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

ACLU?

People for the American Way used to

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/opinion/sunday/coates-obamas-perceived-transformation.html?hp

Morbs, you'll like that Coates guest-piece for the NY Times (if you read it all). It starts in one direction but keep reading till the end.

x-post--- heard an NPR morning edition story re the states rights corporate air pollution ruling. They said the dissent was 44 pages and "blistering". I wonder if the Obama Justice Department will appeal? Although they'd proably lose 5 to 4 at the Supreme court.

And no surprise, the 2 majority votes were both Dubya appointees

"Congress has been America's favorite whipping boy for over 200 years, and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon," Boehner said during a Christian Science Monitor luncheon near the Republican National Convention. "On any given day, some of them may be out there doing things they probably shouldn't be doing. It's just a fact."

Republican Linda McMahon actually holds a small lead in the Connecticut Senate race. According to a new Qunnipiac poll she holds a three point lead over Democrat Chris Murphy in the race to replace Joe Lieberman.

She's running again? And ahead this time. She's got so much money (is it all from the wrestling biz?)

yeah they had an IPO a long time ago and she and vince probably made out like bandits

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/28/times-reporter-shared-maureen-dowd-column-with-c-i-a-before-publication/

I think Greenwald was tweeting about that.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2012_08/impeach_brian_sandoval039549.php

But let’s say for the sake of argument he’s right and Obama’s HHS was actively conspiring with the State of Nevada (the culprit in Mickey’s account) to let one or two welfare recipients go an entire six months without taking advantage of one of those incredibly abundant jobs out there. If “Obama” is “gutting” welfare reform via this conspiracy, then so, too, is Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval. What was he doing on the stage of the Republican National Convention last night? Shouldn’t he be impeached?

http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2012/08/charts-us-arms-sales-overseas-triples

Much of the surge was driven exclusively by the ongoing freak-out over Iran: Saudi Arabia, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (all Persian Gulf allies or partners of the United States) in particular started buying missile defense systems, fighter jets, and other hardware from the US at record levels, just in case Iran ever goes nuclear and tries to throw its weight around West Asia and the Gulf. Saudi Arabia's $33.4 billion deal included dozens of F-15 fighter jets and Black Hawk helicopters. The UAE threw down $4.5 billion for a missile shield and other toys.

And in case you were wondering: In arms sales to both developing and developed nations, our closest competitor is Russia, which came in at a total of $4.8 billion in 2011—roughly 7 percent of what the United States hauled in that same year:

GG with more on the CIA's editorial desk at the NYT

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/29/correspondence-collusion-new-york-times-cia

http://my.firedoglake.com/Jane-2/2012/08/30/apple-helps-dod-keep-iphone-customers-ignorant-about-drone-strike-deaths/

Glen Greenwald will write about this one soon I'm sure

i would just like to quickly point out the official GOP platform says, on pg. 19,

"The most powerful environmental policy is liberty, the central organizing principle of the American Republic and its people."

has anyone actually read through this thing yet? there's some batty, batty shit in there.

holy shit even the first page is just batzone

megalol @ Hillel the Elder quote

Exclusive behind-the-scenes photo of the authors of the GOP Platform at work:

http://i48.tinypic.com/2q2h5j5.jpg

Obama just opened up the Arctic.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/08/30/news/companies/shell-arctic/

What a terrible thing!

Well, BP and Exxon have had their shot, so maybe third time's a charm!

great

What's the worst that can happen?

The elder gods are awakened by a drill bit to the head?

We've Got Labor Day. Why Not Corporation Day?

It's high time we honored the industrialist pioneers, business barons and tycoons -- the job creators -- of our nation.

because every day is tycoon's day, gerald

We have father's day and mother's day, why don't we have KID's day?!?!

We've kicked our corporations around long enough. Like returning Vietnam veterans, corporations have been tormented and harassed. They are routinely referred to as callous, uncaring, heartless profit-mongers. They are regular targets of protests, boycotts and media exposés.

Some are wrongfully accused of polluting, discriminating and illegal profiteering. They are taxed, surcharged, regulated, audited and generally hounded by all levels of government. Isn't it about time to pay our respects to the corporations that have made our country great?

those poor, poor corporations

LIKE RETURNING VIETNAM VETERANS

omfg

Finally, every holiday needs a hero. The patron saint of Corporation Day would, of course, be Horatio Alger.

and in the end, we even screwed ford

Apart from anything else, wouldn't another federal holiday be generally seen by this sort of idiot as a kick in the nuts to these noble corporations?

i propose that to, celebrate corporation day, every corporate work go to work tomorrow and try to make as much profit as possible

corporate work=corporate employee

LIKE RETURNING VIETNAM VETERANS

― a hauntingly unemployed american (difficult listening hour), Monday, September 3, 2012 5:29 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i can't even

can it be during white history month?

i guess he means that even tho they firebombed a bunch of villages and killed a bunch of innocent civilians we should still celebrate them bc USA USA USA!

Someone tell this guy about Christmas!

Please tell me that's satire. It doesn't gave to be, I just need to be lied to.

otm

actually wait I think it is satire

WSJ dude

I think it's a great idea. Corporation Day can always happen on a Monday, and everyone will be expected to go to work on that weekend.

http://www.seyfarth.com/GeraldSkoning

Mr. Skoning is a member of faculties of the National Employment Law Institute and the Center for American and International Law (formerly known as The Southwest Legal Foundation) in Dallas, Texas where he teaches courses on labor and employment law and how to defend employment discrimination lawsuits.

He is co-author of the book, “Complying with Handicap Discrimination Laws,” and author of the popular book, “The Wackiest Employment Law Cases, 1993-2003,” which takes a look at the lighter side of labor and employment law.

one of most popular toilet books of those who specialize in defending employment discrimination lawsuits

Obama's response to Romney's sports metaphor is so social-sciences-prof corny I kinda love it

Campaigning Saturday in Cincinnati, Romney likened Obama to a football coach with a record of 0 and 23 million, a reference to the number of unemployed and underemployed Americans.

Obama rebutted him 48 hours later -- and play-by-play.

"On first down, he hikes taxes by nearly $2,000 on the average family with kids in order to pay for massive tax cuts for multimillionaires. ... Sounds like unnecessary roughness to me," he said.

"On second down, he calls an audible and undoes reforms that are there to prevent another financial crisis and bank bailout. ...

"And then on third down, he calls for a Hail Mary, ending Medicare as we know it by giving seniors a voucher that leaves them to pay any additional cost out of their pockets. But there's a flag on the play: Loss of up to an additional $6,400 a year for the same benefits you get now."

"But there's a flag on the play: [NEXT POINT YOU WANT TO MAKE]"

Football good

Chapter one says you love her, you love her with all your heart

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/08/still-a-toss-up-in-missouri.html

Akin may still win in Missouri (and Romney is way ahead there too)