My reaction to the Debt Ceiling/Govt Shutdown deal

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Thursday October 17, 2013 · 8:00 AM PDT

2013/10/17 · 08:00

I'm sorry, I can't help it, I just keep watching this over and over again:

At this point, we vote Boehner for Speaker

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Sunday October 13, 2013 · 8:00 AM PDT

2013/10/13 · 08:00

The tea party went into this shutdown with no exit strategy (betraying the fact that most of them are politically inept). They used threats of primary challengers against moderate Republicans and threats against Boehner's position as speaker.

The poll numbers are damning, this thing is going to be laid at the Speakers feet. He is at least going to be challenged as Speaker, and possibly will be ultimately primaried if this ends in any way that keeps Obamacare intact, and does not give the Repubs something to claim as a victory.

Here's how we get the government back in business...

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Thursday October 03, 2013 · 10:52 PM PDT

2013/10/03 · 22:52

The fact of the matter is that we are currently in a government shutdown that can be attributed to the lack of leadership displayed by the current Speaker of the House.

We know that he cannot simply capitulate to the Democrats despite the fact that a sect of his constituency went nuclear with no endgame. It appears as if the dems for once have a goddamn spine and there will be no capitulation

In the end, the Boehner leadership era is over, as well it should be. He has done nothing for the United States, much less any faction of it that is not dominated by the far right.

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Sunday December 23, 2012 · 8:46 PM PST

2012/12/23 · 20:46

There's not much info so this will be a short diary, but this is grave:

Seven people have died in Homs after they inhaled a poisonous gas sprayed by government forces in a rebel-held neighbourhood, activists said.
Activists also told Al Jazeera that scores of others were affected in al-Bayyada neighbourhood. Side effects reported include nausea, relaxed muscles, blurred vision, and breathing difficulties.

More info at al-Jazeera

It should be noted that there is no claim of responsibility, the assumption is that since the attack was on a rebel area it was released by government troops or Assad loyalists. This is the most likely scenario.

That said, sarin has been used in the past in a terror attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995, so this is not necessarily from the Syrian Government stockpile.

This could also be a false-flag attack by rebels or other interested parties like al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda who would like to see the rebels receive military assistance from the US.

Whatever the source, this opens a new and very grave chapter in the liberation of Syria.

"Thugs" trying to suppress vote in Redwood City, California

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Tuesday November 06, 2012 · 2:52 PM PST

2012/11/06 · 14:52

Since the details are scant, this is going to be a short diary.

I never thought that solidly blue California would be at risk of this, but it looks like 2 guys didn't really think that through in Redwood City, California.

Redwood City Patch is reporting that two men dressed in black wearing sunglasses were asking potential voters for ID, claiming that in a black binder that they carried with the was a list of eligible voters.

Once it was verified that they were not acting in any official manner they were asked to leave and did so once the police were called.

If you witness something like this occurring I beg that you get a picture of the offenders - this can aid in identifying the source of the suppression (like we don't already know!) and can aid in prosecution should that be necessary.

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Wednesday July 18, 2012 · 3:19 PM PDT

2012/07/18 · 15:19

A "new" video has been released on Townhall.com featuring everybody's favorite (gag) conservative prankster doing what he does best - editing innocuous conversations into manufactured outrage.

This episode features a conversation between O'Keefe, an associate and New England union officials discussing "Green Jobs". It includes some of the trademark O'Keefe lame humor and attempts to make all unions look bad by taking the comments of two representatives out of context.

If you have to see it, follow me beyond the orange calligraphy cloud.

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Thursday June 07, 2012 · 5:04 PM PDT

2012/06/07 · 17:04

Today the RNC decided it would be a good idea to allow people to sign an online petition against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (known in the Fox Nation as "ObamaCare").

They decided it would be a great idea to livestream the petitions as they were submitted and printed.

Interactive democracy! Yaaay!

What they expected and what really happened are quite different, as shown in the screencaps below the squiggly orange thing...

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Tuesday November 22, 2011 · 4:08 PM PST

2011/11/22 · 16:08

We've known since she started talking about running for President she didn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the nomination, much less the general election for President of the United States.

Now an insurance application released by an anonymous tipster has revealed that the Bachmann campaign plans to not field or staff offices in Michigan, Texas, California, Florida and Washington DC.

Gawker has more:

The application, for instance, specifically asks the campaign how many full-time, part-time, and volunteer staffers or independent contractors it has in Florida, California, Michigan, Texas, and Washington, D.C. In each instance, Watkins wrote simply, "None planned." It might make strategic sense for Bachmann to skip the Michigan and Texas primaries, in which natives Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, respectively, will be heavily favored. And California's primary is scheduled so late in the season that the contest will likely be decided before it happens.
But Florida is a crucial state. Its primary will be just the fourth in the cycle, which is one reason Bachmann is publicly insisting that she "intend[s] to win Florida, and win it twice—once in the primary and once in the general election." That's a tough sell without volunteers, staffers, or contractors on the ground in the state.

The documents go on to reveal that she plans to raise $30M with a campaign of 50 total paid staffers and up to 400 total volunteers through June 2012. Losing Republicans in 2008 (like Mitt Romney) raised twice that.

Can anyone say "Book Tour"?

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