This is the model that we have perfected: do what’s quickest and easiest to suck hydrocarbons out of the earth, then spend billions $ and years later partially cleaning up the mess. Cancer spike be damned, so long as we have our cheap energy NOW.

Thinking about the lawyer for the ACA, the thing he did wrong maybe was to argue the case on the actual issues, rather than dropping down to the level of the conservative justices and discussing broccoli. In an earlier case reported here, the lawyer arguing against the conservative position actually responded to Scalia, something like: of course we don’t expect you to rule in our favor, since you’ve already made it clear that you come to new cases already decided based on your own (narrow) philosophy. Then Roberts jumped the lawyer for mis-citing a case, or something, to protect his boyz.

The thing to do with the broccoli hypothetical perhaps would have been to jump right down to the level of the hypothetical and argue the merits of the green florets roasting in a pan of olive oil! Mmmm mmm good. (Like the beef industry in Texas, viz Oprah, does broccoli also have its own lobbying group?)

Everybody knows how Scalia, Thomas, Alito, and Roberts will rule. They already said how outside of the courtroom when in hotel rooms at posh resorts paid for by the Koch brothers.

Then there was Lot, who did the nasty with his two daughters and had a hand in conceiving his own granddaughters. But, Lot was drunk, so it didn’t count thereby creating for future generations a convenient out: Hey, I was drunk–it’s not my fault!

DEEP RECTAL EXAMS for the fathers should be required so that men can feel, really feel, the depths to which the Repubs are going to discourage abortion. Add on a prostate biopsy of the father to require that MEN have some skin in the game, too. As soon as you start violating the boyz, the Virginia ratpack of evil legislators will back off.

The POTUS should ignore the legislature tacking this requirement for the executive to decide by February onto an unrelated spending bill: it’s an unconstitutional impingement on the executive branch that violates the separation of powers.

The repugs run sobbing to the courts whenever their feelings are hurt (as in the recess appointments), but pummel anyone else for seeking redress.

The 9th Circuit court of appeals doesn’t count! It’s located in San Francisco and follows the constitution too closely for the likes of the usurper conservative activists on the anti-American US Supreme Court, who will overrule and grant personhood to this clutch of FPIW zombie haters.

Drones are flying over the US-Mexico border, and it’s a short step to arming them to take out unlawful immigrants with “pinpoint accuracy” whilst crossing the desert. Further, Iran apparently over-rode the control system and landed a stealth drone over their country. There’s plenty of opportunity to cause mischief at home and abroad.

The first step toward shape-shifting the entire war effort to Iran was spoiled when the Iranians apparently over-rode command-and-control signals (emanating from upstate NY) and landed the stealth drone intact. It’s our drone and we can drop bombs on whomsoever we desire, regardless of international borders. Nothing would firm up the rule of the ayatollahs more than a few bombs dropped courtesy of the US, stupid ingrates!

Goldmint Sux created the crisis by showing Greece how to cheat, financed the debt with one hand, then with the other hand took a short through issuing credit default swaps. Goldmint Sux wins whether Greece defaults or not.

No default, the bond holders can volunteer to take a haircut; default, GS collects on its insurance.

Goldmint Sux rules the world, as its minions Geithner and POTUS are quick to instruct the europeans.

Meanwhile, talleyrands Geithner and Obama are in France making sure the US hedgefunds and banksters do not take a haircut on their credit-default-swaps should Greece default. The US banksters overcooked the books — there’s not enough money printed in all the world today to pay out the credit that a Greek default would trigger; so, the banksters are holding the eurozone governments hostage.

All the funds from the bailout go to the banksters holding the debt that they themselves contrived, not to Greece.

Yet, the Greek 99% has to pay for the excesses of the US banksters. Goldmint Sux rules the world.

The Occupy encampment actually made downtown Oakland safer than usual.

A couple of weeks ago I attended an evening function on San Pablo Ave near downtown Oakland; we wondered aloud about how safe it would be to walk back alone from the restaurant the couple of blocks to the Bart Station at night. (Sorry to say, neighbors, but it can be dangerous to walk around alone at night in Oakland.)

But, there they were: the peaceful demonstrators, moms & dads, children, grandparents, all 99 percenters, who brought life and energy and cheerfulness to downtown Oakland. They are an inspiration to all of us.

But now the cops come and break up their camp! In Oakland. A democratic stronghold. These are mostly dems, dimwit police and politicians! Go arrest some criminals.

Recently Oakland laid-off scores of police officers, bankrupted schools, tossed the police chief, cut back on services; but yet, they can call in officers from the region to gas and rough up some friendly neighbors?

Meanwhile, Mayor Quan is away in WDC lobbying! Ya think she’d be here for the worst PR disaster for Oakland since Al Davis moved the Raiders to LA. Quan was elected using some funky ranked choice voting: the real winner, Don Perata, would be in town when this all went down. There’s a recall already started.

It just goes to show that the 1% comes in all different types and sizes.

Blueberry pancakes?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLESwFqDm9k

We are all immigrants, just a difference in degree.
Yet, the last ones on board sometimes want to pull up the gangplank.
You only need go back a hundred years when it was the Irish who had to be stopped from coming, or the Italians, or the Chinese. Yet each group has supplied the cheap labor to build the nation in order that their next generation can share in the rewards. That’s what makes America great.
“People are crazy and times are strange…” B. Dylan.

We know for sure what Perry and Bachman, the maniac slashers, will do to SS. Romney grazes up against sanity, but he was a slasher in MA, so expect the same from him.