Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

[puterbac]

USDA ‘Rabbit Police’ Stalking Magicians (Update)

http://bobmccarty.com/2011/05/25/usda-r ... magicians/

[puterbac]

THE DEMISE OF SUNSPOTS—DEEP COOLING AHEAD?

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/06/17/e ... more-41821

[Toemeesleather]

As expected....


The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a huge class-action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. that contended the retail giant had systematically discriminated against 1.5 million of its female workers.

By a 5-4 vote, the high court said the suit could not go forward as a class-action claim because the plaintiffs could not show Wal-Mart had a common policy of discriminating against women. Instead, the company allowed individual store managers to decide on pay levels and promotions, the justices said.

[bluetick]

All of the major ET dailies lean right editorially, puter. They all endorsed McPalin over oprama...every last one. And there is no liberal syndicated radio shows to be found on the dial anywhere. Air America never got any play on any station anywhere from Cookeville to Mtn. City. It's all the usual right-wing suspects all day..and all-a-tha' night. Ours is a fortress of conservative thought and opinion.

I don't complain, and never have. It makes sense that they'd cater to the desires of the people that use their product (and buy their ads). As long as the news stories are straight up and the facts and numbers are according to Hoyle, the opinion people can say whatever they please. I know the difference between the AP wire stories and what's on the editorial page, and the same goes for the 5-minutes news broadcast at the top of the hour that precedes Limbaugh or Hannity.

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[hedge]

"Believe it or not, there are real live human beings living in America who would rather work for what they have than to take a handout from someone else. Believe it or not."

I guarangoddamntee that if somebody came up to you or puter or anybody else and said they'd give you the equivalent of your entire salary with the only stipulation being that you must stop working and simply take the money, you'd do it in a heartbeat. If you deny that, you're either a fucking liar or a fool...

[innocentbystander]

I guarangoddamntee that if somebody came up to you or puter or anybody else and said they'd give you the equivalent of your entire salary with the only stipulation being that you must stop working and simply take the money, you'd do it in a heartbeat. If you deny that, you're either a fucking liar or a fool...

all the more reason why government should never make these offers to puter or to anyone. you have just properly described why government subsidy/largess is a failure and only promotes slothful behavior among those who would otherwise work....

[10ac]

I guess East Tennessee can't pick up ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc, etc..

[bluetick]

I guess East Tennessee can't pick up ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, etc, etc..

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You're talking about the TV. We get all a those and more.

[Professor Tiger]

Rabbit ears rock.

[Jungle Rat]

Do they?

[puterbac]

Follower in Chief

Lead? President Obama would prefer not to.

Fred Barnes

June 27, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 39
We’ve had strong presidents and weak presidents, skillful presidents and incompetent presidents, mediocre presidents and just plain poor presidents. Barack Obama stands alone as the first president who simply declines to lead.

On almost every major issue since he took office in January 2009, Obama has dumped responsibility on someone else, merely paid lip service, or let the issue quietly fade away. Just this year, the issues that have gotten the no-leadership treatment from Obama include: the deficit, the debt, Medicare, Social Security, Medi-caid, energy, corporate taxes, medical liability, immigration, and Libya.

The president set his pattern of negligible leadership early on in his administration. Rather than draft his own proposals on economic stimulus, health care, cap and trade, and Wall Street reform—his top priorities—he delegated the job to Democrats in Congress.

Even Jimmy Carter, one of our weakest presidents, didn’t do this. And strong presidents, like Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, never considered deferring to Congress in that way. They followed the traditional practice of drafting specific legislation—two major tax bills and a military buildup in Reagan’s case, civil rights and Medicare in LBJ’s—and pressing Congress to ratify their recommendations.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/art ... 74848.html

[TheBigMook]

zzzZZZZzzzz

[Jungle Rat]

Who the fuck is Fred Barnes? Sounds like Wizzies real name.

[puterbac]

Someone a lot smarter than you, but that doesn't say a whole lot.

[puterbac]

So Oprama is ignoring the military in an attempt to placate the left for 2012 election? What a shocker.

Barack Obama and Pentagon split on Afghanistan pullout

US president set to reject military advice by withdrawing more troops from Afghanistan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/ju ... fghanistan

[puterbac]

Key GOP lawmaker slams administration labor plan

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... or-organi/

[puterbac]

Rochester Police Arrest Woman For Videotaping Them From Her Front Yard

http://www.pixiq.com/article/rochester- ... aping-them

[puterbac]

Stunning...Tony the Tiger, sponsorship of athletics? Is this America or not?

Obama's Food Police in Staggering Crackdown on Market to Kids

Tony the Tiger, some NASCAR drivers and cookie-selling Girl Scouts will be out of a job unless grocery manufacturers agree to reinvent a vast array of their products to satisfy the Obama administration’s food police.

Either retool the recipes to contain certain levels of sugar, sodium and fats, or no more advertising and marketing to tots and teenagers, say several federal regulatory agencies.

The same goes for restaurants.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=44343

[puterbac]

Hack...WTF? Swimmers will have to wear a vest? HTF do you swim with a vest?

King Co. requires life vests for swimmers, floaters

By CHRIS GRYGIEL, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF

Updated 05:34 p.m., Monday, June 20, 2011


Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/article/ ... z1PyDVVJeE

[puterbac]

The War Against Girls

Since the late 1970s, 163 million female babies have been aborted by parents seeking sons

By JONATHAN V. LAST

Mara Hvistendahl is worried about girls. Not in any political, moral or cultural sense but as an existential matter. She is right to be. In China, India and numerous other countries (both developing and developed), there are many more men than women, the result of systematic campaigns against baby girls. In "Unnatural Selection," Ms. Hvistendahl reports on this gender imbalance: what it is, how it came to be and what it means for the future.

In nature, 105 boys are born for every 100 girls. This ratio is biologically ironclad. Between 104 and 106 is the normal range, and that's as far as the natural window goes. Any other number is the result of unnatural events.

Yet today in India there are 112 boys born for every 100 girls. In China, the number is 121—though plenty of Chinese towns are over the 150 mark. China's and India's populations are mammoth enough that their outlying sex ratios have skewed the global average to a biologically impossible 107. But the imbalance is not only in Asia. Azerbaijan stands at 115, Georgia at 118 and Armenia at 120.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 31366.html