Making A Profit From Teabagging

Not everyone agrees with me-- and I can see, and even respect, the opposite point of view-- but I've always had it in my head that when you really believe in something, it transcends the profit motive. When I was a college freshman, for example, I really, really believed that all the problems in the world would be solved if everyone got stoned. At my campus there was a small hard core of beatnik types and folkies smoking pot, and there was one senior who sold pot, for $45 an ounce. ISource: DownWithTyranny! RSS Feed

Matthews Finds Another Reason to Fawn Over Bush's Top Gun Moment

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Just doing my best here to help Digby achieve her life's work.

I plan to make it my life's work to remind Chris Matthews of these little exchanges. It was the day that Matthews revealed that he and the other media whores were not just shilling for the GOP for professional reasons, but that they actually had a barely contained (and inexplicable) sexual attraction to George W. Bush.

Chris Matthews finds another excuse to praise WSource: Crooks and Liars RSS Feed

Guatemalan mob beat and burn to death 3 suspected criminals

People watch a police car burn during a riot in Solola, Guatemala, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. According to the Solola police, two men and one woman were beaten and burned in public after residents, who blamed them for killing a public bus driver

GUATEMALA CITY — Police say a mob in Guatemala burned to death two men and a woman suspected of killing a local bus driver.

Photos show the half-burned bodies lying in a street in the western city of Solola.

Police say the threeSource: The Two Malcontents RSS Feed

Tiger Woods injured in car crash

Golfer Tiger Woods, 33, has won 93 tournaments since going pro in 1996.

CNN

Golfer Tiger Woods was taken to a Florida hospital after suffering serious injuries in a car crash early Friday, officials said.
The one-car accident occurred about 2:25 a.m. near his home in Windermere, a suburb of Orlando, according to an incident report from the Florida Highway Patrol.

Woods, 33, had just pulled out of his driveway in his 2009 Cadillac SUV and had begun to driveSource: AC360 RSS Feed

SEALs capture terrorist - SEALs arrested!

First we had Congressman John Murtha accusing US Marines of atrocities in Haditha, Iraq - a blatant lie based on false information supplied by the enemy. Those Marines had to face an arduous multi-year trial despite the obvious fabrication of evidence, and it is still not over for some. Next we have the Obama administration seeking to soothe Muslim fears about "backlash" after a Muslim Major commits the first successful act of terrorism on our soil since 9/11, while theySource: Faultline USA RSS Feed

22 year old local Crystal Lake IL Man Killed Tues (Waiting for Obama's Dithering To End)

I hope Hussein enjoys his Thanksgiving dinner with his family as one local soldier, Army Specialist Jason McLeod, who was killed in Afghanistan while it took Obama 3 freaking months to come up with some kind of troop strategy won't be spending the holiday tomorrow or any other for that matter with his family who will instead be mourning his tragic loss.


May God rest this young man's soul and all prayers for his family and all the others men, women and their loved onesSource: Chicagoray RSS Feed

ThinkFast: November 23, 2009

The federal government faces “a trifecta of headaches: a mountain of new debt, a balloon of short-term borrowings that come due in the months ahead, and interest rates that are sure to climb back to normal as soon as the Federal Reserve decides that the emergency has passed.” Still, the NYT’s Paul Krugman warns that a phantom debt menace could hinder our nation’s economic recovery.

The New York Post reports that JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon is being rumored as a potentialSource: Think Progress RSS Feed

Some Random Shots From Day 1 in Las Vegas

Had a long day today. Departed Petaluma in a steady drizzle at 6:30 for the 604 mile drive to Las Vegas. Made a few stops on the way for gas and food, and finally pulled into the parking lot at The Flamingo at 4:00 pm. Pretty much what I thought would happen, and there were no surprises along the way.
We did a little sightseeing and shopping, per usual, and now it's time to crash for awhile.
Here are some of the nighttime scenes on Las Vegas Blvd. and in the Conservatory atSource: HolyCoast.com RSS Feed

The Future of Mobile Banking

CGAP and DFID teamed up on a brand new report peering into the future of "branchless banking," which they define as the delivery of financial services in essentially any way other than through the traditional brick and mortar bank branch. A big component of branchless banking is, of course, mBanking-- banking with your mobile phone.

The paper asks what governments and the private sector can do to affect the development and uptake of branchless banking in the next ten years, looking atSource: NDN RSS Feed

Ollie North tries to raise funds as a climate Contra-rian

Sorry, that pun was the best I could do on short sleep.  I welcome better headlines for this Kate Sheppard piece, “Oliver North Goes Off the Climate Deep End,” first published in Mother Jones.

Oliver North is using climate change denialism to fundraise for his non-profit group Freedom Alliance. In a six-page stream-of-consciousness fundraising letter, North warns of the “liberty killing ‘Cap and Trade’ boondoggle” that socialists are plotting in response to the “phonySource: Climate Progress RSS Feed

Going Rogue Chapter one.

The first observation I have to make about this book is the unbelievable number of lies, and revisions of history contained within it.
This book belongs right in the middle of the "Fiction" section of your local bookstore. The "Bad Fiction" section of you local bookstore.
This book is 413 pages long (19 pages having been removed to placate a certain young ex-hockey player. I was able to contact "Team Levi" yesterday to ask about this, and while they could not definitively say they Source: The Immoral Minority RSS Feed

Video: Californian firefighter warns of increased wildfires due to climate change

Thom Porter, staff chief at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) talks about the changes he has witnessed in the Californian climate and how it is increasing the risk of forest fires:

A bit strange this comes via a story from the UK’s Telegraph, but an important, science-based message from someone in the front lines nonetheless:

Thom Porter, staff chief at Cal Fire believes climate change is in a large part responsible for the increase in fires.Source: Climate Progress RSS Feed

Watch Atlantis Launch on STS-129 Mission Live

STS-129 Crew Portrait
Live Feed provided by SpaceVidCast. I'll replace the video player with a recording as soon as it becomes available.
Commander Charles O. Hobaugh, Pilot Barry E. Wilmore, Mission Specialists Mike Foreman, Robert L. Satcher Jr., Randy Bresnik and Leland Melvin are secured in their seats aboard shuttle Atlantis. Radio checks are continuing for the crew while the countdown clicks down on schedule for a liftoff at 2:28 p.m. EST.
The launch pad Closeout Source: Thunder Pig RSS Feed

If I Could Ask Oprah One Question...

This afternoon's Sarah Palin-Oprah interview must have been on my mind yesterday because I kept thinking about things that Sarah could have asked Oprah...
Then I got to thinking that would be kinda've a cool feature--"If you could ask ________ one question" (and I haven't abandoned the "2012 Meet and Greet" feature either...after today's Harpo appearance, tomorrow should be a good time to talk about Governor Pain).
So, back to my question for Oprah.
Ms. Winfrey, I wonder ifSource: Blonde sagacity RSS Feed

In House Record, Many Spoke With One Voice: Lobbyists’

“One of the reasons I have long supported the U.S. biotechnology industry is that it is a homegrown success story that has been an engine of job creation in this country.” This written statement by Rep. Joe Wilson of North Carolina on the health care bill was identical to one by Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer and used language suggested by lobbyists.
By ROBERT PEAR
NYT
WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, theSource: Vox Verax RSS Feed

Carie Prejean's "most embarrassing mistake" just got SEVEN times more embarrassing!

Now a RadarOnline.com investigation has uncovered that there are SEVEN more “biggest mistakes” of her life – all of them solo performances, just like the one sex tape that the religious beauty queen has admitted to. And there are 30 photos of Carrie, most topless, some showing everything, and most taken by Carrie using her reflection in a mirror.

No Carrie, not five! Eight sex tapes! You and your little Christian va-jay-jay have made eight solo-sex tapes altogether. Source: The Immoral Minority RSS Feed

Selected News For Nov 14 – Nov 20

This thread is for the busy bees of S&L to post articles that demonstrate the distortions and biases of our establishment media.

To make the articles as readable as possible, please use the format described here.

And:

• Only post ‘hard news’ from establishment media outlets.
• Avoid editorials and ‘thought pieces,’ unless they are truly newsworthy.
• Eschew ‘major news’ items that most people will likely have seen elsewhere.
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The Science of 2012

Chris Mooney — he wrote the book on The Republican War on Science — says the scientific plot of the movie is not only bizarre but incomprehensible. Still, he says Roland Emmerich’s catastrophic sci-fi blockbuster is evidence that anti-science sentiment in Hollywood is declining:

We’re seeing a lot fewer mad scientists in major Hollywood films today, and a lot more scientist heroes. In 2012, the hero is Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who is–and this cracked meSource: The Moderate Voice RSS Feed

Our Modern Abe: When the Media Love Obama So Much, They Hate Themselves

Here we go again: a liberal journalist feeling Barack Obama's pain, that he would be instantly judged by the media. Wait, the Obama-mythologizing, pinch-me-history-is-happening media? Yes. Time's David Von Drehle wrote an article titled "Obama's Fort Hood Speech: Lost in Translation." Von Drehle compared it to...the Gettysburg Address:

Lincoln was lucky. His speech at Gettysburg wasn't televised, and so he wasn't subjected to hours of commentary in advance of his address, settingSource: NewsBusters RSS Feed

LIC development nightmare going on for years

August 13, 2009
Dear Queens Crapper,
I have lived in Long Island City all my life and let me tell you it has gotten so bad. I used to have to deal with prostitutes and johns in cars on my block - which was bad, but now I have worse things to deal with. One is the traffic agents who patrol my block like a hawk looking for prey. Then there is the property at 45-64 Pearson Street (across from the storage place), that is a mess. These developers bought this property at the height of theSource: Queens Crap RSS Feed

Lt. Colonel Allen B. West For President

When tolerance becomes a one way street it certainly leads to cultural suicide. We are on that street. Liberals cannot be trusted to defend our Republic, because their sympathies obviously lie with their perceived victim, Major Nidal Malik Hasan.

I make no apologies for these words, and anyone angered by them, please, go to Ft Hood and look into the eyes of the real victims. The tragedy at Ft Hood Texas did not have to happen. Consider now the feelings of those there and on everySource: Southern Appeal RSS Feed

Beat 360° 11/11/09

Ready for today's Beat 360°? Everyday we post a picture – and you provide the caption and our staff will join in too. Tune in tonight at 10pm to see if you are our favorite! Here is the 'Beat 360°' pic:

Sen. Joe Lieberman waits for fellow witnesses before testifying to the Senate Budget Committee.(Getty Images)

Have fun with it. We're looking forward to your captions! Make sure to include your name, city, state (or country) so we can post yourSource: AC360 RSS Feed

Lt. Col. Ralph Peters On FOX Speaks Out About Obama's Speech At Fort Hood

Breitbart

FOX News analyst and Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters was offended at the speech today by President Obama at Fort Hood.

Peters was not too happy with the president’s speech at the memorial:

“The speech was clearly written by someone who didn’t serve in the military… No, it wasn’t hard to comprehend and it’s not now. It was the act of an Islamic terrorist who gunned down 55 people, 54 people, because heSource: Theodore's World RSS Feed

'The State of the Stimulus' -- By: Veronique de Rugy

The Obama administration would like us to forget the promises it made about the U.S. employment outlook back in January when it was selling its massive $800 billion spending bill. Helped by his economic team, the president claimed that the stimulus would create around 3.5  million jobs, that the unemployement rate wouldn't go up beyond 8.25 percent, and and that, by the end of 2010, unemployment would have dropped to 7.25 percent.

It's obviously not happening. In this piece for TheSource: The Corner RSS Feed

Taxpayer March on Harrisburg Nov. 14

From our friends at POLICY BLOG: Join Pennsylvania Tea Party Coalition, Smart Girl Politics, Freedomworks, and other organizations for a Nov. 14 "March on Harrisburg" to take our message of fiscal responsibility and lower taxes directly to state lawmakers. Please join us for a big march and rally on the capitol steps in Harrisburg!
Who: Coalition of Tea Party groups and taxpayer advocates
What: March on Harrisburg (State Capitol Steps)
When: Saturday, Nov. 14th from 2:00Source: THE CENTRIST RSS Feed

NYT: Hasan Has ‘Second Hand PTSD’

From the always understanding New York Times:

A news photographer records footage of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s apartment door in Killeen, Texas. Painful Stories Take a Toll on Military Therapists

By BENEDICT CAREY, DAMIEN CAVE and LIZETTE ALVAREZ

November 8, 2009

Many of the patients who fill the day are bereft, angry, broken. Their experiences are gruesome, their distress lasting and the process of recovery exhausting. The repeated stories of battle and loss Source: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

Leave the bass alone!

From the NY Times:
Two men were arrested this week in Brooklyn, hauling almost 300 pounds of illegally caught striped bass up to their truck, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. Enforcement officers observed the men fishing off Breezy Point, the westernmost edge of the Rockaways, and followed them back to a dock in Shell Bank Creek in the Gerritsen Beach neighborhood, the D.E.C. said. The poachers had 46 fish, 44 more than the legal recreational limit. FortySource: Queens Crap RSS Feed

Eyad Hasan Brother of Ft. Hood Traitor/Muslim Terrorist says Hasan is a peaceful person

STERLING, Va. (AP) — A brother of the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood says the Army psychiatrist is peaceful person - and hopes he will be treated fairly by the legal system. Eyad Hasan said in an e-mail statement released Saturday that he hopes authorities will give his family information on Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s condition. He also says he hopes his brother is allowed the right to an attorney when he gains consciousness.

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OfSource: The Two Malcontents RSS Feed

The fog of war envelops Fort Hood

People constantly moved in and out of the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood during a CNN visit in June.

Bob Greene
CNN Contributor

It is a phrase that has for centuries been associated with human conflict:

"The fog of war."

It refers to the uncertainty and confusion that accompanies battle - both the violent encounters themselves, and the planning that puts soldiers onto specific fields of combat.

The fog of war - frustrating, endless,Source: AC360 RSS Feed

ummm…

http://feralchimp.com/blog/?p=601

According to the manufacturer, flight in ground effect does not require a pilot’s license, and in may places such vehicles can be registered as boats.

I’d like to get the phrase “we back up our assertion of the law with a huge escrow account for the lawyers and FAA fines” on paper with a few signatures…

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Brother Says Obama Had Abusive Father

From an annoyed Associated Press:

Obama’s half brother recalls their abusive father

By William Foreman, Associated Press Writer Wed Nov 4

GUANGZHOU, China – President Barack Obama’s half brother has broken his media silence to discuss his new novel — the semi-autobiographical story of an abusive parent patterned on their late father, the mostly absent figure Obama wrote about in his own memoir.

In his first interview, Mark Ndesandjo told The Associated Source: Sweetness Light RSS Feed

Miller Time Wednesday On Nancy Pelosi's Post Election Delusions

Video link
Proof liberalism is a mental disorder?
Here's some, the statement made by Nancy Pelosi after the election tail kicking democrats took last night that found it's way to the headliner of the Drudge report seen below, Meanwhile, Dennis Miller and the rest of the non liberal world are laughing at it, mentioned in the Miller segment above, as anyone who believes "losing is actually winning" like liberals do in the name of creating "fairness", could be or more likely isSource: Chicagoray RSS Feed

Will Dave prevail against the Norfolk Nineteen?

Could the “Turnip Taliban” undermine his leadership?

There’s now a betting market on the situation in the safe Tory seat of South West Norfolk where the move to de-select the PPC, 34 year old Elizabeth Truss, is opening up all sorts of issues over the powers of local parties and charges of sexism.

Last week the local executive decided by 19 votes to 14 to put Ms Truss’s candidature back to a special general meeting in a fortnight’s time because it was alleged thatSource: Political Betting RSS Feed

One Day He’ll Learn

I suppose one day Rick Moran will learn:

Because Rick is not sufficiently conservative wingnutty, we are told he is just angling for a Democratic job and he is comatose. I would hope that the lesson Rick would learn from this is that the party we both loved at one point is now run by insane people, but I’m afraid he drinks deeply from the cup of Broder and will decide that “if Pam Gellar and Robert McCain hate me and the Daily Kos doesn’t link me, I must be doing somethingSource: Balloon Juice RSS Feed

Not Disraeli's Two Nations, But Two Nations Nevertheless...

And the really scary one controls today's Republican Party: the curse of Richard Nixon (and Barry Goldwater) in action.

Matthew Yglesias writes:

Matthew Yglesias: White Men Are Not Very Progressive: A nice map from dreaminonempty at Open Left illustrates the vote share won among white men in the 2008 presidential election:

I would say that another message is that progressive politics is badly disadvantaged by a situation in which the overwhelming majorities of politicalSource: Grasping Reality with Both Hands RSS Feed

5 Bear Takeaways Lead to BIG Victory on Walter Payton Remembrance Day

See my post below this one for the Walter Payton Day information and little personal tribute on this tenth anniversary of his way untimely and still painful death for die hard football fans from all over including this man who idolizes no one yet loved the man and his unparalleled work ethic.
Anyhow the Bears came to play today as the Cleveland Browns left their game back home in Cleveland, the infamous Mistake By the Lake...just kiddin all you Cleveland peeps really pouring it on in theSource: Chicagoray RSS Feed