Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Headlines - Wednesday

Remember not so long ago when Israel used white phosphorous and cluster bombs in Gaza? When they tested the DIME explosives on those darkies? When the death toll was 13 Israelis to 1284 Palestinians? When they bombed 2 UN schools? Well according to Mr. Hope and Change and the US House, those things are "unworthy of legitimacy" 
 
The US House of Representatives condemned Tuesday the UN Goldstone report as unfairly accusing Israel of committing war crimes in its 22-day war against Palestinian militants in Gaza.

By a margin of 344-36, lawmakers approved a non-binding resolution that calls the report "irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy."

The symbolic measure also urges President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "to strongly and unequivocally oppose" any discussion of the report or action on its findings in any international setting.

The Obama administration has already condemned the report, which was expected to go to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, as unhelpful to its efforts to revive stalled Middle East peace talks.

"I think the UN report is unbalanced, and unfair, and inaccurate," said Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

 
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Jon Krakauer: McChrystal's explanation for Pat Tillman cover-up is 'preposterous': http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/01/jon-krakauer-mcchrystals_n_341545.html
 
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I call EXTREME BULLSHIT!

Let me get this straight: House Democrats are pissing on the health care plan by letting Bart Stupid Stupak (D-Mich.) whip the crap out of the bill because it currently allows for abortions in certain circumstances, but THIS IS OKAY?

Backed by some of the most powerful members of the Senate, a little-noticed provision in the healthcare overhaul bill would require insurers to consider covering Christian Science prayer treatments as medical expenses.

The provision was inserted by Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R- Utah) with the support of Democratic Sens. John F. Kerry and the late Edward M. Kennedy -- both of Massachusetts, home to the headquarters of the Church of Christ, Scientist.

So THIS is what constitutes "bipartisanship": screwing over women AGAIN, but allowing for bogus religious shit.

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My fiercest opponents on global warming tend to be in their 60s and 70s. This offers a fascinating, if chilling, insight into human psychology - by George Monbiot
 
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Can you believe it? ? I'm the only pig known to exist in Afghanistan today, yet the people around here are more
afraid that I'll give them the flu than they are of being blown to bits by a suicide bomber!"
 
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In Bryan, Texas, people are flocking to see the image of the Virgin Mary found in a bird dropping on a truck mirror. It appears that Salvador Pachuca examines all of his bird droppings before washing his truck and found a divine rendition of the Virgin of Guadalupe in bird poop. Story here.
 
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A strategy of lies
 
Man swears to tell the truth with fingers crossed behind his backThere's something you should know about the Republican party; they lie. Somewhere along the line (let's say, the Bush administration), it became the worst thing in the world to point this out. You can use the word "misled," you can say someone "fudged," you can use almost any synonym you like, but you can't call a Republican a liar. I suppose it's supposed to be incivil and I'd be inclined to agree in cases where the charge is itself a lie, but calling a lie a lie is just a statement of fact. If Republicans find being called liars offensive, they could always take the drastic step of knocking off all the lying. It seems to me this is the easiest remedy to the problem, but it's also the least likely one to happen.
 
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sarah palin
 
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Hillary Clinton has had to qualify her praise for Netanyahu's "unprecedented" temporary pause in settlement activity (except for the massive construction projects that won't be pausing) (and East Jerusalem) (and all the "illegal" building). Evidently she hadn't realized that the remarks would not go over well among Palestinians and in the Arab states. Has anyone noticed that she really isn't very good at her job? She now says Netanyahu's policy "falls far short of what we would characterize as our position".

As you know, the second round of voting has been canceled in Afghanistan, against the stated wishes of Karzai, who thought he could win a single-candidate without having to forge quite so many ballots and also keep his followers happy by letting them steal some more of that UN election money. Says Obama, "Although the process was messy, I'm pleased to say that the final outcome was determined in accordance with Afghan law". Glad he's pleased to say that. His staff must have worked long into the night to come up with some way to praise this election, and they came up with "determined in accordance with Afghan law." Indeed, it is a veritable triumph of "determined in accordance with Afghan law," a shining example of "determined in accordance with Afghan law." (Well, except for all that massive fraud. Oh, and there's some question about whether the election commission actually had the authority to cancel the second round.)
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Hamid Karzai vows to remove the stigma of corruption from Afghanistan. Not the corruption, just the stigma.
 
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The comments from CNBC's readers about Darren Rovell's article about the NYC marathon winner not being a real American since he's originally from Africa, have been uniformly outraged (they're at the bottom of the story, they're quite good). This one was far and away the best.
My best friend was from Eritrea and he became American citizen about 9 years ago. I remember how proud he was. He was so proud He became US Air Force and he got killed in Iraq two years later. I know my friend die as am American. And I know he was so proud to be an American, so Darren you are a sh*t head. NBC please get this idiot out here.
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Erick Erickson:

The race has now been called for Democrat Bill Owens.

This is a huge win for conservatives.

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I have said all along that the goal of activists must be to defeat Scozzafava. Doug Hoffman winning would just be gravy. A Hoffman win is not in the cards, but we did exactly what we set out to do — crush the establishment backed GOP candidate.

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For all intents and purposes, NY-23 is a trial run for Florida. And in Florida, the conservative candidate is operating inside the GOP. If John Cornyn and the NRSC do not want to see Florida go the way of NY-23, they better stand down.


How much more of Erickson's bullshit is the Republican party going to take? The guy is quoted in Politico every freaking day now. Okay, so are Lanny Davis and Doug Schoen, so maybe that's a bad example. But you see what I mean, right?

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U. ROCHESTER—In 2005, a gigantic, 35-mile-long rift broke open the desert ground in Ethiopia. At the time, some geologists believed the rift was the beginning of a new ocean as two parts of the African continent pulled apart, but the claim was controversial.

Now, scientists from several countries have confirmed that the volcanic processes at work beneath the Ethiopian rift are nearly identical to those at the bottom of the world's oceans, and the rift is indeed likely the beginning of a new sea.

The new study, published in the latest issue of Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that the highly active volcanic boundaries along the edges of tectonic ocean plates may suddenly break apart in large sections, instead of little by little as has been predominantly believed. In addition, such sudden large-scale events on land pose a much more serious hazard to populations living near the rift than would several smaller events, says Cindy Ebinger, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester and coauthor of the study.

It brings up a couple points:

  • Does the fact that this is happening so quickly make the theory of plate tectonics more believable to young earthers?

  • Thank God this wasn't Kenya or they'd be looking for a birth certificate in there.

Update. This is good news for conservatives.

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Fark:

Congress just passed a bill costing $680B for the military, and that doesn't include the wars. You might not have heard that on the news, since they are too busy asking if universal health care is too expensive at $90B per year.
There are many who believe that access to health care is a human right. In fact, this includes nearly every developed country in the world.
With this new bill and the side money for the wars, we spend more on "defense" than the rest of the world COMBINED. That's for DEFENSE mind you. It costs a lot to defend against all those invasions might have. Health care? Screw you, middle class! We need you to go die in our wars!
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Repuke piece of shit David Vitter, one of 30 repugnicants who voted to support contractors over rape victims, meets an angry constituent at a town hall meeting. Does he:

A) Condescendingly spout gpuke talking points
B) Blame the President
C) Coldly walk away without answering her
D) All of the above

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6YZ1wP1978&feature=player_embedded