tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57717996315549597122026-09-11T03:38:19.832-04:00Don't Disturb My Circles - The Progressive Blog of Progressive Blogs -::The right to be heard does not equal the right to be taken seriously::<br>::A noble spirit embiggens even the smallest man::Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.comBlogger1246125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-25345489373352221182019-04-15T22:22:00.002-04:002019-04-20T11:53:58.616-04:00Game of Thrones theory: Bran is the Night King and the Night King is a Targaryen[Important note: I have not read the books, this is based on the HBO series and my patch of OCD.]
There's a theory floating around on Reddit that Bran Stark is the Night King. Or inhabits the Night King. Check out the Reddit link for more, but the basic theory is that once Bran starts warging back in time, affecting Hodor, then meeting his father at the Tower of Joy - whereChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-10093981199393244472015-01-18T12:32:00.000-05:002015-01-18T12:32:53.356-05:00A response to "How One Generation Was Single-Handedly Able To Kill The Music Industry"; or How the Record Labels Blew It and The Movie Industry Is About to Do The SameIn an article titled "How One Generation Was Single-Handedly Able To Kill The Music Industry", author Thomas Honeyman, writing for Elite Daily, blamed the decline of the music industry on a single generation. He's partly right. The emergence of new technology in both creation and distribution has fundamentally altered the market. But you have to go back up the river a bit to see where it Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-10954283514846676572011-05-19T00:53:00.000-04:002011-05-19T00:53:25.118-04:00Quote from a Gingrich spokesmanChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-50719131288064458042011-03-14T20:11:00.000-04:002011-03-14T20:11:02.002-04:00Hoirrible, venomous Christian thanks God for His vengence on athiest JapaneseThis is a horrible person.
A truly, truly horrible person. She's literally orgasmic over what "God did to Japan".
Personally, I can't wait until Thor kills her under a semi on the way to hospice for her end-stage ovarian cancer.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-83951722065485081492011-03-07T20:30:00.000-05:002011-03-07T20:30:07.962-05:00Strangely enough, breaks for the wealthy and corporations eat up as much taxes as programs that the GOP wants to cutCenter for American Progress
House leaders are unfortunately restricting their proposed budget cuts for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 to nonsecurity discretionary spending in an attempt to tame a $1.3 trillion deficit. This approach is especially shortsighted since the Federal Treasury loses twice as much revenue due to tax breaks than Congress appropriates on all nonsecurity discretionaryChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-34547401140750393002011-02-13T22:48:00.000-05:002011-02-13T22:48:45.684-05:00Poll finds people who want fiscal responsibility actually want more spendingSo I've been harping for a year that this whole "fiscal responsibility" movement is largely a sham. Not that we don't need it, but it's been my feeling that the Obama-hating right just uses this as a meme to tie Obama to the stereotype of a tax-and-spend liberal.
They might scream for fiscal responsibility at the town halls, but what they really mean is 'screw the poor and the blacks and the Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-48900022807100494372011-02-06T14:00:00.000-05:002011-02-06T14:00:56.636-05:00The Republican effort to redefine rape a "priority" with BoehnerThis is not a funny issue and woe be to any candidate at the national level who think this will help them. This is a disgusting effort by the GOP to redefine rape in hopes of gaining legal inroads to overturn abortion. The new language would say that rape is only really rape if it involves force.
Today, news hit that a Georgia state lawmaker introduced a bill changing the state legal codes to Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-75836796905511443432011-01-30T16:45:00.000-05:002011-01-30T16:45:10.091-05:00Tea Party network straightens out Bachmann's rebuttal; confirms teleprompter usageHuffPost TeaPartyHD, the television and internet network behind now-infamous video of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) delivering her own rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, endeavored to straighten out the conservative congresswoman on Friday, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.
Bachmann made headlines for her response to Obama and not just for the controversy it Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-10679212226326065622011-01-30T16:40:00.000-05:002011-01-30T16:40:06.533-05:00GOP's jobs agenda is less about jobs, more about agendaExamples of things the new Republican House is concentrating on that are not job-related:
Redefining rape and incest in order to re-ignite the anti-aborition culture war
Race-baiting on immigration - more culture war
Rewriting the Climate Act
Cutting the VA budget
Making incorrect constitutional statements, this time alleging that the Constitution eradicated slavery)
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-55088551553081022782011-01-30T16:29:00.000-05:002011-01-30T16:29:30.070-05:00Jon Stewart's epic back-and-forth takedown on Fox's Nazi hypocrisyHuffPost
Last week, Stewart had some strong words for Rep. Steve Cohen, who likened the Republican party's views on government-owned health care to Nazi lies. To his surprise, Stewart's comments were echoed all over Fox News, with everyone -- including Karl Rove -- saying Cohen should be ashamed of himself.
"If that guy is telling you you should feel shame, that's like Charlie Sheen showing Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-38818989971610094142011-01-25T13:52:00.000-05:002011-01-25T13:52:32.400-05:00What global warming? It's cold out."You know the drill: global warming isn’t happening, if it is happening then it’s not caused by human behavior, if it is caused by human behavior then we can’t do anything about it, if it is caused by human behavior and we can do something about it, then that something is too expensive, if it is caused by human behavior and we can do something about it that is not too expensive, then that Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-41251112088765385122011-01-22T22:10:00.000-05:002011-01-22T22:10:09.594-05:00Glenn Beck clip from early 1990's foundDiscuss.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-86111359056042315512011-01-22T12:15:00.002-05:002011-01-22T12:16:13.679-05:00This is why it's sometimes difficult to take Huff Post seriouslyHuffington Post has to stop with the BLARING HEADLINES designed to get PEOPLE OUTRAGED over what really is MUNDANE STUFF. Because if they KEEP DOING THAT, eventually it will be like the Boy Who Cried Wolf - you won't be TAKEN SERIOUSLY.
This story involves the CEO of Citi getting a 175 MILLION PERCENT RAISE. Which is awful until you realize he worked for a dollar last year and is now making $Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-21889818983986524252011-01-19T11:19:00.000-05:002011-01-19T11:19:00.544-05:00Darrell Issa: car thief? arsonist? gun nut? fraudulent felon?The New Yorker has printed a devastating story on Darrell Issa accusing him, among other things, of being an arsonist, a car thief, of running several fraudulent schemes involving cars, of pulling guns on people at his business, of possessing ungodly amounts and types of weapons in his car, and of questionable business dealings.
The California Republican is also now Chairman of the House Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-26888689563159897202011-01-19T11:04:00.000-05:002011-01-19T11:04:38.143-05:00Fox News, Arizona, shootings and victimhoodJon Stewart checks in, making sure that the victim of the Arizona shootings is recovering nicely. That would be Sarah Palin.
He also checks in with the new bipartisan demeanor at Fox, where they talk about how weird the memorial was. Yay for softer tones.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-40067569859654550442010-11-28T10:42:00.000-05:002010-11-28T10:42:33.848-05:00TSA scanners, terrorism and John Wayne's genitalsOne of my favorite columnists is Chris Kelly from The Scranton Times. Chris is smart, funny, irreverent and he and I often seem to share the same common-sense liberal world-view. So I was shocked when he ran a piece on the TSA scanners that basically said "just deal with it".
So I began to write a comment on the site. It grew longer. And longer. And I thought that it belonged here. So Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-52001561498462945472010-11-21T15:40:00.000-05:002010-11-21T15:40:43.487-05:00Holding the GOP accountable, part 4: economic sabotageSteve Benen via Matt Yglesias(Benen)
Consider a thought experiment. Imagine you actively disliked the United States, and wanted to deliberately undermine its economy. What kind of positions would you take to do the most damage?
You might start with rejecting the advice of economists and oppose any kind of stimulus investments. You'd also want to cut spending and take money out of the economy, Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-59268159655229552832010-11-21T15:27:00.000-05:002010-11-21T15:27:50.007-05:00Holding the GOP accountable, part 3: health care editionEzra Klein
Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Scott Brown (R-Mass.) introduced the “Empowering States to Innovate Act.” The legislation would allow states to develop their own health-care reform proposals that would preempt the federal government’s effort. If a state can think of a plan that covers as many people, with as comprehensive insurance, at as low a cost, without adding to the deficit, the Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-53066234747255684882010-11-21T14:44:00.002-05:002010-11-21T14:50:24.899-05:00Holding the GOP accountable, part 2: automotive industry editionThink Progress notes: This morning, a rejuvenated General Motors made its initial public offering of stock, hoping to raise $23.1 billion. As a result of the offering, which is the largest in the nation’s history, the federal government’s ownership in the auto company was halved “and billions of dollars in bailout money was returned to the federal government.”
With that in mind, let's go back toChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-39411399900090151292010-11-21T14:37:00.000-05:002010-11-21T14:37:06.251-05:00Holding the GOP accountable, part 1: Nuclear treaty editionSteve Benen
EUROPEAN ALLIES BACK OBAMA ON NEW START.... Officials hoping to see the Senate ratify the pending arms control treaty with Russia, New START, considered retiring Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio the kind of Republican who might be amenable to good-faith outreach. Getting to 67 is proving to be far more difficult than it should, but if eight Senate Republicans are to be found, Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-47861706577683740622010-11-21T14:31:00.000-05:002010-11-21T14:31:37.911-05:00If you support Rush Limbaugh, you're a racist. No doubts, no excuses.This appeared on Rush Limbaugh's blog this week...
...after the following quote from his radio show.This guy is an utter wrecking ball all by himself on the world stage to the point now of getting embarrassing. This presidency of Obama's, it doesn't take much to irritate the left. Try this: "Barack Obama's presidency is graffiti on the walls of American history." That's what his administration Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-81572322585155638682010-11-21T14:28:00.000-05:002010-11-21T14:28:44.065-05:00GOP ready to kill nuclear arms treaty over politicsMSNBC
President Obama’s hopes of ratifying a new arms control treaty with Russia by the end of the year appeared to come undone on Tuesday as the chief Senate Republican negotiator moved to block a vote on the pact, one of the White House’s top foreign policy goals, in the lame-duck session of Congress.
The announcement by the senator, Jon Kyl of Arizona, the Republican point man on the Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-31406445979449411812010-11-16T20:51:00.001-05:002010-11-17T09:30:15.409-05:00On Mike VickAs usual, my much-younger brother Mike (known on Tumblr as Hammerito) puts it much better than I could have.
Here's his original post:
Ray Lewis, arrested on suspicion of murder in 2000. Charges dropped.
Adam ‘Pacman’ Jones, arrested on charges of assault and felony vandalism in 2005. Arrested on charges of marijuana possession and obstruction of justice in 2006. Arrested on charges of Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-52719260395565060272010-11-16T11:25:00.003-05:002010-11-16T11:28:29.796-05:00Jon Stewart on John and Cindy McCain's flip-flops on Don't Ask, Don't Tell
Rachel then takes the media to task for still lavishing attention on John McCain while not highlighting his constant shifting opinions.
Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5771799631554959712.post-40534247451778261352010-11-16T09:14:00.000-05:002010-11-16T09:14:15.937-05:00Red-state welfare: the hypocrisy of the tea partyThe New York Daily News has done an incredible piece about how the states governed by Republicans, the anti-handout, bootstraps crowd, actually gets more federal money back then they pay in taxes. Should anyone be surprised at this point? It's more hypocrisy from the Paliners, and the Paulers and the Teabaggers.
At this point, my suggestion to them is this: leave. Go. Try and make it on Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745404880137900695noreply@blogger.com0