Morning Roundup: Around the Web in an Allegedly Cute Balloon
Bloomberg reports the Fed has talked world financial folks to flood the market with dollars. (I have heard the banks singing each to each...)
British banks decided to go the empire route over the weekend (they're quietly nationalizing banks) and the United States says with mild curiosity, "Hm."
FTSE rebounds. Guess it was all that free money. (The Guardian)
Inky99 at Daily Kos reports that Joe Biden will withdraw from race after an independent investigation found that he abused his power in his role as senator. (Not.)
No respect! The Los Angeles Times reports McCain gets no unconditional love from our men in uniform.
MyDD's Todd Beeton unravels this weekend's New York Times piece about GOP angst.
Rosanne Cash to replace Sarah Palin on the GOP ticket.... Not really, but she's pretty sure she'd fare better. (Via Firedoglake's Campaign Silo)
Anyone for a little dog-whistle racism Washington Times-style? Here's a little story about how Obama's tax cut refunds those who don't pay.
The Wall Street Journal reports on McCain's flagging numbers in the South.
Open Left has the latest polls, and personally I'd like to see more distance between the candidates.
The Christian Science Monitor has advice for beating the bear.
Global warming needs to stay out Chicago! I'm sick of it ruining the marathon. Next year they need air conditioning. Kenya's Evans Cheruiyot wins.
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- October 13, 2008
Stock are up
in Europe this morning. What did they do that Paulson refused to do to his buddies with the exception of the AIG ceo taking $400 K vacations on tax payer dollars after he led his insurance agency to ruin and recieved a part of the "keep the investment class rich" plan?
Thats right, they actually fired the assholes responsible.
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By AntillectualOctober 13, 2008 - 5:37amIt's a good hint
...that their American counterparts won't get.
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manOctober 13, 2008 - 5:38amMonday morning numbers
Happy Invasion Day, y'all.
From RealClearPolitics:
Obama/Biden '08: the cure for electile dysfunction.
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By nonexistent manOctober 13, 2008 - 5:36amJust keep in mind
that many of these polled people my have had their names unknowingly and illegaly removed from the voter rolls by the Republicans in their states, especially those states with Republican-controlled governments.
These disgusting anti-American, anti-democracy fascists will stop at nothing to be able to continue ruining our nation while making themselves rich.
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By AntillectualOctober 13, 2008 - 5:48amHere's a question they don't want to try to answer
"What will they do with all that money when there's nothing left to buy?"
If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular error. ~~~John Kenneth Galbraith
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By nonexistent manOctober 13, 2008 - 5:20pmAndy Martin, deficient of honor, character assassin
On the Fox News Channel watched by three million people last week thrust the man, Andy Martin, and his past into the foreground. The program allowed Martin to assert falsely and without challenge that Senator Obama had once trained to overthrow the government.
An examination of legal documents and election filings, along with interviews with his acquaintances, revealed Martin, 62, to be a man with a history of scintillating if not always factual claims. He has left a trail of animosity — some of it provoked by anti-Jewish comments — among political leaders, lawyers and judges in three states over more than 30 years.
He is a law school graduate, but his admission to the Illinois bar was blocked in the 1970s after a psychiatric finding of “moderately severe character defect manifested by well-documented ideation with a paranoid flavor and a grandiose character.”
Though he is not a lawyer, Mr. Martin went on to become a prodigious filer of lawsuits, and he made unsuccessful attempts to win public office for both parties in three states, as well as for president at least twice, in 1988 and 2000. Based in Chicago, he now identifies himself as a writer who focuses on his anti-Obama Web site and press releases.
Mr. Martin, in a series of interviews, did not dispute his influence in Obama rumors.
Bushie! Doin' a helluva job!
G0P Trinity: Failure, Fraud, Deceit.
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By Abou Ben AdamOctober 13, 2008 - 7:44amFirst they say... and then you say...
When Conservatards say, "The surge worked", you say, "Worked how?".
Then they say, "To win the war".
Then you say,” According to the new Iraq Constitution, Islam is now the "national religion".
Then they say, "Oh no, that was the OLD constitution". Then you show them the new Iraqi constitution and tell them that with the support of the US government, the Christian population has been decimated from one half to two thirds since 2003".
Then they say, "There were never any Christians in Iraq".
Then you say, "Christianity is older than Islam, there were Christians in Iraq before there were Muslims".
Then they say, "Christians are now free".
Then you say, "No, they are being exterminated".
Then they say, "Well, with the money Iraq will get from oil, they can move to a better place".
Then you say, "No, there are no plans to share oil revenue with Christians. The new Iraqi government put into place with our support has already said no".
Then they say, "You liar, we liberated them and made Iraq a free country".
Then you say, "No, Iraq is now headed by the Supreme Islamic Council".
Then they say, "Iraq is now our friend".
Then you say, "No, Iraq said we weren't invited and have asked us to leave".
Then they start swearing and saying you want us to fail and you hate the US and you support the terrorists and ....
Then you just walk away. What else can you do? Even a crowbar could get that head out of that a...
From the New Iraqi Constitution:
Article (2):
1st — Islam is the official religion of the state and is a basic source of legislation:
(a) No law can be passed that contradicts the undisputed rules of Islam.
2nd — This constitution guarantees the Islamic identity of the majority of the Iraqi people and the full religious rights for all individuals and the freedom of creed and religious practices. (within Islam)
Article (3): Iraq is a multiethnic, multi-religious and multi-sect country. It is part of the Islamic world and its Arab people are part of the Arab nation.
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By deanrddOctober 13, 2008 - 8:30amPresidential Profiles
A real hoot. In the Chicago Tribune over the weekend in the Sunday paper, page 35 section 1, "Presidential Profiles".
Under McCain, they list the fact that he jumped off the nose of a plane and who his father and grandfather were. They mention that he was called "McNasty" in school. They gloss over the Forrestal but do mention it.
The Tribune is a conservative Republican paper.
Even trying to play down Obama's achievements by listing race over and over again, still the glaring difference in academic achievement can't be totally missed.
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By deanrddOctober 13, 2008 - 8:40amIt's never occurred to me before...
"...in an allegedly cute balloon"?
Is that an obscure reference to the 'hit' song in the late 60's by the group, "The Fifth Dimension"?
PITCHFORKS AND TORCHES!!
YES...I'M PISSED OFF...AREN'T YOU??
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By roadgoddessOctober 13, 2008 - 7:39pm