tired. Today I have a routine quarterly appointment with my podiatrist, so I’ll be scarce.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 3:19 (average 4:42). To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From AFP: US Representative Michele Bachmann, fresh from a victory in a key Republican test vote, said Sunday she would reinstate a ban on gay troops serving openly in the military.
I’m shocked!
From The Nation: A day after Saturday’s Iowa Straw Poll results came in — Michele Bachman edged out Ron Paul with Tim Pawlenty a distant third, just ahead of Rick Santorum and nobody Herman Cain — Pawlenty pulled the plug on his flagging presidential campaign. What does this tell us? That our system of nominating presidential candidates is badly broken, beholden to a small number of extremist party activists in a couple of arbitrarily chosen small, rural states and an unthinking media echo chamber.
Pawlenty is crazy enough in his own right, but in that respect, he doesn’t hold a candle to Bachmann, Paul, and Perry.
From News Hounds: Yesterday (8/13/11), Fox News’ regular Saturday morning “business block” was pre-empted for a special with the fear-mongering title, “On the Brink.” Not surprisingly, host Neil Cavuto followed in the footsteps of other Fox segments and used the riots to fear monger that liberal policies might soon bring the same violence here.
Yesterday, former member of British parliament John Browne spent his entire segment blaming socialism and liberalism as the culprit of the British riots – without challenge from Cavuto.
And the sheeple said Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a.
Cartoon:
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There was a great editorial cartoon comparing U.S. bankers looting the Federal Reserve to London looters, with our bankers condescendingly calling the Londoners: AMATEURS!
http://www.dailykos.com/comments/1006474/42874214
Thanks! How fitting!
4:22 Beat me by more than a minute! I am 71 out of 227 (313).
Today is your best shot of the week. What browser are you using?
I use Firefox.
Try Chrome. I found it handles the javascript faster.
The best thing that could happen for this country is for the Justice Dept. and the FBI to bring charges against the Murdoch empire for hacking activities here in the U. S., thereby rendering Faux News meaningless.
But wait — evidence of criminality doesn’t seem to faze the far right, if they can “ignore” the 2008 financial explosion which is bringing down the entire world economy, courtesy of Alan Greenspan (markets will regulate themselves) and a voracious (and unrepentant) financial sector. Just blame the whole debacle on Obama.
Can we require i.q. tests in order to cast a vote?
The frightening thing is that half the people in the country are below average…and I bet the majority of them are republicans.
I bet you’re right.
I’d like to see their FCC license suspended.
Actually, Dixiecrats did that and rigged the test so the blacks always failed, before they changed parties and became the Republican base.