Displaying 391 To 420 Of 9,743 Comments Hi K we were unseasonably cool for once down here for a few days until today. The temps where in the low 20Cs during the day and even chillier at night. Someday you’ll be in a climate with the right temps, Goldilocks. 😉 Tsk tsk tsk. The trivia was too easy today of course it was Irvin Berlin. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 25, 2012 @ 10:22 am Great to see MB on the front page again where it belongs K. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 23, 2012 @ 2:26 pm He Doesn’t Wish He Could Be a Real Boy – Romnocchio! Agree 100%. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 6, 2012 @ 4:18 pm Pretty good summary of how Romney’s lies and never changing positions hurt him politically on all sides. Projecting moderation while professing extremism is quite a trick, and Romney may perhaps grasp the brass ring. But he makes everyone uneasy. Moderate Republican voters, of whom there may be more than meet the eye, may worry that President Romney will be captive to a GOP Congress beholden to the base. Tea Party types may worry that he’ll shake the Etch-A-Sketch again when dancing to a different piper, the general electorate and/or a divided Congress. No one, in any case, likes a liar, and people across the political spectrum know that Romney lies from sunup to sundown. Democrats know that nothing he says about Obama is true; conservatives know that nothing he says about his past positions and actions is true; and moderates know, or should know, that he’s betrayed them to the base. http://xpostfactoid.blogspot.com/2012/04/gop-conjures-up-candidate.html All pols who are running for president have to do this parlor trick of stumping to the base while appealing to the center. In fact Obama has probably done this better than any pol since St. Ronnie. Don’t forget what a centrist campaign even W ran in 2000 against Gore even though anyone who knew his history knew it was a charade. Romney started out in politics as such a moderate that his own base does not trust him so he turned so far right that moderates now feel betrayed. In a way part of it is not even Romney’s fault because he had to shake the Etch-a-Sketch and rewrite his positions so much to appeal to an ultra-right wing base that doing the normal tact to the center that presidential candidates do will just confirm the mistrust everyone has in him. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 5, 2012 @ 10:11 pm My favorite is Romney’s attacks that Obama went to Harvard. FFS Romney not only went to Harvard he went longer than Obama to get two advanced degrees. This is what Romney said today. “We have a president, who I think is is a nice guy, but he spent too much time at Harvard, perhaps, or maybe just not enough time actually working in the real world.” » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 5, 2012 @ 11:19 am I loved the song too. Fortunately you need credibility or such attacks and Romney’s is shot. Not even the base of the GOP really even believes Romney. Sure they love attacks on Obama but they are quite hollow. The GOP is in the unenviable position of having to hold their collective noses and pick a pol they really don’t like. To them he’s more MA liberal like Kerry. Sure they will never outwardly say this but inside they don’t trust Romney as little as Dems do. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 5, 2012 @ 11:14 am I think it’s almost impossible to turn favorable numbers like Willard’s around. Even past GOP loser like McCain and Dole have favorable ratings in the positive range over 50%. Remember favorable is just how ‘likable’ a candidate is, it’s not even like a performance rating which makes it more damning for Romney. We sometimes forget that millions of people don’t vote party, ideology or even on the issues they vote for the candidate they like most. We all know the president’s ceiling likability number is in the high 60’s due to polls in his early presidency and I don’t think Romney will get close to 50 again, especially with women. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 5, 2012 @ 11:09 am You are indeed correct. I think Romney is the only candidate for the GOP now. The main principles of the GOP is hypocrisy and nihilism. Like you said all that matters for them is winning and they have no policy they won’t flip flop. The individual mandate is the primary example. The fact is every time the GOP gets in office they expand government both in role and in real terms. They cannot call themselves fiscal conservatives with their ridiculous no tax orthodoxy. They simple use rationalizations to take any position they need to at the time. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 5, 2012 @ 11:01 am Really I just searched for clapping and animated gif. This is another classic out there. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 5, 2012 @ 10:55 am Bravo! One of Your Best » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 4, 2012 @ 5:14 pm Remarks by the President at the A.P. Luncheon I definitely agree with eliminating the tax cuts for the rich and raising capital gains tax rates. I would add that we need to raise the income ceiling on payroll taxes and reform corporate taxes to have net positive revenue as well. But I don’t think we should let the tax cuts for the middle and working classes expire right now because for so long wages have been stagnant that raising taxes on those two groups would only hurt working people more. When and if we get a growing middle class again sure but not right now. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 6, 2012 @ 4:16 pm I just Googled it to make sure but yeah Apple does have $100 billion with a ‘B’ cash on hand even their stock buyback did not put a dent in it. https://www.google.com/search?aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=apple+100+billion » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 4, 2012 @ 5:24 pm Conservatives have a diametrically opposed view of America. They view America like it’s still the Wild West and everyone is on their own. They just have not made the leap into enlightenment. Moreover they are complete hypocrites they tout small government and not only do they love to infringe on personal liberties, they increase the size of government every time they get power. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 4, 2012 @ 4:45 pm Wow that is a keeper. Besides public sector job cuts I still believe corporate America is holding America jobs hostage to some degree for political purposes. I understand there are other factors like globalization that are hampering job growth as well but when you see that they are holding on to trillions of liquid capital right now it’s evident what’s happening. Apple is holding onto over $100 billion in capital alone and still can’t invest in America. I mean why doesn’t Apple team up with a major auto manufacturer and make smart cars like the smart phone? That’s the kind of bullshit they are pulling. The fact is there is plenty to invest in now like clean energy and other technology. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 4, 2012 @ 4:41 pm It’s early but they will be out in force no doubt. DWS, Biden, Axelrod and the likes of Rendel will be out in full force. No they won’t bend the truth and spread the vitriol nearly as much as the Republican attack dogs but I wouldn’t want them too. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 4, 2012 @ 11:29 am Unfortunately AP after the speech is playing the false equivalency again by saying Obama is moving left, especially on healthcare when he accepted that the mandate was necessary. Of course they don’t tell you that the GOP accepted the mandate first. I mourn the loss of the 4th estate every day. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 4, 2012 @ 11:15 am Romney is Mr. Etch-a-Sketch until it comes to foreign policy. Romney is a true believer neocon like Cheney worse than even Bush. From two Gitmos, to bombing Iran and claiming China then Russia are American enemies Romney is severely neocon. Wow those images of earth are fascinating as Spock would say. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 2, 2012 @ 1:47 pm GOP to Pass Voting Rights Act for Corporations I wasn’t fooled this time but we use to love playing pranks in the lab on April Fools Day. I told you guys before labs are notorious havens for playing pranks and I was a major offender. One of my favorites was when we plastic wrapped this scientists whole cubical on April Fools Day and we told him he was being transferred to another lab. Then my personal fave was using the autocorrect feature in MS Word. With one technician who always cursed I set autocorrect to type ‘fuck the’ every time he typed ‘the’. And with my boss at the time Abdul, every time he typed ‘Abdul’ it would change it to be ‘Yabadabadul’ which was our nickname for him. I won’t tell you what we did with liquid Nitrogen because you would cringe but whatever you do if you ever go into a lab don’t accept an M&M from anyone. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 2, 2012 @ 2:08 pm Corporations have responded to the veto with a big chuckle. Corporations say we have rigged the system so much with big PAC money (Citizens United), our own TV and radio news networks and lobbyists in Congress that we don’t need no stinking voting rights. We simply either fool people to vote against their personal interests with mega right wing propaganda or make politics so unseemly that people don’t vote at all. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 2, 2012 @ 1:54 pm The Religious Right Assault on America – Your Bedroom Excellent piece Sue. You described it perfectly when you said it was all about control and power. The Religious right care less about the Constitution and civil liberties. GOP pols also lie to their flock. They have no intention on absolutely overturning Roe v. Wade. They had six years under Bush and Repug Congress and they did very little compared to what they are doing now. They want to limit a women’s access to exercising choice as much as possible but they need the SCOTUS ruling to drum up outrage so they can keep their coffers full. I think at the 40,000 foot level the worse thing the religious right is doing now is rewriting Jesus’ intentions and saying Jesus would condone the ‘greed is good’ mentality of Reagan. They want to demonize poor people which is totally opposite of what Jesus actually said. They want to ignore that Jesus was part of the working classes at best. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On April 1, 2012 @ 12:52 pm Weekend Music Thread – Try a Little Tenderness A few of my faves. Train – Drops Of Jupiter
Bush – Glycerine
Coldplay – Yellow
» Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 31, 2012 @ 1:42 pm Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s “Caskets R Us!” Maybe but of course the assumption is that KO is reasonable in these matters which is a big assumption. Deaniac is one of my favorite bloggers because he’s pragmatic and reasonable. His recent series of articles on the ACA SCOTUS hearings we’re brilliant and hit on many issues we talked about and brought up some other great point. Deaniac had a great point about what Current TV is trying to do in his article on KO’s firing. I thank Current for seeming to recognize that the Left doesn’t need our own Fox; we need good, intrepid and fact-based journalism. We need not an aversion of principled compromise, but the courage to explain compromises necessary for governing and making progress. I celebrate this openness on the part of Current. There is no doubt that firing Keith Olbermann is the first step to restoring Current’s status as a progressive channel that works for progressives who want to get things done and move our country forward rather than just giving fodder to those who prefer ideological warfare instead I changed my opinion on this. At one time I wanted an ideological counter to Faux News but it actually has made things worse. I would much rather have the 4th estate back where it was. http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2012/03/keith-olbermann-fired-again.html As far as KO’s future. Fuck him, there is nothing worse to me than someone who get’s great opportunities and blows them because of their selfishness. I don’t even see where radio will pick him up because there is not much progressive radio out there anyway. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 31, 2012 @ 1:14 pm 😆 You can actually purchase your own Romney flip flops. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 31, 2012 @ 12:24 pm The Ayn Rand reference is brilliant. I always love the irony of the fact that she died penniless on government assistance. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 31, 2012 @ 12:20 pm KO’s kill the bill rant was the time when I lost all respect for him. Now KO said he’s going to sue Al Gore and Current TV. Great so Current TV will have millions less to purchase and broadcast their invaluable progressive documentaries and other programming all because of KO’s legendary massive ego. KO says he’s going to expose ‘the truth’ about Al Gore and Current TV. Well I’ll exposed the ‘the truth’ about Olberman. KO is the epitome of severely narcissistic pundits on the left that are simply a mirror image of pundits on the right. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 31, 2012 @ 12:18 pm Kudos AdLib another masterpiece putting the absurdity of conservative wrongheadedness on parade. You can bury the wit and wisdom of you basic reactionary conservative in a nanotube or buckyball. Their world view is that small and petty. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 31, 2012 @ 12:03 pm What If? The Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court I don’t think common good has been argued heavily only because they don’t need it. The two arguments I’ve heard justifying the mandate are the ‘limiting principle’ (meaning the HC market is unique and their is no slippery slope that the government will all of a sudden force you to buy other things) and of course the commerce clause that gives the Feds jurisdiction to act in the HC market at all. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 28, 2012 @ 12:24 pm Spot on. Add the lose-lose we have now that people with private insurance pay at least $1,000 more in HC premiums to cover the uninsured that have to go to ERs. There are many other cost inefficiencies that can’t even start to be addressed until we have at least near universal coverage as well so that $1,000 probably has a multiplier. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 28, 2012 @ 12:18 pm Another right wing justice argument debunked from an anonymous blogger. Why not mandate burial insurance, too, as Justice Alito asked? The burial counter-argument is the strongest criticism I’ve heard. Its strength helps uncover why health care is special: Burial Insurance vs. Health Insurance Nature of minimum service is simple and commonly replicated v. Nature of basic services are complex and highly individualized Political branches have not identified unpaid burial expenses as major social problem v. Political branches have been debating solutions to this huge social problem for decades There really is no market like health care. Its unique status justifies the unprecedented individual mandate prior to point of sale. Based on the ‘limiting principle’ (admitting that the HC market is indeed unique) and the commerce clause, it should be a no brainer that the ACA is constitutional. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 28, 2012 @ 12:05 pm I go back to the ant and elephant principle because that’s what we are doing when we compare food as a necessity to HC as a necessity. No one in the country walks out of their door and for circumstances beyond their control immediately needs $250K+ of any food stuff. While if you walk out your door and have a hear attack on your front lawn and they have to operate on you, literally within 24 hours you are $250K+ in the whole to our illustrious HC system if you don’t have insurance. And if you are not independently wealthy the providers will never see a fraction of that money. So how in the hell is HC not a unique market different than any other market in the country? The reason we don’t force people to buy a particular food stuff is that you have options to buy literally millions of types of foods you can afford even if it’s a need. Whereas with the HC industry your only option to be able to pay your HC bills is by buying or being covered by some kind of insurance. » Posted By KQµårk 死神 On March 27, 2012 @ 9:52 pmComments Posted By KQµårk 死神
One-time expense v. Open-ended, uncertain expense
Small cost for minimum service v. Potentially enormous costs
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