http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:21:12 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:21:12 If you aren't willing to offend some people, then you will never make any change. And there are some people who will be offended just by your existence, Mr. President.

Get a clue. Do the job you were elected to do. Don't faint at the first threat that comes along. These guys are shooting blanks,... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/611 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:07:14 That if you can't be the best, you settle for being the longest lasting obstacle.

What happens when Byrd dies in office?

The same shit that happened when Kennedy did. Chaos.


Byrd has, by clinging to power, eviscerated generations of young potential lawmakers in his home state and in the l... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/610 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:03:24 Far be it from me to point out that Africzan people have never had the option of choosing their governments, their borders, the allocation of their resources, or their affiliations (tribe, nation, etc) and allies. Let alone their priorities.

Oh, there have been some sham elections, and some accid... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/609 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:48:31 http://jessescrossroadscafe.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-much-gold-does-us-have-in-its.html


Looking around the web, and considering some recent questions regarding gold and SDRs on the Fed's and Treasury's balance sheets and reserve statements, I came across quite a bit more confusion and misinform... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/608 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:10:54 Walt was the quintessential American entrepreneur, at a classical point in time. He started in a budding new field and worked assiduously. He survived Depression, War, business screw-overs and labor troubles. He didn't diversify randomly, but organically. He didn't seek to become a Shadow Bank, but ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/607 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:16:36 But I will leave you one more Disney nugget:

1937–1941: The Golden Age of Animation

"Disney's Folly": Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


After the creation of two cartoon series, Disney soon began plans for a full-length feature in 1934. In 1935, opinion polls showed that another cartoon ser... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/605 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:07:00 Yes, I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date....

http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/full_596712661.jpg

Let's face it, it's November. We've 3 months of increasing darkness and cold. Obama is still clueless, economically, and he's beginning to play Commander in Chief, which may be a pleas... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/606 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:35:18 (edited for copyright purposes-proud patriot Moderator Democratic Underground )

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/09/opinion/09krugman.html?_r=1

Last Thursday there was a rally outside the U.S. Capitol to protest pending health care legislation, featuring the kinds of things we’ve grown accustome... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/604 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:38:29 Before it kills us. Signed,

Generations of American women, children, and men... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/603 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:53:04 As promised, it's V Time. V for Vendetta, that is.

"V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic-book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd, set in a dystopian future United Kingdom imagined from the 1980s to about the 1990s. A mysterious anarchist who calls himself "V" works... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/602 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:56:14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vybVaAOurY0&feature=related... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/601 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:24:46 http://trueslant.com/matttaibbi/2009/07/28/the-health-care-bill-dies/


...The reason a real health-care bill is not going to get passed is simple: because nobody in Washington really wants it. There is insufficient political will to get it done. It doesn’t matter that it’s an urgent national cal... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/600 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:27:18 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2009/10/debate-on-deficits-a-reply-from-rob-parenteau.html


Rob Parenteau, CFA, sole proprietor of MacroStrategy Edge, editor of the Richebacher Letter, and a research associate with the Levy Economics Institute, responds to DoctoRx’s post, “Debate on Deficits.”

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/599 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:10:27 Well, this is the weekend when the Zombie Banks get to strut their stuff and they don't even need costumes, because they are unnatural monsters to begin with.

I apologize in advance for the really bad mood I am in. I will try to restrain it and focus on the task at hand, but truly, if there were ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/598 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:54:15 when it serves their purposes.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/596 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:36:42 He came out of nowhere and captured the imagination of a nation, not because of what he advocated, but because of what he was: a viable candidate who wasn't George Bush or GOP, nor tainted by the slop poured on the Clintons by the Right Wing for 8 years. (Remember, the GOP wanted to run against Hill... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/595 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:40:36 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125685578903317087.html?mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1&

One of Russia's most powerful tycoons -- barred entry to the U.S. for years due to U.S. government concerns about possible ties to organized crime -- visited the country twice this year under secret arrangements made ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/594 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:40:51 http://www.economyincrisis.org/articles/show/3492

The methods we use to calculate our GDP growth are a matter of great controversy among the world's economic analysts. Just as the accounting of Enron differs from that of General Electric, [b]the procedures our leaders use to calculate America's e... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/593 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:42:05 Yep. It's Friday, and we are going to DisneyLand AND DisneyWorld!

How lucky can Market Watchers get?

For purposes of not straining the brain and my rusty technological abilities, please just assume that all those registered trademarks and copyrights are in their appropriate positions...

Wel... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/592 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:49:25 Without regulation, without discipline, there is no virtue. There is only vice in every conceivable form.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/591 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:53:11 http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/29/great.depression.benefits/index.html

"Life expectancy during the peak years of the Great Depression increased 6.2 years -- from 57.1 years in 1929 to 63.3 years in 1933 -- according to University of Michigan researchers Jose A. Tapia Granados and Ana Diez Roux. Th... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/590 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:04:42 http://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office/

My neighbor introduced me to The Office back in 2005. Since then, I’ve watched every episode of both the British and American versions. I’ve watched the show obsessively because I’ve been unable to f... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/588 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:10:31 http://blog.buzzflash.com/contributors/2091


"Private capital tends to become concentrated in [a] few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists, and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of productio... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/589 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:05:04 Yes, friends, we are ditching the oncoming winter chill and heading to the Sandwich Islands, or as they are known today, Hawaii.

Hawaiʻi was the home island of Pai`ea Kamehameha, called by Westerners Kamehameha the Great, who by 1795 had united most of the Hawaiian Islands under his rule af... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/587 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:46:04 Alexander (R-TN)
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Bond (R-MO)
Brownback (R-KS)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Coburn (R-OK)
Cochran (R-MS)
Corker (R-TN)
Cornyn (R-TX)
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Graham (R-SC)
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Johanns (... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Demeter/586 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 09:23:31