Peremptory censorship at the Zero?

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Apparently comments aren't going to be allowed on New coroner changes Ronda Reynolds' cause-of-death ruling to "undetermined"??

As of 4:45 pm, the "comments" section has not been enabled.
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Michele Bachmann-- a problem for the GOP

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Analysis: The GOP’s Michele Bachmann problem
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“... Bachmann presents a particular headache for the GOP. The Tea Party helped propel Republicans into office by attacking Democrats; now, with the dirty work done and popular support for centrist compromise growing, wild cable TV statements are looking more like a liability. And Bachmann is Exhibit A. But by withholding from her the formal power she believes she has earned, the GOP has probably compounded the problem. As Bachmann's time in the Minnesota state senate made clear, rejection by party elders has a way of energizing her. If things had gone her way, Bachmann might have been tempted to move past Mama Grizzly extremism, but now, she'll be sticking with it. Boehner should have seen this coming.

The new dynamic is already in effect: After the GOP put the less tea-stained Jeb Hensarling of Texas in the conference chair position, Bachmann moved rapidly from faux-graciousness to promising an insurrection "against our own leadership" if it failed to accomplish what the Tea Party had asked for. ...

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The next slight came when Bachmann was passed over for a seat on the powerful Ways and Means Committee for which she was rumored to be canvassing and which would have inserted her into tax-policy debates and into the coming health care showdown. Instead, the steering committee slotted her for the House Intelligence Committee, a rather Machiavellian move: While on paper it's a prestigious assignment, the committee's workings are intrinsically hush-hush. As one observer told Politico, "If you're looking for media and controversy, that's not the committee to be on." That's particularly rough for Bachmann, powered as she is by media attention. ...

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Twice disappointed, Bachmann turned back to the business of making her own news. ...

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... she certainly won't slouch away in the face of the House leadership's rejection, nor will she work quietly at its bidding. And in one sense, that's admirable: For all the talk about how the Tea Party has been particularly welcoming to women, and for all the movement's championing of traditional womanly jobs as excellent preparation for politics, it's striking that its two most prominent faces, Bachmann and Palin, have approached their political careers in what could be considered a stereotypically male fashion. ...

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In some ways, Bachmann is quite workmanlike: She is a tax attorney who wears sensible shoes, one who got to be a demagogue the hard way, by doggedly showing up to throw flames at appearances large and small. But when it comes to the bigger picture, she, like Palin, has figured out that putting her nose to the grindstone won't get her where she wants to go all that quickly and that she can make better use of that appendage by keeping it out of joint—and on cable news, preferably. Had Boehner and company given Bachmann a seat at the table, they might have contained her. Ambulatory, she'll run amok.”
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I really want to apologize to ThurstonBloggers

A few days ago, I allowed "radec" to have an account, as a gesture since "radec" had been whining consistantly about ThurstonBlog.

Now despite the whine that we are a hate blog and that we use profanity, "radec" took the account and immediately launched into a couple of childish blogs.  Needless to say, I could see the writing on the wall and I cancelled the account and deleted the offensive blogs.

I sincerely apologize for allowing the good name of ThurstonBlog to be smeared by such a negative, vile person.

I noticed that our stats were down during that time, but have picked back up since the deletions.

Thanks for your understanding.

Ooooh, the end of the world will begin May 21, 2011!

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End of Days in May? Christian group spreads word

By Tom Breen, Associated Press – Mon Jan 3, 10:01 am ET

RALEIGH, N.C. – If there had been time, Marie Exley would have liked to start a family. Instead, the 32-year-old Army veteran has less than six months left, which she'll spend spreading a stark warning: Judgment Day is almost here.

Exley is part of a movement of Christians loosely organized by radio broadcasts and websites, independent of churches and convinced by their reading of the Bible that the end of the world will begin May 21, 2011.

To get the word out, they're using billboards and bus stop benches, traveling caravans of RVs and volunteers passing out pamphlets on street corners. Cities from Bridgeport, Conn., to Little Rock, Ark., now have billboards with the ominous message, and mission groups are traveling through Latin America and Africa to spread the news outside the U.S.

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In August, Exley left her home in Colorado Springs, Colo., to work with Oakland, Calif.-based Family Radio Worldwide, the independent Christian ministry whose leader, Harold Camping, has calculated the May 21 date based on his reading of the Bible.

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Camping, 89, believes the Bible essentially functions as a cosmic calendar explaining exactly when various prophecies will be fulfilled.

The retired civil engineer said all his calculations come from close readings of the Bible, but that external events like the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948 are signs confirming the date.

"Beyond the shadow of a doubt, May 21 will be the date of the Rapture and the day of judgment," he said.

The doctrine known as the Rapture teaches that believers will be taken up to heaven, while everyone else will remain on earth for a period of torment, concluding with the end of time. Camping believes that will happen in October.

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The belief that Christ will return to earth and bring an end to history has been a basic element of Christian belief since the first century. The Book of Revelation, which comes last in the New Testament, describes this conclusion in vivid language that has inspired Christians for centuries.

But few churches are willing to set a date for the end of the world, heeding Jesus' words in the gospels of Mark and Matthew that no one can know the day or hour it will happen. Predictions like Camping's, though, aren't new. One of the most famous in history was by the Baptist leader William Miller, who predicted the end for Oct. 22, 1844, which came to be known as the Great Disappointment among his followers, some of whom subsequently founded the Seventh Day Adventist church.

"In the U.S., there is still a significant population, mostly Protestant, who look at the Bible as kind of a puzzle, and the puzzle is God's word and it's predicting when the end times will come," said Catherine Wessinger, a professor at Loyola University in New Orleans who studies millennialism, the belief in pending apocalypse. 

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Past predictions that failed to come true don't have any bearing on the current calculation, believers maintain.

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Hey Hater

Once again should you like to talk to me in the real world here is how:

Laurian Weisser
Email: Oly202@gmail.com
By phone: 360 753 9771
By snail mail: 611 capitol Way S. #512 Olympia WA 98501

I am ashamed of nothing nor do I fear anyone. If you would like to be real, get a hold of me and we can hash over the shit. It is time you and I stop throwing insults at each other. Are you ready t do that?

Funny thing is I have posted my contact info several time on many forums before an yet to have hear from any of the Right wing. Does the meat world scare you?

Screaming at Squirrels.

Caestus
Has anyone else noticed this daily barrage of "new" progressive commenters here and their hateful angry very personal rhetoric from the get-go?

It appears that most progressive do repeat the same angry hateful spiteful personal rhetoric regardless of the topic.

Uncanny!


sage1 in reply to Caestus

Not really. What I have noticed is you charging off-topic at the drop of a hat. Exactly like your contribution above.

It really is all about you isn't it? All I can say is thanks for the un-intended comedy. This forum would be so less entertaining without your Dadaesque contributions.

Caestus in reply to sage1

It really is all about you isn't it?

Obviously.

sage1 in reply to Caestus

QED.


And so it goes. The little *itch seems to embraced her meth habit again.




Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/02/1492023/pharmacy-ruling-is-mind-numbing.html#disqus_thread#ixzz19umpfyNl

Hypocrisy in Christianity

JoeVoter Today 09:13 AM in reply to sidrat38

We'll pray that you come to your senses and change your ways this year.

Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/01/01/1491320/reality-church-pulls-together.html#ixzz19qZSWGNF

Now, folks, this is a post from a person known to stalk people online from various monikers and post jail rape fantasies on newspaper comments blogs directed at political foes.

Pray for yourself, Joey.  I doubt that any God would endorse your vile behavior.

The more things change, the more they stay the same

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/reagan/timeline/index_4.html

1983

January 1: The official unemployment rate reaches 11.5 million. Hardest hit is "rustbelt." In Milwaukee, 20,000 wait in 20 degree weather to apply for 200 jobs at auto-frame factory. January: Reagan's approval rating plummets to 35%. January 31: Reagan submits his fiscal 1984 budget to Congress; $189billion deficit. A combination of the recession, tax cuts, and an increase in defense spending are to blame. Advisors urge Reagan to either raise taxes or cut defense, Reagan rejects the advice and vows to "stay the course." March 8: In a speech to National Association of Evangelicals meeting in Orlando, Florida, Reagan says that U.S.S.R. is the "focus of evil in the modern world"

Well.....that was short lived....

See what happens when you try to be a nice guy to a Conservative that has been whining about our little blogging community?

You'll note the deletions.

Happy New Year

Thought I'd be first, by posting early.

glenn can't resist making a target out of himself

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glenn  Today 08:40 AM

"Police were investigating whether the garage was used as a so-called chop shop, where stolen vehicles were stripped down and their parts sold"? I guess that the investigation and subsequent warrant and the stolen cars and the parts would indicate that an investigation isn't necessary.
"Well Barney, it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like duck, has duck feet, a duck bill and migrates every year! Yep - it's a possum!

guern  Today 08:58 AM in reply to glenn

Now, now, let's not jump to any conclusions...........

glenn  Today 09:02 AM in reply to guern

I love to jump to conclusions - it keeps me in shape.

Tumwatergirl  Today 10:04 AM in reply to glenn

Ahh, but there are all kinds of "shapes" and some are not so appealing.

Besides, when you read an article in this paper, you have to take how Jeremy Pawloski writes the story.......he does not have a way with words, but a way with saying things that make the story very confusing to say the least.

ALocalGuy  Today 01:00 PM in reply to glenn

We noticed the attempts.

dalemm  Today 05:43 PM in reply to glenn Do you understand anything glenn? I mean some of the comments you make on here just make no sense at all. The cars may be reported stolen but that doesn't mean anything. The cops have to assume innocence until they complete the investigation. Until it is completed this is considered what we like to call evidence. Now stick with me because I know for someone like you it might be hard to understand. Evidence may not be worth anything if this alleged (notice I used the word alleged) chop shop was unaware that these vehicles were reported missing. For instance the defense in court might say they believed they bought the cars legally. If that is the case then they might be able to get off. So in order to ensure that the courts do not waste there time, it is the duty of our police officers to investigate that way the courts don't realize all the little details later. In our country one is innocent until proven guilty, and not the other way around. They have to prove that they either stole the vehicles, or purchased these vehicles knowing they were stolen, and then must prove that they were selling them off in parts. Just because they have the physical pieces doesnt mean anything. Just because they have parts doesnt mean anything until they have proof. For instance if you have a gun and someone gets shot, they can't just assume it was you and put you in jail. They have to come up with a case genius. the_dude3  42 minutes ago in reply to dalemm To answer the first sentence of your comment, the answer is "no."

Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2010/12/30/1489397/police-raid-possible-chop-shop.html

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AssClown

radec says:

December 30, 2010 at 11:35 am

It's pretty sad when one gets banned from posting on a newspaper website (as FL did). Then he complained so much to the moderators that they got sick of him and refused to listen to his vacuous complaints. So he went north to irritate a whole new crowd of people.

First_Lefty says:

December 30, 2010 at 11:50 am

Oh...and radec....
In the past three months I've posted dozens of times on said newspaper thread. You just don't know who I am. Muaahahahahahahahaha
It's really difficult to stalk someone when you don't know who they are.....kinda frustrating, isn't it?

radec says:

December 30, 2010 at 11:53 am

Oh I know you're still there at the other paper, in fact I just posted about it to cedar the other day! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out!

First_Lefty says:

December 30, 2010 at 11:57 am

Actually, I haven't posted there since October, but that just proves I've got you obsessed and guessing.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahathump
(just LMAO)

radec says:

December 30, 2010 at 11:59 am

Oh so now you're a liar too. And by still there I meant still reading, which obviously you are.

Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2010/12/29/admit-it-you-were-lied-to/#ixzz19e99lv12

Sure you did, radec........LOL

It's really not fair of me to take advantage of such a slow intellect, but I just couldn't help myself.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Pat Robertson Of A Bitch

Remember when she was just another unwed mother?

Bristol Palin, 20-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, has bought a home in Maricopa, an outlying Valley suburb in Pinal County.

Aside from the celebrity buyer, the political family and Dancing With the Stars, the purchase of the five-bedroom house represents a typical real-estate saga in Arizona.

Public records show the home was built in 2006 and bought for $329,560. It went into foreclosure in January of this year.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/ent/celeb/articles/2010/12/24/20101224bristol-palin-buys-home-in-arizona.html#ixzz19QRMrSDE

We need a country where more unwed teenaged mothers can become outright homeowners of a five bedroom house.

I wonder how the taxpayers took it on the chin helping the bank through these tough times.

Newest justices pitch curveballs from the left

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Sotomayor, Kagan shift Supreme Court debates to the left

The liberal wing is no longer drowned out by Scalia and his fellow conservatives during oral arguments.

December 26, 2010|By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau

Reporting from Washington — For most of the last two decades, Supreme Court conservatives led by Justice Antonin Scalia dominated the debates during oral arguments. They greeted advocates for liberal causes with sharp and sometimes caustic questions, putting them on the defensive from the opening minute.

But the tenor of the debate has changed in recent months, now that President Obama's two appointees to the court, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, have joined the fray and reenergized the liberal wing.

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ThurstonBlog sends good wishes to all our members and other loyal readers

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The Grinch isn't the only Green Guy around here

who may or may not be celebrating the Holidays!

 (crunch)

Hap, hap, happy Holidays

Murkowski = fiercely independent

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Murkowski goes rogue


Lisa Murkowski isn’t gunning down caribou on national TV like that other famous Alaskan, but the Republican lawmaker is going rogue in the Senate just weeks after staging the most stunning back-from-the-dead political win of the 2010 cycle.

Murkowski is already showing a fierce independent streak, becoming the only Republican to cast votes on all four items on President Barack Obama’s wish list: a repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” a tax-cut compromise, the START deal and cloture for the DREAM Act.

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Murkowski’s willingness to defy Republican top brass after a bitter fight to keep her seat may mark a pivotal point in her career as she emerges as a real maverick foil to Sarah Palin, the conservative idol who put Alaska politics on the national map. And while conservatives who helped oust Murkowski from the GOP ticket in Alaska may howl about her being a “Republican In Name Only,” Murkowski could enjoy a powerful perch as a much-sought-after moderate in an almost evenly divided Senate.

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“There’s a new paradigm now, and with it comes a watershed political moment for her personally,” Moore wrote, noting that 60 percent of Murkowski voters in the last election supported repeal. “She has made her position quite clear — she supports repeal of DADT. ... Good for her, I reckon. I think she has conclusively detached herself from her former allegiance to the right and is charting a new course. DADT was her first real test, and I think she passed.”
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Drug shortages

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Shortage of medicines kills some US patients
Shortages of some 150 crucial medicines have killed at least four hospital patients, according to reports from  a patient safety group.
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About 150 drugs are currently in shortage, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, including sedatives, cancer drugs, and pain medications. The shortage has been going on since the spring.
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Comments (including some very thoughtful ones on the politics of drug availability)
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McCain: a bitter ideologue and partisan hack?

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Yes Virginia, There was a Time When John McCain Was Admirable
By Joe Gandelman | December 21st, 2010

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The John McCain of 2000 would never support or respect the 2010 talk radio radio political culture incarnation of John McCain. He would consider today’s McCain a bitter ideologue and partisan hack seemingly motivated out of a desire to “get even” with groups who were once part of his supporting coalition – a man with a sour grapes attitude bordering on contempt for the man who defeated him in his bid for President. Today’s McCain seems to be frantically trying to repudiate past positions that once seemed genuinely heartfelt. If McCain’s image had to go up today on Mount Rushmore they’d need two faces.

The question is: was 2000 all an act? It’s a question still being debated.

Virginia, tell your little friends that some people say John McCain was a political “maverick” but it is now clear that he has turned out to be political Edsel.
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The 2000 McCain was a uniter because virtually all Americans respected his life’s narrative and courage and sincerity even if they disagreed with his politics. Today’s McCain is also a uniter: almost no one totally trusts him anymore.

So yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus.

But, no, Virginia: there is no more 2000 John McCain.

And perhaps, some of us now think, maybe there never really was.

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Two Elves Go To A Brothel

Two elves go into a brothel and each get a prostitute in rooms next to each other. The first elf is having great difficulty getting his equipment to cooperate and to top it off he can hear the other elf next door saying "ya ready, here I cum. 1!...2!...3!...4!...and WHOOOHHAAA!!!."

The prostitute with the first elf tries consoling him with things like"don't you worry it happens to every guy at one time or another and you can come back here to see me whenever you like."

Again the second elf yells "ya ready, here I cum. 1!...2!...3!...4!...and WHOOOHHAAA!!!."

The first elf just wants to die as he sits for the next ten minutes listening to the second elf ever couple minutes yelling "ya ready, here I cum. 1!...2!...3!...4!...and WHOOOHHAAA!!!."

Finally they both emerge from the rooms and head home. While walking down the street the first elf says "that was horrible I couldn't get hard."

The second elf replies "you think you had it bad? I couldn't even make it onto the bed!"

Some of our local commenters on the Zero should take heed

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Comments crumble with bad grammar, punctuation
BY JAMIE BUTOW, Californian Columnist
Tuesday, Dec 21 2010 08:57 AM

Last Updated Tuesday, Dec 21 2010 09:08 AM

Learning how to communicate effectively is important, especially when you're commenting online.

Several times in the past few months, I've deleted comments that were read as insults or personal attacks on other Bakersfield.com bloggers.

In many instances, the reply I received from the offending blogger was, "That's not what I meant."

But it's what you said.

Misplaced punctuation, poorly constructed sentences and lack of context can easily lead to misunderstood comments.

Take the following sentence:

"Another stupid idea, Jane."

Reading this, it looks like the writer is calling Jane's idea stupid.

But what if, a dozen or so comments back, Jane linked to a site proposing an off-the-wall solution for the housing crisis?

Was Jane's idea stupid? Or was the commenter calling the idea put forth by the group in her link stupid?

Many blogs and articles get dozens upon dozens of comments. Unless you're clear on what and who you're referring to, the meaning of your comment can be easily misunderstood.

To be safe, always add the context of what you're talking about. Don't assume people will know, especially since previous comments could have been deleted or edited.

Here are a few examples of how a little comma can change the meaning of a sentence:

"What's the latest dope?" vs. "What's the latest, dope?"

"Giant moving, sale Friday." vs. "Giant moving sale Friday."

One little mark, two very different meanings.

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Where's the "dignity" or even the logic in the Diocese's decision?

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C'mon, what a dumb decision!  The mother was going to die if they didn't do anything; if they allowed her to die, the fetus would automatically die, also.  Treating the mother appropriately would have killed the fetus.  They couldn't "deliver" the fetus because it wasn't going to be viable and would die; only if they aborted the fetus would half of the pair, the mother, live.  Better one than none!
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Arizona hospital loses Catholic status over surgery

PHOENIX — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix stripped a major hospital of its affiliation with the church Tuesday because of a surgery that ended a woman's pregnancy to save her life.


Bishop Thomas Olmsted called the 2009 procedure an abortion and said St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center — recognized internationally for its neurology and neurosurgery practices — violated ethical and religious directives of the national Conference of Catholic Bishops.

"In the decision to abort, the equal dignity of mother and her baby were not both upheld," Olmsted said at a news conference announcing the decision. "The mother had a disease that needed to be treated. But instead of treating the disease, St. Joseph's medical staff and ethics committee decided that the healthy, 11-week-old baby should be directly killed."

Linda Hunt, president of St. Joseph's, said doctors performed a necessary procedure on a patient who was getting worse by the minute and was in imminent danger of death.


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The woman who underwent the procedure is in her 20s and had a history of abnormally high blood pressure when she learned of her pregnancy. After she was admitted to the hospital with worsening symptoms, doctors determined her risk of death was nearly 100 percent.

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While Driving Through Downtown Shelton

One of the former regulars on the Daily Whose Name Shall Not Be Mentioned comments section, once claimed he located his business in Shelton to avoid the.....uh.....people of Downtown Olympia.

While driving through Shelton today, I noticed several young folks with backpacks standing outside the Shelton Community Shelter in Downtown.  A little further along, I saw a man that was Hispanic, thus he is probably illegal.  Then I noticed a young man in a black hooded sweatshirt carrying two huge plastic bags of crushed aluminum cans - most likely an anarchist that was trying to make everyone be a tree hugger or was a lazy unemployed person that subsides by taking recyclables from other people's dumpsters.  On the other side of the road was a guy with long hair and a beard, who was trying to fool me into thinking he was a logger with rigging jeans, suspenders and a Hickory shirt.  It was obvious he was a dope smoking hippie.

I'm thinking Downtown Olympia is taking over Downtown Shelton.  What next?