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Time Out for O/T – Vol. 15

This is an article from the St. Petersburg Times (Home of PolitiFact, and one of the last bastions of honest daily print journalism) showing the reaction of Tampa mayoral candidates and local business leaders to Governor Scott’s decision to kill high-speed rail: A different train of thought

As a former Floridian, I find the stupidity of this appalling! Who in their right mind couldn’t see the benefit of a bullet train from Orlando to Tampa Bay?

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 17, 2011 @ 2:06 am

I love this graphic!!

But, I just don’t understand why the Koch side doesn’t list all of the equally good things they’ve done for democracy. **snark!**

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 17, 2011 @ 1:53 am

Thanks for the link!

Gee, I wonder if that clown Glenn Beck is gonna lose some more of his mind over this news?

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 16, 2011 @ 1:17 am

I was reading KQark’s post “Stupid is as Stupid Polls” and, just as I commented at the time, it’s horrifying! But, as I was going through the list, I came across the SCOTUS vs. Disney dwarfs statistic, and I thought to myself “I can name all the Justices: there’s those bastards Scalia, Alito, Roberts and Thomas (villain!), and that coin flip Kennedy — and then there’s the one’s I’m happy with like Ginsburg, Sotomayor (so far), Kagan (so far), and, um, uh, wtf! What’s that other liberal named…? Breyer!! Damn it, I always forget that guy. I then realized that I just don’t know much about the man (which is my fault) — but, more to my point, neither does the MSM. It’s as if he doesn’t exist to them. So, the question is: am I the one who just isn’t paying attention, or is it that he doesn’t actually do anything that catches their interest?

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 14, 2011 @ 11:22 pm

Here’s an intersting look into the world of Israeli neo-con paranoia, and their reaction to the democratic revoltion in Egypt:

http://www.thenation.com/article/158547/letter-herzliya-neocon-woodstock

Here’s my favorite part:

In opening remarks to a late-addition panel on “Stability vs. Democracy,” progressive analyst Brian Katulis—one of a handful of non-conservatives invited to participate in the conference—declared the panel’s title false choice. Calling America’s “continuing addiction to dictators” part of “a cold war hangover,” Katulis stressed the regional trends driving events in Egypt—massive unemployment, millions of disillusioned youth—and suggested that Israel and the United States would be wise to anticipate them. “There’s a delusion that we can prevent these trends,” said Katulis. “And we’ll probably hear some of these delusions on this panel.”

As if to immediately make Katulis’s point for him, Martin Kramer of Israel’s conservative Shalem Center began by mocking the Obama administration’s repeated assertions that the regional “status quo is unsustainable,” suggesting that it should be taken as the administration’s motto. “In Israel, we are for the status quo,” Kramer said. “Not only do we believe the status quo is sustainable, we think it’s the job of the US to sustain it.”

Aren’t they just a barrel of laughs?

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 14, 2011 @ 4:21 pm

Paul Krugman nails it again:

“Eat The Future”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/opinion/14krugman.html?smid=tw-NytimesKrugman&seid=auto

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 14, 2011 @ 12:07 am

Hee-hee!

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 11, 2011 @ 6:40 pm

Awesome movie!! Holy Grail is one of the best comedies EVER MADE.

And here’s what the Moral Majority/Tea Partiers would look like trying to impeach Obama:

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 11, 2011 @ 6:20 pm

Great — now Hollywood has decided to make libertarian porn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W07bFa4TzM&feature=player_embedded

When it comes to Ayn Rand, I think Paul Krugman hit the nail on the head:

“There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.”

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 11, 2011 @ 6:08 pm

The “climate change is a lie” types don’t like the theory of relativity because it doesn’t allow for physically traveling back in time to where their minds are stuck.

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 10, 2011 @ 12:46 am

I watched that just the other day, and it was excellent! I’m a logic snob when it comes to sci-fi films, and the writing didn’t disappoint me in any way — and Sam Rockwell’s performance was spot on! I highly recommend it, and I give it an extra star for excellent use of post-it notes…

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 10, 2011 @ 12:29 am

Help Desk

@AdLIb — I like the new changes, but I’m having a problem with the drop-down menus for “Speakers Corner” and “Take Action” being visibly blocked by the YouTube video in the “PlanetPOVideos” box. I’ve seen this same issue with embeded videos on many other sites, and I was thinking that if I’m not the only one with this problem, maybe you could flip-flop it with the “Sponsors” box.

» Posted By ParadisePlacebo74 On February 23, 2011 @ 7:19 pm