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YesIllKeepMyDayJob wrote a new diary post: Judge also quite sick of administration’s foot-dragging on Plan-B
One can only imagine that the Justice Dept.’s lawyer who was making the administration’s “argument” in court drew the short straw in getting assigned to this case.
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob wrote a new diary post: Thanks for nothing (again) Russia
I have a feeling that intergovermental relations between the US and Russia are going to cool quite soon, based upon Occam-razor-based speculation: 1) One striking thing about the Boston Marathon bombing was that both bombs worked, and worked quite well – they were compact, highly effective, and detonated with great timing. Someone really knew what [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post Tsarnaevs: Fanboys of Syria’s Islamic Extremists by fairleft.
I have to say it’s hard to disagree that we’re baking some post Russian Occupation of Afghanistan/Al-Qaida style blowback into the cake again here. But, hey, with the drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen (and God knows where in Africa) what’s one more? ;) But seriously, I don’t see how we’re not screwed however Syria [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob wrote a new diary post: Wall Street Guys Inside Public Institutions
A new internal report from the University of California shows that UC, like many public entities (cities, counties, museums, etc) engaged in risky, complicated credit swaps with Wall Street Banks:
Over the last decade, the UC Board of Regents has engaged in risky deals with Wall Street banks called interest rate swaps. Banks sold swaps to the university and [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the blog post Obama Plans to Hit Road With Oh-So-Popular Message of Cutting Social Security and Medicare
This really is the one of the most remarkable thing I’ve seen in my life: a freshly reelected Pres ready to sell out his base even before the ticker tape has even been swept away. But here’s the thing, it seems like a lot of the base is ready for it: labor has already turned its machine away from BO’s re-election and towards fighting this, and anti-poverty/pro-jobs advocates like Smiley and West continue to lay into the president (so much so that their radio show was pulled off of public radio in Chicago right before the election).
It’s clear where Obama’s remaining weakness lies: in facing a democratic congressional revolt against his goal. There’s plenty of tough races again for control of the senate in 2014 and tough sledding for democrats to hope to gain control of the house. That’s where the pressure has to be placed (although it’s hard to see what can be done about the lame duck dems heading out the revolving door to their big payoffs).
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post FBI Raids Broadwell’s Home by Elliott.
Seems like the relationship between Petraus and Broadwell has been going on for a while. But the funniest thing about it is that unlike the military, where adultery is forbidden,
The CIA, on the other hand, has no policy against infidelity. In fact, Langley explicitly says extramarital affairs are OK — as long as you tell the [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post Possible Impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the NYC area. by cmaukonen.
I seem to recall that Candy Crowley made a point of not asking questions about climate change that some good citizens of Long Island wanted answered by Rmoney and Obummer in Debate Dos. Mother Nature will eventually provide answers… Good luck to all you east coasters.
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob wrote a new diary post: Fukushima Fish: Get em’ while they’re hot! (no rush…)
Not really too surprising in this story from the AP: Radioactive cesium levels in most kinds of fish caught off the coast of Fukushima haven’t declined in the year following Japan’s nuclear disaster, a signal that the seafloor or leakage from the damaged reactors must be continuing to contaminate the waters — possibly threatening [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post Insurer Caught Red-Handed Lying In Prop 33 TV Ad – Warn Your Friends by Consumer Watchdog.
Thanks. 33 sounded fishy to me anyway.
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post End Prohibition Now: Jill Stein & Willie Nelson want a Peaceful Solution by normanb.
Yeah, Dr. Stein is a good candidate for the greens – interestingly she ran against Romney in Mass (and even got to debate him once). At least she is getting some exposure right now:
http://news.yahoo.com/mass-doctor-wins-green-partys-presidential-nod-214514799.html?_esi=1
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob wrote a new diary post: Wrongful Gun Death Compensation Fund
Cases like the tragic death of Trayvon Martin really highlight the need for something to be done about the extraordinary number of gun related deaths in this country. Given how awash the country is in guns and the political impotence there is in putting controls on them, we need alternative strategies at dealing with this [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post Legislating for the unthinkable….. by cmaukonen.
Wait, Wyoming will study what it would take to acquire an aircraft carrier? Maybe a whole lotta global warming? Either that or Lake Yellowstone would be very well defended.
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post No Agreement in Principle in Foreclosure Fraud Settlement by masaccio.
Thanks for the clarification – it’s nice to know (in some sense) to know exactly how this will stink.
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post Romney/Santorum Ticket? by Bobbylon.
After the shots Romney has taken in the primaries thus far, and especially if the economy keeps getting better, a women might seem like a plausible choice as a way of getting R’s excited. But it will have to be one who is an up-and-coming favorite of the base that doesn’t trust Romney, like Haley [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the blog post Mitt Romney Wins Big in Nevada Caucus
The low turnout may have been a feature, not a bug. Seems like things were designed to help make a completely unrepresentative sample come to pass. Ah, the age-old question: evil or stupid?
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob wrote a new diary post: Uninformed Individuals Promote Democratic Consensus in Animal Groups
Ah, the story of Congress, summed up in a scientific experiment.
Actually, they did this experiment with fish – so let me apologize to the fish.
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post Silly Idea #6,225: Let’s Have a $38,000 per plate Fund-Raiser for Obama’s reelection, payable in monopoly money by metamars.
$38,000 is such a large number, I doubt if anyone actually has that much in genuine monopoly money. I think you need to just let attendees draw their own bills – preferably with pictures of some American royalty on there: e.g. a Bush or a Clinton or a Koch (or maybe some corporate person!). Then [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post PA Must Reads: Compare and Contrast: Executives and Teachers by ThirdandState.
And it’s not just factory workers that they’ll go after, either, it include engineers:
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob commented on the diary post Citizens United Revisited – It may Re-elect Obama by Bin Quick.
Interesting. In some ways Citizen United is good in that it makes the political corruption that had been there all along (lobbyist revolving doors, behind the scenes corporate influence, etc) visible in broad daylight to even the most low information voter. At this point, hopefully SCOTUS will take C.U. to it’s logical conclusion and overturn [...]
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YesIllKeepMyDayJob wrote a new diary post: Light Amusement
I thought some might enjoy a parody of a republican debate. Of course, most of it isn’t all that funny as the real candidates already provide self-parody. But Mike Tyson (!) as Herman Cain and Obama’s debate response are worth viewing.
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