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Posted by Goldy on Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 8:42 AM
You Mean He Could've Done This All the Time? The Obama administration will unilaterally implement a major provision of the proposed DREAM Act by stopping the deportation of younger undocumented immigrants who came to the US as children and have since lived law abiding lives. An estimated 800,000 American-raised immigrants who have lived in fear of deportation will receive work permits.
That's $63.6 Million a Year. Convicted $7 billion Ponzi-schemer Allen Stanford was sentenced to 110 years in jail, and ordered to forfeit $5.9 billion in assets. “I worked my butt off for 30 years to build this company,” Stanford told the court. His lack of a butt should serve him well in prison.
That's $488.4 Million a Mile. Sound Transit expects to spend $2.1 billion to extend light rail 4.3 miles from the University of Washington to Northgate.
"Vagina!" A Michigan legislator was barred from speaking on the House floor after using the word "vagina" in a speech.
Rob McKenna Is a Liar. But then, we already knew that.
Zoo Murders Baby Snow Leopard. The Woodland Park Zoo euthanized a 6-week-old snow leopard cub that was born with multiple heart defects. Damn you, Obamacare and your snow leopard death panels!
Because Guns Make Us Safer. A woman is in critical condition after being accidentally shot in the back by her boyfriend while sitting in a parked car at a Jack in the Box in North Seattle. This is the third accidental shooting in Seattle since May 24.
Canadians Have Lots of Guns Too. Three armored car workers were shot dead and another critically wounded in a robbery on the University of Alberta campus.
Fuck Europe. US industrial production dropped slightly in May, as austerity abroad strangles our export markets.
Fuck the Thunder. The Miami Heat held off the Oklahoma City Stolen Thunder to take game two 100 to 96, knotting their NBA finals series at one apiece.
Occupy Sonics Arena. Thousands turned out at a rally in support of a new NBA arena in Sodo.
Beware of Geeks Wearing Lifts. Seattle City Council member and First Avenue defender Sally Bagshaw called Chris Hansen's arena proposal a "Trojan horse." Guess we know which way she's voting on the deal.
Must've Been the Old Testament God. Former Seattle Seahawk Kevin Ellison set his own bed on fire after God told him to. I'm guessing God also told him to smoke a lot of crack.
Ever Wonder What It Looks Like to Have Your Face Chewed Off? No? Then don't click through this link.
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I don't understand how us dudes can like vagina so much, talk about our adventures with vagina so much, and yet still get upset and disturbed when women talk about vaginas, and want to take away services that keep vaginas healthy and accessible.
Baffling.
Baffling.
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@ 3, it's when women speak defiantly. If you watch the video, you can see she wasn't speaking clinically.
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@5: Oops. I used the French Canadian spelling. I mostly know of our northern neighbors via hockey.
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I keep reading "Jack in the Box" as the location for some shootings this year. What makes JitB more appealing as a place to bust a cap in someone as compared to Dick's or Burgermaster or Blue Moon? What subtle semiotics does Jack in the Box employ to attract the desired segment of the irresponsible gun owner? Is it that the mascot could pass for a Juggalo?
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If the stadium is a Trojan Horse, what's in it? Oklahoma City Thunder players who are going to sneak out in the middle of the night and murder Ichiro, King Felix, and Matt Flynn in their sleep?
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@11, it's not "distasteful"; it's laughing at rape. You think he'd be laughing if it was his kids getting raped? Or murdered? That would be HILARIOUS -- murder!
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Hey you missed all the exciting Marriage Equality news (mostly good):
1) Great News! Denmark becomes the 11th nation to fully legalize marriage equality, and it includes marriage in the state Lutheran Church as well. And only one week after parliament approves it (talk about quick government action)!
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/15/den…
Next up: probably France, if the Socialist Party wins control of parliament this weekend.
2) Great News! In Illinois, there are two lawsuits against that states' ban on marriage equality. The Democratic State Attorney General has already refused to argue the law in court and now Cook County's Attorney also refuses to defend the law in court.
Now, it's up to outside anti-equality groups to defend the law; and it remains to be seen if they will be granted standing in court. Illinois may become the next state to grant marriage equality and this action makes it much more likely.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-me…
3) Shit news! In Maine, the Secretary of State has approved wording for this November's ballot initiative legalizing marriage equality in that state. Only trouble is, it does not accurately state how the initiative allows for religious freedom. This could turn off a lot of voters (even though religious freedom is never truly in doubt with any of these measures; the US Constitution guarantees that no religion will ever be required to marry two gays or lesbians). Proponents of the measure expect to file complaints with the SOS.
Guess what! The SOS is a Republican who is running in November for US Senate. Asshat!
Washingtonians need to make sure that Sam Reed doesn't pull a similar bullshit move here!
http://www.kjonline.com/news/shorterques…
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1) Great News! Denmark becomes the 11th nation to fully legalize marriage equality, and it includes marriage in the state Lutheran Church as well. And only one week after parliament approves it (talk about quick government action)!
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2012/06/15/den…
Next up: probably France, if the Socialist Party wins control of parliament this weekend.
2) Great News! In Illinois, there are two lawsuits against that states' ban on marriage equality. The Democratic State Attorney General has already refused to argue the law in court and now Cook County's Attorney also refuses to defend the law in court.
Now, it's up to outside anti-equality groups to defend the law; and it remains to be seen if they will be granted standing in court. Illinois may become the next state to grant marriage equality and this action makes it much more likely.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-me…
3) Shit news! In Maine, the Secretary of State has approved wording for this November's ballot initiative legalizing marriage equality in that state. Only trouble is, it does not accurately state how the initiative allows for religious freedom. This could turn off a lot of voters (even though religious freedom is never truly in doubt with any of these measures; the US Constitution guarantees that no religion will ever be required to marry two gays or lesbians). Proponents of the measure expect to file complaints with the SOS.
Guess what! The SOS is a Republican who is running in November for US Senate. Asshat!
Washingtonians need to make sure that Sam Reed doesn't pull a similar bullshit move here!
http://www.kjonline.com/news/shorterques…
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@4: I did watch the video, and I am unsure how she could be more clinical when talking about a vagina than using the term "vagina."
They weren't debating medicine, they were debating the right of a woman to do with her body what she chooses. Not sure how being more "clinical" could have helped, or even if it was possible.
I mean, I fully understand that the kerfluffle was caused by her assuming she had control over her vagina rather then the men in the room, but still. A formal censure? Insane.
They weren't debating medicine, they were debating the right of a woman to do with her body what she chooses. Not sure how being more "clinical" could have helped, or even if it was possible.
I mean, I fully understand that the kerfluffle was caused by her assuming she had control over her vagina rather then the men in the room, but still. A formal censure? Insane.
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@ 18, if you missed the passionate way she said "I'm flattered that you're all interested in my vagina, but no means no," go back and check it again. The debate wasn't any more clinical than the intent of the bill.
I'm not saying that her punishment is any less than 100% political and fucked up, but that doesn't mean that the Republicans there got the vapors only because the V word was spoken.
I'm not saying that her punishment is any less than 100% political and fucked up, but that doesn't mean that the Republicans there got the vapors only because the V word was spoken.
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@12: I would think you would thank me for drawing attention to prison rape. Or are we best just being quiet about it and hoping it goes away?
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Pure Propaganda
Jamie Dimon and the Rulers of Us All
I despise NPR. My antipathy for BBC and CBC is unbounded.
You don’t want to be in my vicinity when I spew forth my venom of foul language concerning FoxFiction, CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, and PBS --- it ain’t pretty!
So when I heard a BBC pure propaganda news brief, I went predictably apoplectic.
The Brit twit, the professional shill, claimed that Jamie Dimon was forced into his risky behavior ‘cause nobody wants to borrow from the banksters!
A close legal analysis of JP Morgan Chase, both before and during Jamie’s tenure there, indicates little has changed from the time the SEC cited JPMC for hiding billions of dollars in loans to Enron back in the 1990s.
Jamie Dimon is simply the perfect fit for that kleptocracy – they hired one of their own to lead them. (Of course, we never really know who “they” are – it’s always the mysterious “they”?)
The BBC stooge claimed that the Federal Reserve was buying US Treasuries to keep interest rates down.
The Federal Reserve bought US Treasuries for exactly two reasons: (1) nobody else wanted them, and (2) that’s the way the private banks lend money to the US government.
Over the past some years it’s been strictly a gravy train for the banksters and dealers; they buy Treasuries for practically free – and in many cases it is basically free – then they receive interest payments from the US government.
Good deal!
David Korten, in one of his many excellent books, summed it up most succinctly:
“By controlling the creation and allocation of money, they ruling class maintains near total control over the lives of ordinary people and the resources of the planet.”
And then highly paid swine, those professional shills like that BBC twit, and shills from Harvard like Niall Ferguson and Farai Chideya, and that other classic shill, Thomas Friedman, want to rub our faces in it!
In a brilliant talk given by Daniel Pinchbeck a few years back, he mentioned a new currency structure proposed by Bernard Lietaer in his book, “The Future of Money” (terratrc.org), which is remarkably similar to what John Maynard Keynes proposed at those Bretton Woods gatherings at the end of World War II. (About 90% of everything Keynes proposed was shot down --- a fact that so-called experts conveniently forget!)
Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase’s $3 billion plus loss occurred in London, just as so much of that oil market speculation also took place in London over the past decade.
To understand why London is the global speculation capital, one has to go back to the 1700s and study how the City of London Corporation essentially purchased the monarchy.
This crap is truly obscure and obtuse – but the manner in which the ruling class wields financial control usually is, and that’s why people who live their lives according to a beer commercial philosophy always settle for voting for one of the two choices they present us – which perpetually extends their control!
The Republicans claim to be for small business while doing everything possible to destroy small business; awhile back they passed legislation giving small business loan preference to businesses invested in by private equity firms and hedge funds. Now I don’t know any small business people with Bain Capital or the Blackstone Group as their financial backers --- DO YOU?
As a sane, average guy, I strongly dislike Mitt Romney, a scoundrel, a liar and a thief.
As a sane, average guy, I strongly dislike Barack Obama, a scoundrel, a liar and another shill for Wall Street.
The only way left us to nonviolently break free is to reject Brand Romney and Brand Obama and vote independently.
That’s why I support Jill Stein of the Green Party.
Simple Arithmetic
US households’ net worth plummeted by $17 trillion during 2007 to 2009.
From 2007 to 2009, the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury pumped $17 trillion to banks and corporations around the planet.
The math is really quite simple --- now ain’t it?
More...
Jamie Dimon and the Rulers of Us All
I despise NPR. My antipathy for BBC and CBC is unbounded.
You don’t want to be in my vicinity when I spew forth my venom of foul language concerning FoxFiction, CNN, ABC, CBS, MSNBC, and PBS --- it ain’t pretty!
So when I heard a BBC pure propaganda news brief, I went predictably apoplectic.
The Brit twit, the professional shill, claimed that Jamie Dimon was forced into his risky behavior ‘cause nobody wants to borrow from the banksters!
A close legal analysis of JP Morgan Chase, both before and during Jamie’s tenure there, indicates little has changed from the time the SEC cited JPMC for hiding billions of dollars in loans to Enron back in the 1990s.
Jamie Dimon is simply the perfect fit for that kleptocracy – they hired one of their own to lead them. (Of course, we never really know who “they” are – it’s always the mysterious “they”?)
The BBC stooge claimed that the Federal Reserve was buying US Treasuries to keep interest rates down.
The Federal Reserve bought US Treasuries for exactly two reasons: (1) nobody else wanted them, and (2) that’s the way the private banks lend money to the US government.
Over the past some years it’s been strictly a gravy train for the banksters and dealers; they buy Treasuries for practically free – and in many cases it is basically free – then they receive interest payments from the US government.
Good deal!
David Korten, in one of his many excellent books, summed it up most succinctly:
“By controlling the creation and allocation of money, they ruling class maintains near total control over the lives of ordinary people and the resources of the planet.”
And then highly paid swine, those professional shills like that BBC twit, and shills from Harvard like Niall Ferguson and Farai Chideya, and that other classic shill, Thomas Friedman, want to rub our faces in it!
In a brilliant talk given by Daniel Pinchbeck a few years back, he mentioned a new currency structure proposed by Bernard Lietaer in his book, “The Future of Money” (terratrc.org), which is remarkably similar to what John Maynard Keynes proposed at those Bretton Woods gatherings at the end of World War II. (About 90% of everything Keynes proposed was shot down --- a fact that so-called experts conveniently forget!)
Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase’s $3 billion plus loss occurred in London, just as so much of that oil market speculation also took place in London over the past decade.
To understand why London is the global speculation capital, one has to go back to the 1700s and study how the City of London Corporation essentially purchased the monarchy.
This crap is truly obscure and obtuse – but the manner in which the ruling class wields financial control usually is, and that’s why people who live their lives according to a beer commercial philosophy always settle for voting for one of the two choices they present us – which perpetually extends their control!
The Republicans claim to be for small business while doing everything possible to destroy small business; awhile back they passed legislation giving small business loan preference to businesses invested in by private equity firms and hedge funds. Now I don’t know any small business people with Bain Capital or the Blackstone Group as their financial backers --- DO YOU?
As a sane, average guy, I strongly dislike Mitt Romney, a scoundrel, a liar and a thief.
As a sane, average guy, I strongly dislike Barack Obama, a scoundrel, a liar and another shill for Wall Street.
The only way left us to nonviolently break free is to reject Brand Romney and Brand Obama and vote independently.
That’s why I support Jill Stein of the Green Party.
Simple Arithmetic
US households’ net worth plummeted by $17 trillion during 2007 to 2009.
From 2007 to 2009, the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury pumped $17 trillion to banks and corporations around the planet.
The math is really quite simple --- now ain’t it?
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The average cost per mile of light rail in the world is about $40 million. Also a recently opened 8 mile system in Virginia took 4 years to built.
Seattle's orders of magnitude higher costs and decades long building schedule are a laughable joke.
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wow about $500 million a mile. wonder what the finance cost adds to that, probably gets it up to $750 million a mile.
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@20: Actually, I made the same basic point you did in the later post about Brown (god bless her vagina...)
I guess the point is: how can one have a clinical debate about people wanting to take away their basic freedoms?
If a man had done what she did, he would have been hailed as "passionate" and "fiery."
But we aren't even debating anything because we both agree, but I still hold that had she essentially done the same thing, but it was not about her reproductive rights, she would not have been censured.
I guess the point is: how can one have a clinical debate about people wanting to take away their basic freedoms?
If a man had done what she did, he would have been hailed as "passionate" and "fiery."
But we aren't even debating anything because we both agree, but I still hold that had she essentially done the same thing, but it was not about her reproductive rights, she would not have been censured.
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Hey, we might have lots of guns too but at least in this scenario one would expect people to get shot (robbery)....not just sitting at "Jack in the Box", whatever that is...;)
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Stanford was a piker compared to the Loyd Blankfeins and Jamie Dimons of the world.
These fuckers and the fascists of both parties, but particularly the Rs, broke the world. Nothing will get better until they are forced to take their losses and are held accountable.
Mere fines and jail time just won't cut it.
I could think of much worse, but regular anal reaming administered by a burly taotooed guy and his friends will do.
These fuckers and the fascists of both parties, but particularly the Rs, broke the world. Nothing will get better until they are forced to take their losses and are held accountable.
Mere fines and jail time just won't cut it.
I could think of much worse, but regular anal reaming administered by a burly taotooed guy and his friends will do.
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@24 - how many of those light rail systems are being built in densely developed neighborhoods? I'm sure building a light rail line on a relatively empty stretch of land is much cheaper than having insert it into an existing infrastructure and then redo all the surrounding infrastructure in order to accommodate it. We're paying astronomically more because we (stupidly) waited so long to build it.
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@14
Yes, I used to get ticket packages and transit up to the Key to see the Sonics.
Most of the time it looked like a junior varsity game on a school night...with the arena about 2/3rds empty.
Yes, I used to get ticket packages and transit up to the Key to see the Sonics.
Most of the time it looked like a junior varsity game on a school night...with the arena about 2/3rds empty.
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@32: Yeah, I misunderstood the intent of your first post, and that put us off the rails.
I do agree that the censure was not only because of the word "vagina," but if she had not been talking about her reproductive rights, I do not think anyone would have really cared about what she did say.
There is something weird that happens in the mind of a republican when you start talking about reproductive rights. It just doesn't sit right with them and it really makes them lash out.
I do agree that the censure was not only because of the word "vagina," but if she had not been talking about her reproductive rights, I do not think anyone would have really cared about what she did say.
There is something weird that happens in the mind of a republican when you start talking about reproductive rights. It just doesn't sit right with them and it really makes them lash out.
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@ 33, it's been a long time since I read any feminist theory (just did it for a college core requirement), but my hazy recollection is that the patriarchy and gender roles are largely about controlling birth. I didn't get into it because it was just a survey course, so I never discovered if they had any solid evidence supporting that theory. But times like this, that's the only explanation that makes any sense to me.
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@21. That's not what you were doing and you know it.
Though I happen to think if anyone deserves to get raped in prison it's ponzi schemers.
@24. Of course the absolute best thing about the light rail is that it combines people's desire to NOT go to Kent with NOT going to Kent.
Though I happen to think if anyone deserves to get raped in prison it's ponzi schemers.
@24. Of course the absolute best thing about the light rail is that it combines people's desire to NOT go to Kent with NOT going to Kent.
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@34: Dr. Judith Pike would kill me if I had gotten through her rigorous Feminist Lit and Theory graduate course without retaining some of this...
Basically you are right, the idea is that men regard the uterus and the vagina with jealousy, because it creates the one thing they can not with all their masculine power: new life.
So since they can never have this ability, and indeed do fear it, the next best thing is to control it. But like all philsophical ideas, there will never be real solid proof.
Makes sense, we all fear and try to control that which we do not understand, and despite all the resources in the world, a lot of men still just do not understand the vagina.
Add in religious Christian bullshit, and behaved women do not stand a chance.
Basically you are right, the idea is that men regard the uterus and the vagina with jealousy, because it creates the one thing they can not with all their masculine power: new life.
So since they can never have this ability, and indeed do fear it, the next best thing is to control it. But like all philsophical ideas, there will never be real solid proof.
Makes sense, we all fear and try to control that which we do not understand, and despite all the resources in the world, a lot of men still just do not understand the vagina.
Add in religious Christian bullshit, and behaved women do not stand a chance.
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@36 You make a good point about Republican men's jealousy. But I also think they see the vagina as something that controls them and they desperately want to control it instead.(Or they want the government to control for them.)
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The cost of building the Los Angeles Wilshire subway underneath the Miracle Mile is $300 million/mile.
Just to review, that includes:
-two deep-bored tunnels.
-stations dug out of a busy commercial district.
-heavy rail (8 car trains, full grade separation).
-in an area prone to earthquakes and full of underground gas deposits.
I think you guys might be doing something wrong.
Just to review, that includes:
-two deep-bored tunnels.
-stations dug out of a busy commercial district.
-heavy rail (8 car trains, full grade separation).
-in an area prone to earthquakes and full of underground gas deposits.
I think you guys might be doing something wrong.
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