Carly Fiorina’s site for her bid to be the next Senator from California.
You know, you would figure that maybe the site’s design would be a little more tech savvy for a former head of HP, but then you realize that it’s….well….Carly.
If there is a better example of a destructive and dishonest empty suit out there, I’d be hard pressed to find it.
Because that pig felching junkie and drunk Glenn Beck has decided to announce that he wants to use September 28th this is a day of fasting and prayers for conservatives, and that is also the daytime portion of Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement.
My guess is that this a cunning plan for him to claim that “millions were fasting,” because we do that every year.
I have no health issues that would prevent me from fasting.
In fact, giving my gut a 25 hour rest is actually pretty good for me, settles everything down, but I think that there must be something in Halacha* that prohibits even the appearance of listening to that bigoted repugnant moran.
H/t Old Pinko.
*Jewish religious law
So, Barack Obama’s people have told New York Governor David Paterson that he should not run for reelection, and to put a cap on this, they have leaked this to the press.
New York State government is supremely dysfunctional, and one of the main reasons is because the Republicans managed to Gerrymander themselves into a state senate majority for a very long time, because everyone on both sides of the aisle were cool with it, so long as they were winners in the incumbent-protection racket redistricting process too.
Now that Republicans have weakened enough to lose their hold on the senate, and now that there are indications that the senate will likely stay lost to them in next few cycles, their former Joesph Bruno is under indictment, we have the spectacle of the what might be the most incompetent Governor in the nation insisting that he will run for reelection, which might very well place Republicans back in the Governor’s mansion when redistricting rolls around in 2012 or so.
Received the following eCard from my brother Stephen:
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When I shared the pic with folks on the Stellar Parthenon BBs, I got some interesting questions:
JR noted that, “conspiracy can expand to encompass anything you throw at it!”
This is correct, so our conspiracy encompasses Jews….
Our conspiracy encompasses Jews and Muslims….
Our conspiracy encompasses Jews and Muslims and space lizards…..
Our conspiracy encompasses Jews and Muslims and space lizards and communists…..
Our conspiracy encompasses Jews and Muslims and space lizards and communists and Nazis…..
Our conspiracy encompasses Jews and Muslims and space lizards and communists and Nazis and communists…..
Our conspiracy encompasses Jews and Muslims and space lizards and communists and Nazis and communists and Black nationalists…..
Our conspiracy encompasses Jews and Muslims and space lizards and communists and Nazis and communists and Black nationalists and racists…..
…… What does this remind me of?
This is at least 15 years old.
H/T Eschaton
First we have her robot videos:
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
And then we have her talking with the health reform bill. No seriously. She is talking with the animated bill from schoolhouse rock, you know, this guy:
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
You know, If I hadn’t already found Sharon,* and she did not “bat for the other team,” I’d be sending her some seriously steamy fan mail.
*Love of my life, light of the cosmos, she who must be obeyed, my wife.
The latest spin on the attendance at the “912” demonstration from the wingnuts, which implies that they thought that the attendance was anemic, was that the Washington DC Metro was simply unprepared for accommodating “massive” influx of passengers.
You know, less than 80,000 riders on a system that accommodates over 900,000 riders a day is not a big surge.
More telling, however, is that one of the loudest voices complaining about the quality of service is Representative Kevin Brady (R-TX-8), who voted against additional funding to the DC Metro earlier this year.
Votes against funding the Metro, then complains that it lacks adequate resources.
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Yes, the Republicans are literally demanding that Barack Obama make the trains run on time.
It’s Just under 3 minutes. Just watch it.
This time, it’s his whole show, where he gets into bigotry, the faux decision by the Supreme Court to declare corporations “people”, etc.
This is the single most cogent show on current events that I have seen in decades.
It’s a shade over 22m long.
If you haven’t followed Ezra Klein, he got hired as a blogger by the Washington Post, and since then, he’s done his level best to show that he’s one of the Beltway Kule Kidz, repeatedly posting about how it’s only those DFH’s* who care about the public option.†
Well, after all this time, Mr. Klein finally looks at the product of his best bud Max Baucus, and even he sees that it is completely inadequate:
What’s more, for all of his show of bipartisanship, he has failed to secure the support of a single Republican.
Can we run a primary against him, please?
*Dirty F%$#ing Hippies
†FWIW, they aren’t DFH’s, I am. I don’t just want a public option, or single payer, I want a National Health Service (NHS), because I think that the system is too broken to allow for any potential point of entry for the health insurers.
I wish I had his writers.
His wife defending him on a web ad.
That’s kind of lame, but check the 30 second mark, when she says that she called him and asked, “I said, ‘Joe, who’s the nut that hollered out, “You lie?”‘
His wife inadvertently calling him a nut is the best that he can do.
What’s next, asking him mommy to defend him?
Actually he says that Democrats, “Need to get in touch with their inner assholes,” and I agree. They could borrow Margaret Thatcher’s. She is not using them any more.
It starts at 1:49.
Also, when he says (4:28) “Democrats just never learn. Americans don’t really care which side of an issue you’re on, as long as you don’t act like pussies”
President Obama stunned the political world today by announcing he will switch political parties, and soon become a Republican. “It seems the only way we’re going to get bipartisanship in this town is if I lead the way,” he said, in brief remarks before leaving for vacation. “The Republicans have refused to work with me because I’m a Democrat, and Republicans’ biggest strength has always been the ability to fall into line with whatever their leaders tell them, unlike other certain unnamed political parties in America…” (the president appeared to cough several times at this point, although one of his coughs sounded suspiciously like the word “Democrats,” if truth be told…). The president, clear-throated now, continued, “So I will now be the leader of the Republican Party, and they will fall in line with what I tell them to we’re going to do. The Democrats who are interested in bipartisanship can join us to pass Medicare-for-all, instead of the Rube Goldberg machine which they have been attempting to construct.”
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*For the humor impaired, this is satire.
Rahm talking to the ‘Phants following Obama’s speech.
I think that he may be discussing the outburst.
H/t Neophyte at the Stellar Parthenon BBS for the pics.
2009 Sales (not shown) Even BiggerBut not in the way that you thing.
There has been much written about how Barack Obama inspired paranoia is boosting gun sales.
Well, we are now seeing some indications that this string is playing out in the handgun market. On June 22, Smith and Wesson was talking about a huge backlog:
Our firearms backlog continued to increase dramatically during the quarter, and reached its peak at $268 million dollars by the end of April. That level is $218 million dollars higher than the same quarter one year ago.
(emphasis mine)
That’s a 436% increase in backlog.
But on September 9, the news is not quite so rosy:
Our firearms backlog was $177.5 million at the end of the first quarter. Cancellations reduced backlog by approximately 10% during the quarter. It is important to note that our backlog always represents product that has been ordered but not yet shipped. As a result, it is possible that portions of the backlog could be canceled if demand should suddenly drop.
(emphasis mine)
As John Hempton notes, speaking from an investors perspective:
The backlog dropped from $268 million to $178 million – a drop of 90 million. Ten percent of that (say $27 million) was order cancellation – but a net $63 million of sales came from the backlog. Total sales were 102 million – and less than 100 million in firearms. The rate at which Americans are placing orders for new Smith and Wesson handguns is collapsing.
The company did not tell us the current forward order book. At that rate of collapse what they are facing is a disaster.
(emphasis original)
It appears that the right wing is running out of hate.
I’m shocked, I thought that it was an inexhaustible commodity.
I have added Rob Miller to Matthew Saroff’s Act Blue Page.
You may not know who he is, but he is running for Congress in SC-02 against incombent Joe Wilson (R). Joe Wilson is the guy who shouted, “You Lie” during Obama’s speech.
The ironic part is that if he had said that in response one of the most objectively true assertions during the whole speech.
Miller appears to have raised something like $100K in the past 12 almost 300K in the past 16 hours over $300K in the past 18 hours.
Aw hell…Is there a way to dynamically embed this data?
Ahhh, here we go:
Had to use the depreciated “iframe” tag to make it work in IE.
Any hints on how to make the “embed” tag, aka proper HTML, work in MicroFlaccid’s browser?
Mike Duvall has resigned his position in the California State Assembly.
Background, with spanking adultery, and skimpy underwear, here.
8:05 pm Watching MSNBC, talking heads going on and on.
8:12 pm Elvis has entered the building…..He is in the doorway.
Now He is walking in, shaking hands, smiling….Mitch McConnel looks like he has just eaten a lemon.
8:16 He’s started talking.
8:18 Talks about recovery and creating jobs….He’s claiming victory, in “pulling the economy back from the brink” (rolling my eyes)
8:22 States obvious: Only modern nation without coverage, etc.
8:23 Talks about how insurance companies sucked, cutting off coverage, etc. Also mentions how it inhibits entrepreneurial activity and business competitiveness.
8:26 Takes a shot at the left about how “disruptive” single payer is. I guess it’s the audacity of nope.
8:28 Accusing people of politics, without naming who is playing the politics….Wimp.
8:29 Claims that his plan will save cost, expand coverage, etc.:
8:39 Calling some lies as lies: No “death panels” no coverage for illegal aliens, and he just sold abortion rights down the river. Go Cheney your self.
8:40 Comes out for public option, mentions that there are monopolies in most states, but is there a veto threat for no public option?
8:40 Says that only 5% of of people would take public option, a convenient lie, and says that there would be no tax dollars spent on the system. He minimizes its impact.
8:44 Calls the public option is only a means to an end. Translation: He is willing to throw public option under the bus. Says that he won’t back down on a “choice,” but mentions alternate plans, like the wimpy co-ops as possibilities.
8:46 Promises not to sign a plan that adds “one dime” to the deficit. Wants a “Paygo” provision in the health plan. Thinks that most of cost can be covered by elimination of waste in the system.
8:48 Time to pander to the AARP. Just eliminate waste, and reduce prescription drug payments at the same time.
8:52 Will tax “Cadillac” insurance plans…..Camel’s nose is under the door, it will work its way down.
8:53 Sells plaintiff’s lawyers down the river. “Malpractice reform” is bullshit, just look at the most plaintiff unfriendly state, Texas, and McKinney (IIRC) which is among the most expensive area in the nation.
8:55 What’s with the sour looking dude holding the paper in the air?
8:56 Says that he will call out liars…..I’ll believe it when I see it.
8:57 Invokes Ted Kennedy.
8:58 Invokes America’s “rugged individualism”….I take the Dilbert view, “rugged induhvidualism”.
9:02 “We did not come to fear the future, we came to shape it.” Very nice turn of phrase.
Final assesment: Well delivered, well written, but he’s clearly willing to sell a public option down the road, but wants to be a deficit hawk.
He gives good speech, but the content is lacking.