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Yet another urgent memo from the Dept. of STFU... "Let's be blunt here: the only way to stop them is to destroy the Iranian regime, the mullahs, and that can only be accomplished through war. And by war I don't mean ground troops; I mean massive bombing raids intended to destroy every one of the key targets."
- Rush Limbaugh, dictating U.S. military strategy to the unwashed, tea-bagging masses. Is it just me, or is this knuckle-dragging cretin going to extraordinary lengths to remain even remotely relevant these days? Tags: asshole, drug-addled gasbag, dumb americans, iran, loathsome people, military, right-wing hate radio, rush limbaugh, war
From: Chicago
Mood:  STFU
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Please take a few minutes to read the following piece from the Rude Pundit (by way of ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) sandman008). If you're anything like me, you'll probably end up even more pissed than you are now, but I promise you won't be sorry... Jacqueline Kelly died yesterday in Jersey City, New Jersey, of ovarian cancer. She also had emphysema. She was 61 years old, a woman who was a stay-at-home mom to her six kids and a supportive wife for 44 years to John Kelly. John, 68, worked for fifty years as a truck driver and was old enough to get on Medicare when he retired. His wife could not, since she was 61.
She was told she didn't qualify for Social Security disability benefits because she had never "worked." They didn't qualify for welfare assistance or Medicaid because John's pension checks were too high. So, instead, most of the money went to paying for Jacqueline's medical expenses, as much as they could, until it became a choice of chemotherapy or food. As John put it, "I worked all my life. She's being penalized for staying home and taking care of her kids." Kelly died because of a lack of health insurance, pure and simple, cause and effect...
Think about that: John and Jacqueline Kelly were like apple pie, they fit so perfectly into the mold of ideal Americans that conservatives propagate. John was able to support his family doing a job that he stayed dedicated to. Jacqueline chose to stay at home and raise a large family. This is also death by sexism in that we live in a nation where full-time motherhood is not valued as a job and never has been. The myth of the American dream is always, always revealed as the lie it always was, and those who continue to foist it upon us are the ones least willing to make it be true. Where were all the alleged Christians, who are now so ready to kill health reform legislation? Where was the charity that's supposed to take care of such things? There was some, but not enough to get her the medical care that might have saved her.
You know who stepped up to help the Kelly family? Professional wrestlers. Yeah, Total Mayhem Pro Wrestling held a fundraiser for Jacqueline about a week ago, raising $4000 for medical expenses. That money will now be used for a funeral.
Pulls at your heartstrings, no? Really gets that lump in your throat going, this story of love and failure? Jacqueline Kelly was one of millions of Americans who would have qualified for help in just about any of the health care reform measures that actually seek to insure people. She'd have qualified for the public option. She'd have qualified for Medicare buy-in. In almost any other country in the developed world, and even in some in the undeveloped part, her care would not have even been an issue.
We are overwhelmed, yes, by tale upon tale of the sadness and horror brought on by this country's willful neglect of its citizens because we need to please some mad god of capitalism. And because we need to soothe the vanity of politicians, like Joe Lieberman.
We focus our rage on Lieberman out here in Left Blogsylvania not just because he is the kind of man who sucks his own cock in public and then grins, his semen-slicked teeth shining in the klieg lights, to the delight of Aetna and Wellpoint executives just before they shove his ass full of cash and tell him he can have it after he shits it back out. That would be enough. But it's that Lieberman actually takes pleasure in dicking over the Democratic caucus. Motherfucker said he supported the Medicare buy-in and then bailed? What kind of fuckery is that? That's just doing shit for the sake of doing shit. He's Shylock with less motivation. And that just makes us wanna go Berlusconi on his face. (Rhetorically, of course. Of course.)
But, if only to take a little power away from Lieberman, let's spread some blame around here for what is now a fairly worthless bill that is absent any control over insurance companies for jacking up prices in the wake of any new regulations...
There's, of course, the Republicans, who never once negotiated in good faith (or bad faith, for that matter).
There's Harry Reid, who took reconciliation off the table, thus shaking empty the compromise toolbox that had been dumped out when single payer wasn't even discussed.
And there's the President, who demonstrated that if you are unwilling to say specifically what you want, then you will get nothing. Goddamnit, if Barack Obama had said he wouldn't sign a bill without a public option, if members of Congress knew he had their backs, his supporters would have rallied around the cause in a way that would have had the teabaggers grabbing their sacks in fear. He didn't, and you can't have a movement based on a vague hope that something might perhaps get done.
There's a couple of paths left now: revive reconciliation and/or try to salvage a bill that can be spun as a first step in a longer battle. The former is almost a must, because Lieberman has given anti-health care reform forces a boner for the final fucking. It might be a chance to get at least the Medicare buy-in or go back to the public option. The latter is close to surrender and is disgusting to contemplate, but there we are.
Lieberman's gotta be punished, or they gotta get rid of Reid. There's gotta be consequences for Lieberman. He's gotta lose his Homeland Security committee chair, maybe even be ejected from the caucus. He's gotta be publicly defiled. If there was any kind of justice right now, Lieberman should be locked in a glass room with the ghost of Lyndon Johnson. Motherfucker would be on his knees after five minutes, begging to give LBJ a rim job for mercy's sake.
Or, instead, Lieberman should be forced to eat the body of Jacqueline Kelly. He should have to taste her diseased organs and mutated cells. He should have to stare at her dead face as he ingests her faded skin and deteriorated muscle. And if he can't do it on his own, he should have her bones shoved down his throat until he fucking gags. Then maybe he'll understand that we're not talking about abstract numbers of people dying. We're talking about real corpses. You right-wing asswipes (and you cowardly, self-serving Dem whores alike) should hang your fuckin' heads in shame. That includes you, Mr. President. P.S. FWIW, MoveOn has raised more more than $850,000 in the last 48 hours alone to help kick the shit out of Lieberman when he runs for reelection (most likely as a Republican - surprise, surprise). Personally, I'm kinda hoping the son of a bitch contracts bone cancer long before then, but hey - at least he's got more than enough guaranteed medical coverage to fight it. /end rant Tags: death, health care, loathsome people, republican scum, spineless democrats
From: Chicago
Mood:  Torch Their Dens
Now Playing: 'American Squirm' - Nick Lowe
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Yesterday, Joe The Maggot pledged to vote against the current health care bill, which should come as no surprise. Anyone paying attention the HCR debate in this country saw it coming a long, long time ago...  What might surprise you, however, is that people's hard-earned donations to find a cure for breast cancer are paying the salary of his insurance/pharma lobbyist wife, Hadassah. Jane Hamsher and the good folks at Firedog Lake are calling on Susan G. Komen for the Cure and its celebrity endorsers to remove Hadassah as a compensated "Global Ambassador." In Hamsher's words: Hadassah Lieberman's relationship with Susan G. Komen for the Cure is unethical and misleading. Important and often very personal donations made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure to benefit the sick and dying are essentially undermining their intended use.
Hadassah Lieberman has worked for the insurance-pharmaceutical-lobbying complex, making her role with with Susan G. Komen for the Cure already questionable. And as Hadassah travels the globe under the banner of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, decrying the inadequecies of our health care system and the need to reform it, her husband is at home to kill the reform efforts we so desperately need.
People who are racing for the cure wouldn't be racing to pay Hadassah Lieberman money, especially if they knew her ties to the same corporations that are blocking women's health reforms currently being debated in Congress. Click here to co-sign Jane's letter, and help give Hadassah the boot.Tags: breast cancer, cancer, health care, joe lieberman, loathsome people, women
From: Chicago
Mood:  Pyew
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Meet 25-year-old Joshua Linhares, who intentionally ran over and killed a mother duck walking her 12 ducklings across a Massachusetts mall parking lot...  Witnesses say Linhares deliberately drove at the ducks, turning sharply and speeding up. Surveillance video from nearby stores supported their account. Linhares testified he didn't see the ducks because he was distracted by a woman waving her arms at him. He says he left the scene because he panicked. However, his testimony was contradicted by witness statements: A woman who was at the intersection testified that Linhares sped directly at the ducks... as Linhares drove by after the incident, the woman said he smiled at her and sped through the parking lot... New Bedford District Court jurors took 15 minutes Tuesday to convict him of animal cruelty. Prosecutors requested jail time, but the judge imposed a sentence of one year's probation because Linhares didn't have a prior criminal record. Linhares' attorney plans to appeal. According to Dartmouth Animal Control, the mother mallard had been nesting for at least five years in a retention pond behind the Home Depot at the Dartmouth Town Center. The orphaned ducklings were temporarily adopted by a Westport family until they were released into the wild. P.S. I don't have a Facebook account, so I can't log in to see his profile, but there's a Joshua Linhares there. Wonder if it's the same dude. Tags: animal cruelty, asshole, crime, loathsome people, scumbags
From: Chicago
Mood: Pyew
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The next time some slope-browed, tea-bagging hayseed warns you about "rationed health care," or that a public option will "force Americans out of their current plans," ask them what the hell this is...  Health insurance giant Aetna has announced plans to jack up consumer insurance prices and push up to 650,000 clients to give up their health coverage next year as it seeks to increase revenues to meet projected profit margins. Over the next year, Aetna expects the move to cut 300,000 and 350,000 members from its national account as well as another 300,000 from smaller group accounts. "The pricing we put in place for 2009 turned out to not really be what we needed to achieve the results and margins that we had historically been delivering," said chairman and CEO Ron Williams, adding, "we view 2010 as a repositioning year, a year that does not fully reflect the earnings potential of our business. Our pricing actions should have a noticeable effect beginning in the first quarter of 2010, with additional financial impact realized during the remaining three quarters of the year." Now make no mistake - Aetna hasn't lost money, the company actually made a profit in 2009, just not at levels that pleased its stockholders. Aetna's decision to cut clients in favor of more expensive premiums is, as one industry analyst told American Medical News, a "pretty candid" admission. It also reflects the major concerns offered by HCR proponents and supporters of a public option for insurance coverage, who insist that the private health insurance industry is too consumed with the bottom line. A government-run plan would operate solely off its members' premiums. According to American Medical News, this is not the first time Aetna has chopped its rolls in an effort to maximize profit-taking. A 2004 Health Affairs article by health economist James C. Robinson, MD, PhD, notes that Aetna totally restructured its business between 2000 and 2003, plunging from 21 million members in 1999 to 13 million in 2003, boosting profits from about 4% to more than 7% in the process. Not surprisingly, Aetna is also a major player in battling past and current health insurance reform efforts, spending more than $2 million on lobbying just this year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Damned, dirty apes and the slack-jawed suckers taking the bait... a pox upon your homes and children. Tags: disgrace, dumb americans, health care, loathsome people
From: Chicago
Mood: Pyew
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The senseless scourge of rhino poaching continues to grow, with poaching levels at 15-year highs. Part of the reason according to WWF is rising demand in Asia, where the horn is used in traditional Chinese medicine, but Mongabay points out an undoubted contributing factor. Rhino horn is now worth more than gold... 
(Hat-tip Matthew McDermottA kilogram of rhino horn now goes for $60,000 on the black market, whereas that much gold is currently worth a bit over $40,600. That's $1610 an ounce for the rhino horn. Back in July, WWF reported that from 2000-2005, about three rhinos were killed per month in Africa as a whole, with that figure rising to 12 per month in Zimbabwe and South Africa. At least in the case of Zimbabwe, an utter lack of law enforcement, not helped by virtually no funding for rangers to protect rhinos, and weak penalties for poachers who are caught doesn't help the situation. In fact, 25% of Zimbabwe's rhinos have be killed just in the past three years, as evidence mounts that poachers are linking up with international crime syndicates to sell the horn. Poaching in Asia isn't much better, with at least ten rhinos being killed in India and seven in Nepal since the start of 2009. There are only five remaining rhino species left in the world and, according to the UCN, three are classified as critically endangered (Javan, Sumatran, and black rhino), the white rhino is listed as 'near threatened', while the Indian rhino is 'vulnerable'. Learn more (and get involved) here.Tags: africa, animals, crime, endangered species, extinction, greed, india, loathsome people, poaching, wildlife
From: Chicago
Mood: Damned, Dirty Apes
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22-year-old Svajunas Beniukas, who posted a video of himself throwing a dog off a bridge, has been hunted down by outraged animal lovers on the Internet.  In the grainy video footage, Beniukas is seen standing on a bridge clutching the dog and bragging about how he will prove that "dogs can fly." Then, horrifyingly, he raises the dog over the railing and lets go, sending it hurtling to the pavement below where it can be heard crying in pain. Miraculously, the dog - named "Pipiras" ("Pepper" in English) - was rescued by a passerby and is being treated for multiple fractures and internal injuries from which he's expected to recover. The video clip quickly circulated in Lithuania where it was shot, causing outrage among viewers (who soon began a search reminiscent of the hunt for cat torturer Kenny Glenn). Working with the authorities, the online investigators determined that the dog was dropped from a bridge in the Vilkija district. Police then worked with users of a local website to identify Beniukas, who - on learning of the manhunt - turned himself in to police. As it turns out, Beniukas was already a suspect in a robbery that had been committed earlier. As for the motive, Pipiras had allegedly killed some of Beniukas's mother's chickens, so Beniukas stole the dog from its owners and took it to the bridge to exact his revenge. He's been charged with animal cruelty and faces a year in jail if convicted. Police later issued a statement thanking users of the website http://www.15min.lt/ for helping them identify the culprit. Thanks to dwaleberry for the link. Tags: animal abuse, asshole, crime, dogs, justice, loathsome people
From: Chicago
Mood: Shanks A Lot
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Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty: Giving hunters — and human beings — a bad name... 
(Hat-tip Nick Baumann @ MoJo)"T-Paw" is taking a well-deserved drubbing from the outdoor community for not bothering to track down a wounded deer he shot on the opening day of Minnesota's firearm deer season. A headline on deerhuntingchat.com calls the possible '12 presidential contender a "slob hunter" for wounding a deer on Nov. 7th and then leaving for a Republican fundraiser in Iowa before the animal could be found. One contributor wrote: "What kind of slob hunter goes out opening morning and shoots a deer knowing full well you won't have time to retrieve it or tend to it? One whose presidential ambitions override his hunting ethics, that's what kind." After the governor shot the deer from more than 200 yards away (a long shot that would only be ethically taken by a well-seasoned hunter, which Pawlenty is not), he and his brother Dan went to the spot where they last saw the animal. Finding blood but no deer, they returned to base camp for breakfast and to consider their next move. Due in Iowa that night for a fundraiser, Pawlenty left, and there has been no sign of the animal since. As the Deer Hunting Guide says: "A responsible hunter, who is also an ethical hunter, will be prepared to spend hours trailing a wounded deer; even come back the next day if needed. You must make every effort to retrieve a wounded animal. It's the right ethical thing to do." P.S. WTF, T-Paw? Everyone knows that real hunters gun down wolves from helicopters. That, or they shoot their friends in the face pen-raised quail. Tags: asshole, hunting, loathsome people, tim pawlenty
From: Chicago
Mood: Pyew
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It's not for me."  Don't click on that link. Seriously. Just don't. I only posted it here as a self-reminder... Damned, dirty apes. ETA: At least tonight's Chicago Bears game will help cheer me up, right? Oh, wait... Tags: animal abuse, cats, dogs, factory farming, jesus fucking christ, loathsome people, nature bats last, torture
From: Planet of the Apes
Mood:  Loathing
Now Playing: 'Beautiful World' - Devo
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Barring a last minute intervention by Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, "Beltway Sniper" John Allen Muhammad will be executed by lethal injection this evening at 9 o'clock Eastern...  Muhammad and his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo were convicted for the murder of 10 people in 2002. The pair is also suspected of killings in Louisiana, Alabama and Arizona, but Malvo - who has already confessed to as many as 27 shootings - won't testify unless he's granted immunity, so those murders remain officially "unsolved." Muhammad's attorneys asked Kaine to commute his sentence to life in prison because they say he is mentally ill, but Kaine has refused. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down Muhammad's final appeal yesterday. P.S. For those interested in serial killers, I highly recommend Michael Newton's Hunting Humans (available at half.com for as little as a buck), which documents more than 750 killers, 60% of whom have never been mentioned in a published book before. Quite a read. Tags: crime, death penalty, justice, loathsome people, murder
From: Chicago
Now Playing: 'Gallows Pole' - Leadbelly
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In a yet another rich example of Republican hypocrisy, the GOP congressman leading the fight to have Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) ousted as chair of the House's top tax-writing body turns out to have a few rather glaring ethics problems of his own...  Rep. John Carter (R-TX) had nearly $300,000 in unreported profits from oil stock sales in 2006 and 2007, Roll Call reported yesterday. It was Carter who earlier this month introduced the failed resolution to have Rangel removed from his chairmanship of the House Ways and Means committee. Carter told Fox News that Rangel had been getting "special treatment from the IRS," and that his problems were "embarrassing to the Congress." But in 2006, Carter made $199,000 in profits through the sale of Exxon stock. He made another $97,000 the following year. And in neither case did he list the profit on his financial disclosure form. Not to defend Rangel here (i.e., I say if he's guilty of ethics violations and/or breaking the law, throw the book at him), but I find it absolutely delicious that the GOP chose a weasel to chase a ferret. Kinda reminds me of Gingrich leading the war cry to impeach Clinton while he was cheating on his second wife (whom he married after cheating on his first wife). The implosion continues. And I'm loving it. Tags: loathsome people, republican corruption, republican hypocrisy
From: Chicago
Mood:  Amused
Now Playing: Girls Making Brownies
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Looks like Captain Viagra ain't exactly ready for some football, is he? 
(Hat-tip Eugene Robinson)The Leader of the Republican Party's attempt to become part-owner of the St. Louis Rams ended this week when his fellow investors cut him from the squad. Rush got the bum’s rush shortly after Roger Goodell, the commissioner of the National Football League, hinted strongly that His Loudness was most unwelcome. Controversy had focused on Limbaugh’s history of incendiary and offensive remarks about race. Striking his patented tone of arrogant, bombastic victimhood, Limbaugh sought to portray his ownership bid as an urgent matter of great historical importance to the nation. “This is not about the NFL, it’s not about the St. Louis Rams, it’s not about me,” he bellowed on his show, hours before being sacked. “This is about the ongoing effort by the left in this country, wherever you find them, in the media, the Democrat Party, or wherever, to destroy conservatism, to prevent the mainstreaming of anyone who is prominent as a conservative. Therefore, this is about the future of the United States of America and what kind of country we’re going to have.” No, it’s not. It’s about making a splash and getting attention. And it’s about the free market and individual rights — which I thought conservatives were supposed to worship. Limbaugh had every right to join the group of would-be buyers headed by sports mogul Dave Checketts, who already owns the St. Louis Blues hockey team. And, let’s be honest, Limbaugh would hardly have been the only archconservative to own a piece of a pro football team. Given the demographic profile of the average NFL franchise owner—white, male, middle-aged to elderly, richer than Croesus, egocentric—I doubt that many of Limbaugh’s political and social views would be out of place. I mean, it’s not as if he were trying to join the board of the ACLU. But Goodell had not just the right but the duty to consider the impact that such close association with Limbaugh would have on the league. The NFL hates controversy like the plague, because controversy — of the non-sporting kind — is bad for business. It’s one thing for fans to debate a questionable pass interference call; it’s quite another for sports-talk hosts and their callers to argue about whether the league endorses tendentious and stereotypical views about African-Americans. Whatever NFL owners might think about politics or race, they don’t broadcast their opinions nationwide every day the way Limbaugh does. Attention has focused mostly on Limbaugh’s contention in 2003 that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb was overrated and that he was being overhyped because “the media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well.” This was stupid and wrong on every level—black quarterbacks had already excelled, with Doug Williams having led the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl victory 15 years earlier; and McNabb was good enough to take the Eagles to the Super Bowl two years later. The statement offended enough people that it got Limbaugh fired from his short-lived job as an ESPN football analyst. But Limbaugh has made other ugly observations. He gave this overview of the preponderance of black players in the league: “The NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There I said it.” He has referred to basketball as “the favorite sport of gangs.” He has called President Barack Obama “the greatest living example of a reverse racist” and “an angry black guy” and—because of his biracial heritage—a “Halfrican-American.” An equal-opportunity offender, Limbaugh also has called Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor a “reverse racist,” compared illegal Latino immigrants to an “invasive species,” and referred to Native Americans as “Injuns.” Hey, we all know it’s all about the ratings. For Limbaugh, more outrageousness equals a bigger audience, and a bigger audience equals more money. But even the NFL isn't stupid enough to let a whoring clown like this in on their game, lest he poison it even more than it's already been poisoned over the last few years. In announcing that Limbaugh was no longer associated with his bid for the Rams, Checketts said it was “clear that his involvement in our group has become a complication and a distraction.” That’s the way the free market works in this great country of ours, is it not? And with that in mind, I know that Rush will join me in a chorus of “God Bless America”... albeit through his bitter tears. ☺Tags: asshole, drug-addled gasbag, football, loathsome people, racism, right-wing hate radio, rush limbaugh
From: Chicago
Mood: Amused
Now Playing: 'Tears Of A Clown' - Smokey Robinson
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Get a load of this...  Tangipahoa Parish Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell has refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of "concern for any children the couple might have." "I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," said Bardwell. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else." Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said, having come to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said. "There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it." If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said. "I try to treat everyone equally." Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years. ( Read more )Tags: hillbillies, loathsome people, marriage, racism, rednecks, right-wing lunatics
From: Chicago
Mood:  WTF?
Now Playing: 'Swamp Witch' - Jim Stafford
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Texas is no longer the shittiest state in the union...  On Nov. 1st, a law in Oklahoma will go into effect that will collect personal details about every single abortion performed in the state and post them on a public website. Implementing the measure will " cost $281,285 the first year and $256,285 each subsequent year." Here are the first eight questions that women will have to reveal: 1. Date of abortion
2. County in which abortion performed
3. Age of mother
4. Marital status of mother (married, divorced, separated, widowed, or never married)
5. Race of mother
6. Years of education of mother (specify highest year completed)
7. State or foreign country of residence of mother
8. Total number of previous pregnancies of the mother
• Live Births
• Miscarriages
• Induced Abortions Although the questionnaire does not ask for name, address, or “any information specifically identifying the patient,” as Feminists for Choice points out, these eight questions could easily be used to identify a woman in a small community. “They’re really just trying to frighten women out of having abortions,” Keri Parks, director of external affairs at Planned Parenthood of Central Oklahoma, said. The Center for Reproductive Rights is challenging the law, arguing that “it violates the Oklahoma Constitution because it ‘covers more than one subject’ — a challenge that previously worked to strike down an abortion ultrasound law.” Tags: abortion, dumb americans, loathsome people, rednecks, right-wing lunatics, women
From: Chicago
Mood: Pyew
Now Playing: 'Having My Baby' - Paul Anka
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For those of you that did do much to help Casey win the Victoria's Secret "Love My Body" contest, I bring bad news — and yet more proof that people suck...  From Casey's journal: "I didn't win the Victoria's Secret contest.
Because of the tampering they changed things. An uninvolved group of judges were given the top 50 entries in a random order, they picked two winners, and I was not one of them. I got a call from a lady from Victoria's Secret saying that the people who were actually involved in the contest were inspired by my story and saw that people were voting for me fairly, so they've given me a $500 gift card.
Thank you. But $500 does not make up for the fact that several forums call me Cancer Bitch and think I should die. $500 does not make up for the fact that I just dealt with months of drama and humiliation because I decided on a whim that entering a contest couldn't hurt." If I were Casey, I'd order $500 worth of their cheesy crap, douse it with lighter fluid, torch it on my front lawn and post the video on YouTube. But that's just me. If you have a moment, you can drop Casey a note of support by commenting here. P.S. The father-son trip (broken into two separate weekends, in fact) was a bigger success than either of us could have imagined, and although I'm admittedly in a wretched physical state as I type this (doctor's office first thing tomorrow), it was worth every minute. Full update and photos to follow soon. Thanks again for all your calls, texts and e-mails. You guys are terrific. Tags: cancer, family values, friends, hunting, kidney stones, loathsome people, thank you
From: Home
Mood:  Drained
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I just finished reading the full text of the president's address to our nation's schoolchildren, scheduled for tomorrow...  Funny, I can't find a word about the Prophet Muhammad, universal health care, gay marriage, abortion on demand, banning guns, forced euthanasia, Bill Ayers, the war on Christmas, government re-education camps or Karl Marx... Guess I'll just sit here and hold my breath until someone from the right wing shows me the " indoctrination" part. Fuckin' imbeciles. Tags: barack obama, children, communism, dumb americans, education, loathsome people, lying liars, media hacks, republican scum, republican smear, right-wing hate radio, right-wing lunatics, swiftboat
From: Chicago
Mood:  Turning Blue
Now Playing: 'A Fool Such As I' - Slim Whitman
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Something to to consider the next time some right-wing, "god-fearing" apologist tries to tell you that the "pro-life movement" isn't inherently and deeply infected with psychopaths and outright terrorists...  The list of those visiting and communicating with Dr. George Tiller's accused murderer reads like a who's who of anti-abortion militants: Two convicted clinic bombers; The man behind the Army of God; Several activists who once signed a declaration defending the killing of abortion providers, and more — and federal agents are now keeping tabs on many of them... ( Read the rest... )Tags: abortion, crime, jesus fucking christ, justice, loathsome people, murder, right-wing lunatics, terrorism, women
From: Chicago
Mood:  Torch Their Dens
Now Playing: 'Zion Train' - Bob Marley
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Well, well - what do we have here?  Apparently Fred Phelps and his fellow jackals are going to be in Chicago tomorrow, picketing a nearby synagogue and spreading the "love of God" by "protesting the existence of Jews." I'm tempted. Really fuckin' tempted. Tags: asshole, chicago, christian lunatics, fred phelps, gays, jews, loathsome people, racism, scumbags
From: Chicago
Mood: Off My Fuckin' Lawn
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Open offer (and a bit more) to Lou Dobbs from Meteor Blades...  Ouch: Good journalists (you once had a reputation as one, Mr. Dobbs) check the facts. Especially on the big stories. There is nothing they won’t do, no place they won’t go, no amount of time they won’t spend to find out what’s really going on as best they can determine it. They’ll even spend money they don’t have to get access to information.
Good journalists (you’ve won a lot of awards for having been one once) can drive their spouses and their friends crazy working 80-hour weeks digging into files, reading documents and tracking down people to get the real skinny. Especially on the big stories.
Good journalists, as you allegedly once were, are skeptical of self-interested and ideologically driven sources.
Good journalists can sniff out an agenda faster than Zoom-Zoom Zumaya can put a fastball over the plate...
( Creamy Filling )
P.S. Karl Rove is a fucking cockroach. Just sayin'. Tags: asshole, barack obama, dumb americans, loathsome people, media assholes, media hacks, republican smear
From: Chicago
Mood:  Sweet
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I was going to post an angry, foul-mouthed rant about NFL commissioner Roger Goodell reinstating this piece of shit, but zombiegoat pretty much covered all the bases (without the foul-mouthed part)...  As project_mayhem_ suggests: Email roger.goodell2@nfl.net and tell this greedy shitstain what a disgusting mistake this is. Let him know you won't be attending any games or purchasing any NFL merchandise- since the only thing he cares about is profit, hit him where it hurts- the bottom line of his accounting pages.
Pass this on to as many people as possible. I couldn't agree more. Tags: animal abuse, animal cruelty, animal fighting, animals, asshole, crime, dog fighting, dogs, loathsome people, michael vick, nfl felons, scumbags
From: Chicago
Mood: Bitter
Now Playing: Thom Hartmann
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Why you pompous little pip-squeak, you...  Louisiana Governor Piyush Amrit Jindal has reemerged after his disastrous State of the Union response prompted a brief sabbatical from the spotlight. In a Politico piece Monday, Jindal wrote that "the nearly trillion dollar stimulus has not stimulated," but somehow, in spite of terrible government intervention, "things in Louisiana are looking up." How the hell did that happen, you ask? Well, it might have something to do with the millions of dollars in stimulus money that went to the state. Jindal must know about it, because he's been handing it out all over, in giant-check form: Despite the fact that the checks contain millions of dollars of Recovery Act funds for job training programs, housing assistance programs, homelessness prevention programs, police training, criminal justice technology upgrades, and community development block grants, Jindal has been printing his own name on the checks and taking credit for the money.
For example, Jindal presented Lafayette with yet another jumbo-sized check that contained at least $2,125,584 in Recovery Act funds. Though the money came from spending policies authorized by the Recovery Act, Jindal did not appear to credit the Recovery Act at all. And although the state stands to gain nearly $8 billion in federal funding from the Recovery Act, Jindal was one of several GOP governors to try to block the measure earlier this year. Note that the stimulus distribution has garnered Jindal many positive headlines — in contrast to his grandstanding against the federal funds last fall. Now he's trying to have it both ways: Oppose the stimulus in Washington and get credit for it back home. Rotten, shameless little bastard. P.S. Texas Senator John Cornyn (R, for Repugnant) is as dumb as a bag of manure. Just sayin'. Tags: dumb americans, gop meltdown, loathsome people, lying liars, republican scum, texas
From: Chicago
Mood: Pyew
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A little good news to end the week (h/t Dorian Block)...  17-year-old animal abuser Cheyenne Cherry reportedly "hissed" at protesters outside Bronx Supreme Court Wednesday, grinning widely as she took credit for stuffing a kitten into a 500-degree oven. Cherry was confronted as she was led from the courthouse after her guilty plea in to charges of animal cruelty and attempted burglary in the May 6th killing at her former roommate's apartment. "It's dead, bitch!" she snapped, sticking her tongue out after a plea bargain that will put her behind bars for a year in the May 6th killing of tiny Tiger Lily. Tiger Lily was left to die inside the oven after Cherry and her unidentified 14-year-old accomplice trashed the apartment of Valerie Hernandez, destroying furniture before stealing DVDs and food. After her arrest, Cherry told police the cat killing was "just a joke." In court, Cherry admitted to Judge Margaret Clancy that the younger girl put the cat in the oven - and "I didn't let the cat out." The pair fled the apartment because they didn't want to hear the dying cat's cries or desperate scratching at the oven door, authorities said. Prosecutor Jennifer Troiano said Cherry was granted a plea deal because her cohort was "more culpable" for the crimes. Under the agreement, Cherry pleaded guilty to two charges in a six-count indictment. She waived her right to appeal and agreed not to keep a pet for the next three years. Currently jailed on a probation violation, she faces formal sentencing July 31st. The second girl is facing trial in Family Court because of her age. As she exited the courtroom, Cherry passed a row of protesters outraged by her crime. One of them, Sharon Tuerlings, extended both her middle fingers and kissed them. Cherry grinned widely, stuck out her tongue and responded with her profane retort. Turns out this little princess is not new to scumbaggery. Just last year, she was busted for using a BB gun to kidnap a dog with her boyfriend, and was also arrested for robbing a man of his iPod at gunpoint. The protesters who attended the hearing said they represented more than 20,000 people who signed an online petition supporting harsh punishment for Cherry. They were thrilled by the deal that guaranteed Cherry would do time for the killing. Tuerlings said she wanted to get a glimpse of the monster behind the cat execution. "It felt so good to look at her ugly face," she said. "Those evil eyes that she has." My guess is that she'll get protective custody because of her age. Too bad, really. Better, IMO, to toss her into gen pop and see her chewed up and spit out like a piece of gristle. Either way, being a convicted felon will likely destroy whatever (already-dim) future she might have had. Tough shit. Tags: animal abuse, animal cruelty, animals, crime, justice, loathsome people
From: Chicago
Mood: Shank You Very Much
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Meet Ohio State Representative and Minority Whip John Adams...  This Republican asshat has re-introduced a bill that would prevent a woman from having an abortion until she gets written consent from the biological father. As proposed, the bill triggers criminal penalties against women for “providing a false biological father.” Adams says the “first-degree misdemeanor” would be punishable with up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine. Labeled by Adams as the “Father’s Right Bill,” the lawr would give men the final say on abortion in the state of Ohio: In the case where the father isn’t known, House Bill 252 would compel the woman to provide a list of names of people who may be the father in an effort to determine paternity. The bill also would make it a crime for women to lie about who the father is, and make it illegal for doctors to perform abortions without the father’s consent.
The bill would also force a woman to have a child if the father does not agree to an abortion.“That child should be born, not killed,” Adams said. Adams first introduced this offensive piece of garbage legislation back in '07. Already, the bill has at least 15 co-sponsors. No word on instances of rape and incest (would the woman need to get a permission slip from the daddy then, too?). As Elizabeth Gettelman puts it: Listen, I get that a father has a vested interest in seeing his progeny thrive, that's a man's most basic evolutionary instinct. But until men have to carry a growing fetus for nine months, sometimes risking their health to do so, and most certainly altering the rest of their lives, until then, the woman has the final say. If she makes the hard decision that abortion is what's best for everyone, well, sorry boys, you're going to have to be live with that. Just like she will. P.S. Who wants to wager that this misogynist prick is either a closet homosexual or banging someone other than his wife? Tags: abortion, asshole, jesus fucking christ, loathsome people, republican scum, right-wing lunatics, women
From: Chicago
Mood: Pyew
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While I'm certainly no big fan of PETA's on several fronts, I commend them on this one. Yet another reason I would never bring my kids to a fuckin' circus...  The infamous Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus is in hot water — yet again — after new undercover tapes show trainers beating their elephants before they go on stage. The graphic video, captured by a PETA worker who posed as a stagehand for six months, has sparked new allegations of animal cruelty against the circus and provided fodder for the campaign against the spectacle known as "The Greatest Show on Earth." The tapes show the giant animals wearing head-dresses, packed together as handlers strike them with bull hooks over their face, ears and bodies. The harsh, loud smacks of the whips are heard in the background. At one point, a handler wearing a black costume stalks up to one of the elephants and randomly smacks it in the head with his baton — apparently for no reason at all. The surveillance video captures four heart-wrenching minutes of elephants being whipped, sometimes curling their trunks, opening their mouths and making noises in protest. Workers sink bull hooks — sharp, fireplace poker-like tools — into the elephants' sensitive skin and yank hard as the animals trumpet in pain. Forced to perform night after night, one of the elephants in the video — 25-year-old Tonka — frequently sways back and forth, bobs her head and kicks her right foot — all behaviors indicative of severe psychological stress, and the verbal abuse appears to be as bad as the physical abuse. One trainer is overheard cursing at the behemoths, saying "Fuck you, fat ass. Back up." The undercover worker got a job with the circus and traveled with it across seven states. He shot video between January and June at various venues, including Madison Square Garden, reports the Daily News. And elephants aren't the only animals abused by circus handlers in the video. The tape also shows tigers being whipped and smacked around in rehearsals. Ringling Bros. officials said they didn't know about the existence of the video and couldn't comment on it, but said their animals are treated properly. This isn't the first time Ringling Brothers has been caught abusing animals on tape.. PETA has recorded other videos of workers beating animals — and some handlers have even spoken out against the company's abusive practices. A judge is expected to rule as early as this summer on whether Ringling's use of steel-barbed bullhooks, electric prods and shackles on the elephants violates federal law. In light of the most recent video, a formal complaint has now been filed with the Agriculture Department under the Animal Welfare Act. The group also plans to file complaints today in seven states where the circus performed, including New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Watch the video for yourself (if you have the stomach for it), then feel free to share your thoughts with Ringling Brothers via: Feld Entertainment
8607 Westwood Center Drive
Vienna, VA 22182
(703) 448-4120
customerservice@feldinc.com P.S. If you get anything other than a robo-response, please share it in the comments section. Let's see their PR people try to explain this away. Tags: animal abuse, animal cruelty, animals, crime, elephants, justice, loathsome people
From: Chicago
Mood: Bastards
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In their continuing quest to lose the Hispanic vote for the next hundred years, Republicans have managed to ratchet up the hate in the latest attempt to derail the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. A new TV commerical produced by the wingnuts at the " Committee for Justice" claims that Sotomayor “led a group supporting violent Puerto Rican terrorists,” going so far as to link her to “Obama’s buddy Bill Ayers, the unrepentant terrorist who bombed American buildings in the seventies." Get a load of this: The "terrorist" group that these pinheads are referring to? The Puerto Rican Legal Defense & Education Fund, a decidedly mainstream civil rights organization on whose board of directors Sotomayor has served. Apparently, in Tea Bag Land, a group that protects Latinos from race discrimination is no different from al Qaeda. Estas personas no solo so estupidas, si no tambien locas. ☺P.S. Meanwhile, Micheal "Stepin Fetchit" Steele is busy wooing black voters into the Republican tent with fried chicken and potato salad. I shit you not. Tags: gop meltdown, loathsome people, republican smear, right-wing lunatics, scotus
From: Chicago
Mood: Amused
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