Monthly Archives: September 2009
Grass-Roots Campaign to Re-Elect Joe Wilson Un-Earthed!
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Jeff Danziger, Syndicated Political Cartoonist
Exit Strategy?
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Matt Davies, NY Journal News
Time out
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Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Cantcha take a joke…?
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John Cole, Scranton, PA Times-Tribune
RIP Miss Manners…
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Nick Anderson, Houston Chronicle Editorial Cartoonist and Animation Artist.
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American germs are #1!!! Woo!
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Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
I Was At Work On Friday
Of Missile Shields and Missive Spiels
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Predictably, the minute President Obama announces a policy shift from the Bush Administration, NeoCons reflexively denounce Obama using the tried and true tactic of lying and altering history. Last night on Real Time with Bill Maher was no exception as Matthew Continetti, (a new face/stand-in for Bill Kristol, also of the Weekly Standard) made the unrebutted assertion that Poland and the Czech Republic wanted the “Missile Shield” that Obama recently discontinued. Did they really?
Not quite, according to an excellent article written in the Spring of 2008:
Concerned that hosting a US missile base will put them on the frontline of a new confrontation with Russia, the majority of Poles now oppose siting the interceptors in their country.
The same was true of the Czech Republic. However, as long as Bush was willing to pay any price, their governments were willing to go along with the deal, even though it was causing great divisions amongst NATO allies.
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The Watering Hole: September 19 – Ötzi the Iceman
On this day in 1991 two German tourists from Nuremberg, Helmut and Erika Simon, came upon a human body frozen in the ice in the Northern Italian Alps. It was subsequently learned that the well preserved body was 5300 years old. The body was christened Ötzi after a nearby Austrian village.
Ötzi already has been accredited with a curse. Seven people with close contact have suffered violent deaths. Another died of unknown causes.
Music Night 09/18/2009
We start with a tribute to Mary Travers who passed away this week:
Now you can offer your own favorites in the comments.
DeMint & Wilson of South Carolina fighting the good fight against the tyranny of decent health care
Clearly these members of Congress have other priorities than the people who voted for them — and who will likely vote for them again.
*sigh*
Marshmallow Test
I have seen this on Huffington Post, the first post there in months that I enjoyed. I decided to repost it here because I think children are easily the best people in the world.
The test setting here is to find out about delayed gratification. Those kids are promised a second Marshmallow, if they could wait for a bit and restrain themselves from eating the first one. Too cute.
The Watering Hole: September 18 – US Capitol
This is our open thread.
On this date in 1793, George Washington laid the corner stone of the US Capitol Building.
The building was built in stages, this being the first:
US Capitol when First Occupied - 1800
The building had been partially burned by the British during the War of 1812, but the damage was repaired and construction continued.
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The Watering Hole: September 17 – The Constitution
On this date in 1787, the US Constitution (Not to be confused with the USS Constitution which is a commissioned war ship in the US Navy.) was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Believed to be nothing but a “piece of paper” by some folks, it is actually a piece of parchment and the plan for a nation like none other before.
This is the open thread, please feel free to comment on any subject, after all, we have the 1st Amendment. Now about the 10th …
Rest in Peace, Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary
Exhibit A: The Liar in Chief, George W. Bush was never shouted down during a speech to Congress — EVER
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Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World
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The Watering Hole: September 16 – GM
On this date in 1908 the General Motors Corporation was founded. Since then, it was noted for both its successes (Corvette) and its failures (Corvair, Vega). The company’s early success up until the middle 1950′s was driven by a diverse product line and innovation.
1960 Corvair
Chevy Corvette
1971 Chevrolet Vega
Then the accountants started to take over from the engineers. 50 years later, the accountants ran GM into the ground by trying to sell to the public what the public did not want. The high profit offerings became the stars of the day. Now the US government is the major share owner of what was once the most powerful manufacturing force in the world.
GTFO!
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Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
It’s like looking into an anti-American mirror…a really gross and slimy one
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Paul Jamiol, Jamiol’s World
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Get your STFU pills here!!
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Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Avoid the stupid…
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John Cole, Scranton, PA Times-Tribune
‘Billionaires for Wealthcare’ crash tea party protest
Here’s a clip from the Rachel Maddow Show last night showing a group of counterprotesters to the ‘tea-partiers’ who showed up in Washington DC this weekend.
They call themselves “Billionaires for Wealthcare”. Clever and hilarious. One of those times where satire says it so much better..
How about hearing the ideas of the 69,457,000 people who voted for you?
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The Watering Hole: September 15 – The Tank
On this date in 1916, Tanks are used for the first time in battle (WW I – Battle of the Somme.) The first battle between tanks occurred on April 24, 1918 at Villers-Bretonneux, France. This occurred at late as it did because of the scarcity of equipment on the German side.
British Mark V Tank
The tank was developed in WW I to overcome the tactics of trench warfare. That really did not work because of the problem or manufacturing capacity. Another fact that limited the tank’s capability was the development of special armor piercing rounds that created a spray of projectiles within the crew quarters that bounced about a few dozen times without exiting those confines. In WW II, the tank became of age. Alloys and lamination techniques yielded armor that was immune to these rounds. The bazooka became the weapon of choice to defeat those newer technologies.
Note: This is our Open Thread and you can comment freely on any subject that comes to mind.
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