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(Washington, DC 10/4)
Today, around 4:30 ET, a man set himself on fire on the Capitol Mall. The video, Man in Flames, reports that the man poured gasoline on himself, saluted in the direction of the Capitol, and set himself on fire.
Joggers stopped and put the flames out with their shirts.
Before being evacuated by medics, the burned man thanked the joggers for their help.
As the Capitol Hill Car Chase video shows, yesterday, Margaret Carey of Stamford, CT, crashed into barriers near the White House. After officers aimed their guns at her, she suddenly drove off toward the Capitol Building, pulled over when she arrived, exited her car, and was promptly shot by police. She had no weapon. Her one year old daughter was in the care with her the entire time. Police in her hometown found papers that she’d been prescribed risperidone, an anti-manic/anti-psychotic medication, that Carey was taking for sudden onset of postpartum depression.
The Capitol itself was locked down, as a bitter debate over the government shutdown was interrupted by echoes of shots, officers with guns and an urgent order to “shelter in place.”Washington Post, Oct 3
Last week, a man lost his life in a rural area near here when cops arrived to bust his pot patch. The surviving grower sits in jail charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer.
Any signs of openness to peace rather than war is welcomed. This is a pretty gutsy approach for a U.S. lobbying group in behalf of Israel. But, whatever it takes to eliminate the war mongers, war economy, and mechanisms of ultimate destruction.Three cheers for J Street!!!
Meretz leader says Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s speech has made the Iran threat Israel’s problem alone.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu faced criticism for his UN General Assembly address Tuesday from Labor and Meretz MKs in Israel and from the pro- Israel, pro-peace lobby J Street in Washington.
J Street released a statement expressing disappointment that Netanyahu did not spend more time addressing “the promise of a better future with the Palestinians,” especially in light of the ongoing peace process.
“The prime minister’s speech to the UN General Assembly was a missed opportunity,” the organization said. “Of its 33 minutes, he spent less than two minutes addressing the subject of peace with the Palestinians, as if to make it clear that peace is not a high priority for him.”
As the shutdown lingers, some Republican moderates are openly frustrated that tea party darling Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas appears to be calling the shots on what House Republicans do next. Cruz was one of the first to suggest passing narrow bills that fund those government agencies or functions that generate any public backlash.
“I think the leadership is committed to play the Cruz strategy all the way out,” California Rep. Devin Nunes told reporters, before adding “if you can call it a strategy.”
For two days, GOP leaders have pushed through a series of piecemeal spending bills for floor votes that would fund things like veterans affairs, national parks and medical research. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Wednesday they plan to continue doing this.
“We’ve got ways to ease the pain on people,” Cantor said. “We agree on a lot around here. We ought to fund that, and then we ought to sit down and talk about that which we don’t.”
Apparently, lemmings aren’t blind. They’re just wimps.
There are 21 House Republicans on record favoring a clean continuing resolution bill that will allow full staffing for the federal government. There are more who say they will support that measure if it comes up for a vote according to reporter Jennifer Bendery, who is keeping a running tally.
We’ve heard about the 45 or so Tea Party Republicans who fear a primary if they break ranks on the destroy-Obamacare tactic that’s holding up a federal budget and keeping the government shut down. All but one are from states that President Obama carried in 2012. Most are from suburban areas near larger cities or areas with intensive military or government installations. For example, Rep. Rob Wittman’s Virginia district runs from Newport News, at the Southeast corner of the state, up to Dale City, a Washington, DC suburb. He’s in double trouble with concentrations of both government and federal workers. Continue reading These House Republicans also care about their next election
Went to the Hudson Valley Garlic Festival and in addition to garlic-flavored-everything, came home with garlic. A lot of garlic.
Now, I love garlic and figured on whipping up some Sopa de Ajo but we overdid it.
Luckily, I found a delicious recipe to use up the excess.:-D
Steve Colbert, Jon Stewart, Andy Borowitz and Bill Maher.
(h/t MaryD)
Conservatives who love to brag about American exceptionalism must come here to California, and see it in person. And then they should be afraid — very afraid. Because while the rest of the country is beset by stories of right-wing takeovers in places like North Carolina, Texas and Wisconsin, California is going in the opposite direction and creating the kind of modern, liberal nation the country as a whole can only dream about. And not only can’t the rest of the country stop us — we’re going to drag you along with us.
Since then, everything Republicans say can’t or won’t work — gun control, immigration reform, high-speed rail — California is making work. And everything conservatives claim will unravel the fabric of our society — universal healthcare, higher taxes on the rich, gay marriage, medical marijuana — has only made California stronger. And all we had to do to accomplish that was vote out every single Republican. Without a Republican governor and without a legislature being cock-blocked by Republicans, a $27 billion deficit was turned into a surplus, continuing the proud American tradition of Republicans blowing a huge hole in the budget and then Democrats coming in and cleaning it up.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s terse dismissal of Iranian President Rouhani’s recent overtures to the West was based solely on the two countries’ recent hostile past, not on an understanding of the two countries’ previous longstanding cooperation. Nor was it based on understanding the geopolitical realities upon which that longstanding cooperation was built and recognizing that those geopolitical realities are falling back into place all around him. Continue reading Israel’s changing regional security: a new approach to Iran someday?
No, there’s no secret backroom negotiations. It’s merely the will of the American people being exercised.
You see, nobody expected the volume of people who wanted – no, needed – to sign up for health insurance. “Needed,” because under the old system insurance was unaffordable, healthcare doubly so.
This is an initiative that is wildly popular, despite polling you may have seen, precious few of which segregate people who don’t like Obamacare because they don’t like Obama from liberals who don’t like Obamacare because it doesn’t go far enough.
…and you get this. The site is so busy at 10:52 ET, the system can’t handle the traffic.
As of 8:11 PM Eastern Time, the national website for the Affordable Care Act (ACA)/Obamacare had 2.8 million hits. That’s the site for the 14 states without marketplace exchange. The states with exchanges are getting massive traffic. New York States exchange got 2.5 million hits in the first half hour of operation. California exchange had up to 10,000 hits a second earlier today.
There is a huge need for affordable health insurance among the self-employed and others without health insurance benefits. The initial plan offerings are highly varied with premiums ranging from $100 to $500 a month for individuals. It’s too early to provide a survey of offerings since it’s hard to get to the exchanges.
This is one major reason why congressional Republicans must stop Obamacare/ACA. The demand is huge. The offerings are not perfect by far but there’s something there for everyone. Once the program is in place and the hysteria stops, there will be a sense of gratitude. Finally, the self employed will see, there is a system that can work for them. They no longer need to go broke to buy health insurance. Continue reading Here’s one big reason why the Republicans must stop Obamacare – ACA
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