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A Ten-Year-Old is Doing What Grown-Ups Should Be Doing
Caitlyne Gonzales shouldn’t have to do what she is doing. That should be the job of her two senators, Ted Cancun Cruz, John Cornyn, and the governor of Texas, Greg Abbot, are the ones who should be advocating for the banning of the AR-15 instead of offering heartfelt prayers and gleefully stuffing their campaign coffers with thousands from the NRA.
Florida – Where Book Banning Flourishes
It’s obvious what rankles Ms. Salinis; she is an illiterate troglodyte who couldn’t handle seeing a young Black female reciting a poem of hope for this country. Nothing in Amanda’s poem remotely suggests what she claims justifies having this book banned. She is an opportunist taking advantage of the dumbass laws DeSantis pushed through his State Legislature to make Florida an autocratic state.
The latest in a long series of Lebron James clunkers. At a press conference after a loss to Boston in the Eastern Conference semifinals series, he took issue with a question about buddy/teammate Dwayne Wade’s play, which resulted in a serious injury to Rajon Rondo of the Celtics. The reporter wanted to give D-Wade a chance to defend himself against sentiments from the home crowd that it was dirty play. Lebron didn’t have to say ANYTHING, since the question wasn’t even directed at him. But he muttered that the question was “retarded”.
Now an advocacy group for mentally disabled persons is demanding an apology, legitimately, I feel.
Oh, Lebron. So much talent, and such a lot of dumb moves.
He’s gotta know better than that.You can’t just throw that out in front of an open mic on live national television.
The amazing thing is that he doesn’t know that. He does things like that on a pretty regular basis. He’s playing well against the C’s now, so all is forgiven, I guess. Until the next time.
Ten, nine, eight, seve…..
Dr. Paul Krugman nails it in one op-ed!
The Unwisdom of Elites
http://nyti.ms/mSdWVo
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/09/opinion/09krugman.html?_r=2&emc=tnt&tntemail0=y
But then what does he know about economics?
Well according to those who barely passed high school…he doesn’t know anything! 🙂
Hi Bito!
You are right, Krugman absolutely nailed it
Hey, Abby, yes without charts, graphs, formulas…. he layed it out quite plain and simple. Those on the right claiming that the top need tax breaks and deregulation because they “create jobs” and get credit for it but not the blame for destroying jobs, no that blame goes to the middle and working poor.
Like the meme of “well people need to retrain because they didn’t keep their skills up.” BS, within one year 5-6-700,000 people lost their jobs because suddenly their skills became obsolete over one month, six months?
If they want credit for creating jobs, they can accept blame for losing so many not public school teachers and snowplow drivers.
Hillary Clinton Photoshopped Out of Situation Room Photo by Ultra-Orthodox paper
http://jezebel.com/5799724/hillary-clinton-photoshopped-out-of-situation-room-photo
If there’s one thing more depressing than being hated, it’s being erased.
And yet it happens every day in every culture. Sigh.
Will women ever stop being the people who hand fruit to the Adams of the world and cause them to be cast out of paradise?
The Adams/CEO’s have now taken to steeling the apple out of everyone else’s hands.
The article explains that Der Tzitung never publishes pictures of women, as they could be considered sexually suggestive.
Wow. I don’t make a habit of criticizing other peoples’ religions, but that just seems wrong to me. It’s kind of dehumanizing to simply Photoshop the women out of the picture, as though they did not exist.
Besides, it isn’t even very logical. Would it be okay to publish a picture of a woman that NO ONE was sexually attracted to? Would they refuse to publish a photo of the Statue of Liberty if she was in a picture of New York City, or would they Photoshop the statue out of the picture?
What about the men in the photo? Those men might be sexually attractive to women or to gays, right? Come to think of it, people can find all kinds of things “sexually suggestive.” What if there was a material like satin somewhere in the shot? Some people might see it and that might lead them to thinking of satin sheets, which might lead them to thinking about sex…
The whole thing doesn’t make much sense to me. You can’t prevent people from thinking about sex.
About Photoshopping girls and women right out of a photograph because looking at a photo of a female person might cause impure thoughts in men…
Frankly, I had never heard of such a thing. It still boggles my mind.
I found another good example of this, published by the Sociological Images website:
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2008/08/08/getting-the-girls-out-of-view-literally/
Another example from the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7982146.stm
I find this truly bizarre.
Those are very interesting examples, Buddy. Especially since the on involved removing images of little girls! Bizarre — and beyond — is the word for that.
I had a friend who worked at Yeshiva University in New York as an associate dean. There were quite a number of rules she was expected to follow: all clothing had to cover the elbows and the knees, no book was to be placed on top of another if the one underneath was any sort of commentary on the scripture, and — most especially — she was not suppose to shake hands with male students, nor do anything like give a congratulatory pat on the back for an accomplishment. The “boys” were not even supposed to attend any concerts at which there were female singers, because the sound of the female voice would arouse sexual feelings.
I’m always baffled as to why the subject of sexuality seems to pre-occupy the minds of all the fundamentalist-extremist wings of virtual every world religion. Judaism certainly doesn’t have a monopoly on this. We have Christian fundie women with their long skirts and hair, and the Mormon splinter groups with their “Little House on the Prairie” outfits and seclusion, and conservative Islam with burqas. It’s everywhere.
Why is sexuality so terrifying to them? Why are women the scapegoats (as well as the gate-keepers) in the realm of male sexual self-control? Are women assumed to be fundamentally without any libido — since the men don’t have to cover up and stay indoors? It’s as though sex is regarded as a sort of pollution — or, at best, a necessary evil.
What a grim view of existence.
I really don’t get it. If one believes in God, why would one believe that the same God had provided for the propagation of his creatures by way of some means that was essentially “dirty”?
It doesn’t make sense to me.
Kinda makes you question how they procreate, doesn’t it!
You have to remember, in Genesis, God booted Adam and Eve out of the garden, and essentially blamed Eve for corrupting Adam. (of course the snake was completely innocent) 🙁
Patsy and wts:
Since Cher only left the cheap stuff, and ordered you to leave the place spic and span; look what I found:
http://www.savvysugar.com/How-Get-Rid-Mold-Stains-15907075
Want pics of the look on her face when you tell her you cleaned with vodka! 🙂
My place always looks spic and span after I use vodka! A couple vodka martinis and the world is a beautiful place!
LMAO wts.. why did I expect that answer from you- Even when/if it recommends Cheap vodka !!
I love Tina Fey
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/jersey-floor-episode-2-5511/1325362/
Idaho School Bill passes
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/apr/02/idaho-school-bill-passes/
Rep. Brian Cronin, D-Boise, said, “This plan … does replace teachers with technology. No amount of rhetorical tap-dancing can change that.”
Rep. Reed DeMordaunt, R-Eagle, countered, “Did the microwave replace the cook in the kitchen? It did not, in the same way that technology is not going to replace the teacher in the classroom.” He said technology allows education to transform from “the sage on the stage to a guide by the side.”
(sigh, this guy is the rep from my home-town)
Idaho lawmakers unveiled the new version of school reform legislation Friday, and it’s a lot like the old version that stalled in the state Senate – it calls for phasing in new laptop computers for every Idaho high school student, diverting school district funds to online course providers, and shifting funding from teachers to technology.”
The Senate passed this bill in addition to another bill eliminating tenure for new teachers, and establishing merit pay for all existing teachers. The new technology will be paid from a pool of funds that teacher salaries are drawn from, effectively resulting in lay-offs though not explicitly calling for them.
These dumbasses are Killing public education.
FL enacted a bunch of idiotlaws as well- I think Cher referenced them earlier.
I cannot believe how easy it is to destroy rights within states.
Not at all your fault, but I wish I could have read the whole article, funk. I’m trying to infer the RW meaning of some of these changes and I think I’m getting it, but would like some sort of confirmation.
So… if we switch over to online education, we save loads of money on bricks and mortar buildings, desks, books, etc. AAAAND we make it ever so much easier for homeschooled kids to get a public education (complete with legitimate diploma) while remaining in an at-home religious and political environment? Is that it, you think?
I am in no way dissing home-based education which I think can actually work quite well if the kid is not kept in bondage to a pre-determined set of religious and political values. If the kids can really explore, it can work.
Somehow, I suspect that’s not what these folks are aiming for, though…
The original bill was designed to enact mandatory layoffs of 700 teachers, and effectively rendering some school districts over 50% on-line only.
There was such an outcry over that that the Senate proposed a new bill authorizing “technology upgrades” paid for with money allotted for teachers.
It’s simply part of the coordinated attack on the unions. Wisconsin eliminates collective bargaining, Idaho forces “improved technology” to be purchased using money set aside for teacher salaries. A very sneaky way to accomplish layoffs since the local districs are forced to figure out how to pay for the new mandatory laptops.
The beginning of the matrix, I hope my pod is roomy.
Cher, while you were gone…
Osama bin Laden is still dead.
What on earth is there to “thumbs down” on this comment? Please explain and/or go get some therapy for passive aggression.
I feel like I’m in one of those “Family Circus” cartoons as the ghostly presence always labelled “Not Me!”
I’m wondering if there’s a way to get rid of the “thumbs” altogether? Anyone have thoughts on this?
It’s really too bad, kes, because we’re generally a pretty functional family around here. Trolls are not welcome, even anonymous passive-aggressive trolls! Go away, whoever you are!!!
Yes, I’m totally cool with folks expressing differing opinions. Most of us are not so fragile that we can’t handle that. It might sting a little, but learning and growing can result, too.
So my feeling is go ahead and say what needs to be said. Post and run or hit-and-run results in little light and more heat.
Don’t know if we really need the thumbs up/down buttons at all…
Kes. I like the button because you can affirm or disagree when you really have nothing to say. I’m usually on my phone when I come here so it is easy to make a mistake with that thumb, however I also then make a comment to say it was an error.
Shoo!
We can bar people from being able to use the stars and thumbs system if they abuse it. Haruko’s comment could have been a joke on the Daily Show, it is far from offensive IMO.
And a number of thumbs down look more like mischief than honesty.
In any case, HH and the legit members here know when there are honest disagreements and dishonest thumbs down so the dishonest ones just don’t matter.
When I read it I thought of the old SNL and “This just in ‘Generalissimo Franco is still dead'”.
Remember one can always disagree with the thumbs down and give it a thumbs up to negate it.
You’re right, Bito, that was indeed a bit on the old SNL.
FYI, this kind of abuse of the star/thumbs system by non-members happens from time to time so I’ve now instituted moderation now on non-members using the system. Everyone can still use it but votes by non-members will need to be approved by Admin from now on. Whether thumbs up or down, 10 stars or 1 star, all will be approved as long as they aren’t part of a pattern of abuse.
AdLib, this is really a great solution to the “thumbs” problem! (so sorry it took me 3 days to find your reply 😳 )
You’re always on top of things around here — even when folks like me have lost our grip and fallen off!
Thank You, e’cat! Agree.
I tried to vote thumbs up- and couldn’t get anything to register- hadn’t even noticed it before.
There has been a rash of that on Current as well, so I’m wondering if it’s gypsy trolls, popping around websites and being asses?
You deserve the west and wewaxation! Enjoy!
Thanks, you wascally wabbit!
EDIT: Ooops–I mean, Thanks, Adlib Fudd!
I would step in to help with the news but I don’t think anyone is interested in the new Nintendo video game console or 49 million year old ant fossils.
They found a full queen ant fossil the size of a hummingbird! It was huge!
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/73880/title/Giant_ants_once_roamed_Wyoming
Oh, and happy vacation Cher!
Adonai–that’s my kinda news! Good work, Jimmy Olsen!
HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!
They said it was 5.1 centimeters long… so let’s see… (punches calculator keys) that’s a little over 2 inches (to those of us who are not on the metric system.)
Yep. That’s a big ant.
Indeed Buddy. Twice the size of the biggest ants around today. And we have some pretty big ants on the planet right now.
Cher, have a wonderful break
WTS,
great Idea!
Let’s have fun while Cher is away at the spa
[img]http://i54.tinypic.com/2m7xge9.jpg[/img]
And you, Patsy– you and Whatsie are in this together. When I get home, you had better have the place spic and span– and have hidden the bottles! BTW– I made a mark on that bottle of vodka, so I’ll know if any is missing. (And don’t even THINK about adding water to that Grey Goose!)
HAH! Patsy and wts- you’ve been outed!
Up to your old tricks, I see.. 😉
jkkFL
For Cher,
We will use the New Tricks.
httpsh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhPA8tQcWmg
Cher, Whatsie and I have nothing but the best intentions, besides,
this is all in the interest of the advancement of Science.
Like these – Cats in Space
httpsh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9XtK6R1QAk
Cher–That’s it. I’m boycotting the news until you come back to work. Are we paying you while you’re off? ;>
(Puppy is freaking adorable.)
Chase–Yes, I get not only vacation pay, but the Planet paid for the entire trip! Seriously though, we are staying at my in-laws in SF while they are out of town, and they don’t have cable so I watched network news last night. Gawd!
Have fun – get rest.
Sabreen–I slept almost half the day yesterday. I was bliss. Today, the fun begins!
Enjoy your vacation! WE will miss you! 🙂
Abby–I miss you too!
Have fun, Cher!
If you have any spare time, though, couldja photoshop me a PhD diploma from Harvard? Psychology (sub-specialty: crowd psychology 😆 ) would be great. Thanks.
You could always get your PhD from Thunderwood College! It only takes a few minutes.
http://thunderwoodcollege.com/
They point out that being a completely non-accredited university, a degree that you can print out from their website is no different from degrees that many other “professionals” have, people who specialize in fields such as Reflexology, Parapsychology, Naturopathy, Intelligent Design, and Magnetic Therapy.
Oh my god, Buddy! I am laughing out loud. Honestly!
And what a great name. THUNDERWOOD College
Screw Oxford! Fear the mighty Thunderwood! (TM) degree!
LOL! Maybe we could all become Thunderwood alumni and meet somewhere for a big Class Reunion!! 🙂
Why do I have the subtle-but-persistent feeling that most of the Thunderwood alumni meetings take place at Taco Bell, jkk? 😯
Oh kes – we can do better than THAT! Applebees!
C’mon kes!
We all have class- I was thinkin Outback or Red Lobster! 🙂
Love the prom idea!!
c’lady- you have Lady in your ”name”, you plan the prom!!
Can we have a prom?
A prom! Great idea, c’lady!
What would the prom theme be for Thunderwood College?
Let’s see… “A Look to Your Future, With Your Thunderwood Degree”
?[img]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_hDxgnDqaKSs/S-O0FZIvcJI/AAAAAAAABDw/nYkiJXnhiFo/s1600/Lightning+%26+Tornado.jpg[/img]
Thunderwood sounds like a good name for a male porn star! 😉
I never thought about that, but you know… you’re right; it does.
Would you two be volunteering???? 😉
Thunderwood Johnson!
Hey, I framed my Doctorate that I got from them and proudly hung it on the wall.
Why not?
What is your Doctorate in?
Aha- Art History??
I like the sound of “Doctor Buddy.”
Kes– I just said I was on vacay, but I’m in fact somewhere near Fort Knox at a seminar on the latest techniques for forging the new currency–specializing in hundred dollar bills. With press-on type! Keep it under you hat, OK?
My lips are sealed, Cher. Or maybe stuck shut with press on type…
If you can slip a few bars of bullion into your backpack while you’re at that Fort Knox seminar…? We need some gilt edging on those diplomas to add to the authenticity.
Thanks again.
…and my wallet could use a little gilting, as well!
In the interim, kes- you can just print one from Thunderwood College! 😉
Cher – have a great vacation! We promise not to read any news while you’re away so you can compile whatever the hell you want when you’re back.
BTW – I love the photo! I’m normally not terribly fond of animals dressed in human clothes, but that’s just funny and adorable. Thanks for posting. May you get as much rest as the pup! See you when you’re back!
C’Lady– Thanks for not reading any news until I’ve properly vetted it! Unless I check it first, you might read the “truth” and join the Baggers! 😆