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Science and Anti-Science – The Greed and Duplicity of Rupert Murdoch

Nirek, yep, that’s exactly it. Murdoch and Fox have no sense of social responsibility, they only chase their greed and if it leads them into broadcasting a science series, that’s what happens.

» Posted By AdLib On March 11, 2014 @ 4:20 pm

The Weekend Music Thread – Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

A Day in the Life – The Beatles

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 5:56 pm

Once In a Lifetime – Talking Heads

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 5:52 pm

Once upon a Time in the West – Dire Straits

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 5:48 pm

2,000 Light Years From Home – Rolling Stones

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 4:10 pm

One more from Steely Dan:

Reelin’ in the Years – Steely Dan

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 4:08 pm

Black Friday – Steely Dan

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 4:06 pm

Right with you, Nirek, it’s also one of my favorite timeless hits. Along with this one:

The Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 4:03 pm

I Don’t Like Mondays – Boomtown Rats

» Posted By AdLib On March 8, 2014 @ 3:59 pm

Republicans Use Time Machine to Go Back and Blame FDR for Pearl Harbor

Hi MarshRabbit! Yes, Alex Jones could star in “Back to the Future Part 4 – Return of the Neanderthals”.

And welcome to The Planet!

» Posted By AdLib On May 11, 2014 @ 5:12 pm

Thanks Kes! Kristoff made the point very well. Any reasonable person would find these arguments by Republicans prejudiced, offensive and unAmerican. But putting them in perspective with the past and illustrating that Russia and others have taken such hostile actions while “macho” Republicans were in office, make these comments seem absolutely traitorous.

Can you imagine if Obama was President when 9/11 happened?! Instead of the unity that there was when all came together as Americans, the Repubs and Fox News would be applauding the “strength” of the terrorists and tearing down Obama while America was still smoldering from the attack.

» Posted By AdLib On March 6, 2014 @ 5:41 pm

Thanks KT!

“Wormholes” make a good nickname for these time-warped Republicans.

Preventing the conception of Ted Nugent might cause a cascading effect on reality. We might suddenly be driving flying cars powered by the hydrogen in the air in a peaceful world.

» Posted By AdLib On March 6, 2014 @ 5:32 pm

CL, you’re so right! Is it a coincidence Obama’s fake birth certificate is from Hawaii and that’s where Pearl Harbor is??? I think not!

» Posted By AdLib On March 6, 2014 @ 5:22 pm

Thanks, pal!

I did not see that article. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time until Cruz blames Obama for causing The Civil War.

» Posted By AdLib On March 6, 2014 @ 2:44 pm

Will Ukraine Be Putin’s Iraq?

Putin and Russia are already paying a big price for the invasion of Crimea. Check out this graph of the Ruble vs. the Dollar over the last month:

[img]http://i0.wp.com/planetpov.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/image.jpg[/img]

Add that to this news:

50,000 rally in Moscow against Crimea intervention

Moscow (AFP) – Around 50,000 people rallied in central Moscow Saturday in protest at Russia’s intervention in Ukraine, a day before the Crimean peninsula votes on switching to Kremlin rule.

Waving both Ukrainian and Russian flags and shouting slogans heard during the anti-government protests in Kiev, the demonstrators urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pull troops back from a Cold War-style confrontation.

http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-moscow-protest-russias-action-crimea-003037662.html

If the oligarchs turn on Putin for trashing their fortunes and the people turn on him for going to war and destroying their economy, Putin may be crying in his borscht after fleeing the country before this is all over.

» Posted By AdLib On March 15, 2014 @ 7:16 am

NoMan, it’s true that a revolt would be very bloody in Russia but such a violent attack on their own people could grow the revolt and make Russia unmanageable even for Putin. The military or oligarchs might read the writing on the wall and switch sides. Especially if sanctions combined with a revolt are crippling Russia’s economy, the oligarchs could abandon Putin.

So, while it would still be possible to overthrow Putin, it would doubtless be a very bloody and horrific battle but I wouldn’t rule out the possibility of Putin joining all the other very powerful dictators who have recently been overthrown.

» Posted By AdLib On March 13, 2014 @ 3:43 pm

NoMan, I do think that’s the case with a majority of Russians, most oppose Putin and Russia’s faux democracy (a majority in a Russian poll oppose Putin’s invasion of Crimea!).

Putin is a tyrant who rules over and against the people of Russia with an iron fist. The only way they will ever remove him is by some kind of revolt, their “democracy” is a farce, Putin manipulates whatever vote is held so the results are what he wants.

There are those who support Putin (just as there are those who support the Repubs seeking plutocracy) but they are a minority.

If there is a military conflict in Ukraine and the Russian economy tanks because of sanctions, maybe a revolt could arise against Putin in Russia.

» Posted By AdLib On March 13, 2014 @ 1:20 pm

Thanks NoMan! Who knows right now if Putin will continue his invasion of Ukraine by trying to annex some of the east but what he is doing is destroying the image he had worked so hard to create and setting up himself and Russia as adversaries to the majority of the world.

And in Ukraine, if the pro-Russia regions like Crimea are annexed by Russia, it will reduce the influence of pro-Russians on the rest of Ukraine and hasten their move to join the west…putting a western ally on Russia’s border.

And the sanctions will mount up over time as well as initiatives by the U.S. and other pro-Ukraine nations to reduce the dependence of EU nations on Russia for gas and oil, which will in turn hurt Russia further.

It’s too bad that the Russian people who have been oppressed by this tyrant would have to go through more bad economic times but their leader is the one driving that bus. It may take another revolt to get rid of him and the fragile Russian economy tanking again could be the spark that lights that fire.

» Posted By AdLib On March 12, 2014 @ 1:59 pm

Fanatics will embrace the enemies of their enemies without hesitation…and when they embrace an enemy of America…they are actually confirming that they are an enemy of America as it is now…but they would do a 180 if a Repub was elected President…so their loyalty is not to America but solely to their party.

» Posted By AdLib On March 5, 2014 @ 7:53 pm

jjgravitas, first of all, great graphic!

You’re so on the money about Republicans taunting Obama to use the military in Ukraine then waiting for him to do so before flipping positions and attacking him for getting us involved in a war.

But as you say, since we have a President Obama and not a President Romney, there is no way we will do something as insane as taking any military action in Ukraine.

Every time there has been an international crisis, Obama has been attacked by Republicans but the outcome has usually been the best possible. Obama is actually remarkable in how well he handles these crises.

Do Republicans really want to argue that their last “Decider” in the WH had a better track record on handling foreign affairs?

» Posted By AdLib On March 5, 2014 @ 12:56 pm

Kalima, thanks for the links/stories!

I do feel that there are echoes of Iraq here, the quick takeover of Crimea with an initially pliant and supportive population. The lies and denials by Putin about the invasion and justification for it…while denying he invaded!

This part is always the easiest, for the powerful nation to quickly invade and occupy. It is the blowback that grows with time and eventually overwhelms the invader.

Russia’s economy is very weak and without any great prospects for growth, just a little push over the edge could pull the economy way down and Putin is now standing at the edge of that cliff with a “Kick Me” sign on his back.

Okay, Vladimir, we’ll kick you.

» Posted By AdLib On March 5, 2014 @ 12:49 pm

Fergie, I saw a clip of Chuck Todd on The Daily Show, doing the same dishonest Obama bashing. These hacks have no reason to be on tv except to stroke their own egos and make one unfounded argument or characterization after another.

Just like the Republicans, they attack Obama for being weak and unprepared for this surprise invasion yet not one of them can say a single thing they would do differently right now if they we’re President.

As we’ve documented below, every Republican President in recent history has had terrible attacks and/or invasions happen on their watch, were they all misguided wimps because they can’t control the actions of a determined tyrant?

Giulani praised Putin for acting like a dictator, that’s what Repubs aspire to and envy. Those Republicans whose first reactions to the invasion were to attack Obama instead of Putin are traitorous IMO, even “hero” John McCain. They would hold Putin’s coat as he attacked America as long as the black Democrat in the WH was taken down too.

» Posted By AdLib On March 5, 2014 @ 12:43 pm

Thanks so much Fergie! Putin is already suffering from Invader’s Regret if his press conference is any indication. I do want Obama to follow through with a freeze of the billions of Russian assets in the U.S. though, that should really shake up Putin and the Russian economy.

» Posted By AdLib On March 5, 2014 @ 12:35 pm

ppo, that would actually be a good deal for all parties…except knowing Putin, he would then take that as an incentive to occupy more and more of Ukraine, “buy” it up then once owning all of Ukraine, would put all the money back in his pocket.

Deals can only be made with people who are honorable. Russia already made an agreement with Ukraine after the USSR breakup that if they gave up their nukes, Russia would never invade them. They gave up their nukes and today Russia occupies Crimea.

There’s no dealing with Russia right now.

» Posted By AdLib On March 5, 2014 @ 12:33 pm

Cheers Beatlex, really appreciate it!

» Posted By AdLib On March 4, 2014 @ 5:08 pm

Too funny, Funk!!! Putin on the Ritz indeed! There’s also Jello Putin!

» Posted By AdLib On March 4, 2014 @ 5:07 pm

Thanks Kalima! You did a great job above in painting the big picture about how Putin has been preparing himself and Russia for recreating the old USSR and becoming a 21st Century Czar.

Thanks for the links to those articles, I’ve read them all (shout out to Morning Blog!).

I don’t know that Russia is anywhere near building up the kind of support for public protests and pushbacks that would be needed to change the camouflaged dictatorship there. It could happen soon though if economic sanctions tip the fragile Russian economy over.

Angela Merkel described Putin as being out of touch with reality, from his manic press conference today, I think his delusions are crashing into realities now, no telling where that will leave him but in the end, he will regret this.

» Posted By AdLib On March 4, 2014 @ 5:04 pm

CL, I don’t know that this is payback as much as it’s what Putin needs to do to pursue his megalomaniacal dream of re-creating the USSR. He simply can’t allow Ukraine to become allied with the West or that dream would never be realized.

His backtracking today and his absurd claim that Russian troops aren’t even in Ukraine make me think that with the pushback that’s hitting him, he is really starting to realize that he’s fucked up big time and has bitten off way more than he can chew.

It’s hard for would-be dictators to see that they made a mistake so Putin could be on the verge of a nervous breakdown…from the press interview he gave that I saw and heard about today:

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/116852/merkel-was-right-putins-lost-his-mind-press-conference

Right now the anti-American GOP is giving Putin aid and comfort and trying to undermine America’s leadership at a dangerous time but I agree, Putin has miscalculated and when all is said and done, Obama will have a firm hand in dealing with him and backing him off of this invasion.

» Posted By AdLib On March 4, 2014 @ 4:49 pm

😆 ! Very funny Sally! I think a big reason that he picked Palin as his running mate was so that he’d look smart when he was standing next to her.

» Posted By AdLib On March 4, 2014 @ 4:37 pm

Funk, I think this guy appropriated the valid claim that American Journalism has become simplistic ratings chasing with low standards and glued it onto his twisted vision of Vladimir Putin as a poor, misunderstood, powerless guy.

Clever tactic, you get everyone nodding their heads then slip in, “And they are being so unfair to poor Putin,” and their heads are still nodding.

An innovative propagandist to be sure but a propagandist and apologist for the crimes of Putin.

» Posted By AdLib On March 4, 2014 @ 4:35 pm