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Time Out for O/T – Vol. 17

Why is the Palin book called a book of lies and gossip but the Suskind book the truth?

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 6:31 pm

Bingo Adlib. Having spent many years hanging around the Public Defender system, they scoffed at the word justice. They would quite often get the person to didn’t “roll over and the people that couldn’t afford the private attorney with connections and the ability to have investigators to look at the case. The public defender system’s budget is set not on need but at the whim of politicians.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 6:26 pm

đŸ˜„ #toomuchdoubt Way too much doubt. Once a life is taken can the state later say “Oops, sorry, we made a mistake? We the people are the “the State” and I can’t apologize for the mistake.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 6:15 pm

Thanks to twiiter:
One justice can delay and it takes 5 to approve the writ.
fleetadmiralj Josh Chambers

http://www.uscourts.gov/EducationalResources/ConstitutionResources/SeparationOfPowers/USSupremeCourtProcedures.aspx

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 4:53 pm

Im a bit confused on this with all the reports.
I always thought that the one judge that has jurisdiction over that district could grant a delay but they usually convene the members. MSNBC says it takes five to grant the Writ and I thought it was four for a Petition for Writ of Certiorari” A “let’s be damn certain” writ.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 4:46 pm

Meanwhile in Texas:

RT @CNNValencia: CNN confirms Texas death row inmate Lawrence Russell Brewer, 44, was executed by lethal execution at 7:21pm (ET), per TDCJ

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 4:38 pm

What I’m getting off Twitter is that the SCOTUS has called for a delay while the decide on the actual Writ.
#toomuchdoubt

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 4:21 pm

God have Mercy
Lord have Mercy
God have Mercy

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 4:07 pm

STAYED!!!!!

EDIT: Hold on.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 4:03 pm

The hashtag on twitter is appropriate #toomuchdoubt

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 3:57 pm

Em, it’s a Petition for Writ of Certiorari, which means “this is a damn emergency, stop it now and let’s talk about it in court later!”

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 3:54 pm

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» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 3:46 pm

Oh lucky us. Tweety has Mark Penn(cil…) on his show. Remember how he got Hillary elected?

Yes, Mark, Tax reform is desperately needed, but it ain’t going to happen with this congress and not before the election. Millions of people can’t wait for a job while the needed tax reforms are debated, discussed, debated some more and then voted down in this R controlled house.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 2:23 pm

KQ, I fear this scenario but I can see it.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 2:09 pm

Perry is such a dunce. He didn’t even have the sense to wait for PBO’s UN speech before he said the the President was anti-Israel.

I haven’t seen any reaction to what the Fed did today but there’s no doubt it will be condemned by all the R’s and they will all yell “Inflation-printing dollars” even though inflation has been below 2% (close to 1%) since the Bush economic crash.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 2:06 pm

All this and without a plan of their own.

R’s:”It’s the deficit/debt! Obama doesn’t have a plan, show us the plan, we have the Ryan plan, where’s yours?”

PBO: Here’s a balanced plan to reduce both the long range debt and deficit.

R’s: “No new taxes on the job creators! We need jobs!”

PBO: “Here’s a balanced jobs plan and cuts taxes on small business, invests in infrastructure and reduces the payroll taxes for employees and employers.”

R’s: “We can’t afford it, Government can’t create jobs, the private sector creates jobs!”

PBO: “To raise the revenue a tax will placed on the earnings of the top 2% and fix our infrastructure putting millions of people back to work.”

R’s: “Class Warfare!”

Rinse and repeat.

More Zombie Lies: GOP Candidates Bring Back False Claim That Higher Tax Rates On The Rich Destroy Jobs

Paul Ryan Calls For Increasing Taxes On Middle Class But Dismisses Millionaires Tax As ‘Class Warfare’

After Calling Obama’s Taxes On The Rich ‘Class Warfare,’ Romney Calls For Raising Taxes On The Poor

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 1:49 pm

Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly

And no I haven’t read the whole speech.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 1:08 pm

The coverage of the execution of a black man in Georgia, USA is interrupted by two white kids getting released from Iran.
More after this commercial break.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 12:53 pm

Family Research Council(FRC):
Pray That Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Is Reinstated

Following the certification of the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the Family Research Council today is asking members to pray that the “godless policy be reversed.” Their prayer alert echoes the message of FRC president Tony Perkins that the organization will be dedicated to monitoring the supposedly devastating consequences of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’s repeal. The group warns that the “Pandora’s Box has been opened” and that President Obama will need to answer “questions about religious freedom, conscience exemptions, and same-sex partner benefits” from Republican congressmen. Pierre Bynum, FRC’s National Prayer Director, writes:

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/frc-pray-dont-ask-dont-tell-reinstated

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 12:41 pm

And the screaming and cries of “Kill the Fed-it’s unconstitutional” should begin in 3…2….1….

To support a stronger economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with the dual mandate, the Committee decided today to extend the average maturity of its holdings of securities. The Committee intends to purchase, by the end of June 2012, $400 billion of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 6 years to 30 years and to sell an equal amount of Treasury securities with remaining maturities of 3 years or less. This program should put downward pressure on longer-term interest rates and help make broader financial conditions more accommodative. The Committee will regularly review the size and composition of its securities holdings and is prepared to adjust those holdings as appropriate.

To help support conditions in mortgage markets, the Committee will now reinvest principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities. In addition, the Committee will maintain its existing policy of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction.

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20110921a.htm

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 11:36 am

A Tea-Party candidates non understanding of taxes (and more.)

So I took the opportunity to ask her if, as with many Republicans today, she was opposed to any form of revenue increases that might help balance the budget. In fact, she said, she was not. She favors increasing the sales tax, because it’s “progressive,” and based on consumption.

[…]

In reality, the sales tax is highly regressive, falling heavily on poor people who might not even have to pay income taxes, which are progressive. When I pointed this out, Eagar seemed confused. She didn’t seem to realize that just because the total amount of sales tax might be higher on a yacht than on a bag of groceries, it’s still regressive. So I explained to her how a 6 percent sales tax, like we have in DC, eats up a larger proportion of the income of someone making less money than someone making more money. In response, she said
nothing.

She rested and ready to run for Congress to help set tax policy but doesn’t understand grade school math. One good thing though she is against porn!
OOPS:

And here’s one paradox of Utah politics: While state legislators and others are quick to laud Eagar’s anti-porn activism publicly, Utah also leads the nation in smut consumption. When all those Salt Lake Mormon Playboy subscribers get inside the voting booth, they may well decide that Jim Matheson really isn’t so bad after all, even if he is a Democrat.

“Utah’s Sarah Palin” Cherilyn Eagar Has a Tax Problem

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 10:44 am

Watching (again 🙂 ) C-Span3 and lo and behold the R’s are holding a hearing on jobs and debt reduction. Their big plan is to open up the wildlife preserve in Alaska (ANWR) for oil drilling! Move the family to the Arctic North Slope and get one of the 3,000 jobs in about 3-10 years. The “new” tax revenue form the oil companies will almost match their subsidies.
Lots of PBO bashing about his administration not allowing permitting them to drill and not one mention that the crude oil production is up 12% since last year.

» Posted By bito On September 21, 2011 @ 9:58 am

Sue is that “Teaper” stuff or Orwell stuff? Wait did I just ask the same thing twice?

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 8:31 pm

More on Sheruff Joe (as that isn’t enough)

Don Stapley: Andrew Thomas, Joe Arpaio ‘destroyed’ my life

Four months have passed since the last set of criminal charges against Stapley were tossed. He said time has not dimmed his memories of being indicted, arrested, indicted again, and named in multiple lawsuits during ongoing political and legal battles between the Board of Supervisors, Thomas and Arpaio.

Stapley, of Mesa, described the actions of Thomas and Arpaio as “frightening,” and testified that he has incurred more than $2 million in legal fees defending himself.

After a lengthy state Bar investigation, the three former prosecutors were accused of a combined 33 ethics violations stemming from their actions against county officials, judges and others. Their fate will be decided by a three-member panel, which could decide to strip Thomas and Aubuchon of their law licenses. Alexander faces lesser sanctions.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2011/09/20/20110920stapley-thomas-ethics-hearing0920.html#ixzz1YYPQnpGr

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 8:27 pm

So Sorry about blocking your email.
Signed,
The Corporate Masters.

Yahoo blocked e-mails about Wall Street protests

Yahoo apologized yesterday after people using its e-mail service were prevented from sending messages about anti-Wall Street demonstrations over the weekend.

The company said that an external spam filter had blocked the messages but maintained that it was inadvertent. It said that the problem has since been resolved, though there may be some residual issues.

ThinkProgress, which first noticed the problem, posted the following video of someone being blocked from e-mailing a message inviting their friends to visit the “Occupy Wall St.” campaign Web site.

Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-20109134-93/yahoo-blocked-e-mails-about-wall-street-protests/#ixzz1YYDELNcU

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 7:38 pm

OOOO,another T-shirt?

[img]http://images2.dailykos.com/i/user/2563/DH_CoC.jpg[/img]

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 5:47 pm

Sue this is from our news widget:
“Condemned Ga. inmate has much support, little hope”
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110920/ap_on_re_us/us_georgia_execution

This time, state officials are confident this lethal injection will be carried out. Georgia’s governor does not have the power to grant condemned inmates clemency. Davis supporters are calling on Chatham County District Attorney Larry Chisolm to block the execution. But the prosecutor said in a statement Tuesday he’s powerless to withdraw an execution order for Davis issued by a state Superior Court judge.

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 5:15 pm

KT, one of the biggest hypotheticals that I remember from my youth was the Draft Board asking if you would work in the steel mills if one was applying for CO status. Or the one about not killing, “not even to protect your family?” They had a list of trap questions to deny CO status. “What if the moon is really made out of cheese, would you eat it?” Your “not based in reality” is often right!

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 5:08 pm

Some of the “usual suspects” on the far left are calling on PBO to step in on the case. Right, that’s all he needs to do, get involved in a state case and the judicial system. Separation of powers anyone?

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 4:58 pm

I only got 3 right.

» Posted By bito On September 20, 2011 @ 4:35 pm

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