Indefinite Detention? But I Have Soccer Practice at 4: U.S. Politics 2012

mental!

Panetta confirms use of Stalinism vs "terrorism"

http://www.salon.com/2012/01/30/leon_panettas_explicitly_authoritarian_decree/singleton/

Another Congressional Democratic compromise

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/unions-set-to-blast-dems-for-selling-out-on-faa-reauthorization/2012/01/30/gIQAeH9pcQ_blog.html

oh no not a strongly worded letter!

Norquist probably won't have to resort to this:

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/29/414010/norquist-republicans-will-impeach-obama-if-he-doesnt-extend-bush-tax-cuts/?mobile=nc

lol they won't have the votes by then

Some fellow defends drone strikes.

Greenwald will be mocking that, if he has not already.

Big New Yorker piece based on internal White House memos and such on the failure of Obama's attempt to be "post-partisan"

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/01/30/120130fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all

4 out of 13 ain't bad i guess

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16806006

great news, everybody!

The nation's leading breast-cancer charity, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, is halting its partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates — creating a bitter rift, linked to the abortion debate, between two iconic organizations that have assisted millions of women.

The change will mean a cutoff of hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants, mainly for breast exams.

http://www.npr.org/2012/01/31/146160911/susan-g-komen-halts-grants-to-planned-parenthood

i need to read up on that, seems truly gross.

but on first glance "hundreds of thousands of dollars" doesn't seem like a whole lot of money

It's blowing up all over Twitter and the feminist blogs I read. And even beyond the money, it's the kowtowing to right-wing bullying that's pissing people off. It's going to be an absolute PR disaster for Komen, and why organizations insist on scoring own-goals like this for no legitimate reason whatsoever is a mystery.

Susan G Koman is such a fraud anyway.

http://www.naturalnews.com/033783_Komen_for_the_Cure_pinkwashing.html

http://www.marieclaire.com/world-reports/news/breast-cancer-business-scams

"How come no research into mega-dose IV vitamin C for cancer? There are studies proving its efficacy. Hey Komen, how come you haven't consulted with TV star Suzanne Somers about her breast cancer cure from European mistletoe extract injections? She wrote a bestseller about it."

?

i need to read up on that, seems truly gross.

but on first glance "hundreds of thousands of dollars" doesn't seem like a whole lot of money

Interesting, "gross" is how other FB and Twitter friends have described it. OTM description.

I didn't renown before today that Santorum claims that abortions cause breast cancer, which, what the fucking christ.

Oh yeah, that's been a huge - and, obvs, widely debunked - anti-choicer talking point for a few years now.

After the Komen news broke yesterday left blogger TBogg tweeted: "Tomorrow should see a wave of links to discredited studies asserting that abortion causes breast cancer. #justmakingshitup"

He also suggests:

We’ve  done this before, but you can make a donation to Planned Parenthood and request a thank you card be sent to

Karen Handel
Senior VP of Fail
c/o Susan G. Komen Foundation
P.O. Box 650309
Dallas, TX 75265-0309

(UPDATE) From a reader:

Hi TBogg,

Just made a donation of 50 clams, but I would have loved to have gifted it to Karen Handel as you suggested in your post. maybe you could update the post to let people know that they need to do it as an “Honorary Giving” rather than a “One Time Gift”, which doesn’t offer the choice to send a card

I didn't renown before today that Santorum claims that abortions cause breast cancer, which, what the fucking christ.

― garbage corn fan (Je55e), Wednesday, 1 February 2012 05:55 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fwiw the backstory with this is that there are studies suggesting that while you're pregnant, your susceptibility to breast cancer decreases; therefore, in stopping being pregnant - having an abortion - your likelihood of getting cancer reverts to its pre-pregnancy norm. it was a cheap kinda conspiracy theory for quite a while but afaik had sorta fallen out of use; as well as obviously not being a causal thing, the key issue w/it is that it concerns the same 'risk' that one inherits by a) just not getting pregnant or b) having a baby

a spin on the new Obama task force that NY attorney General Schneiderman will be involved with, investigating fraudulent mortgage practices (Schneiderman, and the California and Delaware AGs had resisted the Obama effort to reach a quick settlement)

For three years, the Obama administration had not wished to pursue such a course. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner did not want to subject Wall Street to this kind of poking around through its records, much less to prosecutions that could compel major banks to be restructured. But over the past year, as Schneiderman hung tough, the political winds shifted.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eric-schneiderman-new-york-ag-shaped-drive-to-hold-banks-accountable/2012/01/30/gIQAjWxCgQ_story.html

I need coffee because at first I was all "why did his parents name him General"

like Sargent Shriver?

that's such a great name. it's like a chaucer character or something

shades of Major Major Major Major

ha

anti-immigrant bill destroys state economy - quel surprise

My friend, who is in the army and has been stationed in Germany for almost 2 years, went back to Mobile for the first time since he left over Christmas. He went to a bar and when the cops saw he was using a German drivers license for an ID, they immediately threw him to the ground, stuck their knee in his back, and cuffed him. I'm surprised the general outrage at the law and its enforcement hasn't been greater tbh.

cops were stationed in the bar?

they were outside the bar. most of the bars in the downtown area are on a couple of blocks and they have cops stationed there every weekend night. they were standing by the doorman for whatever reason and saw it.

When he finally fished out his military ID they let him go.

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/Superbad%20cops%20drinking.jpg

btw he is white and he speaks with a pretty thick southern drawl so at least it wasn't profiling, right?

and Alabama is usually such a progressive state.

Germany has such a violent past, I can really see the need there.

he might have been a mercedes-benz executive

Wait, it's not illegal to be a German tourist in Alabama, now, is it?

it has been since 1917.

My point is that, whether they determine that someone is there illegally or not, being a foreigner shouldn't be enough on it's own to warrant getting thrown to the ground.

being a foreigner is the first step someone takes towards being there illegally. it's a slippery slope and I can see why they'd want to play it safe.

well, remember: Germans are responsible for Hitler and Klaus Nomi.

Yeah 'cause illegal German immigration to Alabama is such a problem.

you let one in, next thing you know the place is littered with Udo Kiers and Rutger Hauers

I sure hope the USMNT doesn't plan to play there any time soon.

Germans don't wear deodorant in America.

Revenge for two world wars?

Officer Wiesenthal, Mobile PD

guys the immigration law in bama basically requires cops to do that to anyone that can't show proof of citizenship or work papers

well there's a subtle but noticeable difference between checking papers and throwing ppl to the floor

yah. i mean the real difficulty he had initially was that his Alabama Drivers License had expired while he was stationed in Germany.

Which part of Mobile?