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July 26, 2012 03:45 PM UTC

Thursday Open Thread

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“Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.”

–James A. Garfield

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    3. Always bwahaahaing all the way to the taxpayers wasted money solyndra obama down 50 billion points in polling union thugs graft corruption fast and furious holla flick goober bickety boo ba fa lala

    1. I think it is big news considering Republicans made such a stink when Obama said nearly the same thing. Republicans only pretend to put forward a candidate who believes in the power of the individual, at least Democrats are honest.

      When you clear away all the smoke and mirrors, you realize the real power brokers will never allow a liberty candidate to become nominated let alone elected. Modern Republican and Democrat candidates have more similarities than differences.

  3. Ye Gods, he gives a speech in front of one of the largest veterans groups in the US (and one of the few seeing substantial growth among OIF/OEF Vets) and he still can’t come up with even a simple statement on the issue!

    Romney resists specifics on VA policy



    Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign is raising some of the same complaints about veterans’ plight that then-Senator Barack Obama did four years ago, as both sides gear up for an election in which the veteran vote in swing states could be of critical importance.

    But many veteran advocates are still waiting for Romney to spell out how he would do better than his opponent.

    “We haven’t … heard any specific plans yet from Governor Romney or his campaign,” said Bob Wallace, executive director at the Washington office of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, echoing the sentiment of many advocates.

    Asked by Reuters for information on Romney’s plans for helping U.S. veterans, the campaign provided a single-page document. It laments veterans’ high unemployment, a growing backlog of disability claims and “unacceptable bureaucratic delay and neglect” at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

    The document also criticizes military spending cuts that Obama and Congress agreed on – a staple of Romney’s campaign rhetoric, but perhaps of less immediate concern to many former troops in need of VA services.

    (To view the document, click here: mi.tt/Ooo2Am)

    Speaking at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Reno, Nevada, on Tuesday, Romney focused almost exclusively on national security, making only passing mention of the “already stretched VA system” and promising to guarantee veterans top-notch care.

    Anthony Principi, a former VA secretary for President George W. Bush who now works on the Romney campaign, said that a Romney administration would see that the VA got adequate resources. As for the cuts to Pentagon spending, “the greatest benefit you can give to veterans … is the capability to win a war and come home safe,” said Principi, co-chairman of the campaign’s Veterans Policy Advisory Group.

    http://www.reuters.com/article…

    REALLY? Your plan to help veterans struggling with visible and invisible injuries, homelessness and unemployment is to buy more bombs and guns?

    And you hired one of the asshats who almost broke the VA to run your campaign on the issue? Perhaps you could bring some Enron people on board to help with drafting your corporate law platform!

    If this guy is elected Prez, veterans are FUCKED.

    1. Your plan to help veterans struggling with visible and invisible injuries, homelessness and unemployment is to buy more bombs and guns?

      . . . the NRA is gonna’ be pee-their-pants elated.  

    3. It’s in his very clear foreign policy: Back to Bush.

      And, sympathetic as I am to veterans’ issues, don’t despair alone: If this guy is elected Prez, we’re all FUCKED.

  4. According to an AP report in today’s DP, Romney asserted that no new laws were necessary in the wake of the Aurora shooting because

    many of the weapons obtained by the shooting suspect in Colorado were obtained illegally and that changing laws won’t prevent gun-related tragedies

    Since we already know the guns and ammo were all legally obtained, that just leaves the gasoline, gunpowder, glass containers, and miscellaneous wires and switches.

    Boss Romney’s staff was afraid (or equally ignorant) to correct him, indicating that Romney was in fact referring only to the bomb materiel.

    Good to have a detached CEO/Prez, with an uninformed or cowering staff, huh?

  5. In another AP article, this one discussing the Senate vote to pass the Democratic tax cut extension bill, the AP reporter, Alan Fram, correctly referred to the measure as the “Democratic bill” throughout the article.

    However, the Post editor responsible for the article’s headline wrote this instead:

    Senate backs Democrat version …

    I’m not sure which explanation would be worse — the editor’s ignorance of simple grammar, or if the editor is just another Republican hack that thinks this is the “official” title of the Democratic party, because the GOP sez so.

  6. Olympics: Mitt Romney seeks to play down London 2012 comments

    Mitt Romney, the United States presidential candidate, has attempted to sooth cross-Atlantic tensions after questioning whether London could put on a successful Olympics.

    Following an hour-long meeting with David Cameron at 10 Downing Street, in which he saw the Prime Minister’s view of the Olympic Volleyball court, Mr Romney said: “I expect the Games to be highly successful.

    “I am very delighted with the prospects of a highly successful Olympic Games. What I have seen shows imagination and forethought and a lot of organisation.

    The two men are said to have got on well during their talks, despite the barbed rebuke Mr Cameron delivered beforehand when to comment on Mr Romney’s concerns about the capital’s preparedness for the Games.

    He point out that the 2012 Olympics were taking place in a busy city rather than “the middle of nowhere” – a remark was widely seen as a reference to the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, which Mr Romney was in charge of organising.

    And following their talk, Mr Romney appeared to have taken the hint, saying: “I applaud the work of the organising committee in bringing the Olympics right into the heart of London.

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/spo…

    So what actually set off this series of diplomatic comments between nations? This:


    His words contrasted with an interview he gave to US television channel NBC News shortly before arriving in London, in which he played up the teething problems which have beset preparations for 2012, and appeared to suggest that Britons would not get behind the Games.

    “Do they come together and celebrate the Olympic moment? That’s something which we only find out once the Games actually begin,” he said.

    “It’s hard to know just how well it will turn out. There are a few things that were disconcerting.

    “The stories about the private security firm not having enough people, the supposed strike of the immigration and Customs officials – that obviously is not something which is encouraging.”

    1. Anglo Saxon yesterday, this today. I think Mittens’ staff is just plain too afraid to tell him to stop saying stupid shit, and I doubt he’d listen anyway.

      1. it must be awfully difficult to orally reconcile his deep Anglo-Saxon heritage with being the personification of undeniable American exceptionalism.   In such a psychic conflict, the mind is apt to make the tongue waggle incoherently.

        Can’t wait till he gets to Israel and has to publically verbally reconcile his strong Judeo-Christian salamander-augmented beliefs, with a group that’s largely just old-timey, non-augmented Judeos.

        Good news for us, Willard ain’t one to ever just smile, nod, wave, and STFU.  “I love England, it’s so — English . . . and, the trees here are so arborish, too.  And, you people have Kit Kats — Wow.”

        2. I thought his family hailed from Mexico … which also has a special relationship with America that is special. He should make up his mind about this.

    2. If there’s one area where Romney certainly has nothing, and I mean NOTHING on Obama, it’s foreign policy. Which is probably why the neocon cabal wants him in the White House.

  7. http://www.washingtonpost.com/…

    Rep. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) will chat with the Fix’s Aaron Blake and The Hotline’s Reid Wilson about his first term in Congress in a Google+ Hangout at 1:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.

    I don’t live in CO any longer, but if I was one of his constituents, I would be very interested in asking him about his record. Or better yet how his policies morphed from being a relatively level-headed eastern plains member of the CO House to a not-so-level-headed Congressman.  

  8. Mogul’s Latest Foray Courts Jews for the G.O.P.



    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07…

    A Republican group backed by the casino magnate Sheldon Adelson is starting a new effort in battleground states to win over Jewish voters who could be persuaded to turn away from President Obama and support Mitt Romney.

    The group, the Republican Jewish Coalition, plans to begin a multimillion-dollar advertising campaign in the coming weeks called “My Buyer’s Remorse,” targeting voters in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, aides said. The campaign uses testimonials from people who say they regret supporting Mr. Obama because of his economic policies and his posture toward Israel, in hopes of cutting into the wide advantage Democrats have held over Republicans among Jewish voters.

    1. Sheldon can’t beat out Bibi for Israeli influence:

      Bibi, talking to Vanity Fair:

      I remember him [Romney] for sure, but I don’t think we had any particular connections, I knew him and he knew me, I suppose.

      This in reference to statements Romney made during the primary debates that he and Netanyahu were close friends – could talk in a sort of “shorthand” close.

      Mitt’s not having a good week, this time in foreign relations.  He hasn’t even gotten to Israel yet; hope he doesn’t screw up worse than he already has.  And then he’s off to Poland – I wonder if he’s managed to piss them off yet…

      1. And, I want to make note of the Polish people’s fabulous sense of humor . . . so very many wonderful jokes.  I love to laugh [haha haha] — see?  I heard Lech Walesa knew how to tell a great joke.  We don’t hear those so much anymore — our President just doesn’t appreciate Poland; when was the last time you heard Obama tell a good Polish joke?

        And, that Poland Springs water?  I use it all the time.  Ann’s horses absolutely love that stuff.  We even wash our Cadillacs in your spring water.  Way to go Poland!”

  9. Really, . . . C’mon now wait just a minute,. . . WTF?

    Bloomberg Gives Support to Massachusetts Senator

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07…

    Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, stepping into one of the most closely watched races of the year, is throwing his support behind Senator Scott Brown, a Massachusetts Republican who is facing an energetic challenge from the Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren.

    Mr. Bloomberg, a political independent and billionaire who has stayed out of this year’s presidential race, will hold a fund-raiser for Mr. Brown, offering him a valuable endorsement as he seeks money from New York’s deep-pocketed donors. The fund-raiser, on Aug. 15, was first reported by Politico.

    …

    Mr. Bloomberg’s spokesman, Stu Loeser, said the mayor had chosen to support Mr. Brown because of the senator’s “tough stand” on gun control. He praised Mr. Brown for opposing a “national concealed-carry reciprocity amendment,” which would have required states to honor concealed-weapons permits issued by other states.

    “The biggest reason the mayor is supporting Senator Brown is the senator’s help on one of our biggest gun issues: opposing concealed-carry reciprocity that would let people with gun permits from rural states like Arkansas and Kentucky carry hidden handguns in New York City,” Mr. Loeser said.

    It’s not often I so vehemently disagree with Mr. Bloomberg; can he really think that Brown is better on this isssue, or any issue for that matter, than Warren would be?

    Oy, my head hurts . . .

      1. They’ve got lots of parties to choose from.  It’s rare that any one of them gets a candidate in on their own, though.  The Working Families Party might be close to winning a slot somewhere, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the Independence Party (Tom Golisano’s version of the Reform Party) snuck one in on the Republicans some day.

        More often, though, the third parties cross-endorse a major party candidate – and all the disgruntled voters who don’t want to vote for a major party candidate pull the lever for the candidate under one of the other party names instead “to send a message”. I did this a lot of the time as the Republican candidates were often jerks and the Democrats out of touch; that’s changed a bit, at least on the Democratic side, but voting a third party ticket is still a popular pastime in the Empire State.

    3. did anyone ever think Bloomberg was a decent guy? He changed the city charter so he could run for a third term. What else do you need to know?

      He’s an odious man with no redeeming qualities.

  10. ….AirPlay make just make cable and traditional broadcast collapse:

    Why Mountain Lion Just Became the Ultimate Cord-Cutting OS

    Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple’s OS X desktop operating system, went public Wednesday to the delight of Mac users everywhere. But while the world fawns over updates to Safari and a number of features cribbed from iOS, most people are skipping over perhaps the most significant update of all: AirPlay Mirroring.

    Don’t look now, but Apple just created a formidable cord-cutting platform. The new operating system can change the way we watch video in the living room, and might even compel some users to finally cancel their cable and satellite services. Any video content that’s available for the computer can now be just as easily watched on an HDTV. All you need is a Mac running Mountain Lion, and a $100 Apple TV.

    The new AirPlay mirroring feature should have the Xfinitys and DirecTVs of the world very concerned.

    AirPlay Mirroring in Mountain Lion uses the same basic tech found in iOS devices: Your computer wirelessly transmits whatever is playing on your Mac desktop to your Apple TV, which then shoots this mirrored content to your HDTV via an HDMI cable. Display settings are automatically determined by your Mac, so you don’t have to adjust the resolution over and over again, hoping to find the perfect recipe for optimal TV watching.

    Once your mirroring set-up is complete, anything you might play on your desktop can be displayed on your big-screen TV – and this is where all that unique, cord-cutting potential comes into play. Sure, you can start playing computer games on the big-screen. And you can also pipe Rdio tunes, or any other music, directly to your TV speakers. But most importantly, you can mirror all those free, streaming desktop services that would otherwise cost money (or not work at all) if streamed directly to a TV.

    http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab…

    I suspect this is why the Mothership at Redmond deliberately delayed the release of Win8 – to see what they had to copy.

    1. Looks to me like all you’ve done is swap one HDMI cable for another. You still pay Quest, Comcast, Satellite, or your cell provider for access to content.  

  11. My father’s hands didn’t build this company? My hands didn’t build this company? My son’s hands aren’t building this company? …Through hard work and a little bit of luck, we built this business. Why are you demonizing us for it?” Jack Gilchrest, business owner, in recent ROmney ad trying to make the President look foolish for claiming it takes infrastructure and help

    Gilchrists company  received SBA loans and was able to issue tax fee bonds totaling more than $1 million. ANd that’s just the handouts- he also received federal government contracts set aside for small businesses.

    “I’m not going to turn a blind eye because the money came from the government. As far as I’m concerned, I’m getting some of my tax money back. I’m not stupid, I’m not going to say ‘no.’ Shame on me if I didn’t use what’s available.”  Jack Gilchrist when asked about the apparent hypocrisy of scolding Obama for “saying” that “he didn’t build his own business” while accepting government handouts

    Gilchrist is not stupid- he just says stupid things. It’s different.

  12. The Republican’t Party definitely has it’s Reagan-print panties in a wad over the cuts to the DoD they ALREADY AGREED TO.

    Which leads me to…

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