1

On this day in history one of the worst episodes of judicial misconduct in history was concluded.  The charges against Daniel Ellsberg were dismissed based on illegal “evidence gathering” by federal authorities under uber-liberal Nixon. This as a follow-up to the BS ruling by SCOTUS that the government could not prevent publication of classified documents by a newspaper.

Both of those rulings really have zero basis in the Constitution contrary to what the liberal courts have to say. Dismissal of charges due to police misconduct is an artificial construct that should have never been allowed and should be eliminated. What should happen is that if police are guilty of misconduct then they should be charged with crimes. Instead what we get is two sets of criminals going free, the original criminal who committed the crime and the police who violated laws to hunt them down.

The infamous case of NYT vs United States is one of the most misunderstood cases in history. Most people think that as a result of the case a newspaper can print anything it wants with virtual immunity. This is not the case. The ruling was that the government can not “pre-censure” publication of information unless they first show in court clear and imminent danger would result from such publication.  The problem with that is that such a trial would only release more of the classified information. All that being said, the ruling did allow the newspaper to be prosecuted AFTER the fact if it was shown that publication did harm the national security. Ironically, publication of the Pentagon Papers did reveal sources and methods that directly resulted in the death of U.S. agents and informants.

However, by the time those events unfolded the government was already so embroiled in the mess stemming from this series of events that they decided no further action would be taken. The final fallout has been that despite the actual ruling the NYT continues to publish classified information (when Republicans are in office) that harms the U.S. and no government official will take any action.

2

Second hit against Haley

She will sign the bogus “ATV Safety” bill today that pops in a host of new regulations on ATVs “for the children”.More damn intrusive government control to save the children from stupid parents. Also, this bill allows police to enforce these regulations on the vehicles on private property. This is a new precedent for laws on vehicles which to date have always depended on the implied consent rule in operating on public roads. Sanford had vetoed this bill last time it came up.

One more “ironic” thing that comes to mind here is how the Dems yell about the “cost of photo ID” for voting and how it prevents poor blacks from voting. Yet not a damn peep about this and the cost of sending your children to a safety training course before they are allowed to operate an ATV in your own yard. Training that they will remember for about 5 seconds after they leave the course.

This also demonstrates that the regulatory fascists never rest. You can kill their shit but it always comes back. Dracula was a piker compared to the regulation Czars.

3 Gingrich in the Washington Times:  "My two biggest mistakes were being undisciplined and not listening enough.

How about being greedy for approval from the media?  How about heading down that global warming path?  Is "undisciplined" the new word for adultery?

4

Washington Times is center-right?

A number of Morons have said the WT is center-right while I have maintained that it is just another left wing Dem PR rag. Here is their take on ObamaÂ’s host of campaign lies with amnesty round III

The headline:

Obama says border is secure enough to begin legalization

That alone screams to be refuted by the paper. Do they? Of course not.

Oh, and did you know that “immigration reform” is being blocked by “legislative gridlock”? Hahahahaha. How about the fact that another round of amnesty by the idiots in the commies Party has no support from Republicans or even many Democrats.

Piss on the Washington Times.

5 I think I am sensing a trend here.

6 TIME magazine columnist Alex Altman has apparently gotten a hold of some primo heroin.

7

For the Monty DOOM files

Bank of England hints at rate rise by end of year as inflation climbs

Gee, do they calculate their inflation rate different than ours???

8 Gingrich in the Washington Times:  "My two biggest mistakes were being undisciplined and not listening enough.

Listen to this, Newt:  STFU & GTFO before you fuck up conservatives chances to beat the biggest jackhole ever to occupy the White House.

9 Time will print ANYTHING they think will help the Dems.

10 Vic,  Surely by now the Latinos realize that the democrats had two years in which they could have jammed anything through (see: health care) so since I do not believe Hispanic people are stupid,  they know this is bogus talk from him.

My concern is that he will use this as a justification for an executive order, and that his hinting at this (and promising it in private talks) is what  he is using to get the Hispanic vote.

11 Welcome to Hump Day, M&Ms. Our borders are porous, our president is a weasel, and the economy is a disaster on wheels, but at least the trees are in leaf and you can eat outside in comfort. Small victories.

12 Not another Rino.

13 Regarding that Time article,  not only is it the ultimate in wishful thinking for the left,  but I had to see a video ad for Ed Schultz.

No one should have to look at that guy this early in the morning.

Thanks a lot,  Vic!

14 Ill plumbs the depths of stupidity:

Ill. lawmaker says raising obese kids should cost parents at tax time

15 Sears is looking to flee Chicago.

16

My latest trope:

RINO. I do not think it means what you think it means.

"RINO" presumes that the default position of a Repubilcan is the conservative position.  This is not so, and has never been so.  The default position of a Republican is whatever gets the Republican re-elected. 

We're using "RINO" wrong.

17 My concern is that he will use this as a justification for an executive order, and that his hinting at this (and promising it in private talks) is what  he is using to get the Hispanic vote.

He has already ordered ICE to cease arrests.

18 Fuck Newt. Just what we need. A soulless traitorous effeminate mercenary. I  bet Karl Rove loves him.

19 #16  And right across the state line,  Indiana is waiting with lower taxes,  lower cost of living, and tax abatements.

Mitch Daniels is probably drawing up an offer even as we speak.

20 Hey everybody! President Barack "Long Form" Obama has a 60% approval!

21 Bitfch Spaniels.  That's a combover too far.

22 Seriously, how could somebody whose wife treated him like a fucking doormat and twatboy even consider a run for President?  No, Toonces would never go after somebody like that; I don't see ANY fucking problem with that scenario.  What a perfectly wrapped up gift for Preznit Action Hero.

iknowtheleft/Empire of Jeff 2012:  Kicking the JEF back to Indonesia one boot in the ass at a time

23 #23  Daniels has been an excellent governor.  Indiana is in the black, he signed a bill defunding Planned Parenthood, got rid of state employee unions his first day in office, and capped property taxes.

I don't think he would be a good candidate,  and I am thinking he won't run,  anyway.  But he has been a good governor.

24 ....Newt....A soulless traitorous effeminate mercenary.

I'd say that is an accurate and comprehensive assessment.

25 I don't think he would be a good candidate,  and I am thinking he won't run,  anyway.  But he has been a good governor.

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 11, 2011 07:34 AM (Fo83G)

He's very well placed right now.  In the words of Dirty Harry:  "A man's always gotta know his limitations."

26 27 ....Newt....A soulless traitorous effeminate mercenary.

I'd say that is an accurate and comprehensive assessment.


I'd go with leech where it says mercenary; but other that that, yeah.

27 Howie Carr tears Mitt a new one.

28 30 So has what, 3 now?

29 He's very well placed right now.  In the words of Dirty Harry:  "A man's always gotta  got to know his limitations."

FIFYCIJCSTM

30 For everyone who is upset about the field,  I would like to remind you of the group we had in 2000:

Orrin Hatch,  Lamar Alexander,  Elizabeth Dole,  Dan Quayle,  Alan Keyes,  Steve Forbes,  Bob Smith,  John McCain,  and George W. Bush.

Bush's debut came at the governor's conference in Indianapolis,  where he gave a very boring speech.

So,  despite not having a bunch of exciting candidates currently,  we can still win this and should not despair.  One of these people will turn out to be better than we thought (or maybe more than one) so take heart.  The media's reporting on our candidates is geared towards making us depressed and unenthusiastic. Don't let them win.

31 No one should have to look at that guy this early in the morning.

Thanks a lot,  Vic!

Posted by: Miss Marple at May 11, 2011 07:23 AM (Fo83G)

I had to kill the browser to escape!

32 Illinois state Sen. Shane Cultra, R-Onarga wants to take away the subsidy to fat kid's parents.

33

Obama says border is secure enough to begin legalization.

He is one lying son of a bitch.  Nevermind the fact that the deal was secure the border and implement self deportation measures to rid ourselves of the hoards that have no desire to assimilate. 

34 34 That was me and not Vic anyway.

35 The egos of folks like Newt are just astounding. Just go away.

36 From Vic's link:

The law will make it illegal for children younger than 6 to operate ATVs and for children younger than 16 to carry passengers on them.


That is pure nosense.  They have governs on them so your child can't go fast.  They have REMOTE off switches so a parent can turn the thing off if the kid gets too reckless. Age 5 is the perfect age to start your child on one because he is willing to still listen.  By the time they turn 6, they have so many outside influences that it is harder to teach safety. Plus, a fucking class won't help.  Ignorant parents will think 'No, my kid is cool.  I don't have to keep that close an eye on him.  He did pass that safety class.'

My almost 4 year old and my 5 year old both ride them.  As with gun safety, you have to start at age three or so because that is the easiest time to 'influence' your child. 

* If I'm not making sense, blame my lack of coffee.

37 Bush's debut came at the governor's conference in Indianapolis,  where he gave a very boring speech.


Man, I hated Bush for the first few months.  I thought he was a lying idiot.  Then I realized he was actually trying very hard not to insult, not to belittle, and not to preach.  Once I realized that, I found myself agreeing with him.

38 Posted by: ya2daup at May 11, 2011 07:32 AM (/h8IG)

Congrats on your daughter's graduation!

39 Posted by: ya2daup at May 11, 2011 07:48 AM (/h8IG)

Exactly.  The best words I could imagine a Repub candidate saying are "I told Karl Rove to go fuck himself".

40 It is obvious that none of the commenters on this blog had enough government supervision when they were children.  Your parents did not instill the proper sense of respect for arbitrary authority and probably expected that you might fall off a swing set and get a scratched knee. 
Don't you realize that everything is potentially dangerous and that only a knowledgeable high school graduate "state-sanctioned" bureaucrat can assist you to live your life, and the lives of your children, dogs, cats, horses, etc., to the fullest (where fullest is redefined from day to day)?

41 Gas at our local station was $3.81 yesterday morning.

Suddenly it rose to $4.09.

A few hours later, it dropped to $3.99.

It's done this before.  What's the deal?

42 Posted by: nickless at May 11, 2011 07:54 AM (MMC8r)
Capitalism in action?

43 That 2000 lineup wasn't all bad. Steve Forbes and his flat tax had some good ideas but he was "too conservative" for the big tent purists.

44 All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.

45 Obama has ordered the Mississippi River to return to its proper channels and stop this flood immediately.

46 Exactly.  The best words I could imagine a Repub candidate saying are "I told Karl Rove to go fuck himself".

Posted by: Captain Hate at May 11, 2011 07:52 AM (wX23+)

Wait.  I thought we LOVED Karl!

/

47 Man, I hated Bush for the first few months.

I did too. I figured he would be just like his daddy, another NE liberal Republican who would sell us out at the drop of a hat. But he ran further and further to the right during the primary and he didn't go very far back during the general.

I voted for him in the end, but I had some misgivings. Again, he was the lesser of two evils. When his first act was no child gets an education those misgivings started showing fruit.

Then 9-11 came and it was time to quit worrying about RINO and domestic issues.

48 44 It is obvious that none of the commenters on this blog had enough government supervision when they were children.  Your parents did not instill the proper sense of respect for arbitrary authority and probably expected that you might fall off a swing set and get a scratched knee. 
Don't you realize that everything is potentially dangerous and that only a knowledgeable high school graduate "state-sanctioned" bureaucrat can assist you to live your life, and the lives of your children, dogs, cats, horses, etc., to the fullest (where fullest is redefined from day to day)?

Posted by: Hrothgar at May 11, 2011 07:53 AM (yrGif)

Question Authority!!! Fight the Power!! Wait, what?  We're in power now?  Do as you are told!  We have your best interests at heart!

49 We all know that the idiots on MSNBC lie for Dear Leader, but I can't stand it when they say shit like this, knowing their 7 followers will believe the shit the spew.  How can people be so dumb? Seriously, how can people watch someone who gets paid to lie to them, only because the entire network thinks they are stupid, ignorant mouth breathers?:

Chris Matthews: ‘I’m Not A Bush Hater’ But Bush’s Attitude Towards Bin Laden Was ‘Wise-Ass’

“I’m not a Bush hater, but that was wise-ass behavior there. Just wise-ass. I mean this is the rich kid acting like I don’t care about that old girlfriend that dumped me. That was behavioral weirdness right there.”

Walsh agreed, suggesting she found it especially difficult to hear BushÂ’s chuckle from the clip. Yet Walsh theorized there actually was a plan behind BushÂ’s eagerness to steer the conversation away from Bin Laden:

“They were making the case – they decided it was bigger than Bin Laden – they were going to blame the whole thing on Iraq and lie about it. . . . He was laying the groundwork to shift the focus from Bin Laden as the mastermind and the bad guy to Saddam Hussein and Iraq.”

50 Posted by: CDR M at May 11, 2011 08:03 AM (5I8G0)

You guys on high alert (still)?

51 Posted by: Beto at May 11, 2011 07:30 AM (j5CHE)

Discouraging to be sure.  Still, if next fall Obama loses two out of three amongst Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania (and if the election were held today he would probably lose all three), our guy will likely win the election.  Ah, the good old Electoral College, a natural counterweight to biased media reporting and inflated poll numbers.

52 Today is going to be a slow news day. Obama will continue to campaign offering up stupid programs that he thinks will damage Republicans that he knows have zero chances of going anywhere. The MFM will continue to fellate him at every opportunity and hide his screw-ups (or at least try to). Its 2007/2008 all over again.

I hope the hell Republicans have learned from 2007/2008 and know better this time.

53 This is a good description of the potential problem with winning back enough of the 52%'ers in '12 at AT.

I'm not usually big on psychiatry but this is a clear description of the mentality of both the recently fooled and the true believers, while also explaining the apparent raving insanity in the current MBM.

But most people on the left choose denial, if not outright delusion.  Why?  Because, unlike conservatives, progressives don't just carry beliefs; they are their beliefs.  Their ideology is their identity.  
And stripped of this, what would they have left?  Nothing, emptiness, being lost in an unfathomable universe.  This is precisely why people create alternative realities...because the real one is too unbearable. 
So the left attacks and intimidates the messengers, and they do this not just for political expediency.  They do this to quell the doubts inside of them, the ones that threaten to break through their stealth defenses.   

54 I did too. I figured he would be just like his daddy, another NE liberal Republican who would sell us out at the drop of a hat. But he ran further and further to the right during the primary and he didn't go very far back during the general.


All I did for the first two debates is yell, 'Liar!'  It took me a long time to realize he was trying really hard not to lie.  He chose his words very carefully, which actually made him sound like a liar. 

55 I hope the hell Republicans have learned from 2007/2008 and know better this time.

Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2011 08:06 AM (M9Ie6)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*gasp*cough*

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

56 I hope the hell Republicans have learned from 2007/2008 and know better this time.

Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2011 08:06 AM (M9Ie6)

I always enjoy a good laugh first thing in the morning.

57 Comment formatting here has become a trick or treat, sorry.

58 Well, one can hope right?

59 Sears must be getting tired of Chicago telling them how to run their business. Also, the pay-offs to all the pols, community activists, and unions must be hurting the bottom line. Sears used to be the number one retailer in the U.S. but now they are not even close.

60 Why isn't Sen. Lindsey Graham running for POTUS? He'd crush Obama. (Writing that hurt like a bitch.)

61 The current buisness model for marketing is the big box store. Normal everyday people want the best price they can get. The rich people still go to the "elite stores" so there is no "in-between".

I expect Sears/Kmart to fold permanently soon.

62 Can someone please explain the pros/cons of this? Some R's are on board. It doesn't sound like a good thing, but I'm really ignorant when it comes to all of this stuff. I only know what Monty teaches, and we haven't had this class yet
GE's asking leeway on content in exports risks backlash on jobsGeneral Electric Co. and Boeing Co. want leeway to use more foreign-made parts in exports financed by the U.S. government, a move unions say would subsidize sending jobs abroad.

63 Sears would be better off elsewhere.  Every state in the country led by that magical combination of Democratic politicians and union labor management have had their economies driven into the ground.  As so shall it ever be as far as I can tell, because arbitrarily high fixed labor costs coupled with high state taxation and burdensome regulation is just a business killer.

64 Oh this commercial (against Scott Brown) REALLY pisses me off.

League of Women Voters - Scott Brown Wants Kids To Choke To Death

65 GE's asking leeway on content in exports risks backlash on jobsGeneral Electric Co. and Boeing Co. want leeway to use more foreign-made parts in exports financed by the U.S. government, a move unions say would subsidize sending jobs abroad.

Posted by: momma at May 11, 2011 08:16 AM (penCf)

Usually if something pisses off the unions, I'm all for it but this also benefits GE, which I'm not for.

I'm all conflicted.

66  #69 Format FAIL!

GE's asking leeway on content in exports risks backlash on jobs

General Electric Co. and Boeing Co. want leeway to use more foreign-made parts in exports financed by the U.S. government, a move unions say would subsidize sending jobs abroad.

67 Posted by: momma at May 11, 2011 08:16 AM (penCf)

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is another worthless agency created by executive fiat by FDR. What we should do is elliminate the agency totally and every regulation associated with it.

I would surmise that its only function is helping politically connected outfits like GE. It is part of "The American System" and needs to be abolished.

68

I'm all conflicted.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2011 08:19 AM (gFSHO)

See, that is where I am.  I figured one of the more intelligent morons can put me some knowledge.

69

An interesting article concerning inflation vs. deflation.  I contend that food and energy prices are going up due primarily to supply & demand issues, rather than monetary policy, so this may be cherry picking on my part - but the numbers should speak for themselves.

http://tinyurl.com/4xgogdh

 

70 From Nice Deb:

Politifact notes that ObamaÂ’s proposed 2011 budget requested a reduction of 181 Border Patrol agents.

71 Ladies:

The government should neither provide funding to assist exports, nor set rules regarding percentages of parts' origination.

If the exporters have a sound business model they will need no assistance from the government, and any sound business model includes the acquisition of parts necessary for that enterprise.

72 Obama Lackey Compares Radical Cop-Killer Promoting Poet ‘Common’ to the ‘Pedophile Enabling’ Pope (Video)

73 Food and Energy prices are going up due to BOTH.

74 Why does CA Dept of Transportation have any say over a memorial?!

'An impermissible act of public expression' - CA Dept. of Trans.  They are trying to say no one can fly a flag in public right of ways.

California Agency Rejects Veterans Memorial Over American Flag

75 JAWA:
Gunbattle On US-Mexico Border Lake Kills 13

76 According to the WSJ, the JEF is about to double down on stoopid after giving head to illegal immigrants yesterday; as early as next week he could unveil a new Moooooooooooooslim outreach featuring that perpetual favorite of banging on the joooooooooos to accomodate the palis.  Rather than concentrate on the pro democracy movements in the ME, which Prezit Action Hero has done about as little as possible to support, McFly will do the bidding of every fucking murdering dictator and community organize for the human garbage who just forged a "unity government" with the Hamassholes.

Just fucking brilliant.

77
Bad boy Howie Carr scribes Maybe Mitt Could Just Call in Sick.

78 Good Lord! Why haven't we heard about this issue before?????  From Fox

Issa: No Subpoena for Obama's Budget Director Over Contracting Dispute

The House Oversight Committee has decided not to move ahead with a subpoena for President ObamaÂ’s budget director, Fox News learned Tuesday night. The chief government investigator in Congress was initially planning to subpoena budget director Jack Lew to probe why the White House is considering tying government contracts to political contributions.

This isn't a GD contracting dispute you idiots. It is outright blatant corruption. if a Republican did this it would not have been a "no subpoena" issue after the fact. The initial report would have 50 point headline news for a month.

And on top of this Issa has folded like a cheap dime store suit.

79
Howie Carr again with Maybe Mitt Can Just Call in Sick

80 primarily to supply & demand issues, rather than monetary policy, so this may be cherry picking on my part - but the numbers should speak for themselves.

Posted by: Reactionary at May 11, 2011 08:24 AM (xUM1Q)

Think you are right on there--economics is a multi-dimensional problem.  In the two D model it seems there is a supply and demand component AND there is a intrinsic/perceived value assigned to the exchange currency (which has a speculative element as dollars received today may not be spent until next week).

If more people need energy, the price goes up due to finite capacity.  If I perceive the fiat dollars will be worth less next week, the price goes up.  The former problem "might" be solved by an increase in production (if possible or allowed).  The latter one might never be solved (within our lifetimes).

81 45 Gas at our local station was $3.81 yesterday morning.

Suddenly it rose to $4.09.

A few hours later, it dropped to $3.99.

It's done this before.  What's the deal?

Posted by: nickless at May 11, 2011 07:54 AM (MMC8r)

The same thing happened here in Baltimore.  I got gas for $3.91 yesterday and today I was driving my kids to school and the same station had it at $4.17.  WTF?

82 ......Golf Digest's "Washington's Top 150" list with President Barack Obama, also a reported 17-handicapper.
 
At long last. His handicap revealed. Since he always lies, it must be at least a 27. With a 17 (or 27) handicap, it means they stop counting strokes over par after 2-3 over per hole.
 
Please join in with me in laughing at the 'Golfer in Chief'. He's a hacker. hahahaha

83 Please join in with me in laughing at the 'Golfer in Chief'. He's a hacker. hahahaha

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2011 08:39 AM (ENKCw)

In ooooh so many ways.

84 Posted by: momma at May 11, 2011 08:31 AM (penCf)
An Amerikkkan flag visible from the highway might incite the driver of a van-load of illegal aliens, peacefully commuting to their lawn care jobs, into an act of road rage.  Voila!

85 I used to run across Newt every few months or so in the local restaurants or Nordstrom (oddly). Did you know that his skin is so bad he appears to be the test rabbit for smallpox? It's really quite alarming. His wives/skanks/sex staff must all be blind.

86 Please join in with me in laughing at the 'Golfer in Chief'. He's a hacker. hahahaha

Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2011 08:39 AM (ENKCw)

You'd think that playing so much would make him better than a 17.  Oh yeah, if he is really a 17 I'll eat my fucking shoe.

Same magazine has Sheriff Joe as a 7.  Riiighttt!

87 Damn.....sorry about the font.

88 I want the long form score card.

89

>>I'm all conflicted.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2011 08:19 AM (gFSHO)

See, that is where I am.  I figured one of the more intelligent morons can put me some knowledge.

Posted by: momma at May 11, 2011 08:21 AM (penCf)

I'm not one to get conflicted, but I'm sure a couple of shooters would help bring some resolution.

This  appears to be yet another nexus of government regulation and union lifelines, and the sooner we are rid of both, the better for all of us and our GDP.

90

Usually if something pisses off the unions, I'm all for it but this also benefits GE, which I'm not for.

I'm all conflicted.

Posted by: Tami at May 11, 2011 08:19 AM (gFSHO)

Fuck GE. They manufacture very little here any longer outside their aircraft engines and turbines...and they pay no taxes. All of their applinances and other consumer goods are imported.

Fuck 'em ...let 'em fold. Pratt and Whitney makes great engines. 

Boeing on the other hand is being forced to kowtow to the unions by President Petey and his thugs. We have no one to replace them if they leave or go under.

...but guess which one will the breaks

91 Sears having its HQ in Chicago made sense when Sears actually made/distributed materials out of Chicago. In the 1950s. As it is, a move from Chicago will reduce their payments to single-party government by 50 percent (still have to work the folks in PRC making all those products).

92

The same thing happened here in Baltimore.  I got gas for $3.91 yesterday and today I was driving my kids to school and the same station had it at $4.17.  WTF?

Fluctuations in the commodity market.

93 Has the JEF ever played with pros as a celebrity type thing?  I know that Jack Nicklaus once played with Clenis and was steaming at how many mulligans and outright lying about the number of strokes the red-nosed predator did.  I figure B+ Hussein can only be worse.

94 Her is Common's twitter Account:  http://twitter.com/#!/COMMON

95 Yeah, sorry about format.  Not sure what happened there.

96 As usual Obama is lying.  A 17 handicap means he shoots (depending on the course) around a 90-95 straight up.  I golf regularly and I've seen his swing.  I won't go off on a big golf tangent, but suffice to say it's clear by inspection that he can't shoot 90.  My guess is he can't break 100 if he's scoring correctly.  It's no sin or anything because most people can't, but whatever you shoot it's silly to lie about it because everyone who plays can tell by watching.

97 nickless - free market

98 Bristol Palin says she had corrective jaw surgeryTwo sentences struck me as odd:

The new look, complete with Palin losing 5 pounds, was unveiled April 30 at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington, D.C.
...
The Palin family's lawyer declined to comment to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

99 All the big name companies like Sears in IL are angling for special tax breaks. IL has already done this for several other big companies that were threatening to leave. No small companies have the clout to get these special deals.
 
Government, picking winners and losers once again. Gee, I bet there won't be any large campaign contributions involved either. I'm so glad I got out of the tax hellhole that is IL decades ago.

100

I'd like to know when self-absorbed rappers started to be identified as "poets" in the first place. 

Morning, all!

101 Posted by: Blacksheep at May 11, 2011 08:50 AM (5cGDj)
 
+100
 
I also suspect he is a big fan of the 'foot wedge'.

102

Sorry, but... LMAO!

Son says bin Laden sea burial demeans family

1) Good, because your family deserves to be demeaned, son.

2) I agree that bin Laden shouldn't have received a sea burial.  He should have been strung up by his ankles in the middle of Islamabad, surrounded by pressure sensitive landmines to prevent anyone from reaching his body, and left to rot and fester, and then his bleached bones crushed and churned into meal and fed to pigs.  I think that would have been much more appropriate and fitting to a man of his standing.

3) You want to sue for proof?  Really?  Oh, kiddo, bring it ON.  Our President is so messed up in the head you won't get anything of value.  Though he may give you an iPod fully stocked with all of his speeches, including the one announcing your asshole father's double-tap death.  Enjoy.

103 If there was ANY doubts left about how boned CA is, check this out:
 
High pay and benefits for lifeguards in Newport Beach is the latest example of frustrating levels of compensation for public employees. More than half the cityÂ’s full-time lifeguards are paid a salary of over $100,000 and all but one of them collect more than $100,000 in total compensation including benefits. When thinking about career options with high salaries, lifeguarding is probably not one of the first jobs to come to mind. But it apparently should.
 
WTF

104 "poets" in the first place. 

Morning, all!

Posted by: MWR at May 11, 2011 08:55 AM (4df7R)

"Poet" sounds so much better than "thug", but then I am into nuance.

105

O/T OUCH

Iowahawk tweeted: Newt loves america until it gets cancer...

106 Sigh. Font fail once again. Need more coffee.

107 are the republicans that stupid?  Do they really think they have two candidates in the race and aren't being played by the dems?

108 Vic, EXIM Bank, really the Export Bank, dont think they do imports any more, is the stick for us in settling trade disputes.  Basically, somebody - say France - subsidizes and bribes their Airbus into a competitive position via Boeing.  It gets documented and discussed, the WTO either rules or it doesn't, then EXIM gives Boeing a loan guarantee for the job - which allows Boeing to finance the program at a better rate and undercut the French.  They are referred to as the Boeing Bank in DC.

In order to balance out the Beoing deal; EXIM has to do hundreds of small business loan guarentees for political risk and currency risk (balance of payments issues).  They are also the US Berne Union - balance of trade/payments bank.

I think they are entirely fee supported or mostly as well.  So EXIM would be one of the last agencies I would cut; OPIC should go before EXIM.  You could probably merge EXIM with the USTR (US Trade Representative); for a minor savings in rent/support staff - last time I dealt with them they were both in old government buildings in DC so that wouldn't be much.

109 Posted by: Blacksheep at May 11, 2011 08:50 AM (5cGDj)   +100   I also suspect he is a big fan of the 'foot wedge'. I'm a bogey golfer - 19 handicap. That's nothing to crow about, but I've seen video of this limpdick on the driving range. His swing looks like a retard caught his arm in a revolving door. No fucking way he's a 17 handicap.

110 Posted by: curious at May 11, 2011 09:05 AM (k1rwm)

They say he's crazy, but it just might be a lunatic we're looking for!

111 If I were a snarky "Pub congressman; I would offer a bill on this issue of reporting federal campaign contributions by contractors -- and include a rider that requires Obama's golf mates to report the number of mulligans grant or strokes forgotten as an in-kind contribution.  The man is a narcissus - those strokes have value.

112 Ahh, the Paki politicians reminding us once what is most important about bin Laden (bolding is mine):
 
A group of Pakistani politicians including a former minister hijacked proceedings in parliament to offer prayers for the death of Osama bin Laden, little more than a week after he was killed in a US Navy Seal raid. Their actions will heighten suspicions that parts of the Islamabad government or the powerful military establishment sympathised with the al-Qaeda leader, and may have sheltered him from justice. "Bin Laden was an international figure and above all a Muslim ... I took it as my religious duty to offer prayers for him," said Maulvi Asmatullah, an independent Member of the National Assembly
 
Yeah, forget all about that inconvenient mass murdering stuff.

113 109 I'd like to know when self-absorbed rappers started to be identified as "poets" in the first place. When the douchbag in question does AIDS awareness PSA's.. (that's when I first saw Common and wondered who the hell this dude is.. Then he started to show up elsewhere.. But those AIDS PSAs just come off as preachy )

114 'm a bogey golfer - 19 handicap. That's nothing to crow about, but I've seen video of this limpdick on the driving range. His swing looks like a retard caught his arm in a revolving door. No fucking way he's a 17 handicap.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 11, 2011 09:07 AM (OW0nw)

I agree wholeheartedly.  If this turd is a 17 I'll eat my shoe.  If he has ever broken 90 legitimately I'll throw in the other shoe. 

115 In other boring news, the Post Office continues to haemmorhage  money faster than Moochelle can gnaw through a waygu steak. They have just about used up their line of credit with the Treasury and could go into default by September. Yawn.
 
In all fairness, a big chunk of their problem is Congress itself, which won't allow them to make needed changes to adjust to a world with less snail mail being used.

116 >>"Bin Laden was an international figure and above all a Muslim ... I took it as my religious duty to offer prayers for him," said Maulvi Asmatullah, an independent Member of the National Assembly
 Yeah, forget all about that inconvenient mass murdering stuff.
Posted by: GnuBreed at May 11, 2011 09:10 AM (ENKCw)

The part that you boldfaced implies that infidels died, and that it was a feature and not a bug, and this is inconvenient for the MBM to report, to say the least.

117 Current headline on Yahoo News: KERRY HEADS FOR PAKISTAN TO SOOTHE FURY OVER BIN LADEN RAID So expect WWIII to erupt any day now.

118 GalleonÂ’s Rajaratnam Found Guilty

Don't know if you guys follow this.

<quote>
He is the most prominent figure convicted in the governmentÂ’s crackdown on insider trading on Wall Street.

Mr. Rajaratnam, who was convicted on all 14 counts, faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced.

Mr. Rajaratnam is expected to appeal.</quote>

119 He is the most prominent figure convicted in the governmentÂ’s crackdown on insider trading on Wall Street.

He is the one who contributed least to Barky's campaign. I have zero confidence in the integrity of these prosecutions. I also think "insider trading" is one of the phoniest laws on the books there is.

120 Vic, I agree that it is likely to matter what political connections you have, as to whether you are prosecuted.  But can you expand on why you think insider trading laws are phony.  Inconsistent prosecution? I understand the beef there.  But the law itself?

121 "The verdict is in: Galleon founder Raj Rajaratnam has been found guilty of all counts.

After almost two weeks of jury deliberations, he was charged and found guilty of 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy: 9 of those counts pertained to insider trading, and the remaining 5 counts were on conspiracy to commit fraud."

122 @ 133 great minds . . .

123 134 @ 133 great minds . . .

Posted by: Flounder at May 11, 2011 11:41 AM (Kkt/i)

I don't know why the link didn't work, here it is again.

I thought it was fascinating that they asked for that recording yesterday.

124 John Dowd said "we're down to 14 counts from 37 we'll see what happens in the second circuit"  attorney for Raj who holds dual American and Sri-lanka citizenship

125 the guys at Zero Hedge weigh in: "Here is the official guideline: U.S. SAYS RAJARATNAM FACES 15 1/2 YEAR TO 19 1/2 YEAR-TERM."

126 But the law itself?

What good does it do? Inconsistent enforcement doesn't go far enough in describing the BS that goes on with that law.

If it was up to me I would eliminate the SEC and all its regulations. The laws against fraud and breech of contract are enough.

127 Here's the flashing red light I was searching for.  No headline of drudge?

128 Posted by: Vic at May 11, 2011 11:51 AM (M9Ie6)

yes, big victory but, how big a list could be made of folks that haven't been charged?  and maybe should have been?

129 @138 Thanks for the clarification.

"What good does it do?"

It helps create the facade that the market for publicly traded securities is a level playing field (falsely or not), thereby encouraging public investment.  But as you point out, it takes enforcement for this to result in a good, or as we say around here, a good-good.

"If it were up to me . . ." 

I, for one, welcome our beneficent overlord Vic at May 11, 2011 11:51 AM (M9Ie6, the wise.

I kid, but I think we are of the same ideological mindset.

Thanks again.

130 "10 Super Rich Guys Who Jumped Bail"

131 My mom always says that "years ago" you weren't allowed to maintain dual citizenship.  Is that true?

A hand full of cases in how many years?  

Memories, more memories

132 It's funny to watch David report from the vegas hedge fund conference saying "shock waves are going through the conference".  What good timing to have the verdict come out when all the hedgies are having their convention?

133 more info on this case.

134 The SEC and its host of regulations were put in place by FDR. Enough said.

135 Liberals are all in a tizzy over this guy's expression of freedom of speech.

136 So it was Newt's dismal performance as majority leader that made Ariana into a liberal?  Good God how many bit shit crazy liberals is Boehner creating right now?

137

White House senior adviser David Plouffe was years ago quoted saying the notion of a Huntsman candidacy made him "queasy."

Hey, David Plouffe and I agree on something!  Go figure.

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