Comments for Why Now?

Comment on Austerity For Thee … by Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:05:58 +0000

The bond holders should have cut a deal, or the ECB should have fired up the presses. Destroying the economies of southern Europe isn’t going to be good for anyone.

Faith-based economics really sucks, and usually ends badly. Even voters in Germany have figured that out and are voting for anyone but Angie when an election comes up.

The concept of the Eurozone is coming under a lot of stress and could shatter if things don’t change quickly.

Comment on Chicago Ninja Terrorists? by Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:55:37 +0000

Steve, I don’t see reasonable suspicion, much less probable cause. They didn’t have enough to stop these guys for a field interview, much less break into a house. All of the ‘evidence’ will be thrown out in pre-trial motions. This is Chicago, of course they could’ve have found a judge to issue a warrant, and everyone knows it, so they had nothing. Their insider couldn’t push fast enough to get an ‘overt action’, so the bosses just went ahead anyway.

Yeah, Badtux, it is really hard to get Federal enforcement when the Feds are coordinating this crap.

My Mother watches WGN out of Chicago, and they had no mention of any of this on their noon news show, so no one locally is paying any attention to it. This is all for national consumption.

It is more amateur theatrics to acclimate people to having their civil rights stolen.

Comment on Tropical Depression Alberto – Day 3 by Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:41:21 +0000

We have been getting Invests for a couple of months now, but this one came off the coast and found the Gulf Stream, so it could spin up. The La Niña condition is gone from the Pacific, so who can guess what will happen?

With Romney, to know him is to loathe him. The base is not going to come out for him unless he can get a real wingnut for a VP candidate, and that kills him with the swing voters.

Comment on Friday Cat Blogging by Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:35:16 +0000

The one in the front is a Lucrezia look-alike, but the one in the rear is darker gray with white feet. They all have Lucrezia’s attitude.

Comment on Austerity For Thee … by Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:33:42 +0000

Frau Merkel would be the perfect Republican if she were an American — grasping, greedy, hypocritical, and stupid. By stupid, I mean that the policies she’s pushing are *guaranteed* to make Greece, Italy, and Spain eventually default, leading to huge losses for German banks, the same banks firmly in her corner. But ideology for Merkel, as with today’s GOP, trumps reality. Any unpleasant facts that don’t match up with her ideology get discarded like rubbish.

- Badtux the Reality-based Penguin

Comment on Chicago Ninja Terrorists? by Badtux

Badtux — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:28:57 +0000

But during the Obama meeting the “bomb-makers” will be off the streets waiting for those preliminary motions to be heard, which is all the Chicago PD wanted anyhow. Blatantly unconstitional? Well, sure. But nobody’s ever held accountable by being sent to jail for violating people’s Constitutional rights, so why should they care?

- Badtux the “Is it paranoia if we really ARE living in a police state?” Penguin

Comment on Friday Cat Blogging by hipparchia

hipparchia — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:17:24 +0000

more lucrezia borgia kitties!

Comment on Tropical Depression Alberto – Day 3 by Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:40:50 +0000

We’re getting started early this year (though not by much).

I can only wonder which disaster will strike the Gulf Coast this year, a high-category hurricane or Mitt Rmoney’s [sic] victory. Or both.

Take me now, Lord; I’m tired of preparing for disasters…

Comment on Chicago Ninja Terrorists? by Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Tue, 22 May 2012 01:27:48 +0000

Do you really believe there was ever a “terrorist” plot? I emphatically do not. The scenario constructed to convince us was about as weak as it could possibly be.

Police chose as “bomb-making materials” things that practically any household in America would have. The warrantless search seems less for the element of surprise than for the avoidance of having to convince a judge. Judge:

You’re gonna bust these guys for making WHAT? using WHAT? Get outta here! Come back when you have some real probable cause!

Hence… no judge, no warrant, no true authorization for the search that “found” the “bomb-making” materials. Hence… no bomb. No plot. No shit, Sherlock!

Comment on Friday Cat Blogging by Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:07:54 +0000

It is more fun to keep your blood supply on the inside and pet cats that purr, rather than hiss and spit.

Nikon and the kittens are responsible for the picture – I just point and shoot … a lot. I got lucky in that in this particular picture they were both looking at me. I have a lot of pictures of one or both looking somewhere else.