Conservative opponents said they would try to block the closure of Guantanamo and rejected Obama’s call to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force, passed in September 2001 and the legal basis for much of the “war on terror.”
Obama knows Republicans would never repeal this foundational law that authorizes just about every awful ‘counterterrorist’ thing we do, he looks like a good dude for running it up the flag pole and nothing will change.
Mission accomplished, let’s get on with killin’ folks.
Mayor Bloomberg went on a spitting-mad rant against a city cab-fleet boss who won a court victory over Hizzoner’s planned “Taxi of Tomorrow” — vowing to “destroy your f–king industry” when he leaves office, The Post has learned.
A fuming Bloomberg made the threat against Taxi Club Management CEO Gene Freidman at Madison Square Garden’s private 1879 Club during last Thursday’s Knick playoff game, a witness said yesterday.
Maybe he’s angry because he’s short and has a small penis.
Warren began by speaking about a string of scandals that emerged as a result of the continued existence of “too big to fail banks.” Despite this evidence and the fact that many officials have admitted the dangers to the economic system posed by big banks, Warren noted that various members of President Barack Obama’s administration have appeared unwilling to prescribe concrete measures to address them.
Doing exactly what she said she was going to do when she was running for the Senate.
It’s called following through without watering your ideas down beyond recognition.
What capitalism can’t live with is an end to class exploitation. So you could have half the CEOs of the Fortune 500 be female, 12 percent or so black, etc., and you’d still have a massively lopsided distribution of income and power.
Anti-women ideas and anti-black/minority ideas help to justify class exploitation, as in you shouldn’t be the same as the white man, but the end all big kahuna of the capitalist game is workers don’t get paid, management/control gets paid.
Workers and management.
Rulers and ruled.
Rich and poor.
You know, the common themes of the human shitpile.
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama believes firmly in freedom of the press and does not want journalists to be prosecuted for doing their jobs, the White House said on Tuesday….
When we see some signature strikes on reporters we will know that we have descended to an even lower rung of the police state.
…said Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase’s presiding director and the former CEO of Exxon Mobil. “All you need to know is that the board can fire management and management cannot fire the board.”
YTD recordings listened to: 392
Good music, not recommended for purchase: 249
Not good music: 114
Honorable Mentions: 10
Buys: 12
Possibles: Sidsel Endresen & Stan Westerhus, Boyd Rivers, Abdoulaye Alhassane Toure, Cryptopsy, Nick Waterhouse, Patterson Hood, Skyzoo, Chris McGregor, Brother Ali (2009), Alvin Youngblood Hart, Bob Gluck Trio, Ether Net, Oddisee, Holly Williams, Dave Arner Trio, Graveola, Cyanide Pills, Trap Them, Orchestra Super Mazembe, Mark Lanegan & Duke Garwood, Inzinzac
@@@ Thirty Seconds to Mars: Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (Virgin, 2013) Opens up with birth and some breathy, male orgasm singing. Strike one, I hate that shit! Big, big production — almost soundtrack-y in its bigness. I expect to see some big, steroided out superhero dude shot up and shit stumbling towards a hot girl and picking her up and saving her. Second tune Conquistador, rips a Wolfmother guitar riff — strike two! No stealing. I’ve not heard so many whoa ho backup vocals since I crashed a Bon Jovi barbecue. Strike three! This record stinks.
@@@ Anciients: Heart of Oak (Season of Mist, 2013). Off the CFUV weekly email. I need me a little heavy music to cleanse the pallette after that regrettable Thirty Seconds to Mars. This record opens up more proggy than metal, but I anticipate (and hope) that skulls will get crushed. And there she blows, right on time. Some classic riffage that segues into the double kick drum head smash. I love it, horns up in the air you shittaz! I love saying that with my kids but this isn’t really Satanic music — it’s heavy, quasi-operatic metal. Check it out. The second tune, Overthrone, gets to the mash down purdy quick. Not my favorite style of metal, but the guitarist and drummer really push this along well.
@@@ Impetigo: Horror of the Zombies (Friendly Fire, 2013). Let’s keep on the metal tip with this record from the Omega weekly email. This is your thrash/throat whoop metal. Interspersed with vocal snippets from serial murderers and generally anti-social bastards this is not the kind of record you throw on around Christmas. Part horror movie, part post hardcore freakshow. It appears from the Youtube clip that this might be a re-issue from about 5 years ago but it is as fresh and Satanic as the sweat coming off Dick Cheney’s ill brow.
@@@ Andrey Kiritchenko: Misterrious (Spekk, 2008) This ambient recording was recommended to me by the MOG referral machine. The first tune, Let Oneself In, is a blend of nature sounds, slow piano single key playing, single line acoustic guitar and bells. A tad New Age-y. The second tune builds on the formula of the first with the addition of a bass (electric I believe) and some drums. It’s all right, a little too light for my taste. This clip below is not from the record, but from around the same time.
Yesterday I went to Politico’s front page and got a pop up ad for GE appliances on sale at Home Depot for Memorial Day.
What are the odds given that was the only advertising on the front page of Politico that they would criticize/investigate/cast negative light on either General Electric or Home Depot?
Pretty slim.
What’s the cumulative effect of all the papers and major news sites taking advertising dollars and then not criticizing the actions of their advertisers?
They roll over and you get a corporate based society instead of a human based society.
