Wednesday, November 07, 2012
Romney Ryan Revealed
They couldn't carry their own home states, where they're best known. Corporate charmers. Empty smiles.
Romney & Ryan, rich right-wing robots, would have recklessly ruined us all. Thank the Lord they lost.
Romney & Ryan, rich right-wing robots, would have recklessly ruined us all. Thank the Lord they lost.
Brown to Brooks Bros.
Scott Brown is out of work in January, after Massachusetts voted Elizabeth Warren into the Senate. Brown reportedly owns homes in Wrentham, Massachusetts & Rye, New Hampshire. He has a further three condominium units in Boston rented out; and is also part-owner of a timeshare on the Caribbean island of Aruba; he also has Washington DC lodgings -- which presumably he'll be leaving.
Anyhow, he's a fancy dude who can soon hitchhike over to the Wrentham Village Premium Outlets to work at Brooks Brothers Factory Store. Good luck to ya Scottie !
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Willard Burikko
Somebody told Mr. Willard "Mitt" Romney that round eyes and an empty face are appealing. This is the "burikko" look in Japan -- trying too hard to appear cute.
Rich Mitt reeks of insincerity. He's truly still a preppy bully.
Rich Mitt reeks of insincerity. He's truly still a preppy bully.
Vote Hirono
Obedient Linda Lingle wants to be Hawaii's Senator. Vote for Senator Mazie Hirono.
Lingle is a Republican political operator. As Hawaii's Governor she vetoed Hawaii's civil unions bill, supporting the sanctity of marriage while herself twice divorced - selfishness over sanctity.
Lingle was enthusiastic for Sarah Palin leading the world into ignorance, aggressiveness & oblivion.
Avoid Lingle, a costly mistake. Senator Mazie Hirono will be hard-working for all families in Hawaii.
Lingle is a Republican political operator. As Hawaii's Governor she vetoed Hawaii's civil unions bill, supporting the sanctity of marriage while herself twice divorced - selfishness over sanctity.
Lingle was enthusiastic for Sarah Palin leading the world into ignorance, aggressiveness & oblivion.
Avoid Lingle, a costly mistake. Senator Mazie Hirono will be hard-working for all families in Hawaii.
Rich Man Right
"There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody.
You built a factory out there? Good for you. But I want to
be clear: you moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for; you
hired workers the rest of us paid to educate; you were safe in your factory
because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. You didn't
have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your
factory, and hire someone to protect against this, because of the work the rest
of us did.
--- US Senate candidate for Massachusetts Elizabeth Warren
(responding to Romney, Ryan & Scott Brown's Winner Deserves All narcissistic greed)
Romney Romney Corporate Zombie
Remember the story about "mean Mitt" leading a gang of prep school bullies that held down a gay student while Mitt pushed in and cut-off the kid's hair... (link)
Don't get flim-flammed by Romney infomercials: there's less to Mitt than meets the eye.
Candidate Mitt Romney's later response to criticism noted dumb pranks he couldn't remember...
Jackal preppie Mitt remains loose. Feed him, he'll bite your hand.
Don't get flim-flammed by Romney infomercials: there's less to Mitt than meets the eye.
Candidate Mitt Romney's later response to criticism noted dumb pranks he couldn't remember...
Jackal preppie Mitt remains loose. Feed him, he'll bite your hand.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Romney Rents USA
Romney rents presidency to The North Face...
White House to become Kmart House.
Trademarking America...
Friday, November 02, 2012
Hurricane Profiteering
Being injured, buffeted by nature, losing property and grieving for beloved family members suddenly dead. Things seemingly could not be worse. But a small bottle of water selling for $9.50 or a simple dry white bread sandwich costing $23 add insult to injury. Expect such profiteering from bogus President Romney.
Our remaining meals will all be overpriced. Disgustedly eating Sandy. Profiteering on our misery. The Big Business way is inhumane. Romney & Co. see us all as sheep to be fleeced - expect no mercy from them.
Our remaining meals will all be overpriced. Disgustedly eating Sandy. Profiteering on our misery. The Big Business way is inhumane. Romney & Co. see us all as sheep to be fleeced - expect no mercy from them.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
RichMitt Gambling Your Life
Rich twerp Mitt Romney (self-styled governor who's been out of the job for 5 years) is wholly willing to gamble your life for his selfish petulence.
Mitt plays with dishonor by wiping his ass on the flag, as he shits on the corpses of overseas Americans slaughtered in Benghazi.
Mitt don't know shit.
He probably cannot find Libya on a map. He's never been there. He's as far from an expert as can be. He's simply playing & bluffing when he don't know squat. And that's indicative of a dangerous -- even evil person, who'll smilingly force personal profit from other people's misery. As Mitt ASSerts his knowledge, recognize him for what he is -- a stupid ass.
Four Americans dead or four million Americans dead, it's all the same to bloody Mitt.
Everyone's a leech except for him - the financier hero. Right.
Mitt plays with dishonor by wiping his ass on the flag, as he shits on the corpses of overseas Americans slaughtered in Benghazi.
Mitt don't know shit.
He probably cannot find Libya on a map. He's never been there. He's as far from an expert as can be. He's simply playing & bluffing when he don't know squat. And that's indicative of a dangerous -- even evil person, who'll smilingly force personal profit from other people's misery. As Mitt ASSerts his knowledge, recognize him for what he is -- a stupid ass.
Four Americans dead or four million Americans dead, it's all the same to bloody Mitt.
Everyone's a leech except for him - the financier hero. Right.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
DOMA dead
The Defense of Marriage Act -- DOMA -- should have been named Discrimination over Marrying Anybody. The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit gaily struck down the hated law. Hallelujah!
People living in conditions of near slavery in America have been taught to spit at loving neighbors in stable relationships. They'd better forge a strong community of citizens to protect themselves.
This was a straw horse from the outset - sow division, generate fear, convince the gullible their (already grim) way of life was threatened by -- married faggots! Meanwhile, local resources were plundered, jobs were exported, Bain Capitalism stripped all wealth and sucked the essence from American communities.
The art of hobbling Americans continued far too long. Scandals such as James Guckert / Jeff Gannon display a sinister government attitude to entrapment and press manipulation. Thanks to bigotry sowed by America's rulers, we all endure "Wer Jude ist, bestimme ich!" -- bribery, lack of transparency, communal hatred.
Mitt Romney's electoral strategy dictates he talk BIGOT. But he'll shake big money's sordid hand regardless of it's stink & what it fondled just before. The scuzzy Koch Brothers may be butt buddies to Lucifer -- Mitt bows down. Karl Rove channels homoerotic Nazi Göring -- Mitt don't care.
DOMA is dead - Hallelujah!
People living in conditions of near slavery in America have been taught to spit at loving neighbors in stable relationships. They'd better forge a strong community of citizens to protect themselves.
This was a straw horse from the outset - sow division, generate fear, convince the gullible their (already grim) way of life was threatened by -- married faggots! Meanwhile, local resources were plundered, jobs were exported, Bain Capitalism stripped all wealth and sucked the essence from American communities.
The art of hobbling Americans continued far too long. Scandals such as James Guckert / Jeff Gannon display a sinister government attitude to entrapment and press manipulation. Thanks to bigotry sowed by America's rulers, we all endure "Wer Jude ist, bestimme ich!" -- bribery, lack of transparency, communal hatred.
Mitt Romney's electoral strategy dictates he talk BIGOT. But he'll shake big money's sordid hand regardless of it's stink & what it fondled just before. The scuzzy Koch Brothers may be butt buddies to Lucifer -- Mitt bows down. Karl Rove channels homoerotic Nazi Göring -- Mitt don't care.
DOMA is dead - Hallelujah!
Congrats Australia!
Congratulations to Australia on today's tough election to the United Nations Security Council.
Australia, Argentina, Rwanda, Luxembourg & South Korea will join the five non-elected "Grand Poobah" nations: China, France, Russia, UK & USA, as well as five members elected last year (Azerbaijan, Guatemala, Morocco, Pakistan & Togo) for two-year terms.
Let us hope the Ozzies - and their new mates - will wield independent thinking & rule of law
(and not cower as weak wallabies as with the Assange case)
Did You Know?
US-style corporate "democracy" suffered a black eye 16 Oct. when the Green Party ticket for President & Vice President of the USA, Dr. Jill Stein & Ms. Cheri Honkala, were arrested at Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York, USA) outside the globally-televised second US Presidential Debate.
The debates are managed by the Commission on Presidential Debates, a private corporation.
Only the Democratic Party & Republican Party nominees are allowed to debate, according to the aforementioned Commission on Presidential Debates (which itself was founded by representatives of those same two political parties).
The Green Party candidates are on the ballot in 38 states (including New York, where they were arrested), appearing as 'write-in' candidates for 5 more, and are still litigating for ballot access in 6 further states. The Green Party candidates have received over $100,000 Federal matching campaign funds (public funding from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund). This PECF backs up the corporate bias with federal funding bias for the chosen two "major" parties: "In 2012, each major party is entitled to $18.2 million in public funds for their conventions, and the parties' general election nominees are eligible to receive $91.2 million in public funds."
Read further discussion of the arrests (here)
Green Party - http://gp.org
Link to Open Debates
If you didn't know of these arrests,
Your nose too deep in da corporate butt. Do something!
The debates are managed by the Commission on Presidential Debates, a private corporation.
Only the Democratic Party & Republican Party nominees are allowed to debate, according to the aforementioned Commission on Presidential Debates (which itself was founded by representatives of those same two political parties).
The Green Party candidates are on the ballot in 38 states (including New York, where they were arrested), appearing as 'write-in' candidates for 5 more, and are still litigating for ballot access in 6 further states. The Green Party candidates have received over $100,000 Federal matching campaign funds (public funding from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund). This PECF backs up the corporate bias with federal funding bias for the chosen two "major" parties: "In 2012, each major party is entitled to $18.2 million in public funds for their conventions, and the parties' general election nominees are eligible to receive $91.2 million in public funds."
Read further discussion of the arrests (here)
Green Party - http://gp.org
Link to Open Debates
If you didn't know of these arrests,
Your nose too deep in da corporate butt. Do something!
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Disciplined Democracy: Russia USA
Just back from six days in Moscow. While I was there Russia held regional elections, including the first gubernatorial elections since 2005 (when President Putin abolished them). The huge winner, as expected, was Putin's "United Russia" party. They control the Kremlin, and have aggressively built their coalition. They actively intimidate any opposition (with propaganda, arrests, or violence). Many major opposition candidates withdrew prior to the election.
The US elections are similarly flawed. The two major parties monopolize domestic media reports, and keep a stranglehold on election logistics and the Presidential "debates" - where even intraparty candidates are pre-screened by unelected power brokers such as corporate MSNBC (link). We now see third-party candidates barred from all debate, an anti-democratic position bluntly endorsed by the major candidates. The guilty include Obama, Biden, Romney, Ryan, and Hillary Clinton, and behind-the-scenes supporters & party functionaries (link). 'Debate' ground rules (link) create a ludicrous exercise in theater -- in my view, a tragedy.
The Republican party wants to dismantle investments in commonwealth for the private gain of big industrialists (oh sorry, let's call it 'choice'). The "Democratic" party is not democratic. Yerbuttfucked either way.
The US elections are similarly flawed. The two major parties monopolize domestic media reports, and keep a stranglehold on election logistics and the Presidential "debates" - where even intraparty candidates are pre-screened by unelected power brokers such as corporate MSNBC (link). We now see third-party candidates barred from all debate, an anti-democratic position bluntly endorsed by the major candidates. The guilty include Obama, Biden, Romney, Ryan, and Hillary Clinton, and behind-the-scenes supporters & party functionaries (link). 'Debate' ground rules (link) create a ludicrous exercise in theater -- in my view, a tragedy.
The Republican party wants to dismantle investments in commonwealth for the private gain of big industrialists (oh sorry, let's call it 'choice'). The "Democratic" party is not democratic. Yerbuttfucked either way.
Thursday, October 04, 2012
Will Romney Nuke China?
In last night's important Presidential debate, Republican challenger Mitt Romney declared he would cut federal funding for PBS, the US Public Broadcasting Service.
PBS uses a very tiny fraction of one percent of the US Federal Budget.But the Presidential Debate Moderator, Jim Leher, is an Executive Editor at PBS, and a 40 year veteran of PBS news reporting.
At crux time, why piss-off the Moderator?
Maybe Karl Rove, etc. told Romney: "Jim Leher is old & exposed. Attack PBS & you'll throw him off-balance for the whole debate." Anyhow, that seems to be what happened - Leher, thinking of his possibly soon-to-be unemployed coworkers & colleagues, lost control of time & poorly coordinated the debate.
Romney had his back to the wall, and needed a strong attack strategy to succeed.
What will he do as President? His decisionmaking and character are both untrustworthy (in my opinion). Romney's record indicates he'll gamble on a unilateral surprise attack: slash & burn, kill & plunder, and hope for the best.
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Federal funding for PBS is well below 1/100th of 1% of the Federal Budget. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting gets a two year grant for $445 million. (link) Such funding is only 12% of the PBS budget.
PBS uses a very tiny fraction of one percent of the US Federal Budget.But the Presidential Debate Moderator, Jim Leher, is an Executive Editor at PBS, and a 40 year veteran of PBS news reporting.
At crux time, why piss-off the Moderator?
Maybe Karl Rove, etc. told Romney: "Jim Leher is old & exposed. Attack PBS & you'll throw him off-balance for the whole debate." Anyhow, that seems to be what happened - Leher, thinking of his possibly soon-to-be unemployed coworkers & colleagues, lost control of time & poorly coordinated the debate.
Romney had his back to the wall, and needed a strong attack strategy to succeed.
What will he do as President? His decisionmaking and character are both untrustworthy (in my opinion). Romney's record indicates he'll gamble on a unilateral surprise attack: slash & burn, kill & plunder, and hope for the best.
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Federal funding for PBS is well below 1/100th of 1% of the Federal Budget. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting gets a two year grant for $445 million. (link) Such funding is only 12% of the PBS budget.
Obama-Romney Debate
I watched only a few minutes excerpts of the debate via The Washington Post.
It was enough.
Cunning & glib, Romney's "answers" were memorized sound bites delivered too quickly. A weasel wishing to steer a dying federal monster to oblivion.
President Obama as typical, deferred to wealth;
referred to his opponent w/ courtesy title "Governor"...
PS- Drop the bullshit title Romney - you ain't guv'na no mo'
It was enough.
Cunning & glib, Romney's "answers" were memorized sound bites delivered too quickly. A weasel wishing to steer a dying federal monster to oblivion.
referred to his opponent w/ courtesy title "Governor"...
PS- Drop the bullshit title Romney - you ain't guv'na no mo'
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Deadly Problem In-deedy
At 3AM in a McDonald's restaurant in Waikiki, Christopher Deedy shot a man dead. The men were earlier reportedly drinking & arguing at a nearby bar.
Former US Dept. of State Special Agent Ed Lee raises a number of questions about the murder (link). Many in Hawaii watch warily. Should officers that Washington DC posts to colony Hawaii be liable for punishment when killing local folk?
Should Christopher Deedy go to trial? Deedy's lawyer, Honolulu attorney Brook Hart (link), claims his client should be immune from prosecution due to his work, because the U.S. Constitution discourages "frivolous or vindictive charges against federal officers."
Was Christopher Deedy drunk? Was he on duty & drunk? Whatever the case, is he freely allowed to summarily execute someone he doesn't like in a McDonalds at 3AM? I think not.
Christopher Deedy, day job notwithstanding, absolutely should have been tested for drugs & drunkenness after a 3AM firearm discharge in the McDonalds. The Honolulu Police meekly deferred to his badge, and neglected the need to collect evidence & objective measurements at the murder scene. This colonial mentality is horrendous - "mainland bossman always right" -- bullshit!
Justice demands the surveillance tapes and details of the tragic sudden death of Kollin Elderts be made available for inspection. The tragedy continues.
Listen to Richard Hamasaki's song,"Cowardly Christopher Deedy" (link)
Former US Dept. of State Special Agent Ed Lee raises a number of questions about the murder (link). Many in Hawaii watch warily. Should officers that Washington DC posts to colony Hawaii be liable for punishment when killing local folk?
Should Christopher Deedy go to trial? Deedy's lawyer, Honolulu attorney Brook Hart (link), claims his client should be immune from prosecution due to his work, because the U.S. Constitution discourages "frivolous or vindictive charges against federal officers."
Was Christopher Deedy drunk? Was he on duty & drunk? Whatever the case, is he freely allowed to summarily execute someone he doesn't like in a McDonalds at 3AM? I think not.
Christopher Deedy, day job notwithstanding, absolutely should have been tested for drugs & drunkenness after a 3AM firearm discharge in the McDonalds. The Honolulu Police meekly deferred to his badge, and neglected the need to collect evidence & objective measurements at the murder scene. This colonial mentality is horrendous - "mainland bossman always right" -- bullshit!
Justice demands the surveillance tapes and details of the tragic sudden death of Kollin Elderts be made available for inspection. The tragedy continues.
Listen to Richard Hamasaki's song,"Cowardly Christopher Deedy" (link)
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Justin Bieber Shock!
Pop star Justin Bieber was severely ill on stage last night in Glendale, Arizona USA, vomiting & sickened so badly he had to go offstage for two extended breaks.
The scuttlebutt is hard to believe, but could it be true...?
Justin may be pregnant !?!
Just maybe an unusual case of immaculate conception?
The scuttlebutt is hard to believe, but could it be true...?
Justin may be pregnant !?!
Just maybe an unusual case of immaculate conception?
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Cunning Annoyance
Our media age has developed people who position themselves as professional irritants.
To be boot-licker or back-scratcher to the powerful is not a sustainable position. So much slicker to become a chronic annoyance to those who might threaten power. Our masters surely reward such people.
Annoyance as in Ann Coulter.
But annoyance and irritation arise only with ignorance. In the cases of Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity, etc., when their method is recognized, it is pathetic. ...or distressing in a wholly different way.
These are flagrant whores to the powerful. They're talking heads who've sold their moral sense & scruples. They desecrate our communities. Their prostituted talents prolong your enslavement.
To be boot-licker or back-scratcher to the powerful is not a sustainable position. So much slicker to become a chronic annoyance to those who might threaten power. Our masters surely reward such people.
Annoyance as in Ann Coulter.
But annoyance and irritation arise only with ignorance. In the cases of Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity, etc., when their method is recognized, it is pathetic. ...or distressing in a wholly different way.
These are flagrant whores to the powerful. They're talking heads who've sold their moral sense & scruples. They desecrate our communities. Their prostituted talents prolong your enslavement.
Storm Troopers USA
Many Americans are confused about why the USA is involved in Afghanistan, Pakistan, & Iraq, and earlier in Central & South America, Vietnam, etc.
The reasons are all bad. The US government became deeply involved in these punishing wars because the American people were too busy or lazy to question & challenge U.S. leadership.
Overseas military occupation is critically described variously as:
- deployment of storm troopers
- imperialism
- the American Raj
- protecting American civilians
- surge
- Coalition of the Willing
- illegal interference
- foreign occupying force
- invited guests
- helpers
- advisers
America can barely govern itself. The USA has no business dictating "How to Run a Country" to an army of foreign bureaucrats half a world away.
The invasion of Iraq was illegal and wrong. Millions of refugees continue to suffer. The war-makers should be held criminally responsible and punished severely.
Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rice, Blair, etc., should be in prison, not sipping mint juleps & awkwardy eating crudités in cozy retirement. These are murderous lying scum of the worst type.
Occupy Afghanistan should be shut down, and the US soldiers brought home. Occupy Iraq and our disruptive bases & facilities should also be shuttered. Use the resources in the USA.
Keep America Beautiful.
The reasons are all bad. The US government became deeply involved in these punishing wars because the American people were too busy or lazy to question & challenge U.S. leadership.
Overseas military occupation is critically described variously as:
- deployment of storm troopers
- imperialism
- the American Raj
- protecting American civilians
- surge
- Coalition of the Willing
- illegal interference
- foreign occupying force
- invited guests
- helpers
- advisers
America can barely govern itself. The USA has no business dictating "How to Run a Country" to an army of foreign bureaucrats half a world away.
The invasion of Iraq was illegal and wrong. Millions of refugees continue to suffer. The war-makers should be held criminally responsible and punished severely.
Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rice, Blair, etc., should be in prison, not sipping mint juleps & awkwardy eating crudités in cozy retirement. These are murderous lying scum of the worst type.
Occupy Afghanistan should be shut down, and the US soldiers brought home. Occupy Iraq and our disruptive bases & facilities should also be shuttered. Use the resources in the USA.
Keep America Beautiful.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Drones Over America !
How will Americans react if foreign military drones patrol our own skies? We'd not accept the devils spying on us!
When a foreign drone cruises overhead, surely a patriot with gun at hand will shoot at it...
Unwise... But can we blame those protecting their homeland?
Ooops !
When a foreign drone cruises overhead, surely a patriot with gun at hand will shoot at it...
Unwise... But can we blame those protecting their homeland?
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Ooops !
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Autumnal Equinox
Today is the Autumnal Equinox, the first day of autumn.
In Japan it's a national holiday, 秋分の日, Shūbun no Hi. Too bad it's Saturday -- an alternative Monday holiday is generally offered only when it falls on Sunday.
Here in Stockholm, the air is already crisp, and a few leaves have fallen.
This morning after some strong coffee and stone-oven baked apricot nut bread, we enjoyed a brisk walk through a tunnel of trees along Vallhallavägen. We met friends at an autumn Farmer's Market, where we bought a few bunches of organic vegetables, honey, some smoked eel, and salmon bits (areas around the fins trimmed before cutting filets, then warm smoked). Then we had a tasty lunch together.
It's been quiet today. I can smell autumn outside on our verandah, high above the city.
But also I already can feel the approach of winter...
In Japan it's a national holiday, 秋分の日, Shūbun no Hi. Too bad it's Saturday -- an alternative Monday holiday is generally offered only when it falls on Sunday.
Here in Stockholm, the air is already crisp, and a few leaves have fallen.
This morning after some strong coffee and stone-oven baked apricot nut bread, we enjoyed a brisk walk through a tunnel of trees along Vallhallavägen. We met friends at an autumn Farmer's Market, where we bought a few bunches of organic vegetables, honey, some smoked eel, and salmon bits (areas around the fins trimmed before cutting filets, then warm smoked). Then we had a tasty lunch together.
It's been quiet today. I can smell autumn outside on our verandah, high above the city.
But also I already can feel the approach of winter...
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Courtesy Title Romney
Mitt Romney is often referred to as "Governor Romney" though he's not a Governor.
Mitt was Massachusetts governor from early 2003 for one four-year term. Terribly unpopular at term end (link), it's now over five-and-a-half years since he's been governor. Hallelujah !
Is Romney permanently entitled to use "Governor" while he lives as a rich man year after year on the income from his offshore investments, without working? I think not.
Call him ex-governor Romney if you must. Get rid of the courtesy title.
Romney's a bum.
Mitt was Massachusetts governor from early 2003 for one four-year term. Terribly unpopular at term end (link), it's now over five-and-a-half years since he's been governor. Hallelujah !
Is Romney permanently entitled to use "Governor" while he lives as a rich man year after year on the income from his offshore investments, without working? I think not.
Call him ex-governor Romney if you must. Get rid of the courtesy title.
Romney's a bum.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Sinking Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal was a venerable newspaper. I seldom like the editorial slant (favoring trust fund "haves") but the paper was nonetheless a discerning read.
Now reading the below drivel: (link)
http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2012/09/14/the-broke-and-the-beautiful-digital-domain-edition
Bankruptcy has become a key part of America, but chortling over investment losses by sport star Dan Marino ("Ouch."), and highlighting a performing artist facing a clawback of pay (who "hasn't been accused of wrongdoing"), is simply vulgar. Reports about hapless “Octomom” and a bimbo in a birthday cake conclude the chronicle of smut.
WSJ, "The Daily Diary of the American Dream" is a scandal-mongering nightmare.
Now reading the below drivel: (link)
http://blogs.wsj.com/bankruptcy/2012/09/14/the-broke-and-the-beautiful-digital-domain-edition
Bankruptcy has become a key part of America, but chortling over investment losses by sport star Dan Marino ("Ouch."), and highlighting a performing artist facing a clawback of pay (who "hasn't been accused of wrongdoing"), is simply vulgar. Reports about hapless “Octomom” and a bimbo in a birthday cake conclude the chronicle of smut.
WSJ, "The Daily Diary of the American Dream" is a scandal-mongering nightmare.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Murder on Mars?
An Open Letter to the Scientific Community:
NASA's recent "Curiosity" probe to Mars was improperly disinfected. The mission carries the potential to destroy the Martian environment, perhaps irrevocably changing & polluting that nearby world. (Any returning samples could also infect our Earth). Will the idiots be more careful in the future?
The scientific community must penalize those responsible. Only accountability will promote proper behavior.
Assorted strict decontamination & quarantine procedures for spacecraft have been agreed & supposedly implemented (link). The NASA Office of Planetary Protection is responsible for adhering to the United Nations Outer Space Treaty (1967), with oversight by the International Council for Science and its Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). Before the recent Mars Science Laboratory / Curiosity launch, NASA engineers admittedly & (reportedly) deliberately broke disinfection & quarantine rules involving a drilling system, and bypassed required consultations with Planetary Protection Officer Catharine Conley.
Past pandemics generated around Earth by crude introduction of pathogens should have been ample warning of danger. European contact with the "New World" at that time resulted in extinction of an unknown number of species, and perhaps a 95% mortality rate amongst indigenous peoples due to newly-introduced disease & illnesses.
Such overreaching efforts by engineers must be stopped. NASA should be fined US$1 billion for their transgression, with penalty monies transferred to provide better funding for planetary protection, cautionary education, and independent oversight. I believe a short prison sentence and individual fines for the involved engineers & supervisors will also help avoid future cross-contamination (NASA supervisor David Lavery has defended this breach of procedure). Any next time easily could cause death to us all.
Links:
NASA Office of Planetary Protection
COSPAR
COSPAR Scientific Assembly website
COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection
The Guardians project (educating schoolkids)
Leonard David space.com article about the incident
NASA's recent "Curiosity" probe to Mars was improperly disinfected. The mission carries the potential to destroy the Martian environment, perhaps irrevocably changing & polluting that nearby world. (Any returning samples could also infect our Earth). Will the idiots be more careful in the future?
The scientific community must penalize those responsible. Only accountability will promote proper behavior.
Assorted strict decontamination & quarantine procedures for spacecraft have been agreed & supposedly implemented (link). The NASA Office of Planetary Protection is responsible for adhering to the United Nations Outer Space Treaty (1967), with oversight by the International Council for Science and its Committee on Space Research (COSPAR). Before the recent Mars Science Laboratory / Curiosity launch, NASA engineers admittedly & (reportedly) deliberately broke disinfection & quarantine rules involving a drilling system, and bypassed required consultations with Planetary Protection Officer Catharine Conley.
Past pandemics generated around Earth by crude introduction of pathogens should have been ample warning of danger. European contact with the "New World" at that time resulted in extinction of an unknown number of species, and perhaps a 95% mortality rate amongst indigenous peoples due to newly-introduced disease & illnesses.
Such overreaching efforts by engineers must be stopped. NASA should be fined US$1 billion for their transgression, with penalty monies transferred to provide better funding for planetary protection, cautionary education, and independent oversight. I believe a short prison sentence and individual fines for the involved engineers & supervisors will also help avoid future cross-contamination (NASA supervisor David Lavery has defended this breach of procedure). Any next time easily could cause death to us all.
Links:
NASA Office of Planetary Protection
COSPAR
COSPAR Scientific Assembly website
COSPAR Panel on Planetary Protection
The Guardians project (educating schoolkids)
Leonard David space.com article about the incident
Sunday, September 09, 2012
10 Heroes for 2012
Here are 10 Heroes for 2012. (unranked list, many names are links) Not yet complete? It'll be full by year end...
---> Chris Kluwe
Minnesota Vikings punter (American football) who's publicly agitated against discrimination
---> Bernie Sanders
Vermont Senator fighting for the little guy in Washington (and too often, fighting alone)
---> Ray McGovern
Former US Government official, now critically analyzing government
---> Desmond Tutu
Archbishop & Nobel Peace Prizewinner who shunned Tony Blair for lying about Iraq. Tutu also demanded those responsible for illegally invading Iraq be tried at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
---> Bradley Manning
Accused whistleblower to Wikileaks (and through them The New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, etc.), Manning is in military prison for Embarrassing the Empire. The human interest sideshow now hounding Manning, Adrian Lamo (the FBI informer who fingered him) and Julian Assange (Wikileaks) are as nothing to the widespread death & destruction generated through illegal US overseas covert & military operations.
---> Donna Smith
Activist for a more reasoned US healthcare system.
---> Robert Fisk
The Independent newspaper's Middle East correspondent. A true independent, not a mouthpiece for corporate & special interest, who consistently rocks the boat.
---> James Anaya
Giving enslaved & colonized people new hope as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples
---> Chris Kluwe
Minnesota Vikings punter (American football) who's publicly agitated against discrimination
---> Bernie Sanders
Vermont Senator fighting for the little guy in Washington (and too often, fighting alone)
---> Ray McGovern
Former US Government official, now critically analyzing government
---> Desmond Tutu
Archbishop & Nobel Peace Prizewinner who shunned Tony Blair for lying about Iraq. Tutu also demanded those responsible for illegally invading Iraq be tried at the International Criminal Court in the Hague.
---> Bradley Manning
Accused whistleblower to Wikileaks (and through them The New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, etc.), Manning is in military prison for Embarrassing the Empire. The human interest sideshow now hounding Manning, Adrian Lamo (the FBI informer who fingered him) and Julian Assange (Wikileaks) are as nothing to the widespread death & destruction generated through illegal US overseas covert & military operations.
---> Donna Smith
Activist for a more reasoned US healthcare system.
---> Robert Fisk
The Independent newspaper's Middle East correspondent. A true independent, not a mouthpiece for corporate & special interest, who consistently rocks the boat.
---> James Anaya
Giving enslaved & colonized people new hope as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous Peoples
Friday, September 07, 2012
Republican Heartbreak
When we elect Republican presidents, most Americans suffer...
Don't Get Fooled Again!
Showtrials USA?
The US military decided accused murderer Nidal Hasan will be forcibly shaved prior to his trial. Six times already, his growing beard has led the government to declare him in contempt of court.
Forcing people into a pretrial government-mandated makeover is disturbing.
What is next? That accused individuals submit to government makeup artists to look suitable as defendants?
We can envision depravity: dark rings under the eyes, hollow cheeks, perhaps even flecks of fake blood on the lips & chin. Hollywood-styled justice.
The US government already has devalued law & justice with indefinite detention of people at Guantanamo & elsewhere. People held without charge or trial are intubated & forcefed. One day, these horrific government practices will be recognized along with torture as ridiculous & bad, preempting a proper course of justice. That certainty is scant comfort for unfortunates caught-up in the showtrials, unjust imprisonment, and executions.
Forcing people into a pretrial government-mandated makeover is disturbing.
What is next? That accused individuals submit to government makeup artists to look suitable as defendants?
We can envision depravity: dark rings under the eyes, hollow cheeks, perhaps even flecks of fake blood on the lips & chin. Hollywood-styled justice.
The US government already has devalued law & justice with indefinite detention of people at Guantanamo & elsewhere. People held without charge or trial are intubated & forcefed. One day, these horrific government practices will be recognized along with torture as ridiculous & bad, preempting a proper course of justice. That certainty is scant comfort for unfortunates caught-up in the showtrials, unjust imprisonment, and executions.
Monday, September 03, 2012
Reverend Moon, R.I.P.
Reverend Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, died yesterday in Korea. He was 92 years old.
The world has lost a remarkable personality.
I'm not and have never been a member of his Church, which rocked the boat of families & societies around the world. Rev. Moon was often vilified and ridiculed and persecuted. Even today's BBC headline has a negative barb: 'Moonies' founder Sun Myung Moon dies at 92
Many in orthodox Christianity felt threatened by Rev. Moon's religious movement, The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. Reverend Moon's efforts and energies stretched to politics and media, as well as religion, so perhaps it's understandable that repressive, self-serving, and conservative elements often attacked his teachings and his Church. At least some of what he taught can be termed inconvenient truth. We attack the messenger.
The global Church is now headed by his youngest son, Dr. Hyung Jin Moon. Best wishes to all the family in this time of loss.
The world has lost a remarkable personality.
I'm not and have never been a member of his Church, which rocked the boat of families & societies around the world. Rev. Moon was often vilified and ridiculed and persecuted. Even today's BBC headline has a negative barb: 'Moonies' founder Sun Myung Moon dies at 92
Many in orthodox Christianity felt threatened by Rev. Moon's religious movement, The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. Reverend Moon's efforts and energies stretched to politics and media, as well as religion, so perhaps it's understandable that repressive, self-serving, and conservative elements often attacked his teachings and his Church. At least some of what he taught can be termed inconvenient truth. We attack the messenger.
The global Church is now headed by his youngest son, Dr. Hyung Jin Moon. Best wishes to all the family in this time of loss.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
America High Low
The death yesterday of Neil Armstrong, the first human to walk on the moon, elicits bittersweet memories of great success. Many look back at NASA achievements and feel awe, recognizing amazing engineering accomplishments in the face of extreme risk. Space remains a daring frontier. Neil Armstrong and his compatriots are heroic pioneers who pushed humanity ahead and achieved an amazing milestone.
The same day, death was announced of the 2000th US military serviceperson in Afghanistan. This is the USA at its worst, a greedy interfering militaristic behemoth, occupying distant lands for decades, bringing ruthless tragedy to rural peoples, installing puppet dictators to fuel America's corporate coffers, keeping an obnoxious toadying wealthy minority in death-dealing secretive power over an underemployed, deliberately misled majority.
American yuppie, opening Cristal champagne in a Manhattan nightclub, or enjoying your boat off the Hamptons: please spare a thought for your American cousin, dead in the Afghan dust. Remember also to thank people who've worked together, as each struggles in our own small way for a better world.
The same day, death was announced of the 2000th US military serviceperson in Afghanistan. This is the USA at its worst, a greedy interfering militaristic behemoth, occupying distant lands for decades, bringing ruthless tragedy to rural peoples, installing puppet dictators to fuel America's corporate coffers, keeping an obnoxious toadying wealthy minority in death-dealing secretive power over an underemployed, deliberately misled majority.
American yuppie, opening Cristal champagne in a Manhattan nightclub, or enjoying your boat off the Hamptons: please spare a thought for your American cousin, dead in the Afghan dust. Remember also to thank people who've worked together, as each struggles in our own small way for a better world.
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