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Thursday, May 03, 2012

the tale of the magic thursday

meet mitt - the man from big oil

we usually don't link to huffpost (because arianna refuses to link to us) but here's an intersting exception: mark blumenthal's state-by-state electoral polling map of the presidential election

lolcats, circa 1870's

somebody invented dr. who's sonic screwdriver - for real
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Wednesday, May 02, 2012

skippy's wednesday night music club

rafalca romney version.

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if the gop hated czars so much

why did they appoint one in benton harbor, michigan...stripping away the democratic process for its citizens?
benton harbor’s finances are a mess. how could they not be in a town stripped of jobs and hope? so, the state has stripped its residents of their democracy. in what is accurately termed “fiscal martial law,” the state has named a czar to run the city. that appointee, joseph harris, has issued an order essentially stripping the elected city council of all powers. no money can be spent, no taxes raised or lowered, no bonds issued, no regulations changed without his approval. benton harbor’s residents now live in a dictatorship imposed by a republican governor famous for his belief that the poor should be punished and the rich rewarded.

this appointed dictator claims breathtaking powers. he can sell public assets, dismiss pension boards and take control of public pension funds and revoke labor contracts. what triggers this takeover? the law is remarkably vague. the governor may act if a payroll is missed, if there are complaints of late bill payment, if pensions are underfunded, if there is a significant budget deficit, a term that goes undefined. 

this takeover is a recipe for the worst abuses of oppression, cronyism and corruption. and here, too, benton harbor is the example. one of the few citizen treasures in benton harbor is the jean klock park, a half-mile of sandy dunes on the edge of lake michigan. it was bequeathed to the children of benton harbor by the klock family in 1917 in memory of their daughter.

but developers backed by whirlpool now want to appropriate a large portion of the park to turn it into a harbor shores golf resort with a 350-room hotel, two marinas, a 60,000-foot indoor water park (for members only), and a fancy golf course open to all who can afford a $5,000 entry fee and be approved by the club. the town’s citizens have resisted this development, which is under litigation.
but the new czar’s first act was to take over the brownfield redevelopment authority, most likely as a way to proceed with the development and sidestep the lawsuits. why be suspicious? because the law that the new czar is operating under was introduced by republican state rep. al pscholka, former staff aide to u.s. rep. fred upton, an heir to the whirlpool fortune.- chicago sun times

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wednesday car

teacher fired after receiving fertility treatments

mitt romney & bain capital: everything you hate about capitalism

watching porn turns off your brain

map of the dead zombie survival - powered by google
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forward





you know, that socialist, communist slogan of obama's.
well...seems that it is also on the flag of the state of wisconsin.
i'm sure that the folks who are creating this "havoc" about a freakin' word, don't
even know that 1) wisconsin is a state and 2) they don't know how to spell it.

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gop dismisses democracy

because of a "font" size.

no, really.
the michigan board of state canvassers has rejected the more than 200,000 signatures collected in support of holding a referendum on the state's emergency manager law. The board's two republican members said the petitions used the incorrect font size. - mother jones.

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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

skippy's tuesday night music club

it's kentucky derby time...

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think there is no war on women?

take a listen to this "best of the left" podcast. take a close listen. get disgusted. then get mad.

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ruby tuesday

the dccc is no friend to working families

mitt romney, american parasite

baby dolphin die-off continues in the gulf

it's amazing that we now have computer software that can transcribe voice messages perfectly into text...or not
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Monday, April 30, 2012

mike in raleigh

just cracks me up.

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the ad that should be heard around the country

instead of just massachusetts.


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here's monday

stop whining and dance, mittyboy

high tax rates won't slow growth

in fact, the deficit is a republican creation

look out, it's iceberg, the world's onlu albino killer whale
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Sunday, April 29, 2012

come sunday

congressional homophobes...where are they now?

dangerous booby traps set along popular utah hiking trail

shareholders raising a ruckus about ceo pay

50 shades of publishing
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Saturday, April 28, 2012

lazy saturday

rick santorum apologizes to rachel maddow

studies show wealth reduces compassion

social security has a huge surplus

it's eeyore's birthday in austin
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they want to kill my post office

Main Post Office by santa barbarian
Main Post Office, a photo by santa barbarian on Flickr.
the lobbyists want to kill it.
...in 2006, in what looks like an attempt to bust the postal workers' union, george bush signed into law the postal accountability and enhancement act of 2006. this law required the postal service to pre-fund 100 percent of its entire future obligations for 75 years of health benefits to its employees – and not only do it, but do it within ten years. no other organization, public or private, has to pre-fund 100 percent of its future health benefits.

...the transparent purpose of this law, which was pushed heavily by industry lobbyists, was to break a public sector union and privatize the mail industry. before the 2006 act, the postal service did one thing, did it well, and, minus the need to generate profits and bonuses for executives, did it cheaply. It paid for itself and was not a burden to taxpayers.
..so definitely write your congressman and ask him to roll back bush's idiotic law, and at least give the post office a chance to sink or swim on its own. - rolling stone
call the post office and tell them "don't shut this historic public service down - 202-268-2599

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Friday, April 27, 2012

friday night fireside

obama gets a jimmy fallon jump

rule number 1 about fight club: it is poor judgement to talk about fight club

geese may be spreading the frog-killing virus

here's a pic of the sf bay bridge getting hit by 8 lightning bolts
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

say hello

to the occupy san diego daily
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sweet thursday

how to grow the middle class

the biggest lie in american politics

tsa screeners arrested in la drug trafficking scheme

nra proposes gun rights for fetuses (don't worry it's a joke)
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

pay up or bleed to death

this is where our society has finally come. debtors prisons now seem, well..."quaint"
one of the nation's largest medical debt collection companies — already the subject of a lawsuit over alleged privacy violations — finds itself in more hot water as newly released documents claim that agency employees are actually working in hospital emergency rooms and sometimes demanding that patients pay up before they receive any further medical attention.

the nytimes reports on hundreds of pages of documents pertaining to the debt collector's practices obtained from the minnesota attorney general.

according to the times, the debt collector promises savings and increased collections to hospitals if they turn over control of certain administrative functions. this includes putting employees of the collections company in the emergency room - consumerist /nytimes

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wednesday blonde

is the miilitary labeling rape survivors as "crazy" to get rid of them?

everything is technology

why you don't want to work overtime

homeland security wants to implement philip k. dick for real
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Slang For Hashish...

"Lebanese Blonde":


Personally, I've never touched the stuff. Hell, I don't even drink anymore -- quit seven months ago, haven't touched that stuff since either. I just like this song.

Enjoy...

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

skippy's tuesday night music club

a little john edwards fiasco trial version.

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they're gunning for the green laws

cuz they don't care what they do to the health of the earth or actual human beings. they just want that money.
two leading conservative political organizations say they are stepping up coordinated efforts to repeal state-level renewable energy targets.

the american legislative exchange council (alec) — a “stealth business lobbyist” that works with corporate interests to help them write and implement “model” legislation — says it may soon start crafting laws designed to kill or weaken state targets for renewable electricity, heating and fuels. - think progress

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down the penrose lane

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more @ penrose on politics!
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tweet of the day

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on an ordinary tuesday

colorado voter id law shot down in committee

reason number 203 the gop war on women is real

the aristocracy of obscene wealth

asian glaciers bulk up, confusing researchers
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