Now with MHP explaining the GOP political universe with jellybeans.
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Also, I thought the President’s speech at AIPAC was…about as good as you’re going to get from a President running for re-election and speaking at AIPAC, and I’ll leave it at that. Stone silence on anything that referenced diplomacy, sanctions or peace, wild applause at mention of anything military, force, or defense-related.
Have at it.
Southern Beale
Just saw at ThinkProgress that 31 people were arrested at a Women’s Rights march in Virginia. They had police in riot gear there. Un fucking believable.
Mark S.
Worst analogy ever: some British Catholic bishop:
If only he could have also worked in the Holocaust.
samara morgan
what i find curious……..is Panetta and Obama sternly warning Israel off…and in particular Israel refusing to give its ally, the US a pre-strike warning.
No one is talking about that.
What is the first thing that would happen in an Israeli pre-emptive strike on Qom?
Every american troop, Xe contractor, embassy employee, CIA agent, christian missionary and NGO worker in MENA would be slaughtered without warning.
Israeli embassy workers and diplomats would be warned i guess.
Wouldn’t that instantly result in the US being dragged kicking and screaming into WWIII?
Linda Featheringill
wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/keep-united-states-out-war-iran-we-need-investment-home-not…
This is a petition on white house dot gov against going to war with Iran. Don’t know how effective it might be but it probably wouldn’t hurt.
[No, it isn’t my petition but it’s still a good idea, I think.]
Yutsano
Peres is little more than a figurehead in Israeli politics, as the President can’t do boo and all political power rests with the Knesset. The person I’m pissed at right now is Tzipi Livni. Either she fully concedes to Netanyahu’s position (which is possible and makes me gag) or she is an amazingly incompetent party leader. Netanyahu does NOT have a majority in the Knesset. I’m convinced half of why he’s doing what he’s doing is because he has to keep sucking up to Shas to keep them in his coalition. With Livni refusing to build one out of the remaining unaffiliated parties (including two Arab ones) we’re dealing with Bibi. Shoot me now.
Rawk Chawk
@Yutsano:
If only.
lamh35
Thank you David Axelrod for finally putting this out there!
Obama aide: Limbaugh made ‘sort of quasi-apology’
gnomedad
Depressing. They can’t even fake it.
lamh35
posting this here from an earlier thread cause rarely do I ever say “I agree with George Will”!
George Will Mocks ‘Depressing’ GOP Response To Rush Limbaugh
George Will Mocks ‘Depressing’ GOP Response To Rush Limbaugh
I give credit where credit is due…that line ” They want to bomb Iran, but they’re afraid of Rush Limbaugh.” is a very good turn of phrase…props to George Will for that.
lamh35
Hmm, so I had some left over Baked Mac & Cheese from last week (low fat, low cal, I’m aiming to make all my fav dishes a low fat, low cal as possible, I love NOLA and Soul food too much to give it up…oh and portion control). So today I’m making some BBQ Chicken Breast and peas to go along with what’s left and I making me so Okra, Shrimp and Turkey Sausage File just because I been wanting it for a while…umm umm
Cooking on a Sunday…feel like my grandmother may she R.I.P.
lamh35
Gotta love Ron Paul…
Ron Paul: No Aid for Tornado Victims
Oh, but hey…noun, verb, “war on drugs” or whatever
I take this shit personally, as a Katrina survivor. I’m not kidding, when I tell you that my current relative ease and stress free lifestyle in owed in large part to FEMA and the help given to me and my family by the Fed government. I lost my car and my apartment thanks to Katrina and we had renters insurance. It’s thanks to FEMA that I was able to rent my first apartment here in DFW while I looked for a job and it’s the reason I was able to buy a car so that I could broaden my ability of getting around DFW and therefore being able to broaden my job hunt. That car BTW, I have today, I finished paying for it last month and now I own it. It’s the first actually bit of property I own and don’t rent.
“FU” Ron Paul and I don’t mean “forget u”
WyldPirate
Fuck AIPAC. Obama shouldn’t give those warmongering cocksuckers the time of day much less a speech.
Ziggy
First I thought this was going to be a video about how the GOP candidates are black jelly beans because nobody likes them.
Then the video loaded.
burnspbesq
A nifty deconstruction of Republican doublespeak on corporate income taxation.
blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-johnston/2012/03/02/congress-potential-faulty-tax-logic/
P.S. to Zandar. You weren’t really surprised by last night’s result, we’re you? When they bring their A game for 40 minutes, we lose, because they have a lot more talent than we do. It really is that simple.
Martin
@Southern Beale:
What you said.
What the VA police heard.
eemom
I am in Virginia, and I need advice re whether I should actually go to the polls on Tuesday and cast a ballot for Ron Paul. I’m leaning toward no, I could not actually bring myself to do that — but I am interested in the community perspective. Plz help. Thx.
Suffern ACE
@lamh35: If it weren’t for the fact that it is legal, what you did is just like theft.
Anya
I am not interested in the President’s AIPAC speech. I am sick of American politicians racing to prove who loves Israel the most, and who offers the most definite, full-throated support of Israel’s oppression of Palestinians.
Nylund
I think the jelly bean thing is a bit silly. Not sure their assumed percentages will hold as the primary season continues and not sure the “super” delegates would be willing to rock the boat. I think Romney’s got the nomination down pat. It’s just a matter of whether he can get it in a way that convinces the media and public that he’s a strong candidate or if he falters and comes in as a weak one. The nomination itself is probably all but certain. I think the piece comes off a bit as yet another example of people in the media loving them a horse raise cuz it makes a good story. But it has more to do with the sort of stories they like to tell than what’s really going on.
Yutsano
@eemom: I’d say do eet, but Willard is already way ahead and there are only the two choices so the whole thing is a farce. I recommend mocking from a safe distance. And throwing random objects at Paultards, just for kicks.
rlrr
Rush Limbaugh’s “Apology”…
geg6
Okay, so this is really an OT thread.
I am beginning to get a little worried about my John, so if there are any medical types, a little reassurance would be good.
He had a transfusion (2 pints) the day of his knee surgeries. That was Wednesday. I just talked to him (can’t be at the hospital because we’re having satellite tv installed today) and he tells me they are giving him another. His physical therapy is going very, very well. But why would he need a transfusion at this late date?
lamh35
@Suffern ACE: umm that was /snark..right?
If so I’m sorry, but I’ll admit I dont’ get it. It went a lil over my head :(
rlrr
Anything short of publicly fellating Benjamin Netanyahu will not satisfy the Likudniks…
geg6
@eemom:
As I’ve been asking the guy in the thread below…
why? What is the purpose? If it’s to ratfuck the GOP somehow, I don’t see the point since they are ratfucking themselves pretty efficiently without you. Makes no sense.
And I honestly would be infuriated if they (and when they) did the same to us.
kledd
She makes a crucial mistake in that video when she conflates Romney’s percentage of the VOTE in the first twelve states with Romney’s percentage of the DELEGATES. At about 3:00, she says he needs half the DELEGATES in the remaining proportional states, but so far he’s only gotten 36% of the VOTES. True, he’s only gotten in the 36% range of the vote, but he’s gotten half the delegates, and he’s on track to get enough of the delegates for the nomination. He’ll probably get all of the delegates in Virginia, for example.
Yutsano
@geg6: He may have some bleeding that isn’t quite under control. Or he showed signs of anemia. If they’re not giving him much that means they’re watching what happens closely. I think it will be all right.
cathyx
@eemom: I thought you were in Pa, troublemaker.
Ben Franklin
@geg6:
I’m not medical, but I know how poorly Dr.s communicate with friends and family. Was it arthroscopic surgery? My understanding is very little blood lost in that. I would start calling the Drs. If they don’t respond, double-down. Still nothing? Go early in the morning and grab their lapels (figuratively).
Rawk Chawk
@WyldPirate:
How shrill of you to say so.
geg6
@Yutsano:
It’s not bleeding, for sure, because that was my first question. But he said no bleeding. Must be anemia. Still, it does not make me happy. I’d probably feel better if I was there and could hear their explanation. But all I have to go on is what he is telling me and you know how men are!
grandpa john
@Southern Beale: Imagery for the news media. Have to portray the women as desperate savage lunatics so people will forget that fact that the wingnuts are the real desperate savage lunatics.
Billy Beane
Well what the hell did you expect from a speech at AIPAC. Lightning bolts coming out of his arse?
Suffern ACE
@lamh35:
So you’re not a thief per Ron Paul. You’re kind of like the dealer in stolen goods.
geg6
@Ben Franklin:
It was a double knee replacement.
Shudder. Every time I type or say those words, it makes me shudder. The description from the surgeon of grinding down bones and such makes me shudder at the thought.
debit
@geg6: At every hospital there should be a patient’s advocate. If the doctor/s are not communicating with you, go find the PA.
Rawk Chawk
@geg6:
I am sorry for your troubles, and wish you and yours well, but a political blog full of smartasses is not where you should be seeking perspective on a major medical situation.
scav
@geg6: Still, it might be a good opportunity to push back and establish / find someone you can trust for answering such non-emergency questions. You’ll probably still have such questions when he’s at home, about PT, should it look like that, we’ve got to keep it horizontal for How long? etc. (at least if you’re like what my mother went through). Find where to go for this stuff — even if you need it you might feel better for knowing it.
@geg6: and, if it makes you feel any better, my mom went through her planned replacement about the time my cousin blew her knee with an overenthusiastic kick and Mom pitied the cousin. More things torn and ragged rather than tidily cut.
Rawk Chawk
@geg6:
Mysandrist.
lamh35
@Suffern ACE: oh thx….”swoosh”..that’s the sound of my hand going over my head…totally missed that…lol and I posted the article.
Welp, then I’ll happily admit that I’m a thief then…hopefully the guv’mint ain’t gonna come and arrest me. Although I suspect President’s Paul’s guv’mint might.
eemom
@Yutsano:
Yeah, I reckon. So far the only momentum I’ve seen for Paul is a couple of spray painted signs with his name on them that look hilariously like tie-dyes.
@geg6:
Agreed. And I am kind of hung up on that honesty thing.
The only thing is, it would be sort of fun to be a “mole” amongst my republitard neighbors at the polling place. I could practice standing in line with a fierce wingnutty scowl on my face while secretly pointing and giggling….
Yes. I DO need to get out more. [sigh]
NobodySpecial
Lessee…a speech at AIPAC.
Is there anything with less value?
Lojasmo
@geg6:
Geg:
Doesn’t seem right. Even if there was considerable blood loss during the procedure, it should have come up with the first two units.
WyldPirate
@geg6-
What Yutsano said. They’ve also likely got a drain in his knee and are closely monitoring blood/fluid loss and trying to compensate for that.
The body has a lot going on just trying to compensate and repair the trauma from surgery. Topping off with a pint our two of fresh juice if he’s a bit low is just less bodily resources diverted from repairing damage/intrusiveness from surgery and fighting off any potential infection.
sloan
Since this is an open thread here’s 8 minutes of Billie Holiday being awesome.
geg6
@scav:
The PT people have been great. Totally open about everything and happy to explain everything. I’m just frustrated because I know he won’t tell me everything they are telling him when I’m not there. He just thinks he’s keeping me from worrying, but it does the opposite.
I’ll get there later this afternoon and, believe me, I will get an explanation.
scav
@geg6: He’s also probably on enough pain medication to not allow him to be worried about much of anything. Still, good to know you’ve got people to trust and go to.
geg6
@scav:
LOL! Too true about the pain meds. He’s never been so high.
JWL
“Stone silence on anything that referenced diplomacy, sanctions or peace..”.
Sorry to hear that.
The truth about this insane tribal bloodlust is too terrible for the timid to contemplate. Simply, the political leadership of the United States Big Lied and engineered the Iraq War a mere 10 years ago, for the same cause.
lamh35
“What’s the matter with white people?
As the GOP loses its grip, it’s got one loyal constituency. Will white America go down with the ship?
by Joan Walsh”
burnspbesq
@geg6:
That does seem odd. Surgical techniques may have changed in the 30 years since I tore up my knee, but IIRC the only thing they stuck into me post-op was a bog-standard saline drip.
Ask questions, and keep asking until you get answers that make sense.
rikyrah
lamh,
good links.
I gotta ask…how the heck does one make low-fat mac and cheese?
I don’t think it can be done and be eatable.
joining you with the FU to Ron Paul
Davis X. Machina
New Hampshire legislature to consider de-criminalizing marijuana. Because the state has no business telling you what you can and cannot smoke, only whom you can and cannot marry.
Live free or die, peeps. Feel the rEVOLution!
Peace out.
Poopyman
@geg6: OK, I’m not a doctor and obviously don’t play one on the internets. Also obviously, a lot of factors we don’t know are in play. How many indicators here does he match:
vernon
DIE, JEW-HATING NAZI SCUM!!!!!!!!!!!
forked tongue
God damn it, I’m sick of this shit:
I realize Barbara Bush is a disgusting, vindictive old bat with no more dignity or restraint than that other corpulent turd we’ve all been talking about this week, but when is somebody going to come out and say that this “America cannot survive” Barack Obama routine is, if not actually treasonous, at least a not-too-subtle instigation to treason?
Poopyman
@forked tongue: Welllll, plenty of us said the same thing about Beautiful Mind Barb’s baby boy, and the jury is still out on that one, so it’d be tough to prove, donchaknow.
lamh35
@rikyrah: I used whole wheat pasta. Low fat, low cal Sharp cheddar, mild cheddar and 2% velvet a cheese with skim milk. I’m only cooking for myself, so I make exact serving measurement i.e. 1 cup skim milk, and them I used 1/2 servings of the cheeses instead and of course portion size. So the whole pan of Mac and cheese is like 2000cal, but divided into 6-8 portions each lowers caloric intake and the only fat cal is from the cheeses.
It came out really well with very cheesy goodness
Yutsano
@forked tongue: Needs moar both sides do it.
lamh35
@forked tongue: Actually that’s the original script. The actual call did nit include references to POTUS. Buzzfeed had a link about it
catclub
still getting the mobile version until I comment
burnspbesq
@lamh35:
This is the part of the Paulite world-view that infuriates me the most. I would respectfully refer Rep. Paul to the first three words of the preamble to the Federal Constitution. The Federal Government exists because we chose to have it. Federal money is what we voluntarily give to the Federal Government.
For someone who professes to care about the Constitution, Rep. Paul sure doesn’t understand it.
Martin
@geg6:
We’ve been hoping this day would never come, but I’m afraid it has. I hate to break this to you, but your John is a vampire now. It’s okay – he still loves you, and nothing needs to change. Well, other than the whole going out in daylight stuff, and what coupons you clip for the grocery store, but aside from that it’s all going to be fine.
samara morgan
@WyldPirate: he has to.
the whole thing is election year kabuki.
Bibi is trying to fuck up a second term for Obama because he knows that if Obama wins hes going to bitchslap Israel into a two state solution.
But Bibi got righteously served with the Jeffrey Goldberg interview.
point, set, match.
;)
4jkb4ia
If you are not watching Illinois State-Creighton, you are missing a really great game and the essence of March.
(I saw Jeremy Lin today, too. All that needs to be said is that before he came, the Knicks didn’t have a season, and now they do.)
St. Trinian's grad
@Suffern ACE: Beg pardon?
Linda Featheringill
@geg6:
Low hemoglobin level [anemia].
But the real question is why is his hemoglobin level dropping?
I would call the doctor and see what’s happening. It might not be serious at all.
David Koch
@eemom: Well, 2 months ago your progressive betters recommended dumping Obama and supporting Paul.
So there’s that.
WyldPirate
@lamh35:
Thanks for the link lamh35. That was a really good article by Walsh.
b-psycho
@burnspbesq:
Meh, should’ve said “We the White Moneyed Slaveowning Men”. Would’ve been more accurate.
Kenneth Almquist
Mitt Romney’s 2009 Op Ed on health care reform has been making the rounds in conservative circles because it called for a federal mandate to buy insurance, but what strikes me is the closing paragraph:
Mitt Romney, despite years of working at Bain Capital where you would think he might have learned something about turning around troubled companies, predicted that the automobile industry bailout wouldn’t work. And now he’s demonstrated that he doesn’t understand Republican politicians, despite being one himself. Is there any topic on which Romney isn’t clueless?