Safe to Come Out?

good morning! Hope and change!

The dollar is sh*t.

n the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for nations in the Gulf Co-operation Council, including Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Qatar.

Secret meetings have already been held by finance ministers and central bank governors in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil to work on the scheme, which will mean that oil will no longer be priced in dollars.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/the-demise-of-the-dollar-1798175.html

Obama still sucks:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/10/did_we_elect_a_beta_male_as_pr_1.html

more sunshine for you, murphy!

White coats were distributed to doc attending Obama’s press conference yesterday.
h/t SOD at TC

WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet — and handed out doctors’ white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message.

In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to buttress its claim that front-line physicians support Obama.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/tricky_doctored_photo_kTVWHZ3vEeRQbxCC0TNZHN

Click the link for a *great* pic.

Hey Murphy! Too funny about that full moon. I stopped by to see a friend of mine at her store, a no-nonsense business woman, and she warned me the full moon was still having an affect!

Check out TGW this morning. They caught the peeping Tom who filmed the sports journalist nude, and guess what? His lawyer says he’s a “regular guy” who’s never even had a traffic ticket and soooooo many people are calling and asking how they can “help” him.

And she’s not the only woman he filmed nude and put on the internet.

and now for the good news:

Switzerland denies Polanski bail

Film-maker Roman Polanski has been denied bail ahead of his possible extradition to the US, the Swiss Justice Ministry has said

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8292977.stm

perse, you know people have been harassing Hillary to “free Polanksi.” Has she made a statement yet? The WH tried to make no statement then quickly added that Zero was “against” rape or some hilariously obvious observation.

Bring back BushWacker
wow, that’s when you know things are bad..

Things are very bad! Banks are failing every day, more unemployment, more inflation, cities and towns raising fees and taxes. The government digging us deeper and deeper into debt. That asshole flying around acting like the whole world loves him when he has not earned an ounce of respect! We can call him W for worse than the other w that is his minihim…..just when you thought is was safe to spend a dollar it turned into thirty seven cents!

persephone 10.06.09 at 10:07 am

did she seriously just call us *gals?*
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Yup…hey what do ya expect she been to Vegas baby!

RememberNovember 10.05.09 at 10:11 pm

BCL – love that idea

BTW, while it is quiet, have you any advice forme with a 16 year old kitty who is still grieving for his life time pal almost a year after he died. I love him to death, he gets extra cuddles and attention but nothing I do seems to help him – it breaks my heart to hear him howling by the door of the room where his buddy spent his last few days. He does have another potential feline pal in the house but they just do not seem to be close. It is so sad.
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Sorry I missed your question last night, I had gone to bed.
You might try taking the sad cat into the room where his buddy died and talk and cuddle with him and let him know that you understand his sadness. Cats are alot more understanding of our feelings than many understand, and if he knows you support him, it may help him to move on. Also I would get the 2 remaining cats together in the same room and give them treats and then play with them together, so he begins to see the 2nd cat as a play buddy, that might help them both to bond. Cats are not pack animals like dogs, so they tend to have only one buddy at a time. The other cat is used to being the outsider so it needs to be taught to be the buddy too. Hope this helps.

Sorry to crash the Mass party, but I saw RememberNovember’s question to me last night and felt bad that I had missed it last night.

And I’ve been called alot worse than gals. LOL

Love the photo at the top, Murphy.

(a few hours ago) BNO: “The Swiss Federal Office of Justice has denied Roman Polanski’s request for release; saying there is a very high risk of escape.”

In June, Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn signed an executive order approving collective bargaining by “individual providers of home-based support services” — effectively busting open the doors of private homes for the Purple Shirts of the SEIU and other union competitors hungry for new dues-paying members.

The home-based workers weren’t seeking a collective bargaining agent.

But unions were targeting them.

http://michellemalkin.com/2009/10/05/special-report-a-parental-revolt-against-the-seius-home-invasion-robbery/

You Can’t Say That

At the UN, the Obama administration backs limits on free speech.
by Anne Bayefsky
10/05/2009

The Obama administration has marked its first foray into the UN human rights establishment by backing calls for limits on freedom of expression. The newly-minted American policy was rolled out at the latest session of the UN Human Rights Council, which ended in Geneva on Friday. American diplomats were there for the first time as full Council members and intent on making friends.

President Obama chose to join the Council despite the fact that the Organization of the Islamic Conference holds the balance of power and human rights abusers are among its lead actors, including China, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia. Islamic states quickly interpreted the president’s penchant for “engagement” as meaning fundamental rights were now up for grabs. Few would have predicted, however, that the shift would begin with America’s most treasured freedom.

http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/017/043ytrhc.asp

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=45979

scarlet 10.06.09 at 10:38 am

You Can’t Say That

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I am heading for the garage………..

Turning the carbon screws on businesses so they lobby Congress for cap and trade.

How else to explain the coordinated release on Wednesday of the EPA’s new rules that make carbon a dangerous pollutant and John Kerry’s cap-and-trade bill?

Ms. Jackson is issuing a political ultimatum to business, as well as to Midwestern and rural Democrats: Support the Kerry-Obama climate tax agenda—or we’ll punish your utilities and consumers without your vote.

The EPA has now formally made an “endangerment finding” on CO2, which will impose the command-and-control regulations of the Clean Air Act across the entire economy.

Ms. Jackson made a show of saying her new rules would only apply to some 10,000 facilities that emit more than 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide each year, as if that were a concession. These are the businesses—utilities, refineries, heavy manufacturers and so forth—that have the most to lose and are therefore most sensitive to political coercion.

Yet one not-so-minor legal problem is that the Clean Air Act’s statutory language states unequivocally that the EPA must regulate any “major source” that emits more than 250 tons of a pollutant annually, not 25,000.

The EPA’s Ms. Jackson made up the higher number out of whole cloth because the lower legal threshold—which was intended to cover traditional pollutants, not ubiquitous carbon—would sweep up farms, restaurants, hospitals, schools, churches and other businesses. Sources that would be required to install pricey “best available control technology” would increase to 41,000 per year, up from 300 today, while those subject to the EPA’s construction permitting would jump to 6.1 million from 14,000.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574447090218534138.html

Supreme Court ruled 250 ton. EPA says fuck you

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204731804574388642894879438.html

Scarlet you are on fire

LEGISLATION

PROPOSED AMENDED HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT
&
AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED TO HEALTH CARE BILL – over 500

More at 411 on the 111 pumapac forum:

http://pumapac.org/forums/411-on-the-111/comment-page-6/#comment-380781

Pelosi says new tax is ‘on the table’
By Michael O’Brien – 10/06/09 10:59 AM ET

A new value added tax (VAT) is “on the table” to help the U.S. address is fiscal liabilities, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday night.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/61783-pelosi-says-new-tax-is-on-the-table

Here comes the VAT. This administration will not be happy until the US economy is completely destroyed.
Commie Corporatist Thieves.

From former thread…

NewOrleansPuma 10.06.09 at 7:35 am

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2009/09/figures-acorn-helped-franken-steal.html

70 ACORN workers convicted in 12 states of Voter Fraud…

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NewOrleansPuma 10.06.09 at 12:13 pm

Wade Rathke..graduate of Benjamin Frnanklin High School…school for the gifted…here in New Orleans.

No reputable nonprofit organization here would ever connect up with ACORN to attempt to get anything done…It just doesn’t happen!

Using the poor for personal gain and power is the great spiritual abomination.

Rathke and his ilk wrote the book and are still writing it on how to do it!

And politicians here and elsewhere..the most known of which nationally is Obama …benefit from that knowledge as well as adding their own…Alynskyite variations on a very old theme of utter depravity

May 2009…version of the dollar dump..
http://projectworldawareness.com/2009/05/china-and-brazil-dump-the-dollar/

Missed you a lot Murph!

Love the little birdie and the moon photo.

NASA is gonna probe the MOON…

Observe the LCROSS impacts!

Date & Time:
Projected lunar impact is on October 9, 2009 at approximately 11:31:30 UT (7:31:30 a.m. EDT, 4:31:30 a.m. PDT).

http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/observation.htm

Maybe that’s why the full moon has gone nuts this month, who likes to get scientifically probed???

During the spring legislative session, SEIU workers stormed the Illinois state capitol, demanding that lawmakers raise the state’s income tax rate to meet the current state budget shortfall. Purple-shirted SEIU members blocked capitol chambers’ entrances, pushing for a vote on the tax increase that would in part fund their members’ contract negotiated earlier in the year.

The State Board of Elections website shows SEIU made 258 direct campaign contributions to Illinois Republicans, but for every one contribution to Republicans, SEIU made ten to Illinois Democrats (or at least 2,870), to date exceeding $7 million.

Service Employees International Union –SEIU Local 880– was founded by Wade Rathke while he was president of ACORN. He has described SEIU as one of the pillars of the ACORN family of organizations.

The Illinois Alliance for Growth announced yesterday that it is urging seven Republican lawmakers to either return or donate to charity political contributions made by SEIU Local 880/Acorn since 2006.

http://all4growth.org/news/illinois-alliance-for-growth-urges-seven-republican-legislators-to-disassociate-with-seiu-local-880acorn/

Our tax money goes to ACORN so they can lobby/harass/bully lawmakers to raise our taxes more.

Oh..I forgot..another give..throw away ..our elders..(you in the future) and their health…their literal existence..
as an economic commodity…of HIS depravities.

Not sure if Scarlet already got this, but this Salon article is super worth zapping past the ads to read. They spank the HELL out of the sychophant Washington Post for trying to paint Zerobama as some kind of Hero Protector when in fact he’s using the same kind of fear-mongering Bush and Cheney did in order to maintain executive power, unadulterated Patriot Act (talk about a document, make that TOME, that no one read before signing), rendition, FISA, and all the other things the Obamacrats used to rail against until it got the stamp of approval from their OMessiah.

OBAMA SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER TO REDUCE CLIMATE ALTERING POLLUTION FROM ITS BUILDINGS, FLEETS AND WORKERS’ COMMUTES

The agencies will have 90 days to tell the White House how they plan to measure and reduce greenhouse gases from buildings and vehicles by 2020. Targets for employees’ commutes and travel will be due June 2010

http://www.whitehouse.gov/assets/documents/2009fedleader_eo_rel.pdf

Hiya little {{{{Murph}}}, glad to have you back.

if all these bills pass, americans are going to be taxed to death and yes, that includes all races and all freaking people
every freaking one

have you any advice forme with a 16 year old kitty who is still grieving for his life time pal almost a year after he died.

Try Bach Rescue Remedy for pets and also pet homeopathic for loss of companion. It works.

(((BigCatLover, HPBoston, Prplvette85 and madjuana))) – thank you all so much for the kitty advice – really good ideas – will let you know (when it’s quiet on the blog). I knew PUMAS would have some answers

SHADOW: REMEMBER:

I enjoy reading about her when I can,
but the ideas didn’t sit well with me,
I didn’t know the source, or who he was,
It does come across as unorthodox—in the thinking.
still interesting——-

michelina

I agree, I like reading about Hillary as much as possible, just get upset when others that didn’t support her think her 15 minutes of fame will only come if she is their tool.
She won the primary election morons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She doesn’t need to be your tool to be respected and save your own fat asses yourself!!!!!

Good afternoon Puma friends,
Did anyone hear that Obama went to the UN Human Rights Counsel and signed on to their logic that free speech has to be curtailed? There is a great article here: http://www.hudson.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=publication_details&id=6518
Can we finally bring up articles of impeachment since he is going against a pledge he made at the innauguration to protect the constitution (SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTS FREE SPEECH). He is against our constitution and is subverting our rights to a UN (mostly Islamic Arab) counsel???? They would have us (esp women) have NO RIGHTS. American should NOT be in agreement with the UN counsel overriding our free speech rights! This is scary and possibly grounds for impeachment. Does anyone think this should be brought to the attention of anyone in the Senate or Congress since the constitution also reads “the president cannot sign a treaty without 2/3 of the Senate’s approval”? and does this apply??

ruffo #69, we can hope he will be impeached
that’s the only way to save this damned country

I think the lawmakers (who aren’t with him) are being kept so busy fighting cap n trade, healthcare takeover, jobs, etc that they might not even realize what he is doing when he leaves. they are probably busy sighing with relief that his circus leaves town. Do you know Sistermoon3 if he can sign these agreements w/o Senate approval?

VAT: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity’s price before taxes and its cost of production

wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

HP
Don’t do it, we need you. We’ll pretend that everyday is Saturday.

I am going to vent…no need to mess up the garage!

Dam I am secretary/nurse here…husband has to have a colonoscopy and endoscopies. Just had a DVT in his leg and is on coumadin. It was a week ago Saturday.
All doctors, primary care, liver, and colon/endoscope doctor are deciding what to do and when.
Had to calm the patient since the consensus is to do the tests but not remove or touch any polyps and such b/c he has been on blood thinners for too short a time to forgo it for testing.
He is NOT going to drink that stuff and do it again! Oh yes he is! He has not had any in the past but they must look before they decide what the spots on his liver are about.

I do have the garage if it gets to be a government gone so far amuck who needs a colonoscopy!
AMERICA NEEDS TO PURGE THE WH!

Well, that was way to short for my liking… Hillary only spoke for a few minutes total.

Yea michelina…w

e stand together and hope Pakistan will do the best they can and we will help them and support them…bla, bla, bla.
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Even more interesting is listening to Reid and Nasty try and share a microphone, while Nasty literally pushed Reid out of the way to answer his questions. This woman is freaking out of control fighting for HER power.

I could see her stepping right over Hillary or anyone to get what SHE wants.

Here’s to all the Pigs we’ve seen in the past several months.
Texas Tigress .. you should get a kick out of this
After all these years, this Beatle song still applies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww_pJH2zTzQ

Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt?
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.
Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts?
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.
In their sties with all their backing
They don’t care what goes on around.
In their lives there’s something lacking
What they need’s a damn good whacking.
Everywhere there’s lots of piggies
Living piggy lives.
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.

HP
Can’t balme the hubby for not wanting to go thru the prep for a colonoscopy. How long would he have to wait for the coumadin to be out of his system so any removal of polyps can be removed.

The typos in the correction are as bad as the original comment. I’m taking a break from typing right now.

((((HP)))))
I understand completely how you feel. It is overwhelming. Just know we are here for you. you don’t need the garage. I know your husband must be discouraged. My daughter goes through the same thing. She gets blood clots, has to go on the thinners, this has gone on for five years. That is why they could never take her uterus out,because if they did she could throw a clot, and if they don’t the chance of going out of remission is much higher.
It is hard enough going through this with your family member, but all the things going on around us, sometimes makes it unbearable. I have learned to just take it a day at a time.
You can vent all you want to us.. you have to let it out.. scream therapy seems to help

Would a VAT knock the skids out from under oil companies and their gazillion dollar quarterly recurring profits?

Instead of handing out white doctor coats, someone needs to get to washington and hand out white jackets… the straight kind.

{{{HP}}}
dont make me come over there. you know i’ll do it!

quick question, does mr HP know you’ve told Pumapac about his colonoscopy?

RememberNovember 10.06.09 at 4:27 pm
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I was in London 2 years ago and the VAT was 17%. Everything was so expensive. My daughter and I had an ice cream sundae at Herrod’s, the most wonderful store in the world, and they were $22 a piece – three small scoops of ice cream, a topping and a cookie stuck in them.

I think almost everything you buy has the 17% VAT tax. Not sure about services.

We did get about $800 back when we were coming home, but that was only on a few of our purchases because sometimes we didn’t feel like filling out all the papers to get the VAT taxes back.

In EU countries, certain “groups” are VAT exempt.

So the US government can “reward” groups (like the SEIU..) by granting them Exempt status.

Between VAT and Cap and Trade and Obamacare, we are SERFS.
Unless you belong to the right group.

The military is starting to go rogue. McChrystal was reprimanded today by the WH for breaking the chain of command.

I remember travel in Canada and the VAT was high, paper work to get it back was a headache!
Man we are going to buried in taxes!

dances
see the examples shown at the link.

People thought Obama was the Antichrist.
They were wrong, it’s Pelosi.

(((HP & mr. HP))). (((prplvette))). (((RemVem))) RemVem, you have long-overdue mail. Hey Pers – you, Shadow and Scarlet are on fire today! Hi michelina!
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Separate topic.

Murphy, here’s hoping Polanski and ‘Littleman’ are both ‘kissed by Dementors’! IMO, if it were possible, losing their souls might be the only adequate punishment for their horrific sexual abuse of girls and women. To any PUMAs who haven’t already done so, please consider signing the ‘jail Polanski’ petition at http://thenewagenda.net/.

Also, to any PUMAs who haven’t already done so, please consider urging CBS to fire ‘Littleman,’ who’s apparently testified that he “doesn’t even know” how many subordinates/staff members he’s slept with. http://hillbuzz.org/2009/10/05/new-calls-for-david-letterman-to-be-fired/ IMO, ‘Depraved Dave’ should be required to register as a sexual predator.

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Separate topic.

The following excerpt from Murphy’s article linked above seems particularly appropriate for all women at this time:

“Sometimes it takes recognition of [our] differences to see our commonalities in a new way and accept the idea we don’t always have to agree to get along. Here’s to gaining greater understanding of the importance of agreeing to disagree …”

scarlet 10.06.09 at 4:52 pm

RememberNovember 10.06.09 at 4:27 pm
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I was in London 2 years ago and the VAT was 17%. Everything was so expensive. My daughter and I had an ice cream sundae at Herrod’s, the most wonderful store in the world, and they were $22 a piece – three small scoops of ice cream, a topping and a cookie stuck in them.
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When I was at Harrod’s, the first thing my roommate and I did was to go to the ice cream counter for a sundae. While we were waiting to be waited on we saw the prices. Yikes, it was ridiculous. Didn’t buy the sundae or much of anyting in London because of the prices. Wonder if it is as high in other parts of England.

HP
Six months is too long to wait to do the colonoscopy. He’ll just have to such it up, but I do feel for him having to go through the prep and tests more than once. No picnic for the caretaker either.

paid to the revenue authorities by the seller of the goods, who is the “taxable person”, but it is actually paid by the buyer to the seller as part of the price. It is thus an indirect tax.
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okay. Got it. Thanks.

Thanks.
Where I was getting stuck was if the product costs ten cents to manufacture, and they sell the item for a dollar, they’d add .09 cents to the sales price… BUT then they’d have to pay a higher tax on the now .99 cents price … So they’d have to add another penny to the price…. Rinse and repeat, ad infinitum.

So the trick is to purchase as many necessities as possible and hop eyou have the change for anything required in the future.
Mr BOmangles must go!

Another thing about taxes is the big boys can use them against their smaller less connected competition.
My own family business had to some major waterfront property taxes while our main competition paid ZERO property taxes AND got a major subsidy from the state government.
As for corporations , one of the primary jobs of their lobbyists is to arrange MINOR changes in the tax code to benifit their corporation while hurting the new less politically connected competition. These “minor changes” tend to occur under the radar ,but the keep the old boys from having to compete on a level playing field .

The VAT definition at this link (which includes links for definitions of terms within this entry) might be of help.

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/value-added-tax-VAT.html

Value added tax (VAT)
Definition
Indirect tax on the domestic consumption of goods and services, except those that are zero-rated (such as food and essential drugs) or are otherwise exempt (such as exports). It is levied at each stage in the chain of production and distribution from raw materials to the final sale based on the value (price) added at each stage. It is not a cost to the producer or the distribution chain members, and whereas its full brunt is borne by the end consumer, it avoids the double taxation (tax on tax) of a direct sales tax. Introduced by the European Economic Community (now the European Union) in the 1970s.

prplvette85 10.06.09 at 7:08 pm \
I am very upset about NASA going to the moon and shooting a rocket into it.
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Do you remember that whack in the UK who campaigned to have the Moon demolished in order to stabilize Earth’s weather patterns?

boys and their projectiles.

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Do you remember that whack in the UK who campaigned to have the Moon demolished in order to stabilize Earth’s weather patterns?

boys and their projectiles.
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I know a real dark place they can shoot their projectiles in

yathink?

48% Say American Muslims Should Speak Out Against Terrorist Attacks

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/isreal_the_middle_east/48_say_american_muslims_should_speak_out_against_terrorist_attacks

Hey what’s up with our Superpumas these days?
Did Cinie loose her mojo or is she still watchin’ the food channel?

I need some good PUMA humor…………

Sorry prpl – i’m american leaguer – gotta root for tigers against yankees if twins lose – not lookin too good

tigers just scored

Susie,
Lol I am a National Leaguer, Grew up with the LA Dodgers, was a die hard fan, but I like the Rockies, would like to see them win a title.

hate this suspense – 11th inning – still tied – will run out of players pretty soon – who’ll be pitching?? the coaches?? lol

When I was kid – I liked the old Brooklyn Dodgers – then they moved to LA & we got the old Washington Senators who became Twins – never been crazy about the Yankees – remind me of the fraud – arrogant & vain………….. lol

winning run on 2nd – 2 outs

TWINS WIN

Game was on TBS – surprised me – cuz it wasn’t listed in paper today – just on radio – my sister called me & said are you watching = watching what?

Oh boy – bring on the Yankees………………………… tomorrow in NY

California’s Zigzag on Welfare Rules Worries Experts

FRESNO, Calif. — As he pressed state lawmakers over the summer to close a record budget deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger lathered scorn on the state’s welfare-to-work program. He called it too lenient on the work requirement and overly generous in its benefits. At one point, he proposed eliminating it, then compromised to make it tougher.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/us/07califwelfare.html?_r=1&hp

One thing I’ve never figured out – why do they pour champagne on their heads – goes much better in the belly…………. LOL

Congrats Susie and Minnestoa!

Yankees have enough
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When I was a kid I thought there were only three teams in baseball… that it was a New York thing. I thought the purpose of the game was for the Brooklyn Dodgers or the NY Giants to beat the super team: NY Yankees. I think the Yanks won like 10 World Series titles in a row way back then.

I think this is interesting… along with the comments.

Taking Back Nobel Prizes

The Issue
It’s a big week for Nobel Prizes. On Monday, the prize for medicine was announced. Today, Tuesday, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences reveals the winner of the physics prize. On Wednesday, the chemistry award is made public; on Thursday, it’s literature’s turn.

There’s still time to get a bet down on what to me is the big one, the Peace Prize. Past winners comprise a roster worthy of esteem, but the list also includes a few clinkers, people who, in retrospect, seem curious choices at best. On Friday, when this year’s winner is disclosed, shouldn’t the Norwegian Nobel Committee do what we encourage in other realms: acknowledge error, and then rescind those past awards bestowed on the conspicuously undeserving?

http://ethicist.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/06/taking-back-nobel-prizes/

snippet from article above (#160):

Washington Sen. Patty Murray, a Democrat, told CNN that she heard about the issue several years ago while talking to women who trying to escape abusive relationships.

One of the women “told me that she did not report her domestic violence because her health insurance company would drop her. I [initially] didn’t believe” the woman, Murray said.

Murray introduced an amendment banning the practice in 2006 but was unable to get the measure approved.

Wow Dances – this is just pure bullshit – how can a battered woman be denied coverage because the battering is a pre existing condition???? I hope those insurers get the shit knocked out of them & then try to get coverage – what the hell is going on in this country??? Is that full moon a continous ongoing loony tunes crap or is this indicative of the fraud’s fake win and karma is payback???? Turning stuff backwards and inside out……. I absolutely hate it ……………. hate it hate it ……………….
going to bed now ‘cuz I’m tired – sweet dreams everybody – tomorrow is another day……………..

Students to Protest Afghan War on 25 Campuses (Oct. 7)

From the Students for a Democratic Society Antiwar Working Group:

Demonstrations mark 8th anniversary of Afghan War–demand immediate U.S./NATO withdrawal

Students on 25 campuses across the United States will protest eight long years of war against and occupation of the people of Afghanistan, on Wednesday October 7. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a nation-wide student organization committed to activism for peace, justice and equality, are organizing the protest.

“We are outraged by the daily loss of life and devastation caused by the U.S. military in Afghanistan,” Daniel Ginsberg-Jaeckle, a member of SDS in Milwaukee, WI. “For eight years this occupation has brought nothing but misery, poverty and suffering to the Afghan people. The U.S. and NATO need to get out now.”
http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2009/10/06/students-to-protest-afghanistan-war-on-25-campuses-oct-7/#

Late answer to Murphy’s question: no, it was not safe to come out today. Sheesh, I would’ve been better served to stay in bed all day. Even the one task I was looking forward to today was waylaid. It was like a comedy of errors…never say those silly sitcoms exaggerate. Some days seem to have been written by wiseass not-quite-Superior Beings.

#61 and others…

please keep us posted on the progress of the kitty’s grieving. My brother’s dog never recovered from the loss of his canine companion. It was shocking and upsetting to see the decline.

#62 Shadowfax

Great answer. Also, I have been thinking about this….you know, in spare moments!

I can’t remember where I read or heard the discussion on the 2nd amendment (believe it or not, I think it was on CNN amongst women journalists!) but it was the first time ever I’d heard anyone address whether the 2nd amendment was meant for individuals or only for state militias.

But *that* is the discussion we should be having there. Same with the “natural born” language.

And here’s the kicker…it really doesn’t matter what the original founders meant. They themselves acknowledged that they designed the document to be “living” and able to be amended by future citizens to fit the needs of the time. So we are free to clarify or develop the arms/well-regulated militia language and the “natural born” language as well.

The founders were concerned with dual citizenry because the nation was so new. They had a specific concern. But they didn’t term it “dual.” Unfortunate, because there is no debate that Zero was born dual citizen (indeed 3 or 4 if you count his later citizenry with Indonesia).

It’s too bad the BC people didn’t just focus on this, so that the discussion was limited to the irrefutable and to clarifying what the language means or should mean.

#69 uhhhhh, ruffo…typo probably, or full moon braindrain!!

Free Speech is amendment numero uno….1, not 2. First Amendment.

Aw, where are all the night owls?

Petition to ‘jail Polanski’ nearing goal. Please consider signing if you haven’t already, and consider encouraging others to sign. Thanks.
http://thenewagenda.net/

Zee, glad to hear that NOW is organizing a Saturday protest outside theatres! I’ll take it as a sign that the new leadership is reinvigorating some of that fiery, righteous feminist outrage. Yay! Thanks for the link.

DancesWithPumas 10.07.09 at 12:19 am

Hi Dances — Yep, SDS is still around. Here’s an article about former Weather Underground member Mark Rudd, who now ‘travels around the country in support of the newly reborn SDS.’ Rudd is one among a number of former SDS/WU members, besides Ayers and Dohrn, who are BO supporters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Rudd

U.S. State Department

202-647-6575

Getting Obama becoming …hard WORM
http://edgeoforever.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/getting-obama/

DancesWithPumas 10.06.09 at 4:42 pm

Instead of handing out white doctor coats, someone needs to get to washington and hand out white jackets… the straight kind.

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lolololololollo love it

Hey Dances
How come you didn’t pick me up for the trip to the desert? Are the wagon pushing PUMAs getting lazy?

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55017

put em in jail

Mama , you look exceptionally pretty this morning

Mamapuma

Wdym Capuano is the ‘Kennedy Pick?”
The MA Dem party is supporting him over Coakley??

Not that I really give a rat’s hiney.
I’m on a mission to send as many MA dems to early retirement as possible. This state needs to be cleaned up.
I’m supporting Scott Brown.

Floon lol!

persephone 10.07.09 at 9:26 am [edit]
Wdym Capuano is the ‘Kennedy Pick?”
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The Kennedy clan already came out against Coakley for looking into and preparing a possible Senate run while Ted was still alive. This is clearly a bullshit attack since all the candidates were preparing so it stands to reason that it shows who is who.

I got a letter from local pols and neighbors announcing their support of Capuano – who has a very good reputation by the way – but is a lockstep Obama man. (I think – lets check that as I am not sure)

If only Coakley was not supporting Obamacare she is very good – I think – lets look together.

Gallup Daily: Obama Job Approval
50%
This is the lowest is has ever been. (It has been this low before but not lower)

Whoot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

scarlet 10.07.09 at 9:22 am

Congressman Mike Rogers’ opening statement on Health Care reform in Washington D.C.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G44NCvNDLfc&feature=player_embedded

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Wow Scarlet was this in America? Who is that lone voice?
Do we have a chance to get that guy to work for us?
I want to invite him to dinner!

MP
The fact that Coakley would support Obamacare speaks volumes about her policy position.
Why not just clone John Kerry and give him a boob job?

MamaPuma 10.07.09 at 9:02 am
Hey Dances
How come you didn’t pick me up for the trip to the desert? Are the wagon pushing PUMAs getting lazy?
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Nah. I found a good parking spot and couldnt bear to surrender it. Sorry.

If only Coakley was not supporting Obamacare she is very good
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I’m voting for Coakley. No candidate is going to meet all my expectations… except for my 51% expectation.

Dances! So you got the mobile home so you can vote in all 50 (or is it 57?) states??

Zee
Sorta… I’m registered to vote in several states. ACORN tutored me in voter fraud.

Whoo-hoo, HP! 4th grade is the ultimate child age for intellectual curiosity. They’re the best…so he’s the best of the best.

where are GoJoy and DeadGirl?

GoJoy was here the other day… is re-balancing and will be here more often once she recuperates from her seasonal intensity. She said “Mama’s pretty.”

Isnt DeadGirl off on one of her whale-watching adventures?

maybe obama doesnt like people whose name rhymes with his LOLOLOLOL
dalai lama
aint gonna see obama
and cause he’s got to keep china happy
so continues the drama

Dances
I sure hope so

Can’t find any details on the changes at the US Olympic Committee. Will report back if I locate something.

Saudi sex braggart gets 5 years, 1,000
By Mohammed Jamjoom

(CNN) — A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who caused uproar by bragging about his sex life on television to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes, according to Ministry of Information officials.

Mazen Abdul Jawad talked openly about his sex life on the controversial show.

Mazen Abdul Jawad, a 32-year-old airline employee and divorced father of four, spoke openly about his sexual escapades, his love of sex and losing his virginity at age 14. He made the comments on Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, which aired the interview a few months ago.

Saudi authorities shut down LBC offices in Jeddah and Riyadh after airing the interview on an episode of its popular show “A Thick Red Line.” Abdul Jawad was arrested shortly after the program aired and charged with violating Saudi Arabia’s crime of publicizing vice.

On the program, Abdul Jawad is also shown in his bedroom, where he holds sexual aids up to the camera. The episode ends with him cruising the streets of Jeddah in his car looking for women.

The episode caused an uproar in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, where sharia, or Islamic law, is practiced. Pre-marital sex is illegal, and unrelated men and women are not permitted to mingle.

(CNN) — A Saudi court on Wednesday sentenced a man who caused uproar by bragging about his sex life on television to five years in prison and 1,000 lashes, according to Ministry of Information officials.
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Wonder if they have heard of David Letterman?

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FLBarbara 10.07.09 at 11:26 am

Wonder if they have heard of David Letterman?

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I was about to post send Viagradave to the far far East!!

prplvette85 10.07.09 at 11:31 am

I remember you talking about your granddaughter prp…was she with you in Denver?
It sure is great to have these cute kids around…makes me smile! Also to remember life is good!

HP Boston

Yep, good one for Letterman. Many a woman would like to partake in a Dave flogging.

Congrats on your grandson,that’s great. Got his Brains from his grandmother I see.

Stay out of the garage we will be cruising soon

HP Boston 10.07.09 at 11:39 am

prplvette85 10.07.09 at 11:31 am

I remember you talking about your granddaughter prp…was she with you in Denver?
It sure is great to have these cute kids around…makes me smile! Also to remember life is good!
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Yes, both of them were there with me. It changed their lives! They got to see first hand the power of speaking up for what you believe in, and not to give up. The older one never had a problem, as she is just like me lol, but the younger shy one, really came out of her shell, now she is confident, gets up in front of entire classrooms, ran for student council and won! She is in a new school now, and going for class president. Shy no more!

FLBarbara 10.07.09 at 11:43 am

Stay out of the garage we will be cruising soon
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I am counting on it Barb……as my Vermont mother-in-law used to say, “God willing and the creek don’t rise.”

from Scarlet’s link at #226:

Fiscal Policy: Sometimes the worst ideas are the most tempting. So it is with the value-added tax, or VAT — a potential money gusher for strapped governments but a massive new levy on all Americans.

Which is why it keeps coming up in our free-spending Capital.

prplvette85 10.07.09 at 11:47 am

AWESOME!!! (((prp’s granddaughters))

Let’s have a “star gazing” party and invite school children to the White house because they are the only ones who will listen to the BS and not ask questions like WTF are you watching the stars for?
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lolol

I guess he wants to see how well they bombed the moon… fucktard

Stephnie Streeter is the acting head of the US Olympic Committee who will step down next month after the loss of teh 2016 bid (Fox tv News is reporting this).

#236 persephone

Your candidate seems like a social moderate…if we do end up with yet another male senator, at least he’s not into dictating what a woman can do with her body! This is a good direction for Republicans and should attract more women candidates in the future.

But Obama too much of a PROGRESSIVE? Are you kidding? If only! He’s continuing and expanding Bush-Cheney policies! Antichoice activists in positions of power? As head of the Dem Party?? He’s a Trojan Ass, no Dem.

Maybe you’re confusing him with the image his Obot-apologists have of him. They’re always excusing his continuance of outdated and conservative views as though he’s some brilliant strategist who is playing along in order to outwit the conservatives 7 years down the road.

BigCatLover 10.07.09 at 12:11 pm

Stephnie Streeter is the acting head of the US Olympic Committee who will step down next month after the loss of teh 2016 bid (Fox tv News is reporting this).
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stepping down… or drop kicked.. of course blame the woman. pffft

VOTE THE DICKS OUT!

Mo and Bo (taxpayer dollar) Dippers

Hillary will run for Governor. ????

Just a rumor…..Rangel is a senior on committees…doubt Patterson can run, win and be a replacement for a senior congressperson.

The Obama constricters will never let it come to pass…you do not quit BO, you are then always riding under the bus…….

It’s time to think about why we have a full month of Black History month in schools. I say let’s drop it and have International Month in the schools as it’s replacement, then
everyone can share instead of hog up the whole damned month

Reid and Pelosi to Meet with Obama on Jobs and Economy
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LOLOLOLOL that’s botoxin, harrycoxin, and bochokin
yeah, like they are really done wonderous things already
i dont think they should put their ideas online either LOLOLOLOL
dumb, dumber, and dumbest…what a threesome, they act like
they are really the answer to all things because they meet
jees, help us all

The talk is the R that may run for NY Governor is Rudy Guiliani.Not sure if Paterson could beat him.
The Ds can not afford to have NY go R especially to a political power house like Rudy is in NY. Keep in mind 2012 Presidential election is what the Ds are focused on.

If Rudy runs, the person who runs against him must Carry as much political weight as he does.
Who could that be?

Not saying Hillary will run, I doubt it, only the reason her name keeps coming up she is the one they believe can defeat Rudy.

The 2012 Presidential election is their focus in NY.

Rudy will be against Obama
Hillary will be for Obama.

That is what the talk is.

Top Ten Reasons Chicago Didn’t Get the Olympics

10. Dead people can’t vote at IOC meetings

9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal

8. Who cares if Obama couldn’t talk the IOC into Chicago? He’ll be able to talk Iran out of nukes.

7. The impediment is Israel still building settlements.

6. Obviously no president would have been able to accomplish it.

5. We’ve been quite clear and said all along that we didn’t want the Olympics.

4. This isn’t about the number of Olympics “lost”, it’s about the number of Olympics “saved” or “created”.

3. Clearly not enough wise Latina judges on the committee

2. Because the IOC is racist.

1. It’s George Bush’s fault.

I’m not sure who gets the credit for this gem, but since it’s posted at National Review Online’s blog, The Corner, the author appears to be National Review editor and Fox News commentator Rich Lowry.

Here they come again……

Bill would allow religious observances in Mass. public schools
By Sarah Thomas, Sun Correspondent
Updated: 10/07/2009 06:41:09 AM EDT

BOSTON — Some area lawmakers are supporting legislation on Beacon Hill that would allow students to openly engage in prayer and other religious activities during the school day by defining the students’ rights and protecting school districts from potential lawsuits.

The Joint Committee on Education heard testimony yesterday on a bill confirming students’ rights to express religious sentiments during school ceremonies such as commencement or sporting events. Such expressions have happened in Tewksbury, where Superintendent of Schools Christine McGrath said students have referenced their religion in speeches.

“Unless something is offensive, we give students a pretty broad latitude,” she said. “We’ve had respectful students who chose not to stand for the national anthem, and teachers that have given thoughtful answers to questions about Jesus. This year, we’ve also tried to reach out more to our Jewish community by putting the High Holy Days on our school calendar.”

Tewksbury’s representative, Jim Miceli, D-Wilmington, signed on as a co-sponsor of the bill. He said he remembered being an elementary student in Boston at a time when voluntary religious education was part of the school day.

“There was no marginalization of students of different faiths. If you didn’t want to participate, you just stayed in class and did other things,” he said. “This bill makes sense, it doesn’t single out one religion or the other.”

http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_13504329#

The bill, which is sponsored by legislators on both sides of the aisle, is the brainchild of the Massachusetts Family Institute, best known for supporting a failed bill to bar same-sex marriage in the state.

260 sistermoon

“he did accomplish some pretty damned hard things while mayor.”

Yeah, like balling mistresses while sneaking out with police patrol and gummint transportation.

well, hell, honey zee, it must be a new york thing LOLOLOL him, spitzer, letterman, it’s just a man’s city aint it
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
hey, now zee, you know you dont want to get into the damned “female” thang, you know you dont want to go there

for that matter, has rudy even said he was running for governor, you started the concept here, has he said he’s running for governor anywhere?

267 sistermoon, I have no clue what you mean by “female” thang, seriously. Lost.

But!! You are soooooo correct about New York. Seriously, the men think it’s some kind of honor to be felt up by them! The more mild-mannered of them merely proposition. Constantly. Sad to say, Boston is such the opposite, with the most uptight, reserved men in the nation, that it’s almost like a vacation to a hot-blooded Latin country to go to NYC.

NOW’s calling for Rape is Rape rallies outside theaters this Saturday to call out rapist Polanski’s crimes. Sadly, no one’s yet organized one in Massachusetts.

I would go alone, I don’t care, but I have a wedding to attend!!

http://promotingawarenessvictimempowerment.wordpress.com/nationwide-cities/

Rick Lazio has already announced that he is running for governor.

Rudy has not made an announcement, so whatever you hear is just part of the rumor mill.

I must defend Rudy in his job as mayor. I don’t really care about his wife, or his wife before her, or the one before her. Sure, he made a fool of himself in public in regard to his marital problems. But, anyone who lives in or visits NYC can tell you what an excellent job Rudy did in cleaning up the city. Under Dinkens, one didn’t feel safe even walking down the streets.

As far as the democrats – Patterson is quite unpopular, but he has his defenders now. Since Obama intruded himself into the governor’s race, even those who would never vote for him – like me – are defending Patterson’s right to run without outside interference!

If he steps down, however, his obvious replacement will be Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo – as of now – is way ahead of Hillary in the polls.

We still have a year though. Things can change quickly in politics.

ZEE

I do not want to depress you.sorry

Was just talking about all the Rumors that circulated at all the politic events this weekend.
Rudy has NOT announced an intent to run. IMHO I do not think he will.
Nor will Hillary it just interesting to hear the reasons.

Obama is all wee weeed up about Paterson and I am enjoying the increased popularity of Paterson because of it.

Gotta run

SMILE ZEE please.

Instead of throwing more money for afterschool and sundayprograms, why don’t they try some parenting skills???

looks like illegal aliens are entitled to health care…..not legal citizens of course………….WTF??

CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez is poking fun at Washington’s misgivings over a possible transfer of nuclear materials between Venezuela and Iran.

U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said recently the United States is worried about the possibility of nuclear transfers between Iran and Venezuela.