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Weekend-Monday, August 17-20, 2012 Vol 2924 - Clouds
Quotes "Todd Akin has been a great asset to the House Budget Committee. His principled approach to fiscal responsibility is exactly the kind of leadership America needs -- Paul Ryan, appauding the man who says rape victims should knock it off, Link Send e-mail to Bart Koch Brothers Bought Ryan’s Nomination With $100 Million Promise says GOP consultant (and our old friend) Dick Stone Link Veteran Republican consultant Roger Stone yesterday published a startling accusation against Ryan and Romney on his personal website, The Stone Zone. According to Stone, the billionaire Koch brothers purchased the GOP VP nomination for Ryan by promising to fork over an additional $100 million toward “independent expenditure” campaigning for the GOP ticket. Any such transaction would represent a serious violation of federal election laws and perhaps other statutes, aside from the ethical and character implications for all concerned. Although Stone is not the most reputable figure, to put it mildly, he has been a Republican insider, with access to the party’s top figures, over four decades. You'd think this would make news, but I guess the networks don't want to risk angering Romney on the off-chance he could actually win. Send e-mail to Bart Obama ahead in Pennsylvania Ryan doesn't help Willard at all there Link Obama leads Romney, 44 to 38 percent with 15 percent undecided; when voters who lean to a candidate are included a similar advantage shows for Obama, 47 to 42 percent, leaving 7 percent of voters truly undecided. Really? Seven percent don't know if they want the super-rich to have an easier ride? Seven percent don't know if they want to pay higher taxes so the super-rich can pay less? Seven percent don't know if they want medicare to continue? Send e-mail to Bart Paul Ryan redefines Rape
There's "forcible rape" and "regular rape" Link Yesterday, Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) claimed that “legitimate rape” does not often lead to pregnancy because “the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.” Really? Did you really just say that? This is not the first time the biologically challenged senate candidate tried to minimize the impact of rape. Last year, Akin joined with Paul Ryan as sponsors of the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” a bill which, among other things, introduced the country to the bizarre term “forcible rape.” Federal law prevents federal Medicaid funds and similar programs from paying for abortions. Yet the law also contains an exception for women who are raped. The bill Akin and Ryan cosponsored would have narrowed this exception, providing that only pregnancies arising from “forcible rape” may be terminated. Because the primary target of Akin and Ryan’s effort are Medicaid recipients — patients who are unlikely to be able to afford an abortion absent Medicaid funding — the likely impact of this bill would have been forcing many rape survivors to carry their rapist’s baby to term. Michelle Goldberg explains who Akin and Ryan would likely target: Under H.R. 3, only victims of “forcible rape” would qualify for federally funded abortions. Victims of statutory rape—say, a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 30-year-old man—would be on their own. So would victims of incest if they’re over 18. And while “forcible rape” isn’t defined in the criminal code, the addition of the adjective seems certain to exclude acts of rape that don’t involve overt violence—say, cases where a woman is drugged or has a limited mental capacity. “It’s basically putting more restrictions on what was defined historically as rape,” says Keenan. It will be hard to pinpoiunt the exact minute when Romney lost this race, but this could be it. For sure, this Akin handjob just lost the Missouri senate race and Ryan has to face the mudic, too. Ryan has to explain why a drugged and raped women wasn't really raped. Ryan has to explain why a mentally challenged raped woman wasn't really raped. This is really clear and graphic proof of how crazy the GOP has become. If you women are OK with carrying your rapists's baby, vote for Romney. If that doesn't sound very appealing, vote a straight Democratic ticket. The question: Will Obama be "too polite" to make this an issue? Akin’s ‘Macaca moment’ could flip Senate race No, that race is already over, Dumbass Link This Akin asshole brags that he's "the most conservative man in Missouri," and to prove it, he wants YOU to have your rapist's baby - that's how conservative he is. Send e-mail to Bart Shop Online
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You have every right to be as crazy as you want. Akin wants to FORCE you to have your rapist's baby and you don't think we should call you crazy for supporting that? How about this: YOU can have your rapist's baby if YOU want but let's not FORCE that madness on other American woman, Rage Against Paul Ryan by Tom Morello Link Paul Ryan's love of my band, Rage Against the Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades. Charles Manson loved the Beatles but didn't understand them. Governor Chris Christie loves Bruce Springsteen but doesn't understand him. And Paul Ryan is clueless about his favorite band, Rage Against the Machine. I wonder what Ryan's favorite Rage song is? Is it the one where we condemn the genocide of Native Americans? The one lambasting American imperialism? Our cover of "Fuck the Police"? Or is it the one where we call on the people to seize the means of production? So many excellent choices to jam out to at Young Republican meetings! Don't mistake me, I clearly see that Ryan has a whole lotta "rage" in him: A rage against women, a rage against immigrants, a rage against workers, a rage against gays, a rage against the poor, a rage against the environment. Basically the only thing he's not raging against is the privileged elite he's groveling in front of for campaign contributions. . Damn, a shot of Chinaco for Tom Morello. Read his whole column if you have the time. Catch Morello on Bill Maher or Jon Stewart some time. You will like what you see. Send e-mail to Bart MSNBC's Toure apologizes for 'N-word' Blacks can't use that word on TV because... Link MSNBC co-host Touré apologized for his use of "the N-word" on "The Cycle." "On yesterday's show in discussion about the presidential race, I used a word to make a point. In retrospect, I muddied the discussion by using the 'N-word,'" he said Friday. "I could've made my point without that word. I shouldn't have used it, and I'm sorry." On the program yesterday, Touré, an African-American, charged Mitt Romney with "trying to use racial coding and access some really deep stereotypes about the angry black man." “I know it’s a heavy thing, I don’t say it lightly, but this is 'niggerization,'" he said. First, he's noy sorry, hr was ordered to apologize. OMG, someone used a word that everyone's heard 10,000 times - OMG! You can say it on cable (which Toure is on) but news people can't say it on cable. Years ago, you weren't allowed to use the word "pregnant" on TV. Then the word grew up and the word is used all the time. Nobody wants to hear "nigger this" and "nigger that," but if you're making a point about race and what evil white men will do to win an election, I think it's proper to use it. Remember, to THEM, this race boils down to one thing: ...but if you mention that, you're a bad person who must apologize. Send e-mail to Bart Subject: Romney's plan for Medicare is worse One clear indication that the Romney Medicare plan is worse that the current one is that Romney is assuring current seniors that his new plan isn't going to apply to them. He's telling them not to worry because only people who are (currently) under 55 will be affected by the changes. So if you are assuring seniors that Romney's changes aren't going to apply to them isn't that the same as admitting that Romney's changes are worse for seniors? If these changes made things better then that's something I would want now. Obama isn't ashamed of his plan the way Romney is. Marc Perkel Excellent point - Romney fails to make sense. He's admitting he's going to kill Medicare, just not for the 55-and-older folks. So if you're 54 or younger, Romney is stealing your Medicare. He's going to give all your Medicare money to the super-rich. He's going to "reform" Medicare the way Bush "reformed" American prosperity. Send e-mail to Bart Tommy Mack "Someone's gone and thrown away a perfectly good white guy..." Whore Media Beats Up a Girl Price paid for not getting steamrolled Link A website called Viral Read got the right-wing ball rolling against Solenoid O’Brien when it freeze-framed O’Brien “furiously flipping through notes,” and revealed that it was a Talking Points Memo story called “The Myth of Paul Ryan the Bipartisan Leader" that she was reading. “She never cited it, but used its contents,” Viral Read’s Ali Akbar reported. "You want to make the claim that you guys are objectively in the middle? Soledad O’Brien’s doing McCarthyism – Charlie McCarthyism. She is a puppet,” the vulgar Pigbpoy whaled Tuesday. “She doesn’t know what to ask unless she goes to a liberal blog for guidance. She has to print it out and use it on the air, O'Brien said she looked at TPM to get the exact wording on a quote. What's wrong with that? Nothing, but the whore media will STOMP YOU if you refuse to get steamrolled by a lying, Nazi pig. Send e-mail to Bart Subject: Will Brits invade Ecuador? There are a couple of scenarios in this endgame. 1. Julian could stay in the embassy for a long time. There is precedent. When the Soviets invaded Hungary, a Catholic bishop took refuge in an embassy of a foreign country in Budapest. He stayed there for 14 years. 2. The Brits could break off all diplomatic ties with Ecuador, and expel their diplomats. Once the building is vacant, authorities can enter and inspect. Whoever is left behind can be arrested, as the property reverts to British soil. 3. The Brits could invade the building, in violation of international law. I think that option #3, is out, simply because option #2 is viable. Option #1 is a fallback, and effectively confines Julian to prison. I wonder if the extradition order to Sweden has an expiration date, after which, the British government no longer has cause to deport Julian. Yes, the US is a vengeful nation, when it comes to exposing state secrets. You go to prison, or worse. Unless your last name is bush. --dave, in Portlandia, OR To me, #2 and #3 are the same thing. We've always been told, "The embassy is (the host country's) land and property." If England "takes" what isn't theirs, they might as well invade the embassy tonight. Send e-mail to Bart Marty
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Link Subject: Last issue's Mystery Car Link Bart, that's a 1938 Phantom Corsair Concept car. Douglas J Send e-mail to Bart What's in Romney's taxes that will kill his chances for the White House if we find out? Link After a brief respite from talk of Mitt Romney's tax returns, the issue is back in the spotlight after an interview with Ann Romney, who insists that "there's going to be no more tax releases given" by her husband in the lead-up to November's election. Romney told NBC, "there's nothing we're hiding" with regard to the couple's finances, but that unveiling a more extensive record of their tax history would "only give Democrats more ammunition." Well, yeah, if you mean we're going to point to the crimes in Willard's returns and acream, "Foul!" Willard says, "If we release some taxes, the Dems will just ask for more." Fine - release alllll your taxes and we can't ask for anything more. Send e-mail to Bart Subject: Romney and Reid might both be right Harry Reid has accused Romney of paying no federal income taxes. Romney said that he has always paid at least 13%. Could they both be right? Actually yes! If you take the year 2008, the year of the great Bush stock market crash most everyone in the investment world has losses they could write off. So Romney could claim no income and 13% of zero is zero. And that makes both of them right. Of course we'll never know because Romney is hiding his tax returns so we voters will have to use our imagination to figure out what the truth is. Marc Perkel Send e-mail to Bart We're
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Link Send e-mail to Bart Subject: Blogging at the Dem Convention Did you apply to be a blogger at the convention? The DNC had a blogging form up a few months ago for anyone who wanted to blog to sign up for blogging space in the social media center at the convention. They would then check out the blog to see if it had a longterm history. Obviously, they didn't want to grant blogging to someone who had just set up a blog. You would have easily qualified. I think now they are taking blog applications for the last day of the convention. Campaigns are anxious to help out people who want to blog, or follow their efforts. In 2008 I called both the Obama and Clinton campaigns and asked for press credentials. I had them within 24 hours. I applied as someone who as making all of her videos available for free for bloggers to use. I was notified of all events, was automatically signed in as press, could show up and show my credentials and walk in early, ahead of the long lines of crowds, to set up. I attended special press briefings by staff and by the candidates. I had the same access as all the major news outlets, had my camera usually next to NBC. Both campaigns bent over backwards to help the press. They would even bus them from one event to another if they had several in one day, and the bus them back to the original site where the press members had parked their cars. Also there were rows of bloggers at every event. Both campaigns made certain they could plug in their computers and that they had WIFI. And for the first time the 2008 event had a special media room set up for bloggers. And they have done it again this year. Yvette Yvette, thanks for that. If I'm still alive in 2016 I may try it then. Send e-mail to Bart Today's Mystery City
Link Subject: last issue's mystery city Link Hola, Bart, I'm guessing Havana, Cuba, in the 1950's Padre Mickey Padre, that's Havana, but it could be a more recent photo. For reasons that escape me, they're kinda stuck in the sixties. I'll bet they have some cherry 57 Chevy's and the like. Send e-mail to Bart Aren't we shaking our fists at God saying, "We don't want your clean, free energy! We want to kill ragheads for energy, thank you!" Today's History Mystery Link Subject: last issue's history mystery Link That is Alan Ameche, the Horse, played football for the Baltimore Colts 1955-60. Best known for his role in the 1958 NFL Championship Game at Yankee Stadium, often cited as "The Greatest Game Ever Played." Ameche scored the winning touchdown for the Colts on a one-yard run in overtime as the Colts beat the Giants, 23-17. Of course it couldn't be greatest game ever played because that is every game where the Redskins beat the Cowboys. Mark with no last name The Cowboys got stomped 28-20 Saturday. Also in sports news, I watched 13 innings of the Cardinals vs Pirates Sunday but then the cable company switched, swear to Koresh, to women's basketball. The Cardinals ended up losing after 19 innings. Send e-mail to Bart Subject: donation Bart, I still read your blog every day. You publish some of the stuff I send, and I have been remiss in not sending you a donation. By the way, you should definately consider moving to Oregon. It is a solid blue state. You have been living in knuckle-dragger hell for too long. Ron in Australia Ron, thanks for that. I got an e-mail from someone disinviting me from moving to Portland. Dude said it was already too crowded there. Everyone is broke, but you're still buying necessities, right? Buying them thru Amazon helps keep bartcop.com on the InnerNets and you might even save some money.. Humor can get us thru the worst of times so we will keep on. As my buddy Ray Coleman used to say, "Never quit!!" Please remember the Bartcop Portal when you shop online. It never hurts to check http://amzn.to/bartcop prices. Now unemployed - Sarah Michelle Gellar Check out over 600 sexy and tasteful photos of Sarah Michelle Gellar More in BC Hotties Thanks to Blue in Seattle for helping me corral the hotties. Send
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