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

just copy our mindset and make it your own

i'm not sure if i'm white or not. i'll throw a party but not attend.

White man Bill Clinton and other Dems plan to celebrate by cutting entitlements for less-rich people of all colors:

http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/runaway-train-on-entitlement-cuts.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/democrats-talk-about-cutting-entitlements-republicans-dont-talk-about-raising-taxes/2012/05/16/gIQAfU28TU_blog.html

before clinton does anything else he needs to unbutton his goddamn coat when he sits down

gabbneb is dead, long live gabbnebism.

but at least he wants to let gays get married ... thereby securing a fat contribution check from David Geffen.

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/05/republicans-ndaa-detention-terrorist

Paging Greenwald

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/world/world-leaders-at-us-meeting-urge-growth-not-austerity.html

In a tense meeting here at this storied presidential retreat, it seemed at times as if it was Ms. Merkel — who herself faces stiff opposition at home to more bailouts of its neighbors by German taxpayers — against the world. Things did not seem to get off to a good start either on Friday night, as Mr. Obama greeted his guests for dinner in a rustic wood cabin.

“How’ve you been?” Mr. Obama asked Ms. Merkel.

She shrugged and pursed her lips.

“Well, you have a few things on your mind,” Mr. Obama said consolingly.

"We all do", Ms. Merkel replied.

When Mr. Obama inquired about the wellbeing of her husband, Joachim Sauer, Ms. Merkel would only shake her head in silence.

Mr. Obama then made a conversation mistake by accidentally asking "And how have you been?" again in desperation.

But Ms. Merkel did not respond, choosing instead to look at a spot about 20 feet above and to the left of Mr. Obama's head.

I've done that so many times, man

mumblecore diplomacy

while hiding out in Maryland away from scary protesters

camp david:

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probably needs a shoulder rub

I repeat myself so many times in making small talk. it's so embarassing

misspelling embarrassing is also embarrassing

Hey, that bit about Obama embarrassing himself has been removed from the latest version.

MoveOn.gov

xpost well i may have made some editorial changes to add a little pizazz to the story

i would be a great journalist.

I'm staring at a spot twenty feet and to the left of my middle finger. from your head.

loooool

Sorry. Guess I should have thrown a more obvious indicator in there! "conversation mistake" is straight up Tim and Eric, though.

Newark Mayor Booker, another liberal hero in the making, loathes attacks on Bain Capital.

http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/05/cory-booker-im-very-uncomfortable-with-attacks-on-private-equity.php

Throw another on the shitpile.

yeah, disgusting.

"Stop attacking private equity." poor innocent private equity.

what the fuck, Cory Booker

like even Obama knows better than that

"i would like more rich people to move to newark" ...?

idk, pretty stupid. i'm more pissed that he's equating attacks on bain with "attacks on rev. wright," on some "both sides" shit.

frantic, nonsensical backtracking from Booker on his twitter account

Cory Booker ‏@CoryBooker
Right! Claim that he's "job creator" is wrong. That must b the point RT @dawn9476: Mitt running on business record @Bain. Thus its fair game
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Citizens United style superPac democaracy at work:

Through mid-May, outside groups had spent more than $124 million in this election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, double the rate four years earlier.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_05/super_pacs_dont_have_spouses037457.php

or democracy

Conflating Bain with all private equity is a pretty big step.

otoh, he's the mayor of effing Newark

via Greenwald:

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/205025-dems-receive-more-bain-dollars-than-gop

for the record, apparently Booker didn't vet his unease w/ Bain Capital/private equity-bashing by Sen. Lautenberg b/c i just got a spam/send-me-money email from Lautenberg's campaign where the Senator is happily bashing away at Bain and Romney's prowess at job-destruction.

Lautenberg is also rich as fuck, for what that's worth.

There were Occupy protests in November 2011 in Newark

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/occupy-wall-street-protest-reaches-newark/article_dee0bd58-1244-11e1-a728-001cc4c002e0.html

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/20/cory_booker_surrogate_from_hell/singleton/

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/05/our-awesome-totally-effective-non-good-guy-killing-drones-are-secret

same ol', same ol'

tot see Booker looking toward prez trail around 2020

it's our Death by Drone Czar!

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/22/john_brennans_new_power/singleton/

That's obviously troubling given that guy's history, and the complete lack of procedure and oversight. Plus the games the Obama Justice Dept. is playing in court on this in the ACLU case are troubling. But the minute I get irritated with Obama, I turn to the mainstream media and see over-the-top ranting from the usual suspects (W. Post, Chris Matthews, right-wing echo chamber) nitpicking the Obama campaign criticism of Romney and Bain, and I nearly turn into an Obama cheerleader, before getting disgusted and just turning to baseball news--my Orioles are in first place and have the 2nd best record in baseball. They haven't done this well in ages.

Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal using the White House's otherwise "classified" info-mongers as consultants for their Kill Osama film, how sweet for them:

http://www.salon.com/2012/05/23/wh_leaks_for_propaganda_film/singleton/

Ah yes, according to this article it will be the liberals fault if Obama loses (because Obama is currently talking liberal populism according to this guy and has angered supporters of business-minded Dem centrists like Daley and Booker)

http://nationaljournal.com/columns/against-the-grain/the-emerging-democratic-divide-20120522

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/nancy-pelosis-risky-pander-on-taxes/2012/05/23/gJQA1GOdlU_story.html

Honest question I hope someone can answer: when the US "sits down" to talk with Iran, or North Korea, or whomever, with the subject always being more or less one single issue - nuclear disarmament or at least allowing inspectors in - what are they actually doing? When I read a new story that says two days of talk with Iran have resulted in no progress, what does that mean? What have they been talking about? Does the US just say "please let in inspectors," and then the parties just sit around a table, quietly, until the session ends?

look at who one of the other "Democrats" involved in Pelosi's "people who 'only' earn $1M/year are middle class!" song-and-dance:

Ms. Pelosi and others who have taken this position, including Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), in other words, are contemplating spending several hundred billion dollars over the coming decade to help the wealthiest Americans.

no surprise that Chuckie, The King of Limousine Liberalism and Wall Street's Democratic Chew-Toy, is behind this.

when the US "sits down" to talk with Iran, or North Korea, or whomever, with the subject always being more or less one single issue - nuclear disarmament or at least allowing inspectors in - what are they actually doing?

prostitute gangbang iirc

iran/nk says 'what's it worth to you for us to stop refining fissile fuel? will you stop your embargo/unfreeze our assets? will you give us light water reactors? will you guarantee our territory from attack by anyone? we have seen what happens to sovereign states w/o nukes who disagree with you, btw.' etc

usa says 'what's it worth to you for us not to fuc u up? will you stop refining fissile fuel? will you respeck human rights? will you stop funding hezbollah/intl terrorism? will you stop talking about driving the israelis/south koreans into the sea?' etc

Yeah, but that takes five minutes. What is there to actually talk about? Do they just take long breaks to type up elaborate counterproposals back and forth?

tbf you have to take a bunch of breaks to catch up on professional sports

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