Displaying 3,271 To 3,300 Of 16,275 Comments “Sweet Home Arizona….” Arizona Gun Club Invites Kids To Pose With Santa Claus And Machine Guns Aww, isn’t this sweet? [img]http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/twistedchristmas.png[/img] It wouldn’t be the holiday season if conservatives were not, once again, accusing President Obama of waging a “war on Christmas.” But this year, it’s gun rights advocates who are offering the most twisted take on a Christmas tradition. Fox 5 News in Phoenix reports that the Scottsdale Gun Club is inviting people to enjoy “Santa and Machine Guns” — a “family event” that lets kids take a holiday card picture with St. Nick and an assortment of high-powered fire arms. Families can choose from pistols, modified AR15′s, an $80,000 Garwood minigun and more. More disturbingly, they’re encouraged to test out the machine guns. Video and pictures from the event show that young children often wield weapons larger than they are. Heartwarming! » Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 2:59 pm IMO, that is one of his funniest skits of all times » Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 2:54 pm KT, you may like this article on the housing crises and what Barney could and couldn’t do. In both yesterday’s and today’s pressers he was asked, again, the Republican talking point, about why he didn’t do something to stop the housing crises and curtail Freddie and Fannie. Barney Frank didn’t cause the housing crisis So Barney, while in the minority, caused a world wide housing bubble? Is that even possible? First, note that the housing bubble was global. As McKinsey Quarterly has shown, countries such as Belgium, Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom, Australian, Norway and Canada all had massive run-ups in housing prices from 2000 to 2007. It’s hard to explain how Congressional rules on inner-city housing caused all of this And what’s this? Freddie & Fannie were both late into the subprime game and not the major player? » Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 1:42 pm Yes you can celebrate KT, but only if you eat Mac & Cheese at Thanksgiving. 😆 » Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 1:21 pm If I were a Republican primary voter, I’m not sure exactly what I would use to judge the candidates on for my vote. The flip-flops, the lies, the ignorance or their hyperbolic statements of “When I’m President I will…” when 95% of what they say would take an act of Congress. Rick Perry seems to hit two of these, ignorance and hype in a 30 seconds. Rick Perry Forgets The Legal Voting Age Then there is Newt’s “interesting” take on the constitution: Gingrich’s Awful Speech Part IV: Legitimization Through Intimidation
» Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 1:17 pm Jon Stewart did a good job on the “God word” last night. Jon Stewart Knocks The Stuffing Out Of Fox News’ Thanksgiving Attack On Obama » Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 12:38 pm Rep. Frank News Conference: Live Now Responding to reporters about his future plans he said “Let me be clear, I will neither be a lobbyist nor a historian.” » Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 11:43 am I do have my own set of problems with Move-On and I do have a pet peeve with publications not giving bill numbers, that said I have read about this move by Congress and it stinks. Subject: Say NO to Internet Censorship Hi, This week Congress is debating whether to grant themselves the power to turn off parts of the Internet. Fun sites you YouTube. Informative sites like Wikipedia. Political sites like MoveOn.org. If enacted, new laws would force Internet Service Providers to block websites that any corporation suspects violates a copyright or suspects doesn’t monitor it’s users’ content close enough for copyrighted materials. That means that any website, foreign or based in the U.S., could be wiped out on suspicion and made unavailable to everyone in the world. This week there will be a historic filibuster of the Internet Censorship Act where the names of every person that signs a petition against Internet censorship will be read. I added my name. Please add yours too. » Posted By bito On November 29, 2011 @ 11:36 am Well at least it’s not sexual harassment Here Is The Woman Who Claims She Had An Affair With Herman Cain Atlanta’s Fox 5 television station just posted a teaser to an exclusive interview with a woman who claims she had a 13-year-long affair with 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain. Her name is Ginger White and she is a businesswoman in Atlanta, according to the news station. She apparently has records to prove that the affair was real. “It was pretty simple,” White said. “It wasn’t complicated. I was aware that he was married. And I was also aware I was involved in a very inappropriate situation, relationship.” Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/herman-cain-affair-ginger-white-2011-11#ixzz1f2eCWEMl It’s adultery and with GOP accepting Newt and his peccadilloes, this shouldn’t be a biggie. 😉 Georgia Woman Claims 13-Year Affair with Herman Cain: MyFoxATLANTA.com » Posted By bito On November 28, 2011 @ 2:23 pm If you like Barney Frank, you will enjoy this: Barney Frank’s best YouTube moments » Posted By bito On November 28, 2011 @ 2:01 pm The NYT has longer article with some more details. Judge Blocks Citigroup Settlement With S.E.C. I found this interesting, it was an “Ah-Ha” moment for me. The ruling could throw the S.E.C.’s enforcement efforts into chaos, because a majority of the fraud cases and other actions that the agency brings against Wall Street firms are settled out of court, most often with a condition that the defendant does not admit that it violated the law while also promising not to deny it. That condition gives a company or individual an advantage in subsequent civil litigation for damages, because cases in which no facts are established cannot be used in evidence in other cases, like shareholder lawsuits seeking recovery of losses or damages. There is some other good information but I liked this quote: “An application of judicial power that does not rest on facts is worse than mindless, it is inherently dangerous,” Judge Rakoff wrote in the case, S.E.C. v. Citigroup Global Markets. “In any case like this that touches on the transparency of financial markets whose gyrations have so depressed our economy and debilitated our lives, there is an overriding public interest in knowing the truth.” » Posted By bito On November 28, 2011 @ 1:19 pm This is great to see and let’s hope that the SEC puts on a stellar prosecution and not just roll over. I may be reading too much into this, but the judge seems to think the SEC has the goods on Citigroup and the SEC will also be on trial. Investors lost $700 million, according to the SEC, while Citigroup made about $160 million in profits. The trial would seek to establish clarity about the financial markets and the Security and Exchange Commission’s responsibility to uncover the truth. “Although this [settlement] would appear to be tantamount to an allegation of knowing and fraudulent intent… the SEC, for reasons of its own, chose to charge Citigroup only with negligence,” Judge Rakoff said. He said that the settlement, in which Citigroup did not admit or deny the accusations, did not give him enough information to know whether the deal was fair or correct. » Posted By bito On November 28, 2011 @ 11:50 am Sue, e’cat, Mona Eltahawy describes her assault in Egypt
» Posted By bito On November 24, 2011 @ 11:56 am Update on Mona Eltahawy, She has been released after 12 hours of custody with two broken arms and a broken hand. http://twitpic.com/7iv0vk Her time line: https://twitter.com/#!/monaeltahawy Seems that there are still some journalists unaccounted for. » Posted By bito On November 24, 2011 @ 11:09 am This is her last tweet: monaeltahawy Mona Eltahawy » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 10:10 pm And it doesn’t clash with his skin color. 😉 » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 10:05 pm Update: Prosecutor said 312 protesters released CAIRO: General Prosecution said Wednesday that 312 protesters arrested across the country since Sunday have been released, with only five still being interrogated. Prosecution said the five protesters are detained in criminal charges and awaits court order to further detain those pending investigations. » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 9:32 pm OMG ❗ StateDept StateDept I follow Mona on twitter, she has a lot of MENA tweets and I read her tweet this morning about her heading down to the square, with a wish me luck. » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 8:43 pm I don’t know why they aren’t doing the debates Khirad, but all the them need to be wearing those propeller beanies. Maybe not Huntsman, but defiantly the rest of them. (confession, I had one of those in the 50’s, hey, they were the thing. 😆 ) » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 8:36 pm Good one Cher! » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 7:54 pm With apologies to all my ‘Nam buds that have problems and blood cancers: [img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/kym-assets/news_feeds/icons/original/000/001/825/fox-news.jpg?1322070203[/img] » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 7:23 pm Cher, have you tried http://cheezburger.com/ ? k’es turned me on to it many moons ago and I have made some bogus charts there based on some bogus “facts” by some GOP politicians. I’m afraid to go back there, it’s addicting. I thought your effort was quite good, I wish they allowed copying the images, can the author? » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 6:53 pm MIchele Bachmann: ‘I don’t judge gays’ ❓ And Rick: » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 6:08 pm k’es, I sent it to the show and her blog and titled it as “A Painful Moment of Geek” hoping someone would see it. When she had the author and graph of the article I said K’ES! Do we have a staff member that reads the Planet? Pretty cool 😎 I know what you mean about the staff, some days I feel like calling the INS on them, but then it’s only a few dollars a day out of pocket. They can be so ungrateful at times. 😉 » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 5:45 pm I watched my brother, Mr. “nothing is too hot for me” try to eat a Scotch Bonnet fresh out of my garden and he did just about the same thing, I can’t imagine a ghost chile. » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 5:17 pm I’m not saying that this was all k’es, but did anyone see Rachel’s show on pepper spray last night? I t came straight from her link. I tweeted it to Maddow and it was retweeted a many times, just saying. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#45410896 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 4:44 pm Cher, as soon as I dump one of my 3,793 tabs with a “I won’t need that one…” Sure enough…. 😆 » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 4:09 pm Whoa! That is bizarre! » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 3:16 pm Newt wanting to develop a permanent yet documented underclass is going soft? Compare his idea to W’s immigration plan makes W look like a flaming librul. On HP: I read 5-10 days ago that they are bleeding AOL dry and just secured another transfusion of cash of 25 million from an unnamed “venture capital funder. Hedge fund? And are they now the behind the curtain editorial board? » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 2:49 pm How can I miss the point when it was my point? 😆 I fully understand what you and others are saying and the MSM is helping all day by making it a huge dust up, it doesn’t change the minds of the establishment GOP one bit, they aren’t in his corner. Santorum never did catch on, did he? I don’t think he will, but who knows with this group? He may be the RR’s darling but he has to share that with Bachmann, Perry and Cain and every speech I’ve seen him give always pushed the “sanctity of life” issue first and foremost, Too one issue? » Posted By bito On November 23, 2011 @ 2:35 pmComments Posted By bito
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/rick-perry-forgets-the-legal-voting-age.php
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Rep-Barney-Frank-Not-Running-in-2012/10737425839-2/
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Edit: Well that was very strange, it suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
Here is yesterdays announcement presser ICYMI
http://www.c-span.org/Events/Rep-Barney-Frank-Not-Running-in-2012/10737425839-2/
Beaten arrested in interior ministry
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Clashes erupted in Assuit, Qena, Aswan, Luxor, Minya, Mansoura and Alexandria while Central Security Forces practiced self constraint for the first time in Suhag, according to April 6 Youth member in Suhag Kariman Kamal.
Reports of @monaeltahawy and @pangeaworld detention very concerning. @USEmbassyCairo engaging authorities. #FreeMona
#freeMona ❗
And no I didn’t make that one.
Santorum: God’s Law And Civil Law Must Be The Same
Yep, that’s what I read too. I don’t think it’s the end, but due to the economy being issue one for many people, they may not have as much as effect this election season. They will keep trying, have no doubt.
OK, this is the third story to day that I don’t have a link to and I’m getting mad at myself…..
But! I did read an article on a poll of Iowa voters and it showed that many in the RR wing are not or thinking of not going to the caucuses because they don’t have a candidate that has much chance of winning. Their darlin, Michelle doesn’t have much chance and Perry and Cain have little grassroots organizers. Interesting if true.
It was a short biz story, not many details and I didn’t follow up on it.
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