Monday, December 31, 2012

Obama will go down in history as The Ungreat Compromiser

We can only pray the Republicans will reject the deal -- they are crazy enough to do that.  But Obama will compromise again and again and again.  Even when he has all the cards and is sure of winning, he gives away his hand and goes begging.  WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN????? After making big ...
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Right wingers don't understand they have been totally misled by FOX

Judging by the e-mails I get from right wingers, they walk in lockstep with Fox and Limbaugh and will never allow truth to enter their world. It's useless to try to educate them. They will stick with Roger Ailes for their news source and will believe...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Two books on fracking: NY Times review

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/mar/08/why-not-frack/?pagination=false EXCERPT:  the industry’s biggest excitement has come in the East, where a boom has been underway for several years in the so-called Marcellus Shale that runs from West Virginia into upstate New York....
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PROMISED LAND -- new Matt Damon movie about fracking

http://movies.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/movies/promised-land-with-matt-damon-directed-by-gus-van-sant.html    (Everyone should see the documentary GASLAND -- available on streaming Netflix.  If you live in Pennsylvania, upstate New York or central California, Gasland is especially important to view.)...
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Friday, December 28, 2012

Matt Damon gives up on politics

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/28/matt-damon-laments-u-s-politics-were-genuinely-fcked-on-long-term-issues/ Who can blame him?  ...
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Fracking in California in mainstream news

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/24/california-fracking_n_2360902.html Lots of info. here for the general public and for anyone wanting to inform themselves about what is taking place in our state, just as it is in New York and Pennsylvania -- and MANY other states across our nation. ...
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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Sadly, this author is correct

Obama has proven over and over again that he is not interested in the opinions of his base. He wants us to vote for him, but then forgets us after the election. OBAMA WILL RIDE TO THE RESCUE....FOR REPUBLICANS By Cenk Uygur ...
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Friday, December 21, 2012

How it is in our country -- living and dying here

TO LIVE AND DIE IN AMERICA 3 Shot And Killed In Mich... 18-Year-Old Shot Multiple Times, Dies... Man Kills Wife, Teen, Himself... Man Shoots, Kills Own Son... Cops Shoot Teen Dead... Man Gunned Down In Parking Lot... 5 Dead...
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Oops -- asteroid pass too close for comfort

Asteroids Toutatis and XE54 give Earth a close flyby last week. Toutatis passes by Earth every 4 years at a distance of 4 million miles and it's clearly visible with a telescope. The new asteroid, XE54 discovered just last week, came "a little too close for comfort," within 140,000...
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Monday, December 17, 2012

The Politics of Learned Helplessness -- sad but true

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/marty-kaplan/47143/sandy-hook-sandy-and-the-politics-of-learned-helplessness SANDY HOOK and THE POLITICS OF LEARNED HELPLESSNESS By Marty Kaplan "We have got to get Michelle to make this her priority." It was my friend...
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End of the world scheduled for Friday

HUMOR RE. THE END OF THE WORLD PREDICTION (~.~) Subject: End of the world scheduled for Friday ...
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