we are where we were

even if she becomes the nominee.

If Clinton's margin of victory stayed where it was at 95% reporting -- about 10 percentage points -- she'd end up carving 200,000 votes off Obama's lead, drawing her closer to a popular vote lead. Obama leads in the polls in the next-largest state yet to vote, North Carolina.

The popular vote is crucial to Clinton because Obama, who has scored better in low-voting caucuses in small states, is unlikely to lose his lead in elected delegates. Thus, when both candidates woo the roughly 300 undecided superdelegates -- the party leaders who will provide the decisive margin -- Obama will claim that he has won the most delegates and therefore should be crowned the nominee. Clinton's only chance to undercut him is to point out that she actually won more votes.

"This looks like the Democratic party leaders' worst dream -- a Clinton margin not large enough to put her in a strong position to carry on and an Obama vote not large enough to end things," said University of Pennsylvania political scientist Donald F. Kettl, in an emailed response. ``This is going to continue on, and put the party into the tough job of finding the endgame."

Murdoch Taking on F.C.C. Media Rule

By STEPHEN LABATON
Published: April 23, 2008

WASHINGTON — As he nears completion of a deal to acquire Newsday from the Tribune Company, Rupert Murdoch appears likely to pose the first significant challenge to the media ownership rule that the Federal Communications Commission recently adopted.

Even without Newsday, Mr. Murdoch was in the process of seeking waivers to continue to control two newspapers (The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post) and two television stations (WNYW and WWOR) in the New York area.

With those waiver requests pending at the F.C.C., the Newsday deal means that Mr. Murdoch must now apply for a waiver to own the two television stations and three newspapers in the same market.
[...]

Can you say "Ministry of Propaganda" boys and girls? Sure you can!!!

The name just sounds evil....

-shivvvvver-

These guys have way to much power.

Here I have been watching the wrong thread! : / Damn it!

I am so entirely out of the blogging swing .. it's just bloody sad!

I missed it too :D lol

sense.

Chavez says food prices "massacre" of world's poor
Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:23am BST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Soaring food prices are a "massacre" of the world's poor and are creating a global nutritional crisis, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday, calling it a sign that capitalism is in decline.

His comments came only hours after the United Nations' World Food Program called more expensive food a "silent tsunami" that threatens to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger.

"It is a true massacre what is happening in the world," Chavez said in a televised speech, citing U.N. statistics about deaths caused by hunger and malnourishment.

"The problem is not the production of food ... it is the economic, social and political model of the world. The capitalist model is in crisis."

[...]

As I posted on the last thread, when the results stop, they are manipulating the vote. Since 7:30 P.M., there has been no results, just the 55 to 45. It stop at 10 points. Just what apple bottom needed. Mmmm.

It's quite simple really. If the Clinton's are willing to lie, they are willing to steal.

A Head of lettuce went up 55 cents.

That fuckin sux. They were a dollar.

Even though we all knew she'd win PA, it would have been nice to see an upset tonight.

Now the horrible racist crap from the GOP begins. I'm so proud of North Carolina (for getting that ball rolling). Ugh.

is willing to do whatever it takes.

including all forms of sleaze. We are all aware of the turban photo, the emails, just the whole thing ... nothing but slimy underhanded calculatedness.

Randi really rambled a few good speils about the dirty tricks. I can't even remember them all.

I don't want to, I just want to hear YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!

cause I honestly think we can :)

After all, the Youfs are on our side. YAY!!!!! :D

back pockets now, too? That is unsettling .. or perhaps not?!?

At least if Hill takes the VP nod with Barack ... they will win Ohio .. and hopefully every other state that Diebold controls voting-wise. Better the Clintons owing their ass than McPeePaw.

What do you mean?

The Democratic Party will have to work extra hard to convince me to vote for Hillary, even though I really can't stand the thought of another Bush term under the new brand name McCain. The way Hillary's run her campaign has turned me off so much - when I used to have nothing but good will for her - I can't, at this moment in time, imagine voting for her.

sponsored by the DNC bashing McCain. Pretty good ads too.

Here is one of em

DNC Ad: Better Off?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFDc4M_PMNk

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Calls For US Government Intervention In Haiti Food Crisis

April 21, 2008 4:30 p.m. EST

D.C. Morales - AHN News Writer

Port-au-Prince, Haiti (AHN)-As the food riots continue in Haiti, the Reverend Jesse Jackson says the U.S. government has a moral responsibility to provide food, water and security to Haiti.

"It's painful and yet it's embarrassing, a nation such as ours, so great, so able, so blessed, to no let it happen on our watch... We as America have some obligation and some need to address the Haitian crisis, and we ought to," said Jackson as he delivered a speech for the congregation of the 93rd Street Community Church in northwest Miami.

Soaring prices of food, particularly the staple rice, triggered massive food riots and protests in Haiti since last week, which has killed six already. A six-pound of rice sells for US$4 already in Haiti, where 80 percent of the people live on less than $2 USD a day.

Jackson was joined by Jean Robert La Fortune, president of Haitian American grassroots coalition; elected officials, community activists and ministers during the rally for Haiti

Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Kendrick Meek already flew to Port-au-Prince, where he plans to meet with Haitian business officials and President Rene Preval to discuss the impact of the food crisis on Haiti's 8.5 million citizens.

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This is going to get out of control in a hurry.

Own any stock in Private Military Companies like Blackwater? As this thing spreads, these guys are going to make a fortune.

PB suggested planting a garden. I am beginning to think she is right.

in the psych ward.

One dude had a cool theory.

He said that what if earth is like a blood cell inside like a God. Like the Universe being the physical body.

And I got to thinking, well a bacteria inside of us is in a Universe. and that Universe is us.

Very cool stuff, claimed he lived past lives and all kinds of stuff.

Yall woulda loved him.

As in .. Barack and Hillary joint ticket. Mr. O as Prez .. Ms. C as VP...

And trust me .. people'd vote for HIllary for the same reason I voted for that lame ass Kerry .. ain't no way in hell you'd want the alternative. However, I am fairly certain it will not come down to that.

The DNC ad .. if ti si the one I am thinking ti is - it is a take off/homage/whatever on a Clinton ad from 1992 about George the First....

Indeed Mystic,

After having my vote tampered with in 2001 presidential election, the 2004 primary election, the 2004 presidential election, standing in line for 2 hours to vote in 2006, and 2 hours 42 minutes to vote in the 2008 Ohio Primary, I will not vote for Hillary under any circumstances.

Type much, Wil??

That sentence should say - "The DNC ad .. if IT IS the one I am thinking IT is .. "

Faster fingers are not accurate fingers!

My Brother has been talking to a Chick who is over here for school from Pakistan. She says the only way she can stay is to get married. She asked my Bro to Marry her.

She says it is SO much better over here. But that does not mean we should not resist the bullshit that is taking place.

Man, if we can all keep sane, I can see progress coming in leaps in bounds.

We have to stay connected and networked.

I am of the belief that what they fear the most is a well organized solidified and informed public.

Mission of the RNC is accomplished. Beautiful .. destroying democracy .. one vote at a time.

BBIAF

http://www.ufoevidence.org/welcome.asp

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4331149174514244171&q=ufo&ei=IcE...

Sorry Willow & Bob! How are you both?

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Poor People Eat Mud...that is so fucked up...Thanks for the Chavez quote thing, cent...

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Richard Smoley's thoughts on £o♡e

http://www.realitysandwich.com/just_what_is_love_anyway

Nearly a half-century ago the Christian apologist C.S. Lewis wrote a book called The Four Loves. He carved up the terrain of his subject into four quarters, based on the words the ancient Greeks used for love (equated with eros or sexual love; family love; friendship; and agape or unconditional love, pronounced a-gah-pay). This makes sense up to a point: ancient Greek, unlike today's English, didn't have to make one single word cover everything from the highest sentiments imaginable to plain old lust. Even so, the Greek delineation of four loves is perhaps as arbitrary as those of any other language.

Essentially, I believe, love can be divided into two major kinds: transactional love and unconditional love. Much of the suffering we experience comes from our failure to tell the two apart.

Transactional love is based on bargains, reciprocities, and keeping inner accounts. Practically everything we call love falls under this category. The problem is that we fail to recognize this fact. Sometimes we refuse to recognize it.

This may sound cold and cynical. I don't care. Most writing about love is like cake frosting, giving a heady sugar rush but offering nothing in the way of solid nourishment. I have no intention of adding to this pile of loathsome sweetness.

In any event, it's not hard to prove that most love is transactional.
...

Is that you Alice :)

A paradigm shift was occurring in the American electorate with the Obama Campaign. You cannot deny that. Considering the death grip the Conservatives have on the country, Obama had caused a flicker of optimism. That is, until apple bottom had to remind everyone that he had a black father. The media of course was waiting with bated breath to pounce on the race issue. They've been salivating like rabid dogs to jump on Obama. And she open the door.

I predicted on this very blog that the Democrats would use throw down the race card before the Republicans.

And I was right.

It's all good .. as the young people today say! ; )

Maaaan, how can a woman be stealthy on this damn Blog any damn more?!

Sam! It's no fair! We gotta be able to change our nic at will...!

Fuck!

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I'm glad you're great Bob...what else is new? YOu going to vote for Hillary if she is the "Chosen One"? For some odd reason I can only think about She or He when I'm on this blog...So why not let's talk about them 2 saviours of the lost American souls...

*gak*

(sorry..hair ball)... :)

I guess I will , but I will will be vomiting in my mouth lol

Read any good books lately Blog Slut?

Bob...

That place has authority to use deadly force within a huge limit of space around them...look how many years they've maintained that right and that autonomy without opposition...? So I am not going to be shocked when it all goes up in flames...(If it all goes up in flames,,the U.S. I mean..I'm not convinced of it..which is another topic anyway)....

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Crank! School starts again in August for me! (I'm just warning you...don't get slacky over the Summer...we have to be tip top!) ;)

And your problem can be solved by a few additional gmails - Blog Slut [nee Alice] .. ; )

Insane McCain stuck with a veto proof Democratic majority.
It would be like divine justice for the Republicans to be blamed for the mess of shit the next President will inherit.

Either that, or...

if Hillary insists in having an open convention, I have to think back, John Edwards only suspended his campaign. He was on Colbert the other night, and the crowd went wild.

Wouldn't be totally ironic, if Edwards walked off with the gold cup.

Buwahahaha

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

:)

You bring out the exclamation point in me!

I have a joke that my mother sent to me to show you, and I guess according to Kevin I have read it before today (so maybe you have too) ..but I do not remember it..so it's a new one to me...

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Three women: one engaged, one married, and one a mistress, are chatting about their relationships and decide to amaze their men....that night all three will wear a leather bodice S&M style, stilettos and mask over their eyes .

After a few days they meet again.....
The engaged girlfriend said: "The other night, when my boyfriend came home, he found me in the leather bodice, 4" stilettos and mask. He said, "You are the woman of my life, I love you...then we made love all night long."

The mistress stated: "Oh Yes! The other night we met in the office. I was wearing the leather bodice, mega stilettos, mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat, he didn't say a word. We just had wild sex all night."

The married one then said: "The other night I sent the kids to stay at my mothers for the night, I got myself ready, leather bodice, super stilettos and mask over my eyes. My husband came in from work, grabbed the TV controller and a beer, and said, "Hey Batman, what's for dinner?"

51

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Yes, this book is what I am reading this book now and I am digging it...once I understood how this man writes...

Is why you want to be The Mistress ... : D- LOL!!

But we are talking about UFOs here. ;)

But is that what you meant, the possibly alien technology they have they could screw wup and set off Lord knows what?

I just dont buy it. They are here. and have been visiting for a long long time.

It's not a huge burden (compared to eating mud)..but doncha kinda miss the spontaneous nic change? A wee bit?

It was fun to watch the Sam v Marc show repeat today...I keep getting buffer warnings tho...I would NOT want to work out my thoughts or think live on a camera that's repeatable, Marc (and to a lesser extent, Sam) are brave to do that...Marc sounds all funked up...I felt sad for him...But he does something nice for someone everyday, so he can't be feeling too terribly bad, that is a great thing he consciously does...imo..

A Dominatrix :D

HAHAHAHA!

:) Oh lordie how I miss you!

tech, Bob..so that part is like a given that they could way fuck up...

But yeah I agree...it's like I wrote to that Seth Shostak guy once..that like DER...why keep trying to prove what a lot of people believe and also know with one particular way of "seeing"...If you email me your address I could send you this Dreamland DVD if you want...I think like every other being "they" could be benevolent or violent...like us all...Those science places talk about life on other planets but not so much if there is life in other dimensions not seeable or proveable to them in the way they know how to measure...The cool this is that the DVD brings up Anti Gravity Propulsion...neato...

send yer email addy to Bob26003@operamail.com

and if you like Stephen King

Check out "Black House"

Oh shit is it far out.

Ya .. I guess I do miss the occasional ability to jump into a "thread relevant" nik-name. *sigh!* I guess if I blogged more .. I would be more upset by it. Hum .. maybe that's why I don't blog more any more?? Some sort of internal thing keeping me from gettin' all freaked by an inability to create whimsical topical niks???

** Sorry fer the delay .. typing with one hand whilst holding the phone! ; )

Ok..I'm so tired...I couldn't sleep last night...a new cat form a colony (named Pretty Kitty..a HUGE HUGE maine coone) got out and hasn't come back... :( I need to sleep..

Nice to see you all, niterz...
xo

;)

Hope to see you .. in all your forms .. again soon!!

Sending much love!!
: )

I am outtie too .. too hard to type and talk on the phone!

YES!

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-Some sort of internal thing keeping me from gettin' all freaked by an inability to create whimsical topical niks???-

And then some! ;)

Sweet dreams and say hello to your phone from me... ! :)

I reckon Ima put on the audiobook and get some rest.

My case manager is visiting my house tommorow. :)

(((Jim)))

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

Kitten comes back to you soon!! But do know there are folks like me who are out there and will take care of little furry people who wander into our yards .. like my little Gibson!! So try not too worry too much!!

Love to you all!!

Submitted by pbtrue1 on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 1:14am.
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There is something that is troubling to me about Edwards. After the 2004 election, Edwards started his poverty initiative. He came to Ohio twice. Many of us disenfranchised voters approached Edwards. We told him what had happened with the vote. Edward's response was silence. To my recollection, he has never acknowledged what happened here in Ohio. This in spite of the hearings conducted "in Ohio" by John Conyers, Jerry Nadler and Maxine Waters. Hell Conyers wrote a book with Mark Crispin Miller about it.

I don't think Edwards or Kerry contributed any resources to find out what happened in Ohio. It was done with grassroots efforts and a few dedicated attorneys.

As long as I live, I will never forget the 2004 elections. It was bloody awful

; ) .. it is in your neck of the woods on business!

Night Shelly!

dream of moving to

Canada

New Zealand

Ireland?

Caribbean

Ghana

It woke me up from the trauma induced stupor, TG.

Someone posted just the other day, that Kerry had set aside something like $14.M for a recount, but then he turned around and conceded.
You have to wonder what outside pressures were in play.
James Carville working the Dems and his wife working the Rethugs, you really have to wonder about that.

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

It's the Globalist way.

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

before I vote for Hillary. Not because I don't like her, but because the only way she can win the nomination at this point is via unfair insider game at the convention which means she will be a damaged candidate in the general which means McCain will most likely win.

Even is she wins the general as a weak candidate supported only by a divided party I am not sure the dems will keep the Senate and perhaps have an even slimmer margin in the house than today. add to this Hillary's high negatives and she will be a lame duck 1 term pres at most.

So it will be time to polish that resume and look for greener pastures. I already lost a decade, I am not planning on loosing another. Not sure about the planet though, can we ask the planet to move?!

> Submitted by pbtrue1 on Wed, 04/23/2008 - 1:51am.
>
> It woke me up from the trauma induced stupor, TG.
>
> Kerry had set aside something like $14.M for a recount,
> but then he turned around and conceded.
> You have to wonder what outside pressures were in play.

Simple, really. Kerry knew he'd lost.

Thanks to you, we won a critically important victory tonight in Pennsylvania. It's a giant step forward that will transform the landscape of the presidential race. And it couldn't have happened without you.

There will be much more to do beginning tomorrow. But tonight, let's just celebrate the fact that you and I are part of a remarkable community of people tough enough, passionate enough, and determined enough to win big when everything is on the line.

Thanks so much for all you do.

Sincerely,

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Votes are still being counted in Pennsylvania, but one thing is already clear.

In a state where we trailed by more than 25 points just a couple weeks ago, you helped close the gap to a slimmer margin than most thought possible.

Thanks to your support, with just 9 contests remaining, we've won more delegates, more votes, and twice as many contests.

We hold a commanding position, but there are two crucial contests coming up -- voters will head to the polls in North Carolina and Indiana in exactly two weeks. And we're already building our organization in the other remaining states.

But it's clear the attacks are going to continue, and we're going to continue fighting a two-front battle against John McCain and Hillary Clinton.

I need your support right now. Please make a donation of $25:

https://donate.barackobama.com/whatthismeans

Thank you for all that you're doing to change our country.

Barack

Donate

Both candidates are our friend but only one wants to borrow money.

good evening!

just got home, had a superb day!

Were you taking on city hall, or running for office?

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

see how he was bitch slapping Wolf around on the other thread that i am hurting bad!

and oh! Wolf used some bad bad bad i mean bad language here tonight---dont know if it was for mhappenow or Obama coz the first name was spelled with a double elle!

last one last one!!! Wolf is WD, until i get corrected!!

THANK YOU! you can only do what you can, its all good in the hood!

people who run it are greedy assholes.

will know tomorrow if i got anywhere.

********

watching Bgurl play with the doggers. when i got em back to the house they were covered with black sanding dust.

fresh out of the tub currently, full of piss and vinegar too.

what pickled poop are you talking about now?

used to go by 'Syna'.

can always tell him by his cruelty when frustrated.

a "tell" eh?

from pampered pooped out puppies !

Snork!

I've noticed an incessant rash of those since 2000.
It could be the water.

Best of luck dear. Way back when, my street stuck together and fought off a developer. He moved his project to Lorain and took them for a quarter million. :p
http://www-catalog.cpl.org/CLENIX?S=GUMINA+FRANK

The local paper labeled us the Coalition.
lol

with legs about 2 inches!

gorguss spider. cold as hell outside tonight,

looking for some heat.

i'm suprised theres not a bounty on them.

good article database.

what was the most effective thing the coallition tried?

I was the zoning inspector, so I had all the ordinance books. I pointed out there was no reason to re-zone this land as there was plenty of other areas zoned correctly for this purpose. Plus, the neighborhood really stuck together, we went to meetings together, and we took turns calling the Planning Commission and City Counsel members every evening. :p One neighbor even got elected to the school board out of the deal.

In other words, we made pests of ourselves.

I pissed off a bunch of people at the time. They were seeing big $$$. I lost my job as Inspector, for not "playing ball", but I had the last laugh when I read about this.

Come to think of it, I never did get a thank you.

Come to think of it, I never did get a thank you.""

been there. no biggie, i do most stuff for my own reasons.

what causes these pukes to lose money.

yep

My modesty can be overwhelming at times.
:o)

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

snooze time!

lvy'all!

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

i hate it..can someone read me a bed time story please?

Here's some light reading...

Hillary gets only small delegate bump from PA
by John Aravosis (DC) · 4/22/2008 11:53:00 PM ET · Link

As predicted, Pennsylvania changed nothing. Obama still leads Hillary by 131 delegates overall,and 156 pledged (not "super") delegates:
NBC News has allocated so far a 75-65 split for Clinton out of Pennsylvania; 18 delegates are not allocated yet.

With that, Obama now leads by 156 pledged delegates: 1,482-1,326.

Our superdelegate total is Clinton 262, Obama 237.

In all, Obama now leads by 131 overall: 1,719-1,588.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/22/934553.aspx

anti-biotics fucking with you?

suck on that dirty dirty!!

About those supposed Clinton & Obama voters going for McCain
by John Aravosis (DC) · 4/22/2008 11:37:00 PM ET · Link

These surveys, about what percentage of Clinton and Obama voters would rather vote for McCain than the other Democrat, have it all wrong. You don't ask Obama voters a generic hypothetical about whether they'd vote for Hillary if she won the nomination. I don't know a single Obama voter who wouldn't. You ask Obama voters if they'd vote for Hillary if she gets the nomination even if she never catches up to Obama in pledged delegates (i.e., she's handed the nomination by the SuperDelegates and/or some trick involving reinstating Florida and Michigan). Then watch and see how many Obama voters are willing to support her. I think you'll be lucky if she breaks 50%.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/22/934332.aspx

just watch!!

i want to be read too...baby me please!!! (sucking my thumb)

I had been sleeping, but my f-in tooth woke me up. I should have asked the Doctor for some good drugs, dammit. As the swelling decreases, the pain increases.
:(

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

oh man ma bad...and i thought i saw Bob around earlier, if i knew i would have asked him for you!!

that little weasel Lanny Davis. He acts and looks like a Neo Republican.

If you don't know, he's a very vociferous Clinton supporter, having worked for the Clinton Admin.

Lanny Davis: Howard Dean Should Resign If He Nixed NC Debate

anyone else?

I found it quite telling on those exit polls that the higher the education of the voter, the more likely they were to vote for Obama. I see he took a higher percentage of the Independent vote, too.

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

its all good but did you now have put his picture up there too now? i did say i am having problems sleeping did i not?

i am tuning into the cooking channed very early, fuck this!!

photos to himself! that shit is sick!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRBZIrQXj68

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

was on with Ron Reagan on Larry King and Reagan backed him into a corner. That little weasel was trying to talk over Ron Reagan but Ron didn't let him get away with it.

"Answer my question Lanny!" Lanny changed the subject.

"You can't answer my question Lanny, that's why you changed the subject!!!" "Come on Lanny, answer my question!" "You won't because you can't!!"

Gore understood

and steal the nomination.
It would serve her right if John Edwards stepped back in.
Hillary can't win against McCain, but she will make damn sure Obama won't either.

As long as we have a veto proof majority, I could even stand Ron Paul....

I have to be at the hospital early for the infusion.

China's next headache - the stock market crash
by Chris in Paris · 4/23/2008 01:15:00 AM ET · Link
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If anything could make China forget about the Olympics, it's the fall of their stock market. This is actually serious and could cause much more significant changes in their system.
But China's stock market bubble has burst, leaving 150 million share investors waking up to their worst hangover ever. The combined effect of a vertigo-inducing rise in inflation, new regulations and a slowdown in the US economy has brought share prices down as quickly as they went up. Indeed, after further falls this week, Chinese shares are worth just half what they were last October, when the market peaked

One problem is the strength of the Chinese economy – and the inflationary pressures that has brought. Fears that government initiatives to tackle inflation will damage corporate profits has wiped $1.9 trillion off the value of Chinese companies since the beginning of the year. "The dive is the reflection of investors' mounting concern about the economic scenario," said Zhang Ling, a fund manager based in Beijing. "Runaway inflation is pretty bad for the economy and equities, raising costs and slowing earnings growth."

Nor does the outlook for the global economy help confidence in China, which has built much of its boom on exports, the demand for which may now dry up. The rising cost of global commodities also threatens profits.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/chinas-...

Your Candidate Just Said She's Prepared to Murder Millions of Innocent People

Okay, good and honest Hillary Clinton supporters, men and women, let's have a little history lesson for some context. Back in 1984, our then President, Ronald Reagan, no doubt in the early stages of Alzheimer's, made a little joke while testing a mike. Not thinking anyone beyond the studio would ever hear, he said, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." When the quote got out, Reagan's lead over Walter Mondale slipped (very temporarily) by seven points. The Left was justifiably in an uproar over it. And Reagan was making a joke - a bad one, one that no doubt revealed his actual mindset, but, still and all, a joke.

For the third time now, Hillary Clinton, your candidate, has non-jokingly threatened to destroy Iran if that nation launches a nuclear strike on Israel. At the debate last week, she said Iran would face "massive retaliation." On Olbermann last night, she reiterated that and added, as if to clarify, that Iran's "use of nuclear weapons against Israel would provoke a nuclear response from the United States."

Today, she took it even further, into territory that, c'mon, admit it, Clinton supporters, if a Republican had said it, you'd be going nutzoid about the fearmongering and paranoiac fantasizing. Said Clinton on Good Morning America, "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran. In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."

Yes, she claims to be saying it only to offer deterrence. But, really, isn't that understood about the United States? That if we wanted to, we could "totally obliterate" most of the Earth? So, by saying it, Clinton accomplishes something of a pandering trifecta: she lets the Israel-humpers know she's willing to wreck shit for them, she lets the pro-military people know she ain't scared of shit, and she lets gun owners know she's willing to fire the largest gun of all. Who's got the biggest dick now, eh, Barack?

(Note: the above line is not unconscious and dunderheaded sexism. It is a deliberate and conscious use of feminist critical theory to demonstrate just how extreme Clinton has become in her embrace of the phallocentric policies of her male predecessors. Indeed, the entire trajectory of Clinton's campaign can be traced as a kind of reification of phallic power as a sad and unnecessary means of attempting to legitimize a female candidate to those enmeshed with the dominant patriarchy, those who might find such a candidate weak simply because of her sex. Such a tactic is bound to fail because by reifying such power, the female candidate merely justifies the perceived and false weakness. In other words, those who live by the Penn, die by the Penn.)

Sure, Obama said, "I have not ruled out military force as an option," but that's standard shit. Clinton took it to the limit: she said that if a nation that's not the United States has a nuclear missile launched at it by Iran - a possibility about as likely as a captured terrorist knowing where the suitcase nuke is that's gonna go off in five minutes and needs his knees shot out to give up the info - then she is ready not just to use targeted nukes against Tehran, but to go all in and to kill millions and millions of innocent people, many of whom don't even support the Iranian government.

The Rude Pundit's not sure, but he doesn't know that he's ever heard of such an extreme policy in support of an ally from a legitimate Democrat running for the Presidency. "Totally obliterate"? It's like the threat of a particularly demented child to an anthill if one of the little fuckers bites her.

Oh, and by the way, you stomp an anthill out of existence, chances are your foot's getting swarmed.

So there you go, Clinton supporters. Your candidate has told you what she believes about military force. She is willing to make the United States a target for nuclear retaliation and massive terrorist acts should Israel be attacked. Now that's a fuckin' way to tell people to take their hope and shove it up their asses.

Happy fuckin' Earth Day.

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Free Democracy

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

I can hardly wait.
No child's ass left untouched..Phase II

Once you wake up from the kook-aid, you can never go back.
The World Needs More SEDER!

One election at a time...

Again, we see a disparity in the exit polling and posted results. Historically, exit polls have been a check against fraud.

i know, we can go back and check the paper audit trail on the voting machines...

(sorry but hillary brings out the cynic in me. i'm aware that pennsylvania is using electronic machines with no audit capability)

commons....its so much fun

'morning yourll

that bad huh? hope you go see somebody about that sometime today

those sessions can be real free for alls.

I've spent half the morning listening to Beatles tunes - what a way to start the day! If only they were still here......

have you seen the movie across the universe? its a real clever use of beatles tunes.

The Race Goes ON !!!

Don't you just love Elections!

Hillary is back!

Hillary is leading the way!

Hillary is showing McCainb how to beat Obama..

She may end up with Obama as HER VP..!

PATOOIE

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Wednesday Morning Open Thread
by Joe Sudbay (DC) · 4/23/2008 07:15:00 AM ET · Link
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Good morning.

Okay, Pennsylvania is over. I swear, I can't sit through another night watching Tim Russert and Chris Matthews. Even with the sound down, it's painful. Russert can't complete a sentence without saying "Rev. Wright."

Hillary Clinton still can't win so nothing has changed. Well, except that the funder of the vast right wing conspiracy, Richard Scaife, is her new best friend. Think about that one. Think what he put her through in the 90s (and, yes, Scaife was behind almost all of "it.") Her strategy is to destroy Obama so she and Scaife's people have that in common.

One other thing: Obama picked up a new supedelegate, Brad Henry, the Governor of Okalahoma

http://www.americablog.com/2008/04/wednesday-morning-open-thread_23.html

Of course the smart thing to do would be to join forces and then face McCain.

But who gets to be on top?

Obama has The Numbers..

But is he electable?

Hillary has The Machine..

But what about her Negatives?

If The Civil War splits the Democrat Voters McCain Wins!

repub leaning pundits breaking down the Dem Race.

They don't even understand how we think!!!

They are trying to impose their standards on us.

Checks and Balances!

Slow things down a bit.

Keep a strong National Defense!

Keep taxes low.

Stop Iran's Nuclear Weapons program!

This will all work out for the best!

and we are where we were 6 weeks ago is what is really frustrating to me...I was hoping it was the beginning of the end and we could all breath. At least Gravitas won the bet at a 10% spread so he is queen of the blog for a day!

We all need some good news...

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2008/04/22/pennsylvania-primary-results/

UPDATED: Wed Apr 23, 2008 at 08:34 am EST

like Sam got a regular show....I saw upthread that Marc was asked to guest host on AAR...is that true? anyone know the details?

racist..andrea mitchell is an arse hole...and no i only watched for 5 minutes!

The Media belongs to the 97%!

Well all but AAR... The 3% owns AAR...

Hillary is In Love with Fox News!!!

Obama hasn't been to smart about The Media!

keeping me awake at night...someone better tell hillary something..danger is ahead, karl rove cannot is licking his lips!!

Lu....this stuff is damn troubling...I did not sleep well either. I don't know how old you are but the pause issues make sleep really hard. very fragile....

was just here...I thought he might be starting a new thread but now he is gone...

that it was 54 46...that would be nice....

im a very young one darlin' thanks for asking, hot blooded still!!

morning Michele! just could not sleep for shit last night dont know why, and i think grover has got hay fever coz he could not stop sniffling whole night and up down blowing his nose, that messed me up too

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58...and once night falls I am a total bitch...if Steve snores it is all over....it is like a switch is broken...

mood of him!!

you poor baby, i feel for you!!just kidding i could not tell you are so free spirited!

Graham, Burr, McCain Unveil Legislation to Assist Servicemembers, Veterans, Guardsmen and Reservists with Increased Education Benefits

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Richard Burr (R-NC), and John McCain (R-AZ) today unveiled the Enhancement of Recruitment, Retention, and Readjustment through Education Act.

The Graham-Burr-McCain bill enhances the existing Montgomery G.I. Bill by improving education benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and members of the Guard and Reserve. The legislation will help more military personnel attend college debt-free, and allow them to transfer their education benefits to their spouse or children. It also bolsters recruitment and retention efforts, encouraging servicemembers to continue their military careers.

“It is time we give back to those who have served and continue to serve our nation so valiantly,” said Graham. “I’m proud to be part of this effort to recognize and reward the sacrifices service members and their families are making on behalf of a grateful nation. Our legislation increases the monthly benefit for active duty and reserve personnel and greatly expands the education benefits available to service members. For the first time we ensure that all servicemembers will be permitted to transfer their education benefits to their spouses and children, a much needed and long overdue improvement.”

http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.PressRel...

Hey did you hear-Hillary WON- again!

I hope that Obama can recover from the shock and strain of it all-he looks so droopy and tired lately-and there is still so much exhausting hard work for him to do.

:)

Does the vod work well for everyone else? It downloads for me better than it used to, but Marc freezes while Sam talks. I cannot figure out why the two should work together that way. It's really weird.

FEATURING HANNITY!!

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