Bethany Matta

in front of the destroyed Presidential Palace in Kabul

Two Tablets

Separation of Church and State

Three generations of imbeciles are enough

George Jr wanted to drill in the Caribou calving grounds.
Buck v. Bell(1927)

Funny

Quick Memes

Today's Geography

Iran is close to many US military outposts.
We have a base in Herat? Ahh, Shindad Airbase.
I see the base in Kandahar

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In Dog We Trust

Georgia adds a motto to its license plate.
It's not "Mmmm, peaches".

There comes a time when

the opposition is not to be reasoned with,
but to be reckoned with.
That time is a bleak time.

MF - radical fundamentalist

Everybody has a price.

The Pipeline

will create thousands of jobs,
good paying jobs.

Me and the Hancock 38

December 1st in DeWitt town court

Another world is possible

Another US is necessary
EastBay Social Forum 2012

Intelligence failure

PDB: Bin Laden determined to strike in the US
OK. You've covered your ass.

Garrison Keilor, William Blake

And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On England's pleasant pastures seen?

And did the Countenance Divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here,
Among those dark Satanic mills?

Bring me my Bow of burning gold,
Bring me my Arrows of desire,
Bring me my Spear; O clouds unfold!
Bring me my Chariot of fire!

I will not cease from Mental Fight,
Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand,
Till we have build Jerusalem
In England's green & pleasant Land.

Elizabeth Warren

on healthcare
You think if you have health insurance, you are safe.
No.

Truth, Justice, theAmericanWay

Status update on the never ending battle.

Godspeed You Black Emperor

lift your skinny fist

Too big to jail

Glenn Greenwald
and the rule of lawlessness.
Nader remembers 9/11.

Bill of Attainder

Why are the laws that restrict the releasing of the Guantanamo prisoners who are cleared for release not unconstitutional as bills of attainder?

People Are Prisoners

remember Troy Davis

Bloomberg shuts down OWS

but the cat is out of the bag.

The Levellers at the Putney Debates: 1647

Thus Thomas Rainsborough argued:
For really I think that the poorest he that is in England hath a life to live, as the greatest he; and therefore truly, Sr, I think it clear, that every Man that is to live under a Government ought first by his own Consent to put himself under that Government; and I do think that the poorest man in England is not at all bound in a strict sense to that Government that he hath not had a voice to put Himself under.

The Last Refuge of Scoundrels - the flag

Too Big To Fail is Too Big.
Q: What did Wall Street get for donating to Obama in 2008?
A: Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury rather than Stiglitz,
and Larry Summers, and JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon's bonus.

The Reign of Terror - 21st century style

Original Guy

a penny for the guy?

Bev Rice

Arrested and jailed for demonstrating in front of the White House.

Drinking in public

If the boys hadn't come, there would have been plenty of wine.
Pastor: "John's followers fast, but you guys party."
Mary: "Why do You hang around with those people."
Assistant Manager: "Shows frequent lapses of judgement."

Entitlement reform

French Revolution style

If crucifixion is so bad for you

why did Christ do it?
blood on the tracks

Pride

Is a sin.
Pride says, you're exceptional.

Original Sin

Was it thinking "Am I not God?"
Original and still popular.

Super committee

Q: Will the super committee's plan differ from the default?
A: Huh?

Tax the rich.
Bring the weapons home.

Boo

You should be afraid.

The notion that anyone will not be welcome in heaven

is insane

Tom Perez to speak in Buffalo Oct 27th

Buffalo Club (388 Delaware at Edward) at noon.
Register in advance at bit.ly/PerezBuffaloClub
$25 in advance, $30 at the door.
See Ray McGovern's report of a previous Perez appearance at bit.ly/q15f7y (War is a Crime)

They Got Bailed Out - Day 13

We got sold out.
September 29: www.flickr.com/photos/zokuga/6196095827
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Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Clean up. Wall Street.

Is the Constitution quaint?

Glenn Greenwald asks.

The lesson of slavery

What is the lesson of slavery?
That southerners were blinded by self interest?
Or that people can be blinded by self-interest?
-or-
People who are making money
will defend the methods
no matter how vile.

Senior coffee

Age discrimination.

No middle class

No Las Vegas

He has guts, has backbone

Unfortunately, other parts were missing.

Has anyone forgotten

That on this day, ten years ago, nineteen young male muslims, mostly from Saudi Arabia, and educated in the USA, organized out of Germany, crashed four jetliners into targets in the USA,
and began all the trouble, so they say.

Since that time, the assholes have largely won.

BoA

The gold standard of white collar crime.

The new middle east

The old middle east, the second world, is falling.
The corruption has gone too far for too long.
The land is being split between Iran and the USA.
i think

Baths for the homeless

in Paris. Bains*Douches

Jobless recovery

If you need a job,
a jobless recovery is not a recovery;
it is the same ol' same old.

If you have a job,
it is still not a recovery,
just you might not be let go.

A jobless recovery is a recovery for business;
for the owners of the means of production.

If you have two coats, give one to him who has none

I hear many churches are pressing the government
to enact this moral legislation.
Similar law in the works for houses.
KJV Luke 3:11

A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

If you own a boat, you are probably ok.
If you live in a low-lying area, you might be swept away.

For workers, the union is their boat.
The others, ...

The future of America

Flint, Michigan.
Or Detroit, says Dmitri.

Six Trillion Dollars worth

30,000 of them, in 1967, at $200,000,000 per.
Yup.
That's less than an F-22 at 3 for a billion

Protecting Missouri

Stealth technology.
Another great idea
whose time will never come.

Asymmetric Warfare: War 4.0

This is what is has come down to.

Antarctica - Mostly Dead Continent

But inside the limestone, green.

Temple Grandin

has been retained by the Social Security Administration
to design their new processing facilities.

Luis Gutiérrez

For President.

Chris Hedges

The sky is falling, and other stories.

If they don't want elections abroad

what makes you think they want them here?
. Chile - Allende
. Afghanistan - Karzai
. Gaza - Hamas
. Iran - Mosaddegh
. Guatemala - Árbenz
. Egypt - Mubarak
. 2000 Florida - recount
. 2004 Ohio - eight hour lines
. 1897 Indiana
. Haiti - Aristide, Lavalas
. Spain - Franco
more...

Abu Ghraib

First it was Sadaam's torture chamber.
Then it was Donald's.
The Handover.

General say he need missle

to protect from big American carrier.
"We feel very dangerous" he say,
"and plus I get missile patch".

The latest on GITMO Uyghurs

China criticizes tiny Palau for taking Uyghurs.
This make Palau not need Chinese hotel.

Atwar Bahjat

Reporter for Al-Arabiya, killed after reporting on
the bombing of the Samarra mosque, long ago.

Made in the USA

Tear gas canisters, and
paper money.

The "Support Our Troops" ribbons
are made in Malaysia.

Why are there officers and enlisted?

The eldest son inherits the estate,
the second son becomes an officer, and
the third goes into the church hierarchy.

Entitlement reform

What? What?

Why did the grid fail so badly?

Sure, the nuclear plants failed, and all that.
But why did the grid fail so badly?
No external power for so long... ?
Isn't that an important question?