Lamar Alexander Claims Harry Reid Manufactured a Crisis on Disaster Relief
September 25, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media (h/t Heather at VideoCafe) When Sen. Lamar Alexander resigned his leadership position in the GOP , I had a faint hope that Alexander was protesting the caricature his party has become with the increasing but clueless influence of the tea party. But no, that was for naught, as his very first Sunday show appearance after his Good Bye Cruel GOP letter of resignation was to blame Senate Leader Harry Reid for “manufacturing a crisis” in terms of the potential for another government shutdown over funding disaster relief for Hurricane Irene : CROWLEY: Senator Alexander, let me ask you if you buy into Senator Warner’s premise, which is that tea party folks are basically at fault, I think I’m — that’s not a direct quote, but that the tea party-backed folks in the House are the ones behind this stalemate that is now threatening yet another government shutdown. Do you agree with that? SEN. LAMAR ALEXANDER (R), TENNESSEE: No, I don’t. You know, I’ll give the Senate Democratic leader most of the credit. He manufactured a crisis all week about disaster when there’s no crisis. Everybody knows we’re going to pay for every single penny of disaster aid that the president declares and that FEMA certifies. And the House sent over a bill that does that and the Senate should have approved it. What it did was take $1.5 billion of unobligated funds and say, we’re going to — instead of adding to the debt we’re going to not add to the debt when we do this. No crisis? Our third approach to a government shutdown in a year due to the ridiculous hostage taking of the Republican Party and it’s Harry Reid that is manufacturing the crisis? We are well and truly in Bizarro-land. But of course, it’s not for Candy Crowley to point out that every little thing is being held up by the Republicans in congress, making this one of the least productive congressional sessions in history . And if “everybody knows” that Congress will approve the disaster aid, then what is the kabuki theater that the tea party Republicans insist upon? Why are Republicans suddenly now looking for budgetary offsets when they approved trillions of off-budget expenditures while they held the majority? Of course, none of this was raised by Crowley in response. Why give her viewers any context or facts to assess Alexander’s statement?
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September 25, 2011 No CommentClick here to view this media (h/t Heather at VideoCafe) When Sen. Lamar Alexander resigned his leadership position in the GOP , I had a faint hope that Alexander was protesting the caricature his party has become with the increasing but clueless influence of the tea party. But no, that was for naught, as his very first Sunday show appearance after his Good Bye Cruel GOP letter of resignation was to blame Senate Leader Harry Reid for “manufacturing a crisis” in terms of the potential for another government shutdown over funding disaster relief for Hurricane Irene : CROWLEY: Senator Alexander, let me ask you if you buy into Senator Warner’s premise, which is that tea party folks are basically at fault, I think I’m — that’s not a direct quote, but that the tea party-backed folks in the House are the ones behind this stalemate that is now threatening yet another government shutdown. Do you agree with that? SEN. LAMAR ALEXANDER (R), TENNESSEE: No, I don’t. You know, I’ll give the Senate Democratic leader most of the credit. He manufactured a crisis all week about disaster when there’s no crisis. Everybody knows we’re going to pay for every single penny of disaster aid that the president declares and that FEMA certifies. And the House sent over a bill that does that and the Senate should have approved it. What it did was take $1.5 billion of unobligated funds and say, we’re going to — instead of adding to the debt we’re going to not add to the debt when we do this. No crisis? Our third approach to a government shutdown in a year due to the ridiculous hostage taking of the Republican Party and it’s Harry Reid that is manufacturing the crisis? We are well and truly in Bizarro-land. But of course, it’s not for Candy Crowley to point out that every little thing is being held up by the Republicans in congress, making this one of the least productive congressional sessions in history . And if “everybody knows” that Congress will approve the disaster aid, then what is the kabuki theater that the tea party Republicans insist upon? Why are Republicans suddenly now looking for budgetary offsets when they approved trillions of off-budget expenditures while they held the majority? Of course, none of this was raised by Crowley in response. Why give her viewers any context or facts to assess Alexander’s statement?
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The medium is the message. That’s really all you need to know about this junk food marketing . Integrated ad agency RedPepper , which prides itself on communication via “human-centered, highly-spreadable ‘things’,” assembled a group of stoners employees to answer the age-old question: can cookies convey QR codes ? No, never pondered that ultimate mystery before? Well, bust out the smartphone and get to scanning this collection of 441 black and gold Oreos for the answer. We won’t ruin the URL-directing surprise for you, but prepare to be minorly underwhelmed — it’s not like the company’s heralding the return of glorious trans fat. Curiosity piqued? Then head past the break for the how’d they do that ? hyper-speed video and its Daft Punk backing track. (Disclaimer: No cookies were harmed in the filming of this project, only consumed.) Continue reading QReo is for cookie, that’s good enough to scan (video) QReo is for cookie, that’s good enough to scan (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 25 Sep 2011 21:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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dondrapersayswhat created a wonderful supercut featuring all 50 US State Capital Cities mentioned in movie scenes. via Doobybrain Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Laughing Squid Discovery Date : 25/09/2011 19:03 Number of articles : 2
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Any dog or cat owner will speak of a favored toy that, in the course of being gnawed, shredded, punctured, torn, eviscerated, has become an indispensable companion to their pet. They will recount with wonder their pet’s specific manner of ravaging this toy, or even try to convince you that a deliberate pattern of transformation is at work. But do they ever really see this bedraggled object of their beloved pet’s desire? For our new photo book “Chewed,” we decided to take a close look at these comically distorted creatures. We began by coaxing these casualties of tough love from pet-owning friends. Soon we were swamped with boxes containing plush animals, rubber squeakies and unidentifiable bits and pieces. We photographed these slobbery victims in a formal yet humorous style as seen through the eyes of the adoring pet. Below are excerpts from delightful and poignant short stories by contributors who were inspired by their favorite “Chewed” photograph: visit www.chewedbook.com.
Continue reading …Facebook Charging In 2011: Chain Letter Spreads False Rumor (PICTURES)
September 25, 2011 No Comment
Is Facebook about to start charging its users to access the social network? No, but a new chain letter making its way across Facebook walls wants you to think so. This rumor comes after Facebook’s recent f8 conference in San Francisco, where the company announced sweeping changes to its Open Graph platform, allowing more sharing than ever before. During the event, Facebook also unveiled a radical new profile layout that will significantly change the look of users’ personal pages. The chain letter claiming Facebook will begin charging this year alleges that the site must charge its users a fee to pay for the new profile design. The phony warning reads thus: IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY Take a look at the chain letter, in the form of a Facebook post (below), courtesy of Sophos’s Naked Security blog. Sophos’s Graham Cluley calls the rumor “poppycock.” Writes Cluley, “Facebook doesn’t need to charge you to use Facebook, it’s making plenty of money already by allowing advertisers to reach its 800 million users.” We’ve heard similar rumors in the past, all equally untrue. A nearly identical rumor, falsely claiming Facebook would begin charging and deleting free accounts, spread virally on the heels of Facebook’s announcement of a Skype-powered video chat feature. Whenever doubts arise in users’ minds about whether Facebook will remain free, they have only to check out Facebook’s login page, where the company asserts the following: “It’s free and always will be.” LOOK: Fortunately, the most harm you can do by posting this current rumor is to further misinform your fellow Facebookers. However, scams periodically surface on the social network, and unsuspecting users who fall for them can end up spamming all their friends, or worse. Take a look at the 9 Facebook scams to watch out for (below), a slideshow which originally appeared here.
Continue reading …‘The Good Wife’ Actor Charges Tea Party Imbued with ‘Homophobia and Racism’
September 25, 2011 No Comment
Actor Alan Cumming ( IMDb page ), who was born in Britain and plays the scheming campaign manager “ Eli Gold ” on CBS’s The Good Wife which has its season premiere tonight on CBS, contended on CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight that the U.S. is “full of such hatred in terms of politics.” The bi-sexual actor conceded the Tea Party has “some quite sensible notions,” but he charged “that kind of seems to be an umbrella thing that just covers up a lot of real homophobia and racism.” Referring to opposition to same-sex marriage, Cumming insisted: “I just think the Tea Party is out of touch with America, actually. That’s the sad thing for them to have to come to terms with.” Back in March, he declared : “I wanted to become a U.S. citizen so that I could vote for [Barack] Obama.” From the Thursday, September 22 Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, on which Cumming appeared with three other actors from the show, including Christine Baranski: PIERS MORGAN: What do you think of all these politicians, talking of politics, who on the Tea Party side of the Republicans, are coming out and saying same-sex marriage is disgusting and can't happen? ALAN CUMMING: Well, I think if — I think, you know, there's such — America’s this country full of such hatred in terms of politics and the politics of hate is so rampant. And now the only kind of minority that can really be dealt with in that way is the gay population. So it kind of makes sense. But, of course, I just think it's — I think it's awful. I think that the Tea Party have some very, very — some quite sensible notions, actually, when — on paper. But also that kind of seems to be an umbrella thing that just covers up a lot of real homophobia and racism. CHRISTINE BARANSKI: I think most of America has moved past it. I really do. CUMMING: I do too. MORGAN: I get the sense they are moving past it. CUMMING: I just think the Tea Party is out of touch with America, actually. That's the sad thing for them to have to come to terms with.
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Yemeni medical officials say government troops opened fire on protesters in the country’s capital on Sunday, wounding at least 18 people. The protesters had gathered to demand an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule. (Sept. 21)
Continue reading …Chris Wallace Continues to Pretend the Rich are Already Paying Their Fair Share of Taxes
September 25, 2011 No Comment
Click here to view this media Senior White House adviser David Plouffe was out there making the rounds this Sunday, defending President Obama’s deficit reduction plan which has Republicans up in arms because he’s dared to suggest that the rich should be paying more in taxes. During Plouffe’s interview on Fox News Sunday, Wallace did his best to play concern troll for the wealthiest among us, trotting out some of the same tired talking points we’ve been hearing from Republicans, and repeated constantly on Fox, for some time now. Chris Hayes debunked one of them this weekend on his show that Nicole wrote about here — Chris Hayes: Welcome To Inequalistan! : No sophomore slump for the second weekend of Up with Chris Hayes . On Saturday, Hayes took on the ever-present, but disingenuous, conservative talking point that the top ten percent of income earners pay seventy percent of income taxes. Nothing says “patriotic American” more than defending the super-rich from a three percent hike to pre-Bush tax levels : You have to hand it to Brooks–he has a flair for turning reality upside down that George Orwell would admire. The wealthiest 10 percent pay nearly 70 percent of all income taxes in this country because they make more than 70 percent of all the income! Check out Mother Jones charts on skyrocketing income inequality in America. Over the last decade, as incomes for the very wealthy have soared, their tax rates have fallen. That 31 percent Brooks grouses about is considerably lower than the 37 percent they paid when they controlled less of the nation’s money than they do now. And Paul Krugman debunked the other as Susie noted in her post here –
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Is there a bigger class act in the business than Alicia Keys? Not really. The “Typewriter” singer hit the star-studded iHeartRadio Music Festival last night with a set including a number of her past hits such as “No One” and “Empire State Of Mind Part II.” But perhaps the real treat was when the W … More » Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Idolator Discovery Date : 24/09/2011 18:11 Number of articles : 2
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