QUOTE!

"If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?" — Chuck Palahniuk

Thursday, August 28, 2008

"Keep It Loose Keep It Tight..."


While surfing around tonight I ran across a rare gem over at youtube and I got to share it. Rarely do you find a great song, with great lyrics, sung by a great singer..."Greating" you out?! Well I will let you decide for yourself. His name is Amos Lee and he has a lot of soul. It's also a good video in terms of quality and being on youtube. Anywho...


Amos Lee - Keep it Loose, Keep it Tight (Live @ Abbey Road)

Yeah, that was nice! Told ya! Here are the lyrics and I highlighted the lines that really touch me. I haven't had the old landlord talk yet I also don't have one of them $500, 000 home for $500 a month ARM mortgages either, but I'm just ramblin:


Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight

Well I walked over the bridge
Into the city where I live and I saw my old landlord
Well we both said hello
There was no where else to go
Cause his rent I couldn’t afford

Well relationships change
Though I think it’s kind of strange how money makes a man grow
Ah, some people they claim if you get enough fame
You live over the rainbow
Over the rainbow
But the people on the street,
Out on buses or on feet
We all got the same blood flow

Oh in society every dollar got a deed
We all need a place that we can go and feel over the rainbow

Some times we forget what we got And who we are and who we are not
I think we got a chance to make it right
Keep it loose Keep it tight
Keep it tight

I’m in love with a girl who’s in love with the world Though I can’t help but follow Though I know someday she is bound to go away and stay over the rainbow Got to learn how to let her go Over the rainbow But sometimes we forget who we got Who they are and who they are not

There is so much more in love than black and white
Keep it loose child
You gotta keep it tight
Keep it loose child
Keep it tight
Keep it tight
Keep it tight

After listening to Biden and troop levels and supporting Georgia at the convention I needed something to ease the impending feelings of doom I have been feeling sense this DNConvention started and this did it, if only temporarily and that's more than I can ask for as I watch old America fade away!



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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

"The Man Who Should Be President!" - **UPDATED


I haven't been able to watch all of the DNC this week cause of that pesky work thing but what I have been able to see has been boring me to tears. Michelle's speech was okay and the Obama kids are adorable and Hillary's speech tonight was good. I expected her to spur on her supporters more, especially the bitter spiteful ones that want to vote for McLame, because their candidate ran a shitty primary campaign and got stomped. I call them the blind spite and hate voters. I really wish they would go away, because in their stupidity they just might get what they wanted and that is four more years of the BCS through Grampa McSimpson! "Oh you cut off your nose to spite your face"...Hilarious!

However, I heard there finally was an impassioned speech at the DNC given by none other than the man who should be President Dennis Kucinich...




From Crooks & Liars:

Dennis Kucinich At The DNC: Wake Up America!

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich spoke at the Democratic National Convention today and there is little doubt his was the most enthusiastic and hard hitting speech thus far. Dennis always comes armed with truth and facts, and today was no exception.

From illegal wiretapping, Iraq and high gas prices to playing the fear card, he blazed through the laundry list of Bush hackery and crimes and pounded the message home — Americans to wake up and vote for Barack Obama.

“…Wake up America! The insurance companies took over health care. Wake up America! The pharmaceutical companies took over drug pricing. Wake up America! The speculators took over Wall Street. Wake up America, they want your Social Security. Wake up America, multi-national corporations took over our trade policies, factories are closing, good paying jobs are being lost, wake up America!”

Now that’s the spirit! We need to hear more of this during the convention. The American electorate needs a good dose of reality. If this speech doesn’t get you fired up, nothing will.


Too bad Dennis so short! I wish his impeachment bill would get more traction. I saw $Bill at the DNC tonight, I'm surprised $Bill didn't drop some lines. Is he going to speak at the DNC at all? I do like to hear him dig in the rethug's asses though!


**UPDATE: I found the full speech at youtube and the part that was left out was the best!





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Monday, August 25, 2008

Maniac Monday's - Way To Go Joe!

http://www.brokennewz.com/2008election/biden.gif

I have got a new work schedule this week so that is why this is so late. It seems every time I get used to a set schedule something changes and the schedule changes. Guess I should be glad that I am employed at all huh?! Anywho, since I am trying to get this in before midnight and Tuesday sets in it is going to be short and sweet...Barack picked Joe "MBNA" Biden as his running mate. Now as far as I am concerned he is okay with me, except his loyalty to the credit card companies(pushed for the new bankrupcy laws) and his really pro-business state, CFR membership and his sons little stint with MBNA, and here is a little reminder of how Joe sometimes get's "hoof in mouth disease"...


Joe Biden - 7-11 Gaffe




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Friday, August 22, 2008

"Conspiracy Corner - The Molten Steel Myth!"


"They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening."
-- George Orwell, 1984

I know I said that I was going to do a Weekly (C)Wrap-Up! but I got into a little 911 discussion with a friend and he seemed to get a little upset. He also pointed out something that I hadn't quite thought of before but I am going to leave that for a little later. First things first! I get a little pissed off when folks just dismiss what I am saying without first checking the evidence that I present. Nothing is more discouraging than doing some research presenting that research and have it ridiculed by someone who calls themselves a truthseeker who then refuses to look at the evidence that clearly refutes what he/she is saying. It is just like trying to talk rationally to Christians about Jeezus. They swear the bible is the word of god and not some men. Just like the truth movement is locked into the "official theory" and it's god Jones, but this is my crap and I am digesting...


If you haven't heard NIST just released it's final report on what happened to WTC 7 after 3 years of bullshitting and stalling. From WTC NIST.gov:

In response to the WTC tragedy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology conducted a 3-year building and fire safety investigation to study the factors contributing to the probable cause (or causes) of post-impact collapse of the WTC Towers (WTC 1 and 2) and WTC 7; expanded its research in areas of high-priority need such as prevention of progressive collapse, fire resistance design and retrofit of structures, and fire resistive coatings for structural steel; and is reaching out to the building and fire safety communities to pave the way for timely, expedited considerations of recommendations stemming from the investigation. MORE (if you can stomach it)!

The newNIST official explanation from Raw Story...Wait for it...

According to a federal agency report released Thursday, a "new phenomenon" known as thermal expansion was directly responsible for the mysterious collapse of World Trade Center 7 on Sept. 11, 2001. (my emphasis)

This study, posed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology -- a federal scientific agency which promotes technical industrial standards -- marks the first 'official' government theory on the collapse.

The building's demise occurred some seven hours after the twin towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001, and has been the source of numerous conspiracy theories key to the "9/11 Truth" movement, most of which argue that the symmetrical, seven-second collapse was brought about by a controlled demolition.

Dr. Shyam Sunder, director of Institute's building and fire research laboratory, oversaw the government's three-year research efforts. The report aims to disprove the controlled demolition argument.

However, Richard Gage, founder of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth and a member of the American Institute of Architects, doesn't believe a word of the theory.

His group, which has swelled to over 400 architectural and engineering professionals, immediately responded to the Institute's claim in a press conference.

"Tons of [molten metal] was found 21 days after the attack," said Gage in an interview with a Vancouver, Canada television station. "Steel doesn't begin to melt until 2,700 degrees, which is much hotter than what these fires could have caused." MORE!

I highlighted the last part because that is what my most recent argument started with. There are no pictures or other evidence that show any proof of "rivers of molten steel"! NONE! Where was all of this molten steel and why didn't they get any evidence of it?!


The major thrust of my buddy's argument was the fact that 144 firefighters said they saw molten steel "running like lava down the channel rails", and they might have but I think a lot of it was suggestion more than 144 individuals actually seeing the molten metal, maybe they saw "glowing or rapidly oxidizing metal" or again the official line that was there were hot spots weeks after 911 was repeated so much that like everything else after a while it just becomes the truth...Speaking of those hot spots...From Check the Evidence .com

Assuming the official government thermal maps to be authentic, we know most of the molten metal disappeared less than two weeks after 9/11.

However, the US government thermal map images are likely doctored. As Dr Wood shows here and here, Zone F is the same area as this
empty, damp hole in a FEMA picture filed 9/18/01. Where's the molten metal?

Source

Now let's go back to who could be propagating this molten steel myth and why...From CheckTheEvidence.com:

*Eyewitnesses / Statements*


Leslie Robertson - Structural Engineer / Designer of WTC:

On the Structural Engineers Association of Utah’s website, James Williams (SEAU President) described what Robertson said at an October 2001 conference:
“as of 21 days after the attack, the fires were still burning and molten steel was still running”.

Robertson received millions of taxpayer dollars and could be considered
a member of the Global Elite. Who do the Global Elite represent, us or themselves?


William Langewiesche - Only Journalist to Have Unrestricted Access to Ground Zero During Cleanup:

In his book “American Ground”, Langewiesche said:
“in the early days, the streams of molten metal that leaked from the hot cores and flowed down broken walls inside the foundation hole.”

Did Langewiesche see this molten metal himself, or is he repeating statements from others? Do the 9/11 perpetrators control the information the media puts out?


Ron Burger - Public Health Advisor at the National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

The National Environmental Health Association’s paper “Messages in the Dust” quotes Burger:
“Feeling the heat, seeing the molten steel, the layers upon layers of ash, like lava, it reminded me of Mt. St. Helens and the thousands who fled that disaster.”

Burger is on a government payroll. Is he trustworthy? Burger’s statement was published in a government document. Is it trustworthy?

Ken Holden - Involved in Organizing Ground Zero Cleanup:

The 9/11 Commission Report quotes Holden:
“Underground, it was still so hot that molten metal dripped down the sides of the wall from [WTC] Building 6."

Holden is on a government payroll and helped organize the cleanup of an inside job terrorist attack. Is he trustworthy? Is the 9/11 Commission Report trustworthy, or is it propaganda?


Guy Lounsbury - Member of New York Air National Guard’s 109th Air Wing:

National Guard Magazine article written by Lounsbury (excerpt):
“One fireman told us that there was still molten steel at the heart of the towers' remains. Firemen sprayed water to cool the debris down but the heat remained intense enough at the surface to melt their boots.”

If the temperature was hot enough to melt the firefighters’ boots,
their feet would have been incinerated.

and here is the kicker:
When water comes in contact with molten metal,
the result is a
steam explosion:


Wikipedia quote (emphasis added):
“A dangerous steam explosion can be created when liquid water encounters hot, molten metal. As the water explodes into steam, it splashes the burning hot liquid metal along with it, causing an extreme risk of severe burns to anyone located nearby and creating a fire hazard.”

A Google search reveals numerous government documents with warnings and safety information on this topic.

Rest assured, the Fire Department of New York knows not to spray water anywhere near molten metal!

Now this is the point where I correct my own mistake! A big part of my argument was this pic:

http://drjudywood.com/articles/dirt/dirtpics/jones_firemen.jpg

It was/is my contention that the above pic could not be firefighter's or “Workers evidently peering into the hot “core” under the WTC rubble.”. The first line of reasoning is that if this was the hot core and molten steel was in the hole, the guy who is standing inside the hole had to be very uncomfortable to say the least and all the guy's that were looking in would have had their faces melted off. I went and did some more research and found the real explanation for the pic and Dr. Jones was way off and I had been lax in my research...From CheckTheEvidence.com:

This [above] image was included in Jones’ September 2006 paper with the caption
“Workers evidently peering into the hot “core” under the WTC rubble.”.

The image in Jones’ PDF (linked above) has “GEOEPOCHE 85” in the lower right corner, indicating it came from page 85 of a copy of the German magazine Geo Epoche.

Jones fails to properly source the photo. Geo Epoche is not mentioned anywhere in his paper’s references, so we don’t know what edition it came from.

However, the picture has been doctored. If the orange color was real the workers’ skin would have melted off their faces. As Dr Jim Fetzer said in comparison (paraphrased): “would you put your face over a boiling tea kettle?” That’s just a mere 212° F compared to Jones’ 1500°+ F orange image.


Here is the original photo, as archived on hereisnewyork.org. As can be seen, the workers are using search lights. They are not “peering into a hot core”:

Source

NOTE: Jones removed the photo from his paper without notice or explanation!


It should be noted that there are NO pictures whatsoever of molten metal in the ruins at Ground Zero.


http://drjudywood.com/articles/dirt/dirtpics/5103.jpg

If the ground is as hot as Dr. Jones and others have tried to contend then wouldn't the workers be melting from the steam?! Notice the orange "smoke" rising up? Hmmmm, the only thing that makes fumes like that are chemical fires!

Hmmmmm, seems the great Dr. Jones is not infallible and not above fudging a little of the details to fit his theory!

Another part of the argument which caused my buddy to say some kinda hurtful stuff about the evidence I presented and I am not mad at him or anything just a little disapponted and saddened that he has closed his mind to the real truth because he is determined that the "truth movements" theory is the only one and all else must be ludicrous, backed-up with voodoo science and/or me trying to make a name for myself. That part made me laugh. Why would I purposefully subject myself to this kind of abuse and ridicule if I didn't believe what I was saying and could back it up with real science not opinion and feelings or some lame explanations that wouldn't hold up in Peoples Court let alone any Federal court...

Here is some more evidence that my buddy called bullshit when I tried to explain that the cranes actually pulling the hot or molten metal out of the ground would not work in those conditions and I was referring to the following "cheeto pick" as Dr. Judy Wood put it...

http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/dirt/dirtpics/hotslagil3.jpg


Notice the thing that looks like a cheeto on the left hand side laying in the rubble. More of that oxidation or molecular dissociation in my opinion and lots of others that think outside the structure of some man or "official" story. Now the explanation I tried to use for this pic is the fact that whatever that crane is hoisting cannot be molten metal or that the machine could not even be sitting above temperatures that some claim reached 2700 degrees in some spots weeks after 911 and it is simply because it would not perform properly. From The Journal of 911 Research (drjudywood.com):

"Hydraulic fluid temperatures above 82°C (180ºF) damage most seal compounds and accelerate oil degradation. A single [emphasis added] overtemperature event of sufficient magnitude can permanently damage all the seals in an entire hydraulic system, resulting in numerous leaks. The by-products of thermal degradation of the oil (soft particles) can cause reliability problems such as valve-spool stiction and filter clogging."

Viscosity Value
cSt
Temperature (VG68)
Minimum Permissible
10
95ºC
Minimum Optimum
16
78ºC
Optimum Bearing Life
25
65ºC
Maximum Optimum
36
55ºC
Maximum Permissible
1,000
2ºC
Table 1. Correlation of operating viscosity values
with fluid temperature based on fluid viscosity grade

(6/16/07 accessed) Source
Let's take a look at what other hydraulics "experts" are saying about the operation of cranes like in the pic above and the next pic below:

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k126/CB_Brooklyn/WTC%20Molten%20Metal%20-%20Fact%20or%20Fiction/5445-resized.jpg

Dr. Jones claims that the temps of the slag in the pic with the crane hoisting the "molten steel" had to be about 846c according to the color of the slag, but...From CheckTheEvidence.Com:

Yet, mechanical engineering handbooks reveal hydraulics to fail at a fraction of the temperature of Jones’ slag:

Machinery Lubrication – “Hydraulic Equipment Reliability: Beyond Contamination Control”
Quote (emphasis added):
“Hydraulic fluid temperatures above 82°C (180ºF) damage most seal compounds and accelerate oil degradation. A single overtemperature event of sufficient magnitude can permanently damage all the seals in an entire hydraulic system, resulting in numerous leaks. The by-products of thermal degradation of the oil (soft particles) can cause reliability problems such as valve-spool stiction and filter clogging.”


Machinery Lubrication – “ Symptoms of Common Hydraulic Problems and Their Root Causes”
Quote (emphasis added):
“Fluid temperatures above 180°F (82°C) can damage seals and accelerate degradation of the fluid. This means that the operation of any hydraulic system at temperatures above 180°F is detrimental and should be avoided. Fluid temperature is too high when viscosity falls below the optimum value for the system’s components. The temperature at which this occurs is dependent on the viscosity grade of the fluid in the system and can be well below 180°F.”


Machine Design – “Predicting the life of hydraulic hose”
Quote (emphasis added):
Temperature range recommended for typical rubber hose spans about –40 to 212°F [212° F = 100° C]. Fluid or ambient temperatures outside these bounds impact service life. Plasticizers leach out of elastomers faster at high temperatures, though the rate depends on the actual temperature and duration. Heat-related failure is evident when the cover shows signs of hardening and cracking, and the hose shape takes on a permanent set.

Temperatures below recommended will also shorten service life. This problem is evident when the inner tube shows signs of stiffness and cracks. Specials are available for either extreme: Low-temperature hoses for service to –67°F and high-temperature versions for applications exceeding 300°F. [300° F = 149° C]”


Jones’ slag is over 845° C, yet hydraulic fluid systems fail above 82° C.

The recommended highest temperature for standard hydraulic rubber hoses is 100° C, with special heavy duty hoses available for temperatures above 149° C.

Given the vast temperature differences between the slag and the maximum operating temperatures for hydraulics, is it plausible for Jones’ photo to be real?
The temperature of the slag is over 10 times greater than the maximum allowable temperature for hydraulic fluid systems.
Now this is getting as long as one of them Weekly (C)Wrap-Up joints so I got one more piece of eividence that dosen't necessarily back up my conclusions and theories, but has a lot of relevence and that is this...From drjudywood.com:

Is the Next False Flag Attack on US Soil Near?

Andrew Johnson,
July 28th 2007


I write this piece having some feelings of guilt, which may seem silly or strange, but that is how I feel.

I was, on July 26th, scheduled to chat with a man called Ambrose Lane on a show called "We Ourselves", which goes out on a channel called “XM Channel 169 - The Power” (
http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=169). Ambrose has other unrelated shows on WPFW a Pacifica station covering the Washington D. C. metro area as far north as Baltimore and as far south as Richmond VA. Ambrrose's shows are archived at http://www.weourselves.org/show/index.html.

However, the call for me to go on the show on July 26th, at 8pm (BST), never came - and I wondered why. The following day, I found out. The Network "XM Channel 169" which hosted the "We Ourselves" show had cancelled it and fired the host (Ambrose Lane). This came as a shock to everyone and, as far as I know at the time of writing, XM have given Ambrose Lane no credible reason for their sudden decision.


In this article, I have tried to put together the main points that I was hoping to have discussed in the interview.


On the show, I was due to be speaking with Dr Judy Wood as well - about the latest evidence she has found which shows that an advanced but unknown type of Directed Energy Weapon was used to destroy most of the WTC complex (
http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/StarWarsBeam1.html). Over the last few months and weeks I have been in regular communication with Dr Judy Wood regarding her ongoing study and presentation of this evidence. There are a number of reasons for counting this as the strongest hypothesis - it explains the most evidence, such as:

* Lack of large debris (most of the material the towers were made of was almost instantly "dustified," with only a few steel girders left and the steel was shipped to China statements seem to have been a cover story - as we have seen no evidence this shipping actually happened).

* Lack of molten metal (this is commonly spoken of and is mentioned in some 9/11 truth videos and testimonies, but there is no photographic evidence of its existence. Indeed, the photographs that Dr. Wood has shown us contradict the idea of its existence. For example, there is no
steam explosion when rain fell on the area where molten metal was supposed to have been in the immediate period following the destruction of the WTC).

* The Bath tub was not sufficiently damaged by the enormous amount of debris which should have fallen into it and we know that Lower Manhattan was never flooded.


* Toasted Cars over a mile from the WTC.


You can see all the evidence laid out at http://www.drjudywood.com. MORE!

Imma leave the rest for my next couple of videos especially the toasted cars almost a mile away from Ground Zero thingy. If you think that thermite or explosions alone, and planes were used that day you really need to wake up and stop leaving the evidence to be deciphered in someone else's mind but your own!

Explain these pics?!

Figure 39. Car 2723 was toasted inside and out... and then rusted.
(9/12?/01) Source
Figure 40. This toasted interior of car 2723 was consumed except for the fire extinguisher. How does a car rust that fast on the inside? If it had been on fire, shouldn't we see a blackened-burned appearance? Instead, we see a tremendous amount of rust on the inside of the car. Why is that?
(9/12?/01)
Source:

http://drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/dewpics/Image168.jpg http://drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/dewpics/010911_WTC6_911_1328.jpg
Why did the front of these two vehicles burn and the backs where the gas tanks are, are intact? Look at the holes in the metal of the truck on the right. What caused that?

http://drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/dewpics/Image175.jpg
Why dosn't the paper all around the burning car burn?

http://drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/dewpics/Image159.jpg
Toasted cars at the Pentagon too and we all know a plane hit that building /snark!

You still think planes, jet fuel and some thermate did all this damage?! Over 7 blocks away in some of these pics? Yeah and I got a bridge in Brooklyn I am trying to sell! They hit us with some kind of new shit. Those towers both imploded and exploded at the same time, while cars seven blocks away burst into spontaneous flames and other anomalies! WAKE UP!

I have said it before and I will say it again, "arguing with those 911 truth movement guy's" is like arguing with Christians about Jeezus which brings me to my final point that I alluded to earlier and that I almost forgot to add. My friend I was having this discussion with said something about the 911 truth movement being christians and that is why I have a problem with them. To be totally honest that never crossed my mind but now that he brought it up and I think about it more that is just another reason not to trust the thought processes and reasoning of these people. These are the same folks that believe in Intelligent Design and Falling, the flat earth, the young earth, Adam and Eve and the talking snake and God wrote the bible. Didn't the neo-clowns hi-jack the religious cults in Amerika with all that Faith Based Initiatves crap?!?


http://drjudywood.com/articles/DEW/dewpics/911wtc6craterwestair.jpg
What caused the big ass circular holes in WTC 5 and 6?



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"The Robotic Chair!"


I know I have been MIA, especially as far as bloggin' and some may have noticed or not and I have been a really lousy friend as far as returning quick comments and what not over at the PLY...Thanks btw! But I did think this was pretty cool. I peeped it over at Crooks & Liars yesterday:
Open Thread

The Robotic Chair (1984 - 2006) is a generic-looking wooden chair with the capacity to fall apart and put itself back together. With shuddering force the chair collapses to the floor then with persistence and determination proceeds to seek out its parts and upright itself. Found at the online art gallery VVork

Notice the leg that falls on the floor? I would have loved to see it crawl around on the floor until it found it's other piece. I guess they were pressed for time. Still! This was a work in progress that they finally completed in 2006. If we are just hearing about it now that means they are waaaay ahead in the technology. Can you say Terminator?! Imagine bombing the shit out of some cyborg robot and it slowly but surely puts itself back together and attacks your ass again and again.

I remember an old Star Trek episode where these two planets were at war and had been at war for 1000's of years because that was the only thing they knew (sound familiar?!), but instead of using actual soldiers, they had a computer calculate the damage and casualties. Then they would send these people to a vaporizer room and vaporize them. See how his-story repeats itself?! Hitler tried to vaporize a lot of folks too. They have much better and higher burning furnaces now...WAKE UP!

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Maniac Monday's - Gold Medals & Georgia

I have been away from blogging for about a week, mainly to keep up with the Olympics and in particular Michael Phelps, since I am living in Baltimore might as well cheer for him right?! How about his record breaking gold medal winning ass?! HUH?! A true champion in every since of the word! Yup, I was over here cheering my ass off after I heard the French talking that shit about how they were going to "destroy the Americans" in the 4x100 and I was also in awe of how easily Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the 100 to become the "world's fastest man". I was also in awe of how brutally Russia hit Georgia! From Reuters:
KURSK, Russia, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, speaking amid the conflict with Georgia, warned on Monday that any further aggression against Russian citizens would face a "crushing response". "If anyone thinks that they can kill our citizens and escape unpunished, we will never allow this. If anyone tries this again, we will come out with a crushing response," Medvedev told World War Two veterans in the Russian city of Kursk. "We have all the necessary resources, political, economic and military. If anyone had any illusions about this, they have to abandon them," Medvedev said. (Reporting by Oleg Shchedrov, writing by Chris Baldwin and Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Michael Stott) MORE!
Now of course all of the neo-clowns have their panties in a bunch and are condeming Russia for it's aggression and brutality in it's response. I even heard "Kindagreasy" Rice on the TV talking about how Russia has really hurt it's reputation. What are these BCS wankster's smoking?! Then couple that with criminal insanity and bang...You got the Bush Administration. From the AP: U.S.: Russia is reverting to an aggressive past
WASHINGTON - Russia is showing signs of returning to its authoritarian past, and its invasion of Georgia will require the United States to reevaluate the strategic relationship between the superpowers, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.

Joining in the hard-line rhetoric, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice accused Russian President Dmitry A. Medvedev of failing to honor a promise to withdraw troops quickly from Georgia under terms of a cease-fire he signed Saturday.

"I hope this time he'll keep his word," Rice said after Medvedev announced the withdrawal would begin today.

Shadows of the Cold War emerged as the Bush administration struggled for the appropriate response to Russia's aggression against its smaller U.S.-backed neighbor, which Moscow ruled for most of the two centuries before the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union.

"I think that there is a real concern that Russia has turned the corner here and is headed back toward its past rather than toward its future, and my hope is that we will see actions in the weeks and months to come that provide us some reassurance," Gates said. MORE!

"Ummmmm, Mr. Gates suh, didn't you and your neo-clown buddies just invade two soverign nations replace their leaders and rulers, install puppets and occupy those countries?! Ohhh that wasn't you huh?!" I was trying to figure out what all these places have in common, and by places I mean Iraqnam, Afghanistan and now Georgia, not that one the other one, and that 1 common denominator is OIL! Now while Georgia dosen't have poppy fields (that I know of) they do have a pipeline for the oil running through their country just like Afghanistan. You realize that new president of Afghanistan Kharzi was also an executive with the very same people that run the pipeline through "his" country? The warlords take care of the poppies.

Now the Russian's said they would pull out of Georgia, but then again...From the EarthTimes:

Igoeti, Georgia - The Russian soldiers that have advanced most deeply into Georgian territory are energetically digging in, despite the announcement of initial troop withdrawals from the Kremlin on Monday. The men and officers of an advanced guard company of the 17th Motorized Rifle Division have been busy in the 48 hours since they arrived in the vicinity of a bridge crossing Georgia's Lekhura River just 30 kilometres from Tbilisi.

Where once Russian privates had to stand in the middle of the road to slow vehicles with hand signals, now barriers of old tyres commandeered from the nearby village of Igoeti force traffic to a halt. Georgian military traffic was not allowed, the checkpoint commander said. The road opened to civilian vehicle traffic at 12.30 pm Monday, almost precisely the time named by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev as his deadline for starting to observe ceasefire terms in the region. Covering the Lekhura bridge a pair of well camouflaged T-72 tanks were set in defilade, with only their turrets visible, as is standard tactics with tanks. An armoured personnel carrier (APC) was a few metres behind to protect the tanks, and nearby enterprising crewmen had taken possession of an old metal shack and turned it into a communications point. Higher up the hill, an automatic grenade launcher and its crew enjoyed a commanding view. Were the Georgian army to attempt to push towards the Russian positions - unlikely given the Georgian military's current disorganization and morale - whatever came up the road would be shelled, before it bumped into the tanks. Russian soldiers, some stripped to the waist, had set up tarpaulins and cots to avoid the region's powerful sun, but the presence of a journalist near their position brought the tank and APC to life in seconds. MORE!

I guess if Russia said it would pull out of Georgia when the BCS pulls out of Iraq AND Afghanistan then they would be wrong again huh?!

Let's also keep in mind that in the background of all of this is the impending showdown about the missle defense system in Poland. Didn't hear about that huh?! From the AP:


MOSCOW - A top Russian general said Friday that Poland's agreement to accept a U.S. missile interceptor base exposes the ex-communist nation to attack, possibly by nuclear weapons, the Interfax news agency reported.

The statement by Gen. Anatoly Nogovitsyn is the strongest threat that Russia has issued against the plans to put missile defense elements in former Soviet satellite nations.

Poland and the United States on Thursday signed a deal for Poland to accept a missile interceptor base as part of a system the United States says is aimed at blocking attacks by rogue nations. Moscow, however, feels it is aimed at Russia's missile force.

"Poland, by deploying (the system) is exposing itself to a strike — 100 percent," Nogovitsyn, the deputy chief of staff, was quoted as saying.

He added, in clear reference to the agreement, that Russia's military doctrine sanctions the use of nuclear weapons "against the allies of countries having nuclear weapons if they in some way help them." Nogovitsyn that would include elements of strategic deterrence systems, he said, according to Interfax. MORE!

However, no time to worry about that though it's time for the woman's 10,000m steeplechase and of course NBC is bringing you all 30 laps live! *YAWN*

Ohhhhh and one more thing and you can file this under more Faux madness...From the people that brought you other great TV moments like boxing with the stars, that horrible rethuglican knock off of the Daily Show with Limpballs and Cruella Coulter, now bring you their most exciting game since "Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader" (which most of us aren't), a knock off of a Japanese game show called "Hole In A Wall"! Where...You guessed it, contestants try to fit themselves through a cut out in a moving wall! I guess getting on "5th Grader" was just way too hard for some folks and everyone cannot sing or dance so I guess that's as real as it gets for some folks. Now I will admit I would watch the Italian version of the game. They would really get a bigger market share if they were wearing T-shirts and thongs...Check it out!




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Friday, August 08, 2008

The Weekly (C)Wrap-Up - Lost In Translation?!"

Well it's finally Friday well actually not for me I have to work Saturday too but it is still Friday and it is time for the Weekly (C) Wrap-Up! This is going to be a little rushed because I do have to work today and normally I am off and can take my time with this anywho might as well get busy and see how much crap we can uncover in a couple of hours. No problems with these criminals in charge...

Lost in Translation!?

Maybe Barack's first foreign visit should have been to China. Apparently the Chinese government is not impressed that a black man has a good chance of becoming President of the US (maybe they already know the results) because they have actually banned blacks from being served at bars on Beijing...NO bullshit! Or is it?! I happened to be watching the news this am and I noticed that Ann nor Matt said anything about the ban and why is this the first I am hearing about this when the ban went in 10 days ago supposedly? Lost in translation?! From the Shanghiist:

More on the Beijing bar ban confusion

More on the Beijing bar ban confusionTom Miller of the SCMP has been the center of many heated online discussions of late as a result of his article last Friday on bar owners in Sanlitun being asked to deny service to black patrons. What looked like an attempt to add credibility to his anonymous claims, he followed up with an article on Saturday claiming another anonymous source, this time a police officer, who denied that bars were instructed to deny service to patrons of African descent. His article though, still maintained that:

...another bar owner had been verbally warned by Public Security Bureau officers not to serve customers of Mongolian and African descent, while other bars had been ordered to sign chopped pledges to keep to curfews, not allow the illegal sale of drugs, and refuse certain customers.

According to Beijing Boyce, who has reported his independent findings about the SCMP claims on his blog, this might be just a case of miscommunication. Through his investigations, his sources tell him that bar owners were indeed asked to:

monitor black patrons. He [the bar owner] said the police told the reps that drug dealers are predominantly black in the area. He said the police did not ask bar owners to ban blacks.

As you can imagine, the story has spread like wildfire across blogs as well as more established media outlets. Even Shanghaiist's story was echoed verbatim on a Chinese blog. Not surprisingly though, while news outlets like The Age and Financial Times picked up the story in the context of the Beijing Olympics being "no-fun", latter commentary was less about the likelihood of Africans and Mongolians being turned away from bars but more about the SCMP's journalism.

Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei comments:

...it seems highly unlikely that anyone with any real authority would "secretly" plan "to ban black people" from the city's bars.

The sources of the South China Morning Post are anonymous, and the paper does not seem to have any physical evidence to support the article.

Liam Fitspatrick from Time (in association with CNN) also recognises that:

The story, by Tom Miller and Peter Simpson, quotes an anonymous bar owner as saying that security officers forced him to sign a pledge that required him to prevent black people from entering his premises. A nameless “black British national” is also quoted, expressing his shock and disappointment.

The anonymity of the sources is also noticed by veteran blogger and China watcher Fons Tuinstra in the China Herald:

The proof of this was pretty flimsy: one anonymous bar-owner at Sanlitun. I found the article remarkable for two reasons. First, because of its firm anti-China tone, while the South China Morning Post had adopted (as far as I could read them) since 1997 a pro-China tone that would even be considered nauseating by the editors of the China Daily.
Second, it fitted nicely into their old tradition in coming with firm allegations, based on nothing, so they could sell the next day their paper again with a firm denial of a false rumor they had created themselves in the first place.

Fons then continues to post his FriendFeed conversations with other China netizens who also find the SCMP report a little hard to swallow.

The most convincing debunking of this story has been the hard work of Beijing nightlife blogger Beijing Boyce who actually went bar to bar to to speak to bar owners about this potential ban. Boyce suggests that the "black" referred to may not actually be about skin color but "bad elements". The Chinese term for organized crime syndicates or the triads is 黑社会 (literally black society). MORE!

So this just might be a mistranslation as is common and the black they are referring to is the black, meaning evil and dark crime element. I won't get into the psychological ramifications because that is another blog entirely. If this were true I would think it would be getting a lot more traction than it has in the news and on the political blogs. I guess we will find out, however I did come across an article that could be misconstrued as meaning black people...From asianews.it:

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Beijing 2008: bars forbidden to serve "blacks" and Mongolians, outdoor tables banned
Many bans and restrictions, with serious inconveniences for the population. The first "leaks" on the grandiose inauguration on August 8, with an unprecedented fireworks display.

Beijing (AsiaNews/Agencies) - For "reasons of safety", bars are forbidden to serve "blacks"" and Mongolians or place tables in the street. Street musicians are being banned, and so is buying medicines containing "stimulants" without a prescription. Prohibitions are on the rise for the Olympic capital, while the first leaks reveal a grandiose fireworks display for the inauguration.

Bar owners around the Workers' Stadium in downtown Beijing say that public security officials are telling them not to let in "blacks" and Mongolians, and many of them have even had to sign a pledge. The official reason is the fight against drugs and prostitution, dominated in the past by Mongolians and persons of colour. Moreover, public places must close by 2 a.m., for security reasons, and the bar owners are being asked to remind their clients that they must always have an identification document with them. There is even doubt over whether the bars within a radius of two kilometres from the Olympic buildings will be able operate, or whether they will have to shut down for the entire period. In some areas, tables are not permitted outside, because "the presence of too many foreigners gathered outside could create problems". There is also an attempt to shut down outdoor musical concerts, to prevent disorder. MORE!

Now reading through this article one could come to the conclusion that the Chinese government did indeed mean black people and that there is some sort of ban but...

Moving on...

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Another bunch of silliness that clogged the airwaves and all the talking heads shows was Barack's statement about inflating tires to save gas...From Crooks & Liars:

Since when do Republicans oppose routine auto maintenance?

Barack Obama reminded an audience yesterday that American consumers can save money and improve fuel efficiency by keeping their tires inflated and getting regular tune-ups. I thought this was just common sense, and one of those simple steps that everyone already knew about.

Apparently, Republicans have decided that it’s worthy of mockery.

“[Obama] suggested we put air in our tires to save on gas,” McCain told a group of voters. “My friends, let’s do that, but do you think that’s enough to break our dependence on Middle Eastern oil? I don’t think so.” MORE!

Then of course all of the idiots went on silly tirades like this is the craziest thing that they ever heard in their lives trying to deflect from the fact that this is standard knowledge and has been since the government has been regulating emissions and gas mileage standards.

Here is the payoff:
“Obama said a couple of days ago says we all should inflate our tires. I don’t disagree with that. The American Automobile Association strongly recommends it,” McCain said.
Jon Stewart is going to lead off the drilling vs Inflating tires debate, because if you remember drilling is not going to produce and visible gains for about 10 years! But somehow that number magically just continues to decrease. Watch:




Isn't that a test question to get a license now a days? Q) "What is the best way to keep you car performing at optimal condition and getting the advertised gas mileage?" A) Keep tires inflated and get regular maintenance and tune-ups! Silly republicons!

Ohhhh and it get's a lot sillier...From Crooks & Liars:
House Republican endorses ‘the Paris Hilton plan’ on energy

We’re well past the point at which congressional Republicans have jumped the shark, but let’s pause to appreciate the fact that at least one leading GOP lawmaker is now looking to a fake ad by a 27-year-old heiress/reality-show star as a serious source of public policy.

The lines between celebrity and politician blurred into a haze Thursday at a Republican news conference, as one congressman began pushing Paris Hilton’s “plan” on energy.

“Let’s bring up the Paris Hilton plan,” goaded Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas. […] “Even Paris Hilton had an energy plan that she’s talking about,” said Burgess, seizing a chance to make Democrats look lackluster on the issue.

The Texas congressman tried to put Hilton in the Republican camp, claiming her words mirrored current GOP legislation known as the “No More Excuses Energy Act”. But, while that proposal does allow offshore drilling, a congressional summary shows it does not contain tax credits to encourage new automobile technology.

For crying out loud, Paris Hilton is not a policy expert. She wasn’t seriously offering an energy proposal for members of Congress to embrace as an actual solution. MORE!

You Cannot Make This Shit Up!! Speaking of making shit up. How about that latest CSI: FBI or is it Law and Order: Criminal Intent? Wait...I am way off this is an episode of the Fall Guy not the stunt guy but the patsy...From Crooks & Liars:

Countdown: Nothing About The FBI’s Anthrax Story Adds Up

Keith interviewed investigative journalist Gerald Posner last night, who did a great job of shattering all of the inconsistencies and improbabilities in the FBI’s official case against alleged anthrax killer Bruce Ivins.

The strongest evidence they have going for them is also their Achilles‘ heel and that he‘s psychological profile. That fact that he‘s very unstable, that he was someone who was an alcoholic, that he might wanted to have the vaccine continue to go along, but that‘s also the fact that he could have been set up as a cutout or puppet or used by a group of people who wanted the anthrax out there.

They also knew about his weak psychological profile. How was he employed with the most secret biological warfare lab in the United States with this type of background that we now hear about? That they should have known about from day one. The Defense Department should hang its head in shame.

For even more on this story, see Glenn Greenwald’s extensive coverage:

Vital unresolved anthrax questions and ABC News

Additional key facts re: the anthrax investigation

Journalists, their lying sources, and the anthrax investigation

The FBI’s emerging, leaking case against Ivins

The FBI’s selective release of documents in the anthrax case

Full transcript below the fold: MORE!

I see this as a potential conspiracy corner post coming out of this one. Because there is supposedly a lot more to it now. From Crooks & Liars:

Anthrax Bruce Ivins wins highest civilian award from Defense Dept. in March, 2003

I’d love for somebody to explain this one to me. I know he was working on the anthrax vaccine, but who nominated Ivins for this award? This item has not been picked up by the press like it should have. C&L’s Mark Groubert tells me via email:

On March 14th, 2003 Bruce Ivins, the alleged anthrax killer and anthrax vaccine inventor, was awarded the highest civilian honor of the Pentagon by Army Secretary Thomas White. Exceptional Civilian Service Award

The LA Times:

At a Pentagon ceremony on March 14, 2003, Ivins and two colleagues from USAMRIID were bestowed the Decoration of Exceptional Civilian Service, the highest honor given to nonmilitary employees of the Defense Department. “Awards are nice,” Ivins said in accepting the honor. “But the real satisfaction is knowing the vaccine is back on line.

As David Willman reports:

Bruce E. Ivins, the government biodefense scientist linked to the deadly anthrax mailings of 2001, stood to gain financially from massive federal spending in the fear-filled aftermath of those killings, the Los Angeles Times has learned.

Ivins is listed as a co-inventor on two patents for a genetically engineered anthrax vaccine, federal records show. Separately, Ivins also is listed as a co-inventor on an application to patent an additive for various biodefense vaccines...read on

On April 26th, 2003, almost a month after White gave Ivins the award, the Army Secretary was fired by Donald Rumsfeld supposedly for this:

Last year, White locked horns with Rumsfeld over the Pentagon’s decision to cancel one of the Army’s pet projects, the $11 billion Crusader artillery system.

The defense secretary was said to be furious about an Army lobbying campaign that attempted to save the Crusader by circulating a memo of “talking points” on Capitol Hill, arguing that killing the program would “put soldiers at risk.” As secretary of the Army, White’s job was mainly to make sure the Army is properly equipped and ready to respond during a war. He oversees the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Eric Shinseki.

Obviously this is a weird coincidence to me, but still interesting. I would think that winning this award would help deflect scrutiny away from Ivins. MORE!

Who wrote this screenplay?! It should make a good movie it has several plot turns and twists some political intrigue, a bogus storyline to throw ya off and some known unknowns, corruption at high levels. oliver Stone could have a field day with this one.


We are going to file this next article in the Feel Safer Now Category?! Again from Crooks & Liars:
BREAKING: Hamdan convicted on five counts of supporting terrorism

Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver, Salim Hamdan, has just been convicted on five counts of supporting a terror organization. Considering that the Pentagon planned on holding him indefinitely regardless of the verdict, does it really matter all that much?

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CNN:

A U.S. military jury found Osama Bin Laden’s former driver guilty of five counts of material support to a terror organization in the September 11, 2001, attacks.

In a split verdict, jurors found Salim Hamdan not guilty of conspiracy to aid a terror organization, in this case al Qaeda.

The trial is being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility where he is being held.

Prosecutors allege that Hamdan, who was picked up in November 2001 in Afghanistan, overheard conversations about 9/11 and had other information that showed he was part of Osama bin Laden’s inner circle and aided and abetted the attacks.

Hamdan faces life in prison and his lawyers are already planning to appeal.

The National Security Network weighs in:

HAMDAN VERIDCT: We Waited Seven Years For This?

“Today’s verdict does little if anything to advance American security. The entire process raises fundamental questions about the administration’s disregard for our constitutional values and may well do America more harm than good in the court of world opinion. It took seven years for the Bush administration’s military commissions system to get its first conviction for a crime that is regularly prosecuted in federal court. And when it did, it was a driver who even the administration acknowledges did not participate in the planning or execution of any terrorist attacks. Surely there is a better way to protect America and bring terrorists to justice while adhering to the constitutional values that have kept us safe and strong for 200 years.”

I can also see these as potential 24 Episodes. Is Jack Bauer still in business?! Here is the absurdity in all of this...They were gonna hold him indefinitely anyway...From Thinkprogress:

Hamdan sentenced to 5.5 years in prison, though he may still be detained indefinitely.

Yesterday, Salim Ahmed Hamdan was found guilty of material support for terrorism, after being held in U.S. custody for seven years. Today, the military court at Guantanamo sentenced him to five and a half years in prison; the prosecution had asked for a minimum 30-year sentence. The Guardian notes, however, that Hamdan will not necessarily be free in five years:

No matter what penalty Hamdan had received, he is subject to possible indefinite detention by the US military.

The AP adds:

The judge, Navy Capt. Keith Allred, said he did not know what would happen to Hamdan once his sentence is complete, but said he would likely be eligible for the same administrative review process as other prisoners.

Last month, Attorney General Michael Mukasey argued the U.S. should be able to imprison detainees “for the duration of the conflict” with “al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated organizations.”

Yup I feel a lot safer now /snark! Speaking of feeling safer did you guy's hear about this one in my home state of Mary's land ?!? This is good! Either the feds don't like this mayor or there is something deeper going on here...From My Way News(AP):

BERWYN HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) - Mayor Cheye Calvo got home from work, saw a package addressed to his wife on the front porch and brought it inside, putting it on a table. Suddenly, police with guns drawn kicked in the door and stormed in, shooting to death the couple's two dogs and seizing the unopened package.

In it were 32 pounds of marijuana. But the drugs evidently didn't belong to the couple.

Police say the couple appeared to be innocent victims of a scheme by two men to smuggle millions of dollars worth of marijuana by having it delivered to about a half-dozen unsuspecting recipients.

The two men under arrest include a FedEx deliveryman; investigators said the deliveryman would drop off a package outside a home, and the other man would come by a short time later and pick it up.

A furious Calvo said Thursday that he and his wife, Trinity Tomsic, are asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the July 29 raid.

"Trinity was an innocent victim and random victim," Calvo said outside his two-story, red-brick house in this middle-class Washington suburb of about 3,000 people. "We were harmed by the very people who took an oath to protect us."

Calvo insisted the couple's two black Labradors were gentle creatures and said police apparently killed them "for sport," gunning down one of them as it was running away. MORE!

They shot the man's dogs! Had his mother-in-law in hand cuffs on the floor (which for most mother-in-laws that is the best way to control them..sorry I couldn't help it!) eye to eye with a dead dog. The smaller dog was running away! Time to check the good mayors voting records to see who he pissed off! The local PG police dept was not even included in the investigation or the raid. Which by the way was a no knock raid. The mayor said he didn't get to see the warrant until 72 hours later. I actually know someone who works with the mayor's wife and she is really shook up. If they were black this might not be about the murder of the dogs but maybe about the murder of the mayor and his family members. I could be nit picking but the dogs were black...Not too mention she said this herself. Welcome to Black America where this is a daily occurrence...This is as bad as when they framed a 92 year old woman by planting weed on her after they raided the wrong house...The bust in granny unloaded on them thinking they were burgurlars they returned fire, killed her and then planted weed on her...Beyond Belief!

Lot of slimy stuff going on out there isn't it?! What's next?! More energy blues and bad news for the working man...From Thinkprogress:

Across the country, “utility shut-offs for customers behind on their energy bills are increasing…reaching 50% or more in some hard-hit areas.” The increase is the result of an “economic double whammy of high gasoline prices and rising utility bills” in a “sagging economy.”

The budget deficit for fiscal year 2008 will be “around $400 billion,” according to a new Congressional Budget Office estimate. CBO’s prediction is “slightly higher than the White House’s deficit estimate of $389 billion,” both of which “approach the record-breaking deficit suffered in fiscal 2004 of $412.7 billion.” Last month, the White House predicted the deficit could reach nearly $490 billion in fiscal year 2009.

Jobless claims hit six-year high.

The Department of Labor announced today that “the number of newly laid off people signing up for jobless benefits last week climbed to its highest point in more than six years as companies cut back given the faltering economy.” Unemployment insurance applications “rose by a seasonally adjusted 7,000 to 455,000″ last week, which is “worse than analysts expected.” The Labor Department had initially forecast that jobless claims would drop to 430,000.

Here's another little snippet to brighten your day /snark...From Yahoo News (AP):

Fannie Mae loses $2.3B in quarter as defaults rise

WASHINGTON - Mortgage finance company Fannie Mae swung to a second-quarter loss that was more than triple what Wall Street expected as conditions in the housing market continued to deteriorate.

The Washington-based company, the largest U.S. buyer and backer of home loans, said Friday it lost $2.3 billion, or $2.54 a share, for the quarter that ended June 30. The loss compares with profit of $1.95 billion, or $1.86 a share, in the period last year.

Analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial had expected a loss of just 68 cents a share.

And it appears more bad news is ahead. MORE!

Which of course means more bad news for me and you. we are already a trillion in debt from the first bailing out of Fannie & Freddie...Welcome to New America Where It Just Keeps Raining (it's acid rain too)!

Did you guy's see this? I posted it yesterday and it was meant as a little humor, dare I say it ...satire?!

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It would be a lot more funny if it wasn't so true and prophetic.

Alrighty then...Time for the Asshole of the Week! As usual there was a robust fight for the top spot and it is going to be another toss up. First and foremost and front and center is this guy http://images.stltoday.com/stltoday/resources/theodoremuschany.jpg

His name is Theodore Muschany. From STLToday:

State rep charged with assaulting teen

The alleged victim is the daughter of a state employee. The girl’s mother and Muschany -– who is married and has two children -- were romantically involved, the woman said.

A Cole County grand jury returned an indictment today charging Muschany with the Class C felony of "deviate sexual assault." The indictment identifies the victim only by initials. It says that on May 17, Muschany "had deviate sexual intercourse" with the girl, "knowing that he did so without" her consent.


Muschany, 42, was booked into the Cole County Jail today at 2:50 and he was released after posting a $5,000 bond. If convicted, Muschany faces a fine of up to $5,000 and a prison term of up to 7 years. MORE!
He has gone with the old rethugliclan standby of going to spend more time with his family. These guy's are just slugs of the earth they really are! Next slug is a real slug indeed, he even looks like one! Jabba the Druggie Limpballs. Rush makes the list for this, from Thinkprogress:

Limbaugh compares civil rights organizations to al-Sadr: They both ‘disrupt the society.’

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr “intends to disarm his once-dominant Mahdi Army militia and remake it as a social-services organization.” Commenting on the article on his radio show yesterday, right-wing talker Rush Limbaugh joked that Sadr, whom he calls “Mookie,” had “thrown his hands in with the left over there” and that “his boys are going to become community organizers.” Limbaugh then compared Sadr to American civil rights organizations, saying they are both intent on “disrupting the society“:

Seriously, that’s what he’s going to do. They’re going to — social services, education, social justice. I guess Mookie’s thrown his hands in with the left over there. He’s going to throw down the weapons and start disrupting the society much like the civil rights organizations here in this country have tried to do to ours.


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We have a late entry into the voting this week and that is former(?) Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for of all things; assualt. From Yahoo News:

DETROIT - Michigan's attorney general says he's bringing assault charges against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick after the mayor had a physical confrontation with a detective trying to deliver a subpoena.

The mayor faces two counts of assaulting or obstructing a police officer in the furtherance of their duties. Each felony count brings up to 2 years in prison or a fine of $2,000.

The mayor already faces perjury, official misconduct and obstruction of justice charges stemming from his testimony in a civil trial last year.

Attorney General Mike Cox announced the charges at a press conference in Detroit on Friday.

Kilpatrick was ordered jailed Thursday for violating his bond, but was released on appeal earlier Friday.

This guy needs to just go away! This next story is truly sad and maybe this person does have a serious problem and closing down Starbucks coffee shops is a good thing...From Yahoo News:

Chicago cop suspended for demanding free Starbucks

CHICAGO - A Chicago police officer has been suspended for 15 months for demanding free coffee and baked goods from six different Starbucks.

Officer Barbara Nevers, a 14-year veteran, has also been ordered to undergo counseling.

The Police Board ruled in May that 55-year-old Nevers intimidated Starbucks employees by screaming at them and flashing her badge, handcuffs or gun when they wanted her to pay. The board released its findings Thursday.

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All of those guy's for this:

From Thinkprogress:

House Republicans plan to continue their political stunts on oil drilling “for at least the next two weeks — right up to the start of the Democratic Convention in Denver” on Aug. 25. The memo from House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) to GOP members said that their “protest is making history.”

Now while not nominated this week we do have to hand out an honorable mention to "Idiot of the week" Glenn Beck: from Thinkprogress:

Beck: Batman vindicates Bush’s ‘conservative values on the war on terror.’

Last month, author Andrew Klavan wrote that the new Batman film is a “paean of praise to the fortitude and moral courage that has been shown by George W. Bush in this time of terror and war.” CNN’s Glenn Beck agreed today, listing off controversial Bush policies he claims were vindicated by the film’s showcase of “conservative values on the war on terror”:

But Batman goes into another country and with a C-130 snatches a guy out, and then throws him back here into Gotham. So there’s rendition. At one point the Morgan Freeman character says to Batman, wait a minute, hang on, you’re eavesdropping on everyone in Gotham? And Batman says, yes, to stop this terrorist. Morgan Freeman says, I can’t be a part of it. And yet Morgan Freeman does become a part of it, and they find the Joker. One of the ways they find the Joker is through eavesdropping. I mean the parallels here of what’s going on is to me stunning. MORE!

Only stunning to you Glenn! Another thing Batman is a FICTIONAL character, like Jack Bauer idiot! Again this is a you pick em type thing...I am leaning towards the GOP with it's bullshit about drilling although that scumbag Muschany is high up on the list!

Since this is getting long and I need to get myself ready for work I leave you with this...From Jesus' General:

Shanking for God

Paul Crouch
Trinity Broadcasting Network

Dear Pastor Crouch,

I know you're a big supporter of Phil Aguilar and his Set Free Soldiers Christian Motorcycle Gang. You've had him on your show, held fundraisers for him, and partnered with him on a couple of faith-based drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers. It's too bad you closed them down. The aversion therapy approach you seemed to have used sounds interesting. I know I'd stop using crack if I had to blow a counselor to get it.

I imagine the news that police arrested Pastor Phil and six other Set Free Soldiers on murder charges must have been quite a shock at first, but I hope that after you learned more about the killings you understood them for what they were: battles in the war between good and evil.

Certainly, it's easy to see how the killings occurred. Phil and a half dozen Christian one-percenters are sitting in a biker bar, drinking, witnessing, and shooting pool and then, in walks their sworn enemies, the Hell's Angels. The Set Free gang begins rebuking the Hell's Angels; perhaps even going so far as to begin performing exorcism rites. Suddenly, one of Satan's minions beans a godly biker in the head with a pool ball and the next thing you know, Jesus' warriors are stabbing everyone in site.

I've bet you found yourself in a similar situation many times. No doubt you've thought about shanking that masturbating bastard, Swaggart, more times than you can count.

You know, maybe you ought to consider creating a reality series for Phil and the gang if they get out. You could show them traveling around to biker bars hunting for Hells Angels to stab. Heck, you could even join them--it'd give you an excuse to wear leather. I bet you'd like that.

Heterosexually yours,

Gen. JC Christian, patriot

I know I am missing some stuff and it is probably some good stuff I had planned to talk about today but hey I am pressed for time and I can't catch it all. As usual let me know what I missed, got wrong or anything you want or need clarity on. Have a great weekend in spite of them!


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