Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Cain: "all this stuff twirling around in my head"
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Cain Flubs Libya Question
After several stumbles, GOP hopeful explains he has "all this stuff twirling around in my head."
By Josh Voorhees | Posted Monday, Nov. 14, 2011
The good news for Herman Cain, we suppose, is this may at least temporarily change the conversation from the sexual harassment allegations being made against him.
During a sit-down interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, the embattled GOP candidate appeared more than a little confused when he was asked whether he agreed with President Obama’s approach to handling the uprising in Libya that ultimately toppled long-time dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
"OK, Libya," Cain began, before pausing for a ten-second eternity. He then asked the reporters for confirmation that Obama supported the rebels and called for Qaddafi’s ouster. "I just wanted to make sure we’re talking about the same thing before I say, 'Yes, I agreed' or 'No, I didn’t agree,'" Cain said.
He then suffered another false start. "I do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason – no, that’s a different one," Cain said, before another lengthy pause. "I gotta go back and see. I got all this stuff twirling around in my head."
And then he launched into his answer:
Here's the video:
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Cain Flubs Libya Question
After several stumbles, GOP hopeful explains he has "all this stuff twirling around in my head."
By Josh Voorhees | Posted Monday, Nov. 14, 2011
The good news for Herman Cain, we suppose, is this may at least temporarily change the conversation from the sexual harassment allegations being made against him.
During a sit-down interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Monday, the embattled GOP candidate appeared more than a little confused when he was asked whether he agreed with President Obama’s approach to handling the uprising in Libya that ultimately toppled long-time dictator Muammar Qaddafi.
"OK, Libya," Cain began, before pausing for a ten-second eternity. He then asked the reporters for confirmation that Obama supported the rebels and called for Qaddafi’s ouster. "I just wanted to make sure we’re talking about the same thing before I say, 'Yes, I agreed' or 'No, I didn’t agree,'" Cain said.
He then suffered another false start. "I do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason – no, that’s a different one," Cain said, before another lengthy pause. "I gotta go back and see. I got all this stuff twirling around in my head."
And then he launched into his answer:
"Here’s what I would have — I would have done a better job of determining who the opposition is, and I’m sure that our intelligence people have some of that information. Based upon who made up that opposition — ok — based upon who made up that opposition, might have caused me to make some different decisions about how we participated. Secondly, no, I did not agree with Qaddafi killing his citizens. Absolutely not. So something would have had to been — I would have supported many of the things they did in order to help stop that. It’s not a simple yes-no, because there are different pieces and I would have gone about assessing the situation differently, which might have caused us to end up in the same place. But where I think more could have been done was, what’s the nature of the opposition?"
Here's the video:
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Not this old saw again!
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Cain says God persuaded him to run for president
By RAY HENRY, November 12, 2011
Republican Herman Cain said God convinced him to enter the race for president, comparing himself to Moses: "'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?'"
The Georgia business executive played up his faith Saturday after battling sexual harassment allegations for two weeks, trying to shift the conversation to religion, an issue vital to conservative Republicans, especially in the South.
In a speech Saturday to a national meeting of young Republicans, Cain said the Lord persuaded him after much prayer.
"That's when I prayed and prayed and prayed. I'm a man of faith — I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I've ever done before in my life," Cain said. "And when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Moses. 'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?'"
Once he made the decision, Cain said, he did not look back.
Four women have now accused Cain of sexually harassing them when he led the National Restaurant Association more than a decade ago. Cain, who has denied wrongdoing, was silent about the allegations and did not take reporters' questions.
Cain isn't the first to say God prodded him toward a campaign. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has said she felt God was speaking to her about the race, adding that her husband needed to see a "burning bush," a Biblical reference to God's first appearance to Moses.
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Cain says God persuaded him to run for president
By RAY HENRY, November 12, 2011
Republican Herman Cain said God convinced him to enter the race for president, comparing himself to Moses: "'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?'"
The Georgia business executive played up his faith Saturday after battling sexual harassment allegations for two weeks, trying to shift the conversation to religion, an issue vital to conservative Republicans, especially in the South.
In a speech Saturday to a national meeting of young Republicans, Cain said the Lord persuaded him after much prayer.
"That's when I prayed and prayed and prayed. I'm a man of faith — I had to do a lot of praying for this one, more praying than I've ever done before in my life," Cain said. "And when I finally realized that it was God saying that this is what I needed to do, I was like Moses. 'You've got the wrong man, Lord. Are you sure?'"
Once he made the decision, Cain said, he did not look back.
Four women have now accused Cain of sexually harassing them when he led the National Restaurant Association more than a decade ago. Cain, who has denied wrongdoing, was silent about the allegations and did not take reporters' questions.
Cain isn't the first to say God prodded him toward a campaign. Texas Gov. Rick Perry's wife, Anita, has said she felt God was speaking to her about the race, adding that her husband needed to see a "burning bush," a Biblical reference to God's first appearance to Moses.
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Silly man just can't help himself, it appears
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Herman Cain caught on camera joking about Anita Hill
By Holly Bailey, November 11, 2011
Herman Cain is defending himself from sexual harassment allegations, but that didn't stop him from joking about Anita Hill, the college professor who made similar allegations against Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court nomination hearings 20 years ago.
A Fox News camera captured Cain laughing about Hill during a campaign stop in Kalamazoo, Mich., Thursday, when a supporter brought up the professor's name.
"You hear the latest news today? Anita Hill is going to come …" a man told Cain, the conclusion of his statement muffled by the crowd.
"Is she going to endorse me?" Cain joked, as he and the crowd laughed heartily.
You can watch the video here, courtesy Fox News.
Cain insisted Friday he wasn't trying to insult Hill.
"We walked into this room and ... one of my supporters said, 'Anita Hill was trying to contact you' and my response was, 'Is she going to endorse me?'" Cain told New York Post columnist Fred Dicker, per Politico. "He said it in a humorous way. I gave a humorous response."
Cain continues to fend off allegations that he sexually harassed four women when he was head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
Cain came under fire again Wednesday for making a condescending remark about House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, when he referred to her as "Princess Nancy" during a Republican presidential debate in Michigan. He later admitted he "probably shouldn't have" made the comment.
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Herman Cain caught on camera joking about Anita Hill
By Holly Bailey, November 11, 2011
Herman Cain is defending himself from sexual harassment allegations, but that didn't stop him from joking about Anita Hill, the college professor who made similar allegations against Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court nomination hearings 20 years ago.
A Fox News camera captured Cain laughing about Hill during a campaign stop in Kalamazoo, Mich., Thursday, when a supporter brought up the professor's name.
"You hear the latest news today? Anita Hill is going to come …" a man told Cain, the conclusion of his statement muffled by the crowd.
"Is she going to endorse me?" Cain joked, as he and the crowd laughed heartily.
You can watch the video here, courtesy Fox News.
Cain insisted Friday he wasn't trying to insult Hill.
"We walked into this room and ... one of my supporters said, 'Anita Hill was trying to contact you' and my response was, 'Is she going to endorse me?'" Cain told New York Post columnist Fred Dicker, per Politico. "He said it in a humorous way. I gave a humorous response."
Cain continues to fend off allegations that he sexually harassed four women when he was head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s.
Cain came under fire again Wednesday for making a condescending remark about House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, when he referred to her as "Princess Nancy" during a Republican presidential debate in Michigan. He later admitted he "probably shouldn't have" made the comment.
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Do we have the old glenn back?
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/11/10/1870803/loose-carts-arent-all-bad.html#ixzz1dMqni4Zi
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Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/11/10/1870803/loose-carts-arent-all-bad.html#ixzz1dMqni4Zi
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Another GOP debate-- another Perry implosion and another Cain non-start
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Republican debate winners and losers: A disastrous night for Perry
By Brian Montopoli, November 10, 2011 12:25 AM
Wednesday night's CNBC presidential debate may well have given us the most memorable moment of any debate in quite a long time - Rick Perry's potentially-calamitous inability to name the third federal agency he is vowing to abolish. It was like watching a car crash live on television. The game-changing moment has ramifications for all the presidential contenders, but it wasn't the only takeaway from Wednesday night. Below, our take on who's up and whose down in the wake of the debate:
Winners:
Mitt Romney: The Republican presidential race has officially become Mitt Romney's to lose. Though the polls suggest Herman Cain is a more significant rival, political insiders knew Perry was a bigger threat - he, unlike Cain, has a serious campaign apparatus and the money to keep contesting race into March. And now, thanks to his possibly disastrous brain freeze Wednesday night, Perry may well be finished. That leaves Romney without a serious rival for the nomination - and will give him more leeway to shade his rhetoric toward the general election, not the GOP primary fight.
Newt Gingrich: Gingrich almost made it into the loser column thanks to his apparent inability not to seem nasty, and his claim that he was paid by Freddie Mac as a "historian" - not a lobbyist - was hard to swallow. But Gingrich also had some nice moments, and his smartest-guy-in-the-room shtick seems to be resonating with a growing slice of the GOP electorate. Plus, Gingrich sits at third in the polls, and in light of Perry's difficult night at the podium and Cain's sinking prospects, he may find himself taking over the anti-Romney slot almost by default.
Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum : About that anti-Romney slot: Social conservatives are desperate for a candidate to coalesce around to counter a frontrunner they don't trust, and Perry's mega-gaffe could prompt them to give a serious second look to Bachmann and Santorum. Both turned in solid performances, particularly Santorum, who created a forceful contrast with his rivals on the topic of government bailouts. If either of these candidates can convince social conservatives that they're the horse to bet on, they have a real shot at taking the Iowa caucuses in January.
Losers:
Rick Perry: What can one even say? Rick Perry provided a YouTube moment that will be talked about for years, and it may well be impossible to overcome. To fail to name the third government agencies that you yourself are vowing to eliminate - and to suffer that horrible awkward silence before admitting as much - is to announce to the electorate that you not ready for primetime. With one brain freeze, Perry seriously damaged his fundraising ability, prompted a coming flood of "is Rick Perry finished" stories and simply embarrassed himself in front of a national audience.
http://youtu.be/1G9p7Z0C6w8
Herman Cain: It's hard to imagine what Cain could have done to change the conversation about his candidacy, which has been engulfed by sexual harassment charges. But he didn't do it. Cain brought no new ideas Wednesday night that might have helped him change the conversation, instead once again focusing on his 9-9-9 plan, which he mentions so often that the audience now laughs in anticipation of his bringing it up. On the plus side for Cain, Rick Perry at least diverted some attention from his troubles, and the audience's reaction to a question posed to Cain about the scandal - it was roundly booed - shows he still has the support of many conservatives. But the harassment story isn't going away, and Cain doesn't seem to have a new trick up his sleeve to shift the focus, and it looks like 9-9-9 just isn't going to cut it any longer.
Jon Huntsman: Huntsman's only real shot at the nomination is a collapse by Romney, since their candidates are essentially predicated on the same argument to Republican voters: You may be skeptical thanks to my moderation, but I'm your best bet to win next November, so you better get over it. Yet Romney didn't seriously stumble, leaving Huntsman in the same place he was going into the debate: On the outside looking in during a presidential cycle in which his campaign simply doesn't seem to fit.
Draw:
Ron Paul: As always, Ron Paul was a strong voice for his libertarian beliefs. Too bad the Perry disaster means nobody's going to be paying much attention. A debate free of dramatic moments would have allowed for more discussion of the ideas bandied about in a debate focused on the economy and been a prime opportunity for Paul to make his case against the Federal Reserve and big government. It looked for the first hour or so that's exactly what was taking place. Then came the YouTube moment to end all YouTube moments, a screw-up so memorable that substance couldn't possibly compete.
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Republican debate winners and losers: A disastrous night for Perry
By Brian Montopoli, November 10, 2011 12:25 AM
Wednesday night's CNBC presidential debate may well have given us the most memorable moment of any debate in quite a long time - Rick Perry's potentially-calamitous inability to name the third federal agency he is vowing to abolish. It was like watching a car crash live on television. The game-changing moment has ramifications for all the presidential contenders, but it wasn't the only takeaway from Wednesday night. Below, our take on who's up and whose down in the wake of the debate:
Winners:
Mitt Romney: The Republican presidential race has officially become Mitt Romney's to lose. Though the polls suggest Herman Cain is a more significant rival, political insiders knew Perry was a bigger threat - he, unlike Cain, has a serious campaign apparatus and the money to keep contesting race into March. And now, thanks to his possibly disastrous brain freeze Wednesday night, Perry may well be finished. That leaves Romney without a serious rival for the nomination - and will give him more leeway to shade his rhetoric toward the general election, not the GOP primary fight.
Newt Gingrich: Gingrich almost made it into the loser column thanks to his apparent inability not to seem nasty, and his claim that he was paid by Freddie Mac as a "historian" - not a lobbyist - was hard to swallow. But Gingrich also had some nice moments, and his smartest-guy-in-the-room shtick seems to be resonating with a growing slice of the GOP electorate. Plus, Gingrich sits at third in the polls, and in light of Perry's difficult night at the podium and Cain's sinking prospects, he may find himself taking over the anti-Romney slot almost by default.
Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum : About that anti-Romney slot: Social conservatives are desperate for a candidate to coalesce around to counter a frontrunner they don't trust, and Perry's mega-gaffe could prompt them to give a serious second look to Bachmann and Santorum. Both turned in solid performances, particularly Santorum, who created a forceful contrast with his rivals on the topic of government bailouts. If either of these candidates can convince social conservatives that they're the horse to bet on, they have a real shot at taking the Iowa caucuses in January.
Losers:
Rick Perry: What can one even say? Rick Perry provided a YouTube moment that will be talked about for years, and it may well be impossible to overcome. To fail to name the third government agencies that you yourself are vowing to eliminate - and to suffer that horrible awkward silence before admitting as much - is to announce to the electorate that you not ready for primetime. With one brain freeze, Perry seriously damaged his fundraising ability, prompted a coming flood of "is Rick Perry finished" stories and simply embarrassed himself in front of a national audience.
http://youtu.be/1G9p7Z0C6w8
Herman Cain: It's hard to imagine what Cain could have done to change the conversation about his candidacy, which has been engulfed by sexual harassment charges. But he didn't do it. Cain brought no new ideas Wednesday night that might have helped him change the conversation, instead once again focusing on his 9-9-9 plan, which he mentions so often that the audience now laughs in anticipation of his bringing it up. On the plus side for Cain, Rick Perry at least diverted some attention from his troubles, and the audience's reaction to a question posed to Cain about the scandal - it was roundly booed - shows he still has the support of many conservatives. But the harassment story isn't going away, and Cain doesn't seem to have a new trick up his sleeve to shift the focus, and it looks like 9-9-9 just isn't going to cut it any longer.
Jon Huntsman: Huntsman's only real shot at the nomination is a collapse by Romney, since their candidates are essentially predicated on the same argument to Republican voters: You may be skeptical thanks to my moderation, but I'm your best bet to win next November, so you better get over it. Yet Romney didn't seriously stumble, leaving Huntsman in the same place he was going into the debate: On the outside looking in during a presidential cycle in which his campaign simply doesn't seem to fit.
Draw:
Ron Paul: As always, Ron Paul was a strong voice for his libertarian beliefs. Too bad the Perry disaster means nobody's going to be paying much attention. A debate free of dramatic moments would have allowed for more discussion of the ideas bandied about in a debate focused on the economy and been a prime opportunity for Paul to make his case against the Federal Reserve and big government. It looked for the first hour or so that's exactly what was taking place. Then came the YouTube moment to end all YouTube moments, a screw-up so memorable that substance couldn't possibly compete.
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wow, the "Bible Belt" got a bit skinnier!
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Miss. defeats life-at-fertilization ballot prop
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, AP
Mississippi voters Tuesday defeated a ballot initiative that would have declared life begins at fertilization, a proposal that supporters sought in the Bible Belt state as a way to prompt a legal challenge to abortion rights nationwide.
The so-called "personhood" initiative was rejected by more than 55 percent of voters, falling far short of the threshold needed for it to be enacted. If it had passed, it was virtually assured of drawing legal challenges because it conflicts with the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a legal right to abortion. Supporters of the initiative wanted to provoke a lawsuit to challenge the landmark ruling.
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Miss. defeats life-at-fertilization ballot prop
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, AP
Mississippi voters Tuesday defeated a ballot initiative that would have declared life begins at fertilization, a proposal that supporters sought in the Bible Belt state as a way to prompt a legal challenge to abortion rights nationwide.
The so-called "personhood" initiative was rejected by more than 55 percent of voters, falling far short of the threshold needed for it to be enacted. If it had passed, it was virtually assured of drawing legal challenges because it conflicts with the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that established a legal right to abortion. Supporters of the initiative wanted to provoke a lawsuit to challenge the landmark ruling.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Did we need more proof ...
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about the laziness of The Olympian's reporters? At least one commenter thought so! :-)
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/11/08/1868756/new-plan-hatched-to-reconcile.html#ixzz1dBS7ceBw
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about the laziness of The Olympian's reporters? At least one commenter thought so! :-)
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2011/11/08/1868756/new-plan-hatched-to-reconcile.html#ixzz1dBS7ceBw
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Monday, November 7, 2011
Shouldn't he have thought about his wife in the beginning?
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Herman Cain says controversy reports took a toll on wife, story is now over
By Rachel Rose Hartman, November 7, 2011
Herman Cain this weekend sought to end discussion about past allegations of sexual harassment, adding that the media frenzy surrounding the charges has taken a toll on his wife.
"My wife, obviously like most spouses, actually took it harder than I did," Cain said on Fox's "Geraldo At Large." Cain explained that his wife, Gloria, like many spouses of public figures, tends to "emotionally take it harder" than the target of the allegations.
"I'm in a boxing match every day . . . when you've got to turn on the TV and watch all of the exaggerations and innuendos about your husband that you know hasn't done anything wrong, it can have an emotional toll," Cain said. "But she's doing fine."
Gloria Cain had been set to make her debut campaign-related media appearance last week, but canceled that Fox News interview with Greta van Sustern amid reports of the scandal.
The presidential candidate this weekend conceded that his initial handling of the scandal "got off to a little bit of a bumpy start" last week, but said he wouldn't change anything.
"Even though I may not have responded on Monday morning as crisply and precise as I did later in the day, I'd do it all over again if I had to."
Cain said during his Fox interview that the story is now over. He made the same point, quite sharply, to a crowd of reporters gathered Saturday for his Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Newt Gingrich.
"Don't even go there," Cain told one reporter gathered for a press availability, cutting off a question about one accuser who came forward Friday via her attorney. Cain then turned to his chief of staff and asked to have the Journalist Code of Ethics sent to the reporter.
"We are getting back on message, end of story! Back on message! Read all of the other accounts. Read all of the other accounts where everything has been answered--end of story. We're getting back on message."
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Herman Cain says controversy reports took a toll on wife, story is now over
By Rachel Rose Hartman, November 7, 2011
Herman Cain this weekend sought to end discussion about past allegations of sexual harassment, adding that the media frenzy surrounding the charges has taken a toll on his wife.
"My wife, obviously like most spouses, actually took it harder than I did," Cain said on Fox's "Geraldo At Large." Cain explained that his wife, Gloria, like many spouses of public figures, tends to "emotionally take it harder" than the target of the allegations.
"I'm in a boxing match every day . . . when you've got to turn on the TV and watch all of the exaggerations and innuendos about your husband that you know hasn't done anything wrong, it can have an emotional toll," Cain said. "But she's doing fine."
Gloria Cain had been set to make her debut campaign-related media appearance last week, but canceled that Fox News interview with Greta van Sustern amid reports of the scandal.
The presidential candidate this weekend conceded that his initial handling of the scandal "got off to a little bit of a bumpy start" last week, but said he wouldn't change anything.
"Even though I may not have responded on Monday morning as crisply and precise as I did later in the day, I'd do it all over again if I had to."
Cain said during his Fox interview that the story is now over. He made the same point, quite sharply, to a crowd of reporters gathered Saturday for his Lincoln-Douglas-style debate with Newt Gingrich.
"Don't even go there," Cain told one reporter gathered for a press availability, cutting off a question about one accuser who came forward Friday via her attorney. Cain then turned to his chief of staff and asked to have the Journalist Code of Ethics sent to the reporter.
"We are getting back on message, end of story! Back on message! Read all of the other accounts. Read all of the other accounts where everything has been answered--end of story. We're getting back on message."
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Friday, November 4, 2011
All that new traffic.....
Thanks to "dejen2" for the illegal posting of my personal website in the News Tribune (they didn't appreciate it nearly as much as I did). Since the mods got my phone number off the site and we straightened out that I wasn't using their website and readership for self-promotion, my guess is that someone still can feel the TribMod's size 12 sticking up their ass, with gusto. (before someone does something stupid, my phone tracks every call)
I got the city of origin and the IP addresses for all the visitors....and a couple of leads for performances. A red letter day, if I do say so myself. If there is any question that the Trib has....well....Old Kardy can just hand over the IPs and leave no doubt in the minds of the moderators.
I now have followers in Eatonville, Roy, Auburn, Bellevue, Puyallup and of course...OLYMPIA. Those are the IPs with multiple page visits - folks that really want to be "in the know". None of them were inquiries for gigs (to say the least), but they left their footprint behind. One was really tricky and came through a Puerto Rican connection.....but I captured the IP. I'll bet those IPs would be hell in the hands of the wrong spammer.
Maybe....if people want to keep fucking around, I'll publish the IPs on ThurstonBlog, since the traffic has increased substantially here, also. Enquiring Minds Want To Know.
Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (a few days late for a Halloween laugh)
Meanwhile, if you want a few laughs, go watch the clowns, particularly "LarryFine" play guessing games on the Trib while my half dozen clandestine helpers keep posting on my behalf....actually on their own behalf, but I will admit to covert direction on language and content. Kardnos hasn't posted in the TNT for over a week.
Many of the ThurstonBloggers might remember my old "xxxxxxxxxx" trick I played on The Olympian assholes. This is making that action look like a walk in the park. Luckily I'm at the age where I have enough retired friends and we have time on our hands......LOL
As Barack Obama would say, don't bring a knife to a gun fight....or something like that.....
I got the city of origin and the IP addresses for all the visitors....and a couple of leads for performances. A red letter day, if I do say so myself. If there is any question that the Trib has....well....Old Kardy can just hand over the IPs and leave no doubt in the minds of the moderators.
I now have followers in Eatonville, Roy, Auburn, Bellevue, Puyallup and of course...OLYMPIA. Those are the IPs with multiple page visits - folks that really want to be "in the know". None of them were inquiries for gigs (to say the least), but they left their footprint behind. One was really tricky and came through a Puerto Rican connection.....but I captured the IP. I'll bet those IPs would be hell in the hands of the wrong spammer.
Maybe....if people want to keep fucking around, I'll publish the IPs on ThurstonBlog, since the traffic has increased substantially here, also. Enquiring Minds Want To Know.
Muahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (a few days late for a Halloween laugh)
Meanwhile, if you want a few laughs, go watch the clowns, particularly "LarryFine" play guessing games on the Trib while my half dozen clandestine helpers keep posting on my behalf....actually on their own behalf, but I will admit to covert direction on language and content. Kardnos hasn't posted in the TNT for over a week.
Many of the ThurstonBloggers might remember my old "xxxxxxxxxx" trick I played on The Olympian assholes. This is making that action look like a walk in the park. Luckily I'm at the age where I have enough retired friends and we have time on our hands......LOL
As Barack Obama would say, don't bring a knife to a gun fight....or something like that.....
Thanks to the "outter"
My website was posted in the Tacoma News Tribune, by someone trying to out me.
The hits skyrocketted!!!!
Right before the holiday party season.......LOL
Be careful what you wish for......LMAO
Meanwhile, I'd love to know who "IndependVoter" is. Possibly someone that thinks like a ThurstonBlogger.
The hits skyrocketted!!!!
Right before the holiday party season.......LOL
Be careful what you wish for......LMAO
Meanwhile, I'd love to know who "IndependVoter" is. Possibly someone that thinks like a ThurstonBlogger.
It used to be called "Journalism"....
Updated: Friday, 04 Nov 2011, 9:43 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 04 Nov 2011, 9:32 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 04 Nov 2011, 9:32 AM EDT
MYFOXNY.COM STAFF REPORT
MYFOXNY.COM - An Occupy Wall Street protestor was arrested early Friday after a violent rampage at a McDonald's that refused to offer him free food.
The NYPD says it happened at about 2:45 a.m. at a McDonald's near the make-shift tent city in Zuccotti Park.
The man, who had not been identified, went into the world's largest restaurant chain and demanded free food, apparently craving a burger over the gourmet food being served in the park.
The people behind the counter, who are working instead of protesting, were not about to offer the man free food.
The protester then turned violent, even breaking a machine inside of the store before police arrived and arrested the 27-year-old.
There have been growing concerns about security and lawlessness among the protesters. Earlier this week, a cook at the camp was arrested on sex charges.
And video surfaced Friday morning showing two of the protesters having a fist fight inside of the park.
Mayor Bloomberg noted Thursday that instead of going to the police, the group is simply kicking law-breakers out of the park and allowing them to go free into the city.
The NYPD says it happened at about 2:45 a.m. at a McDonald's near the make-shift tent city in Zuccotti Park.
The man, who had not been identified, went into the world's largest restaurant chain and demanded free food, apparently craving a burger over the gourmet food being served in the park.
The people behind the counter, who are working instead of protesting, were not about to offer the man free food.
The protester then turned violent, even breaking a machine inside of the store before police arrived and arrested the 27-year-old.
There have been growing concerns about security and lawlessness among the protesters. Earlier this week, a cook at the camp was arrested on sex charges.
And video surfaced Friday morning showing two of the protesters having a fist fight inside of the park.
Mayor Bloomberg noted Thursday that instead of going to the police, the group is simply kicking law-breakers out of the park and allowing them to go free into the city.
Read more: http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/ows-protester-arrested-at-mcdonalds-20111104-lgf#ixzz1ckqTkM5K
That which I've highlighted in red, would never pass a copy editor in real journalism venues. A combination of sensationalism and editorializing makes the FOX contribution a classic mouthpiece for anti-OWS concerns. The most interesting part was that the "protestor" hadn't been indentified......LMAO
Pass this along to your Conservative friends that say FOX is "fair and balanced".
Thursday, November 3, 2011
The nation’s most despised bank
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10 Reasons To Hate Bank of America
By Nomi Prins | November 2nd, 2011
There is no shortage of hatred for the biggest banks. Indeed, the Occupy Wall Street movement is leading a national revolution against these Byzantine, powerful Goliaths for the economic devastation they have caused. This makes it difficult to choose the worst of the bunch. That said, a strong case can be made that Bank of America deserves the title of the nation’s most despised bank.
Here are ten reasons to take your money out of Bank of America – and park it at a credit union or community bank near you. (And yes, that may be near impossible if you have a mortgage with them, as refinancing away from any big bank nowadays is a nightmare.)
1. B of A rejects the right of customers to protest. [snipped]
2. To recoup ongoing losses from its stupendously dumb acquisitions of Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch, B of A pillages its customers. [snipped]
3. B of A’s other fees are just as bad. [snipped]
4. Bank of America takes gross advantage of the military. [snipped]
5. Bank of America is officially rated the biggest, scariest bank. [snipped]
6. B of A’s derivatives position keeps rising. [snipped]
7. Bank of America got the most AIG money of the big depositor banks. [snipped]
8. Bank of America leads the big bank fraud lawsuit settlement tally. [snipped]
9. Even after lawsuits, B of A would still rather please investors than customers. [snipped]
10. Bank of America, despite having been buoyed up by the government, did not pay taxes, and, given its glorious ineptness, will be laying off 30,000 workers. [snipped]
Finally, consider the two reasons that any of this list is possible. One is the Glass-Steagall Act repeal, which enables banks to comingle straight costumer business with reckless securities creation and trading. The second reason is coddling by a Fed that finances and approves every bad move. B of A is the poster child for a Glass-Steagall repeal gone wrong. Lewis pulled in a slew of other banks under the B of A umbrella, making it – at one time – the country’s largest bank, including the infamous Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch. Now it has $2.26 trillion in total assets and $1.8 trillion assets in insured subsidiaries, $1.2 trillion of customer deposits ($1.066 trillion in the United States) and about $804 billion in FDIC-insured deposits – all part of the giant, risk-laden mess that is B of A.
Without being broken up via a new, strong Glass-Steagall Act, when banks need to find ways to make money, they resort to extorting it from their sitting ducks, er – customers. Meanwhile, that’s where credit unions, which are not-for-profits owned by their members and not by outside shareholders, come in. They generally don’t engage in crazy derivatives trades, or charge unnecessary fees for holding your money or for letting you pay bills with it, or for online banking. In terms of personal attention, among other economic reasons, the credit and smaller community banks are a much better bet.
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10 Reasons To Hate Bank of America
By Nomi Prins | November 2nd, 2011
There is no shortage of hatred for the biggest banks. Indeed, the Occupy Wall Street movement is leading a national revolution against these Byzantine, powerful Goliaths for the economic devastation they have caused. This makes it difficult to choose the worst of the bunch. That said, a strong case can be made that Bank of America deserves the title of the nation’s most despised bank.
Here are ten reasons to take your money out of Bank of America – and park it at a credit union or community bank near you. (And yes, that may be near impossible if you have a mortgage with them, as refinancing away from any big bank nowadays is a nightmare.)
1. B of A rejects the right of customers to protest. [snipped]
2. To recoup ongoing losses from its stupendously dumb acquisitions of Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch, B of A pillages its customers. [snipped]
3. B of A’s other fees are just as bad. [snipped]
4. Bank of America takes gross advantage of the military. [snipped]
5. Bank of America is officially rated the biggest, scariest bank. [snipped]
6. B of A’s derivatives position keeps rising. [snipped]
7. Bank of America got the most AIG money of the big depositor banks. [snipped]
8. Bank of America leads the big bank fraud lawsuit settlement tally. [snipped]
9. Even after lawsuits, B of A would still rather please investors than customers. [snipped]
10. Bank of America, despite having been buoyed up by the government, did not pay taxes, and, given its glorious ineptness, will be laying off 30,000 workers. [snipped]
Finally, consider the two reasons that any of this list is possible. One is the Glass-Steagall Act repeal, which enables banks to comingle straight costumer business with reckless securities creation and trading. The second reason is coddling by a Fed that finances and approves every bad move. B of A is the poster child for a Glass-Steagall repeal gone wrong. Lewis pulled in a slew of other banks under the B of A umbrella, making it – at one time – the country’s largest bank, including the infamous Countrywide Financial and Merrill Lynch. Now it has $2.26 trillion in total assets and $1.8 trillion assets in insured subsidiaries, $1.2 trillion of customer deposits ($1.066 trillion in the United States) and about $804 billion in FDIC-insured deposits – all part of the giant, risk-laden mess that is B of A.
Without being broken up via a new, strong Glass-Steagall Act, when banks need to find ways to make money, they resort to extorting it from their sitting ducks, er – customers. Meanwhile, that’s where credit unions, which are not-for-profits owned by their members and not by outside shareholders, come in. They generally don’t engage in crazy derivatives trades, or charge unnecessary fees for holding your money or for letting you pay bills with it, or for online banking. In terms of personal attention, among other economic reasons, the credit and smaller community banks are a much better bet.
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Feelin' good from my head to my shoes.....
IndependVoter:
I guess there is no racism if you “embrace” the person(s)
“Our blacks”
Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/11/02/scandalous/#ixzz1cfMciNhs
Look who's got a "new attitude"
I guess there is no racism if you “embrace” the person(s)
“Our blacks”
Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/letters/2011/11/02/scandalous/#ixzz1cfMciNhs
Look who's got a "new attitude"
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Ann Coulter sticks foot in mouth again
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Ann Coulter on Herman Cain: “Our blacks are so much better than their blacks”
Posted By: Joe Garofoli, Nov 01 at 4:44 pm.
Not surprising that the Fox News conservative cheer squad is rallying to Herman Cain’s defense over allegations of sexual harrasment from his past. (Cain’s wife Gloria Cain may field softballs from Greta Van Sustern on Friday. Greta’s husband attended Herman’s event the other day as a “friend.”)
The dominant talking point: The allegations, first reported by Politico, are a liberal/Democrat/liberal mainstream media “high-tech lynching” aimed at Cain because he is — gasp! — a black conservative. (No, that doesn’t account for the six months that the press largely blew off covering Cain because they didn’t think he could win, but whatever. Don’t mess with the narrative.)
“>Then Ann Coulter, who we hasten to add has a new book out to promote, picked up a glass of kerosene, which we believe she keeps in her hip pocket at all times, and flung.
As Talking Points Memo recounts: “She continued that liberals are ‘too dense’ to see the ‘many wonderful qualities’ about Herman Cain, because ‘all they see is a conservative black man.”
“That’s why our blacks are so much better than their blacks,” Coulter said. “To become a black Republican you don’t just roll into it. You’re not going with the flow. You have fought against probably your family members, probably your neighbors, you have thought everything out and that’s why we have very impressive blacks in our party.”
“Our blacks?” ….oops, sorry. Thought the calendar just rolled back to 1861.
Check out the video. Go to the 5-minute mark…(and, sigh, risk missing a couple of plugs for Coulter’s book):
Perhaps Coulter would like to debate a fellow Republican on this. How about former Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — herself on book tour. She was asked about Cain in an interview to be broadcast Wednesday on CBS’ “Early Show.” Her advice: Don’t play the race card. Here’s a snippet from her chat with Norah O’Donnell:
Norah O’Donnell: “Herman Cain predicted that he would be the victim of a high tech lynching. What do you think of that when you hear that?”
Condoleezza Rice: “I– I don’t care much for incendiary language. And, I actually am someone who doesn’t believe in playing the race card on either side. I’ve seen it played, by the way, on the other side quite a lot too and it’s not good for the country. We ought to be able to look at people and say, ‘All right, maybe this is a disagreement about policy.’ Everybody goes through their– their time in the barrel, if you will, if you choose to put yourself forward. And so, I’m not much for the race card.”
O’Donnell: “So you think it was wrong for him to use those words?”
Rice: “Well, I’ve seen it done on– on both sides and I just think we ought to all step back and let– let Herman Cain answer the questions and let him answer them with– with full disclosure of everything and let the American people judge, but I don’t like the race card. I don’t like the race card when people say that people are criticizing President Obama because he’s black. I don’t like that very much either. He’s being criticized because he’s president.”
O’Donnell: “And that’s just part of it?”
Rice: “It just goes with the territory.”
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Ann Coulter on Herman Cain: “Our blacks are so much better than their blacks”
Posted By: Joe Garofoli, Nov 01 at 4:44 pm.
Not surprising that the Fox News conservative cheer squad is rallying to Herman Cain’s defense over allegations of sexual harrasment from his past. (Cain’s wife Gloria Cain may field softballs from Greta Van Sustern on Friday. Greta’s husband attended Herman’s event the other day as a “friend.”)
The dominant talking point: The allegations, first reported by Politico, are a liberal/Democrat/liberal mainstream media “high-tech lynching” aimed at Cain because he is — gasp! — a black conservative. (No, that doesn’t account for the six months that the press largely blew off covering Cain because they didn’t think he could win, but whatever. Don’t mess with the narrative.)
“>Then Ann Coulter, who we hasten to add has a new book out to promote, picked up a glass of kerosene, which we believe she keeps in her hip pocket at all times, and flung.
As Talking Points Memo recounts: “She continued that liberals are ‘too dense’ to see the ‘many wonderful qualities’ about Herman Cain, because ‘all they see is a conservative black man.”
“That’s why our blacks are so much better than their blacks,” Coulter said. “To become a black Republican you don’t just roll into it. You’re not going with the flow. You have fought against probably your family members, probably your neighbors, you have thought everything out and that’s why we have very impressive blacks in our party.”
“Our blacks?” ….oops, sorry. Thought the calendar just rolled back to 1861.
Check out the video. Go to the 5-minute mark…(and, sigh, risk missing a couple of plugs for Coulter’s book):
Perhaps Coulter would like to debate a fellow Republican on this. How about former Republican Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice — herself on book tour. She was asked about Cain in an interview to be broadcast Wednesday on CBS’ “Early Show.” Her advice: Don’t play the race card. Here’s a snippet from her chat with Norah O’Donnell:
Norah O’Donnell: “Herman Cain predicted that he would be the victim of a high tech lynching. What do you think of that when you hear that?”
Condoleezza Rice: “I– I don’t care much for incendiary language. And, I actually am someone who doesn’t believe in playing the race card on either side. I’ve seen it played, by the way, on the other side quite a lot too and it’s not good for the country. We ought to be able to look at people and say, ‘All right, maybe this is a disagreement about policy.’ Everybody goes through their– their time in the barrel, if you will, if you choose to put yourself forward. And so, I’m not much for the race card.”
O’Donnell: “So you think it was wrong for him to use those words?”
Rice: “Well, I’ve seen it done on– on both sides and I just think we ought to all step back and let– let Herman Cain answer the questions and let him answer them with– with full disclosure of everything and let the American people judge, but I don’t like the race card. I don’t like the race card when people say that people are criticizing President Obama because he’s black. I don’t like that very much either. He’s being criticized because he’s president.”
O’Donnell: “And that’s just part of it?”
Rice: “It just goes with the territory.”
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Wanting it to be true so much that nobody bothered to fact check!
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The joke’s on Rick Perry in Occupy Wall Street gaffe
WENCY LEUNG
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2011 7:51PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2011 7:55PM EDT
An attempt by Rick Perry to poke fun of Occupy Wall Street protesters has backfired, generating further ridicule against the Republican presidential candidate and his floundering campaign.
While speaking in New Hampshire on Friday, the Texas Governor took a swipe at the Occupy movement by citing an outlandish quote he received from his son from an Occupy Toronto protester named “Jeremy.” Mr. Perry chuckled after he paraphrased what “Jeremy” said:
“He said, ‘Those bankers that we came to insult, they’d already been at work for two hours when we got here at 9 o’clock. And when we get ready to leave, um, you know, they’re still in there working.’ He said, ‘I guess greed just makes you work hard.’ ”
The trouble is “Jeremy” isn’t real. He’s the creation of Globe and Mail contributor Mark Schatzker, who wrote a satirical piece on the Toronto protest, published on Oct. 22.
Mr. Perry’s gaffe is just one in a series of stumbles in his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. In a separate speech in New Hampshire last week, he was seen as rambling and erratic, causing some observers, including The Atlantic magazine, to posit that his strange behaviour was a result of pain medication or alcohol. Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that early in his political career, Mr. Perry hosted friends, lawmakers and supporters at his family’s hunting camp, known by a racial slur painted on a rock at its entrance.
Attempting to regain its footing amidst a weak showing in the latest Iowa poll, Mr. Perry’s team launched a new ad this week, portraying him as “a doer, not a talker.”
The blogosphere has since pounced on Mr. Perry’s mix-up over The Globe and Mail satire piece, with news blogs, including Mediaite and The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire, pointing out the blunder.
In his piece, Mr. Schatzker had compiled the remarks of several fictitious Toronto protesters. For example, this statement was attributed to a 20-year-old “Tracy”: “Looking back, I can’t believe what we achieved in a few incredible days: government-funded health care, a well-regulated banking system, and a cap on corporate political donations. Our work is done.”
Mr. Perry was not alone in mistaking comedy for reality, however. Several other blogs, such as Power Line and The American Spectator, have cited Mr. Schatzker’s literally-too-good-to-be-true protesters as well.
Mr. Schatzker says he first discovered that bloggers critical of the Occupy movement were taking his characters’ words at face value about a week ago. But with Mr. Perry joining them, his spoof piece has taken on a life of its own.
“I’m giddy, agog, thrilled and delighted,” Mr. Schatzker says. “I’m also existentially conscious of the fact that my greatest achievement is now behind me.”
He adds that even if his article hadn’t been labelled as satire, the absurdity of his characters’ quotes should have tipped people off. A simple Google search would also have allowed them to easily fact check, he says.
“I suppose people wanted it to be true so much that they didn’t bother.”
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The joke’s on Rick Perry in Occupy Wall Street gaffe
WENCY LEUNG
From Wednesday's Globe and Mail
Published Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2011 7:51PM EDT
Last updated Tuesday, Nov. 01, 2011 7:55PM EDT
An attempt by Rick Perry to poke fun of Occupy Wall Street protesters has backfired, generating further ridicule against the Republican presidential candidate and his floundering campaign.
While speaking in New Hampshire on Friday, the Texas Governor took a swipe at the Occupy movement by citing an outlandish quote he received from his son from an Occupy Toronto protester named “Jeremy.” Mr. Perry chuckled after he paraphrased what “Jeremy” said:
“He said, ‘Those bankers that we came to insult, they’d already been at work for two hours when we got here at 9 o’clock. And when we get ready to leave, um, you know, they’re still in there working.’ He said, ‘I guess greed just makes you work hard.’ ”
The trouble is “Jeremy” isn’t real. He’s the creation of Globe and Mail contributor Mark Schatzker, who wrote a satirical piece on the Toronto protest, published on Oct. 22.
Mr. Perry’s gaffe is just one in a series of stumbles in his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. In a separate speech in New Hampshire last week, he was seen as rambling and erratic, causing some observers, including The Atlantic magazine, to posit that his strange behaviour was a result of pain medication or alcohol. Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that early in his political career, Mr. Perry hosted friends, lawmakers and supporters at his family’s hunting camp, known by a racial slur painted on a rock at its entrance.
Attempting to regain its footing amidst a weak showing in the latest Iowa poll, Mr. Perry’s team launched a new ad this week, portraying him as “a doer, not a talker.”
The blogosphere has since pounced on Mr. Perry’s mix-up over The Globe and Mail satire piece, with news blogs, including Mediaite and The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire, pointing out the blunder.
In his piece, Mr. Schatzker had compiled the remarks of several fictitious Toronto protesters. For example, this statement was attributed to a 20-year-old “Tracy”: “Looking back, I can’t believe what we achieved in a few incredible days: government-funded health care, a well-regulated banking system, and a cap on corporate political donations. Our work is done.”
Mr. Perry was not alone in mistaking comedy for reality, however. Several other blogs, such as Power Line and The American Spectator, have cited Mr. Schatzker’s literally-too-good-to-be-true protesters as well.
Mr. Schatzker says he first discovered that bloggers critical of the Occupy movement were taking his characters’ words at face value about a week ago. But with Mr. Perry joining them, his spoof piece has taken on a life of its own.
“I’m giddy, agog, thrilled and delighted,” Mr. Schatzker says. “I’m also existentially conscious of the fact that my greatest achievement is now behind me.”
He adds that even if his article hadn’t been labelled as satire, the absurdity of his characters’ quotes should have tipped people off. A simple Google search would also have allowed them to easily fact check, he says.
“I suppose people wanted it to be true so much that they didn’t bother.”
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