March 16, 2016

Vice President Joseph Biden to receive the Laetare Medal at Notre Dame

Both Vice-President Joe Biden and dingus extraordinaire crying john boehner will be receiving the Laetare Medal at ND for their public service work

Good on Notre Dame for not caving to Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades.

From the Bishop

The Laetare Medal is given by the University of Notre Dame ‘in recognition of outstanding service to the Church and society.’ Several months ago, Father John Jenkins, C.S.C., the president of the university, discussed with me his consideration of conferring the Laetare Medal upon Vice-President Joseph Biden and former House Speaker John Boehner, two Catholics who have served in public office for many years, elected officials of different political parties. Father Jenkins made it clear to me that in recognizing Vice-President Biden and Speaker Boehner, Notre Dame would not be endorsing the policy positions of either, but rather, would be honoring them for their public service in politics. I know that this honor is also an attempt to recognize two Catholics from different political parties at a time when our national politics is often mired in acrimonious partisanship. I appreciate Notre Dame’s efforts to encourage civility, dialogue, mutual respect and cooperation in political life.

so far it's nice and friendly

but....

While I understand Notre Dame’s intentions in conferring the Laetare Medal upon Vice-President Biden and Speaker Boehner, I disagree with the decision. In dialogue with Father Jenkins about this matter some months ago, I shared with him my concerns with honoring the Vice-President. I believe it is wrong for Notre Dame to honor any “pro-choice” public official with the Laetare Medal, even if he/she has other positive accomplishments in public service, since direct abortion is gravely contrary to the natural law and violates a very fundamental principle of Catholic moral and social teaching:

Bite me Bishop and I am Catholic

Curious why you have no problem with an individual who demonized the poor and marginal in society?

on edit the link
http://www.diocesefwsb.org/Bishop-Statements

March 14, 2016

Former Director Who Killed Shelter Pets “For Fun” Goes to Jail.

Mary Jo Frazier was allegedly killing animals for personal enjoyment during her 18 years at Boulder City AC in Nevada. Co-workers report she killed animals before the mandatory holding period had expired to keep the shelter empty.

snip

The prosecutor says the statute of limitations for animal cruelty in NV is 3 years so Frazier can not be charged for all of her alleged crimes.

Frazier’s lawyer asked the judge to release his client on her own recognizance but the judge upheld the $50,000 warrant for Frazier’s arrest. The lawyer then asked for bail to be reduced to $6000 but that went over like a lead balloon. Gee, maybe that whole fleeing the state thing after the police investigation wasn’t such a smart move by Frazier after all. She was handcuffed and taken to jail.

link
https://yesbiscuit.wordpress.com/2016/03/09/former-director-who-killed-shelter-pets-for-fun-goes-to-jail-lets-party/

March 14, 2016

OhNoSheTwitnt Went There. Absolute perfect

March 14, 2016

Victims ordered to pay back massacre compensation, with interest

Last January, a court complaint was delivered to the home of Chae Hong-rak, 73, in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang Province. It ordered Chae and other surviving family members of victims in the 1949 Mungyeong massacre to return their “unjust enrichment.” Specifically, they were asked to pay punitive interest on the difference after a large reduction in their original compensation by Supreme Court ruling. Chae was stunned.

“They kill my family members for no reason and wait 63 years to pay compensation, and now they’re telling me to cough it up again,” he said. “Not only that, but they also want penalty interest on the compensation. It’s unbelievable.”

Chae is one of the survivors of the massacre on Dec. 1949, when soldiers with the South Korean Army indiscriminately slaughtered residents of Seokdal, a small community in Mungyeong’s Seokbong village. He lost nine family members in total, including both parents. The state attempted to cover up the incident, claiming it was perpetrated by armed communist guerillas. Chae went to work uncovering the truth. At one point, he served two months in prison under the Park Chung-hee administration for “anti-state activities.” It was in 2007 that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission determined the massacre to have been an illegal act by the state.

The trial proved a scarring process for Chae. Between July 2008 and Sept. 2015, his suit demanding damages from the state was batted back and forth eleven times among Seoul Central District Court, Seoul High Court, and the Supreme Court. There was a brief ray of hope: while the first and second courts had ruled that no compensation could be given because the five-year statute of limitations had passed, the Supreme Court ruled on Sept. 8, 2011 - before the inauguration of Yang Sung-tae as Chief Justice - that the state had to provide damages. Three years later, the Court ruled that the original payout of 300 million won (US$252,400) each to the victims was too large and ordered it reduced. At the time, it provided no clear standards for doing so, saying only that it was a larger amount that for other cases involving past episodes.

link:
http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/734635.html

March 13, 2016

Brewers prospect has the worst luck

Milwaukee Brewers Jacob Nottingham hit a homerun during batting practice on Saturday.
Unfortunately for him, it smashed a car windshield in the parking lot

His car windshield

Probably better than hitting the manager's car windshield

March 11, 2016

When Rubio says, "Let me be frank."

He means, 'Frank Burns'



Thank You. Be here all week

March 11, 2016

S&P warns it may cut Icahn Enterprises to junk status, stock falls

BWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Icahn is easily one of the worst pieces of filth that has lived in the last hundred years
He was one of the people who pushed the meme that companies have a responsibility to their investors first and their employees and communities come way down the pike

from Reuters
U.S. ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned on Friday it may cut the credit rating of billionaire investor Carl Icahn's Icahn Enterprises to junk status after the portfolio absorbed heavy commodity sector losses in the last few months.

S&P placed its triple-B-minus issuer credit rating and senior unsecured debt rating of Icahn Enterprises on "CreditWatch with negative implications," the agency said in a statement.

The news weighed on Icahn Enterprises' stock price, pushing it down nearly 11 percent in afternoon trading to $48.75. In the last 12 months the stock price has been cut in half mainly because its energy investments have been hit by falling commodity prices.

Icahn Enterprises has lost "at least $1.4 billion in value" since the end of September, S&P wrote in the statement, adding it thought Icahn's hedge fund had lost money this year because of bets on energy companies including Chesapeake Energy Corp. and Cheniere Energy Inc., along with miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc., which have fallen. Chesapeake is down 56 percent this year.

link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-icahn-downgrade-idUSKCN0VS2IN?feedType=RSS&feedName=PersonalFinance&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

Hope he goes under.

March 10, 2016

When Hitler's Anti-Semitism Was Called 'Political Cleverness'

Interesting piece

In 1922, after hearing from several, reliable, knowledgeable political sources the New York Times wrote, "Hitler's antisemitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded. He was merely using anti-Semitic propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic and in line for the time when his organization is perfected and sufficiently powerful to be employed effectively for political purposes."

March 9, 2016

ZERO

As of 907 precincts out of 960 in Idaho reported, combined with Mississippi and Michigan that's how many delegates Marco Rubio, the star of the insider's Republican club has achieved so far
In Idaho he needs 20% to get any delegates. He won't make it
If he gets nothing in Hawaii, he'll have been shut out tonight
Even Kasich got delegates

March 9, 2016

Coming to the Democratic Party... The Neocons?

First, let me start by saying... this is not about Hillary Clinton
So, if you're salivating at another 'I hate Hillary' forget it

For those who don't know some background
In 1965, Irving Kristol wrote in the first issue of The Public Interest that, "it is the nature of ideology to preconceive reality; and that it is exactly such preconceptions that are the worst hindrances to knowing-what-one-is-talking-about.”
Yeah... Irving and Bill are related. Surprised. Don't be

Bill Kristol and Paul Wolfowitz, two neocon-types were at one time Democrats; Bill Kristol served as deputy issues director of Pat Moynihan's 1976 U.S. Senate campaign. Paul Wolfowitz, along with Ricard Perle worked for Sen Henry 'Scoop' Jackson, Wolfowitz was even U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Regional Programs for the U.S. Defense Department during the Carter Administration.
Kristol and other neocons fled the Democratic Party during the Carter administration infuriated over his support for Palestinian statehood. Wolfowitz quietly left in 1980 to go into teaching at Johns Hopkins.
He returned to national politics under the Reagan Administration as Director of Policy Planning. Unlike Kristol, Wolfowitz was much more critical of Reagan policy, opposing teh sale of AWACS to the Saudis, opposing the Kirkpatrick Doctrine on policies involving dictators and opposing giving or selling arms to Iraq during the Iraq-Iran War.

How does this play into the Neocons moving to the Democrats or at least some of them.

Trump does not spew all the 'important' neocon rhetoric that they want to hear.
The neocons oppose any deal with Iran. Ted Cruz and his ilk oppose the deal and would rush off to Jerusalem and stand next to Bibi to show their unwavering support for Israel. Cruz believes under the deal that everyone and their cousin will die.
As he said last year, "Europeans will die! Americans will die! Israelis will die!" in his assessment.
Trump, at the same conference said he thinks it's a bad deal and he could negotiate a better one. He doesn't, at least publicly, oppose a deal with Iran, he thinks that he could get a better deal. (of course he does, because Donald will bring about an era of economic stability and unicorns) In case you're wondering how he comes to this conclusion, other than Obama who Forrest loves to blame for everything... he claims the Persians have read his book, 'The Art of the Deal.' All of them in their government have read it mind you.

In February, Trump said he would be a neutral mediator in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He said “Let me be sort of a neutral guy…. You understand a lot of people have gone down in flames trying to make that deal ..."

While in Alabama Trump said this on Iraq, "We’re going to be there for another 20 years! We can’t do it! Look, we’ve spent 2 trillion dollars in Iraq. We have absolutely nothing.”
And on fighting ISIS, “What’s wrong with having Russia work with us instead of always fighting, fighting? What’s wrong with having Russia drop bombs all the hell over ISIS? What’s wrong with that?”

These are things that are disturbing neoconservatives like Robert Kagan and Max Boot. Boot is so upset he claims to be losing sleep over Trump (poor baby. Maybe he needs comfier sheets or something. Because if the number of dead don't cause him lose sleep, Trump being president causing it, is just pathetic)
Boot has also said that Clinton is preferable to Trump.
Robert Kagan has written several articles of his revulsion to Trump. He compared Trump to the 'plague on THebes'. He admits that Trump is a creation of the Republican Party, but he claims he's a product of the Tea Party as if the Tea Party were somehow a separate entity from the Republican Party and neocon theory.

Bill Kristol is probably the most pathetic in his handwringing. In the Weekly Standard Bill wrote (control your gag reflexes people) that Donald is  “a proud defender of greed, an unabashed indulger in adultery, a wanton mocker of the meek (the “losers”) of this world.”
I'm sure that Bill Kristol has always concerned himself with the plight of the meek and has been at the forefront of the opponents of greed.

It isn't Trump's carnival barker campaign or his campaign of racism, it's his foreign policy positions that anger them. His attacks on the poor are typical at faux spews. The faux business guy Varney and the 'dumb guy' as Stewart calls him, both regularly denigrate the poor and have for years -- even when Kristol was there. Never a word was uttered in outrage or even in concern over the network's hatred and mocking of the poor. I must have missed Kristol castigating John 'Never Made it as a Pro-Wrestler' Stoessel and his idiotic attempts to denigrate the homeless.

Kagan and Boot both say they may vote for the Democratic nominee. I'll take their vote. But, we'd be better off without them.
People talk of the 'Big Tent', but face it, there's a point to where the tent gets too big and all the clowns rush in and try to stand at center stage.