Michael Gableman, A Wisco Embarrassment

& what an embarrassment. The man bought to the Supreme Court by the WMC has decided to withdraw his counter suit claiming his right to free speech allows him to lie in a political campaign. Just like a ReThug, bitch about people speaking their minds, but demand that they deserve free speech when caught lying. As I seriously asked before, I wonder if Michael Gableman is still fucking goats?

Ron Asheton, R.I.P.

Obit here.

Yup, It's A Recession

693,000 people saw their lives recede into a number, without compensation.

It Is What It Is

Sigh.

Thank You

Jeb! disappoints the world-wide coalition of wingnuts. I know, however, that as I sit here with my left shoulder defying the pain killer, that I am as happy as an almost 60 year old can be.

Good Roman Catholic Priest?

He says he is concerned about this -

Poor or irregular Mass attendance, lack of knowledge about the pillars of Catholicism, predictable services and the ultra-casual dress (WTF?-ed.) and attitudes of some of those who attend all weaken the faith community, says the pastor of Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Temple Terrace.

but he acts like this -

A Temple Terrace pastor is in jail this morning after deputies arrested him on a charge of driving under the influence.

Father Joseph Waters, 47, was stopped about 2:30 a.m. today on U.S. Highway 301 south of Riverview, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Waters refused a breathalyzer test and was booked at the Orient Road Jail about two hours later.

I realize that Roman Catholic priests are an easy target, but hey, I was raised until I was 13 years old as an Episcopalian. My emphasis.

More of Bu$hCo's Legacy

Israel has every right to defend itself, but by doing this, one may legitimately question whether or not this is a defensive action or a wildly disproportional response to a bombing campaign that, frankly, wasn't all that successful, if the death of many Israelis was the pint. While this report is from the end of December 2008, it is a good representation of the historic numbers.

John Ging, an Irishman who directs operations in Gaza for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, entered Gaza on Monday as journalists were kept out. He told Palestinian reporters in Gaza that the policy was a problem.

“For the truth to get out, journalists have to get in,” he said.

My emphasis.

Dancing In The Street

Well, not me, it's too cold & there is no street, just my driveway, but somewhere, someone is dancing for My Friend Al has been certified as the winner in the MN Senate race. Asshat Norm Coleman, predictably, is to continue whining & filing lawsuits, instead of doing the right thing & conceding.

NOLA News 2

Lots of rain.

News From NOLA

More murders than days.

...it pushed the city's homicide tally to five in the first four days of 2009.

My Friend Al

This is excellent news. Sen. John Cornyn (ReThug-Texas), is trying to spoil the celebration. If he gets his way, Cornyn will join a long list of ReThugs who don't much like democracy & leave MN with only one senator, possibly for months. Coleman, the Asshat, ought to do the right thing & concede, if for no other reason, to allow MN is full slate of elected representation.

Ernie Schnook, R.I.P.

A true patriot. Obit here.

Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel obit here.

My Friend Al

Is up by 225 votes.

Boy, Oh, Boy

It took Bu$hCo & Company a long, long time to declare the current economic disaster a recession. With what is happening today, a person would think that the assmintration would have had some inkling of what was obvious to any thinking person, even a non-economist thinking person. Of course, Bu$hCo has a long history of denying the obvious, or, worse yet, making shit up, especially all those WMD that were not lying around Saddam's feet.

From Australia, to Asia and Europe and the United States on Wednesday, the message in the latest economic reports was clear: manufacturing continued to slump amid the worst slowdown since the Great Depression.

I Didn't Forget You

Loyal four readers. I've just been busy with having the kid, her husband, & The Twins up here visiting. It's been fun, that's for sure. I appear to have just made it, 15 minutes until Jan. 2, 2009, so I'm OK. I worked really hard to produce the following, so I hope you enjoy my artistic work, or at least the hot air it took to do it. Have a great new year, & we've only got 20 days left. Later.