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The Art of Electoral Suicide: The Slide of Mitt Romney
...ther four years because Mitt the unfit can’t get his shit together.
— Anonymous GOP strategist, Capitol Hill Blue, September 18, 2012
Electoral suicide is a skill, mastered through the
ages with a degree of diligence one can admire. Monarchical states had
it right without perhaps knowing it – one doesn’t take a regime to an
election for fear of...
from Dissident Voice - 11:01 AM (7 minutes ago)
The Epic, Ironic Tragedy Of The Gaffe That Will Cost Romney This Election
...to convince the 47% of America that does not pay income tax to vote for him. He said they "believe the
government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they
are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you name it."
"I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and
care for their lives." I...
from Business Insider - 10:48 AM (20 minutes ago)
Dark energy camera snaps first pictures
...The Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the Blanco telescope in Chile.Dark Energy Survey Collaboration.
Posted on behalf of Nicky Guttridge.
A dark energy camera led by Fermilab and the Dark Energy Survey collaboration has achieved first light, it was announced yesterday. The 570-megapixel instrument, based in Chile, snapped its first images of g...
from Nature News Blog - 10:37 AM (31 minutes ago)
Romney's Remarks Reveal A Fatal Flaw Of Today's Republican Party
...But the problem with Romney's gaffe about 47% of Americans believing they're "victims" who deserve handouts is that they appear to reflect the prevailing ideology of today's Republican Party. I've lamented in the past about how frustrating it is that, thanks to the increasing social extremism of one of our two mainstream p...
from Business Insider - 10:15 AM (53 minutes ago)
Romney's Remarks Reveal A Fatal Flaw Of Today's Republican Party
...But the problem with Romney's gaffe about 47% of Americans believing they're "victims" who deserve handouts is that they appear to reflect the prevailing ideology of today's Republican Party.
I've lamented in the past about how frustrating it is that, thanks to the increasing social extremism of one of our two mainstream p...
from Clusterstock - 10:12 AM (56 minutes ago)
The Sinister Message Behind Romney's "Gaffe"
...remarks on the "47%." Read part one here.
from The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories - 10:49 AM (19 minutes ago)
Here's Why Mitt's 100% Wrong on the 47%
...just committed the worst presidential-candidate gaffe since Gerald Ford announced in 1976 that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe."
from The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories - 10:49 AM (19 minutes ago)
Romney's Makers and Takers
...notes that 47% of Americans don't pay taxes. But he doesn't explain why this is so.
from The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories - 10:01 AM (1 hour ago)
Mitt Romney's 47 Percent Disproportionately Live In Republican States
...caused quite the stir over the past 18 hours, Mitt Romney perpetuates the popular conservative meme that 47 percent of Americans do not pay any income tax. Here's what Romney said in the footage published Monday by the liberal magazine Mother Jones: "All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent on government, who...
from Business Insider - 9:05 AM (2 hours ago)
Romney's Leaked Speech Was Hosted By Private Equity Guy Known For Erotic Pool Parties
...The leaked Mitt Romney fundraiser video took place in the home of private equity executive Marc J. Leder, the co-CEO of Boca Raton, Florida-based Sun Capital Partners, Mother Jones' David Corn, who surfaced the video, reports.
The fundraiser where Romney's comments about 47% of America seeing themselves as "victims" happened in May at Leder'...
from Clusterstock - 11:01 AM (7 minutes ago)
Romney's Leaked Fundraiser Took Place At A Private Equity House Known For Erotic Pool Parties
...The leaked Mitt Romney fundraiser video took place in the home of private equity executive Marc J. Leder, the co-CEO of Boca Raton, Florida-based Sun Capital Partners, Mother Jones' David Corn, who surfaced the video, reports. The fundraiser where Romney's comments about 47% of America seeing themselves as "victims" happened in May at Leder'...
from Business Insider - 9:33 AM (1 hour ago)
ROMNEY WAS RIGHT: 18 Charts On The Rise Of Government Dependence
...dependent on the government than ever. Romney's "47 percent" refers approximately to the population who pay no federal income tax. Add to this the
share of country who receive government handouts in one form or another
and that number would be higher still. We've collected a series of
charts published recently by conservative think tank Heritage...
from Business Insider - 8:46 AM (2 hours ago)
ROMNEY WAS RIGHT: 18 Charts On The Rise Of Government Dependence
...dependent on the government than ever.
Romney's "47 percent" refers approximately to the population who pay no federal income tax. Add to this the share of country who receive government handouts in one form or another and that number would be higher still.
We've collected a series of charts published recently by conservative think tank Heritage...
from Clusterstock - 8:43 AM (2 hours ago)
Romney Should Embrace Debate on Taxes & the 47%
...struggling in the Obama economy. As the governor has made clear all year, he is concerned about the growing number of people who are dependent on the federal government, including the record number of people who are on food stamps, nearly one in six Americans in poverty, and the 23 million Americans who are struggling to find work. Mitt Romney&#...
from RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls - 8:01 AM (3 hours ago)
Mitt Trashes 47% That Don't Pay Income Taxes
...concerned about the
very poor.” He went on to say, “We have a safety
net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it. I’m not
concerned about the very rich, they’re doing just fine. I’m concerned about the very heart of the America, the 90, 95 percent of Americans who right now are strugglin...
from RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls - 8:01 AM (3 hours ago)
The Conservative Wonk Who Tried to Avert the '47%' Disaster
...to warn the
GOP base off this talking point. But it's what they wanted to hear, so
it's what Mitt Romney said. Reuters With Mitt Romney under fire for
disparaging the 47 percent of Americans who
don't pay income taxes, it's worth noting that what Scott Galupo calls
his "reverse class warfare" rhetoric, widely presumed to be an electoral
liabilit...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - 10:14 AM (54 minutes ago)
What Romney Really Thinks of Obama Voters
...ther
JonesDuring a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy
contributors what he truly thinks of all the
voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans
as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for
their lives, and who thi...
from RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls - 8:01 AM (3 hours ago)
10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (F, TM, FDX, AMD)
...data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows. Half of the 70 cities tracked saw prices increase, which was lower than the
49 areas that recorded gains in July. China Crash 2012: Here's why it's
finally happening > Spain sold €4.6 billion worth of 12- and
18-month debt in an auction this morning, slightly above maximum
targets. De...
from Business Insider - 7:29 AM (3 hours ago)
10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (F, TM, FDX, AMD)
...data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows. Half of the 70 cities tracked saw prices increase, which was lower than the 49 areas that recorded gains in July. China Crash 2012: Here's why it's finally happening >
Spain sold €4.6 billion worth of 12- and 18-month debt in an auction this morning, slightly above maximum targets. De...
from Clusterstock - 9:32 AM (1 hour ago)
The Worst Thing Mitt Romney Said In That Leaked Fundraising Video
...The talk of the moment is that leaked video of a Mitt Romney fundraiser (first surfaced by Mother Jones' David Corn) in which he claims that 47% of the population sees itself as victims, and feels entitled to free food from the government, and so would never consider voting for anyone but Obama. The 47% is a completely bogus statistic, but that'...
from Business Insider - 5:49 AM (5 hours ago)
The Worst Thing Mitt Romney Said In That Leaked Fundraising Video
...The talk of the moment is that leaked video of a Mitt Romney fundraiser (first surfaced by Mother Jones' David Corn) in which he claims that 47% of the population sees itself as victims, and feels entitled to free food from the government, and so would never consider voting for anyone but Obama.
The 47% is a completely bogus statistic, but that'...
from Clusterstock - 5:30 AM (5 hours ago)
The 47%: Who They Are, Where They Live, How They Vote, and Why They Matter
...fundraiser that the 47% of American who pay no federal income tax "dependent on government" and predicted they will "vote for the president no matter what."*Let's not talk about what the comments mean for Romney's election chances. Let's talk about everything we know about "The 47%."Who They Are In 2011, 47% of Americans paid no federal income t...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - 7:33 AM (3 hours ago)
Romney's Nearly Impossible Math; Foot-in-Mouth Disease; Mish Electoral College Prediction
...important than the economy. Thanks to the
former, as well as Mitt Romney's completely inept handling of
independent voters, it will be extremely difficult if not impossible for
Romney to win the presidential election in November.
Romney Casts Off 47% of Voters
Every other week or so, Romney seems to make a major gaff of some sort. His recent f...
from Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - 4:09 AM (6 hours ago)
Obama Camp Pounces on Romney Video
...thed footage of the Republican presidential nominee writing off 47 percent of the
American public.Mother Jones posted video of Romney telling donors at a
fundraiser earlier this year: "There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent up...
from RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls - 7:30 AM (3 hours ago)
Mitt Romney's Class Warfare
...a favorite theme of Tea Party conservatives. It was fitting that Monday, the day Mitt Romney found himself on the defensive for comments he made disparaging the 47 percent of Americans who pay no federal income tax, was also the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests. It was in response to Occupy's "We are the 99 percent" rally...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - 11:48 PM (11 hours ago)
What Romney’s Big Gaffe Gets Right
...comments on the 47 percent—and how they tend to vote—were mostly accurate.
from The Daily Beast - Blogs and Stories - 4:57 AM (6 hours ago)
Mitt Romney Says His Comments Were 'Not Elegantly Stated'
...not exactly the
best word choise. "It's not elegantly stated — let me put it that
way," Romney said. "...I'm sure I'll point that out as time goes on.
Mother Jones released videos today of Romney at a fundraiser in May,
during which he said that 47 percent of Americans will vote for Obama
"no matter what" be...
from Business Insider - 12:07 AM (11 hours ago)
BLOOMBERG: Mitt Romney Just Lost The Election
...The reaction to Mitt Romney's private remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes has been brutal and swift. Romney apparently made the remarks at a private dinner for rich donors. In the remarks, Romney went much farther than suggesting that the federal tax base should be broadened, a sentiment that many Americans agree...
from Business Insider - 12:17 AM (10 hours ago)
BLOOMBERG: Mitt Romney Just Lost The Election
...The reaction to Mitt Romney's private remarks about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay income taxes has been brutal and swift.
Romney apparently made the remarks at a private dinner for rich donors.
In the remarks, Romney went much farther than suggesting that the federal tax base should be broadened, a sentiment that many Americans agree...
from Clusterstock - 12:14 AM (10 hours ago)
Here Are The 47% Of The Population Who Don't Pay Federal Income Tax
...him slagging the 47 percent of the population who, he says, will always vote for Barack Obama, because they want everything for free from the government. The 47 percent number presumably refers to the percent of the population who don't pay Federal Income Taxes, which of course is just one kind of tax. From the Tax Policy Center, these three pie...
from Business Insider - Sep 17, 2012 (13 hours ago)
Here Are The 47% Of The Population Who Don't Pay Federal Income Tax
...him slagging the 47 percent of the population who, he says, will always vote for Barack Obama, because they want everything for free from the government.
The 47 percent number presumably refers to the percent of the population who don't pay Federal Income Taxes, which of course is just one kind of tax.
From the Tax Policy Center, these three pie...
from Clusterstock - Sep 17, 2012 (13 hours ago)
The Gift That Keeps on Giving
...know about the
video of Mitt Romney at a fund-raiser for rich people dissing 47
percent of Americans, including seniors, one of his core constituencies.
(Many seniors don’t pay income tax because they don’t have enough
income, since Social Security is not taxed except for high-income
households. For more on the “47 percent,” see here.)
Still, th...
from The Baseline Scenario - Sep 17, 2012 (14 hours ago)
Mitt Romney's 'Clinging to Guns or Religion' Moment
...news for the
Republican nominee Reuters Speaking to a closed-door gathering of
donors to his campaign, Mitt Romney made disparaging remarks about 47
percent of Americans. He didn't realize he was being secretly
recorded.Almost half of all Americans "believe that they are victims,"
he said, explaining that "these are people who pay no income tax,...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - 11:48 PM (11 hours ago)
Where Are the 47% of Americans Who Pay No Income Taxes?
...eight of the top 10 states with the highest number of nonpayers are red states. Updated, September 18 The political world is in a tizzy over hidden-camera footage of Mitt Romney at a fundraising event. Here's the money quote -- literally -- from the Mother Jones scoop: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matt...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - 10:14 AM (54 minutes ago)
The Contemptuous Elitism of Mitt Romney
...ther Jones at a private fundraiser:There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the
president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with
him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are
victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to healt...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - Sep 17, 2012 (15 hours ago)
Romney Campaign Responds To Leaked Videos: 'Mitt Romney Wants To Help All Americans'
...Hours after the
Internet exploded over an inflammatory video of Republican presidential
nominee Mitt Romney speaking to donors at a private fundraiser,
Romney's presidential campaign has issued a statement asserting that the candidate "wants to help all Americans." The statement, from Romney's communications director Gail Gitcho, does not direct...
from Business Insider - Sep 17, 2012 (16 hours ago)
If These Secret Videos Are Real, They Look Brutal For Mitt Romney
...circulate around the Internet this week, and the contents could be very damning for the Republican presidential nominee. The
videos — which feature an audio of Romney dismissing Obama voters as
entitled freeloaders and lamenting his problems with Hispanic voters —
were apparently all taken at the same fundraiser, and were first posted on YouTub...
from Business Insider - Sep 17, 2012 (17 hours ago)
4 Major Expenditures That Are Costing Boomers A Fortune
...They're not only facing tighter purse strings, but some of the biggest consumer expenditures have only become more expensive for this age group over the years, according to a new study by the
National Center for Policy Analysis. Here's where they're getting hit
hardest: Education. From 1990 to 2010, education expenditures increased
...
from Business Insider - Sep 17, 2012 (18 hours ago)
17 Sep 2012 – “ Every Day I Have The Blues " (Memphis Slim, 1949)
...I Have The Blues " (Memphis Slim, 1949)
http://youtu.be/qy_H-1J4xWs
Another week starts and not much hard data to bite one’s teeth into in the coming days. Having had the last 2 weeks propped up by Ben and Jerry, oops, Mario, who delivered the f(l)avours that had been expected throughout the summer, markets will be in need for some ...
from zero hedge - Sep 17, 2012 (21 hours ago)
Ben's Latest Move Has a Desperate Air
...the practical limits of "economic stimulus." Last week, the Federal Reserve adopted an open-ended bond-buying program of $40 billion a month to goad the economy into faster growth. But even before the announcement, there was skepticism that it would do much to lower the unemployment rate, which has exceeded 8 percent for 43 months. The...
from RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls - Sep 17, 2012 (yesterday)
Ben's Latest Move Has a Desperate Air
...the practical limits of "economic stimulus." Last week, the Federal Reserve adopted an open-ended bond-buying program of $40 billion a month to goad the economy into faster growth. But even before the announcement, there was skepticism that it would do much to lower the unemployment rate, which has exceeded 8 percent for 43 months. The...
from RealClearPolitics - Opinion, News, Analysis, Videos and Polls - Sep 17, 2012 (20 hours ago)
Kerouac's Ex-Girlfriend Debunks The Biggest Myth About 'On The Road'
...The former girlfriend of the leading novelist of the
beat generation Jack Kerouac has revealed details of their affair and
his descent into bizarre behaviour on finding fame, in a new book to be
published more than 40 years after his death. Joyce Johnson, an
accomplished author, also dispels the myth that Kerouac's writing was effortlessly spont...
from Business Insider - Sep 15, 2012 (3 days ago)
9/11: The Mysterious Collapse of WTC Building 7 was Not An Inside Job
...believe that the government always tells the truth, you have gotten lost in a bad neighborhood, and you should turn around and get back on the freeway as quickly as possible.
If you believe that politics, war and terrorism do not greatly affect your lifestyle, your investment portfolio and the economy, you are sadly mistaken. See this, this, th...
from zero hedge - Sep 15, 2012 (3 days ago)
Europeans Really Don't Like Mitt Romney
...the
majority of Europeans would like to see Barack Obama voted in for a
second term. Meanwhile, his Republican opponent Mitt Romney is still a
virtual unknown across the pond. Der Spiegel reported Wednesday that according to a new poll conducted by Transatlantic Trends - commissioned by the German Marshall Fund - 82% of Europeans have a favorabl...
from Business Insider - Sep 15, 2012 (3 days ago)
The Best States To File A Lawsuit
...According to the in-house lawyers of America’s biggest companies, the court system is making things easier for them. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), a lobbying group that represents the legal interests of businesses, asked attorneys working for major corporations to describe how fair the corporate legal systems a...
from Business Insider - Sep 15, 2012 (3 days ago)
9/11: The Mysterious Collapse of WTC Building 7 was Not An Inside Job
...portfolio and the economy, you are sadly mistaken. See this, this, this, this and this.
If, on the other hand, you believe that 9/11
was an inside job, then please point out any inaccuracies, shortcoming
or erroneous conclusions contained within the post. Please don’t just label it as being a “limited hang-out” propaganda sell-out hit piece ...
from Washington's Blog - Sep 15, 2012 (3 days ago)
Gap Is Trying To Steal Lululemon's Yoga Instructors
...Then, they started stalking Lululemon by opening locations next to the
Canadian yoga retailer. Now, Athleta has taken things a step further
and is actually poaching Lululemon's staff by offering a better
discount. Lululemon instructors get a 15 percent discount on
merchandise, while Athleta offers 30 percent. "That makes a big
difference becaus...
from Business Insider - Sep 14, 2012 (4 days ago)
NASA sees Sanba develop into a super typhoon
...Typhoon on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. NASA’s Aqua satellite captured infrared data that showed a large area of powerful thunderstorms around the center of circulation, dropping heavy rain over the western North Pacific Ocean. NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over Super Typhoon Sanba on Sept. 13 at 0447 UTC (12:47 a.m. EDT). The Atmospheric Infrared S...
from The Extinction Protocol: 2012 and beyond - Sep 14, 2012 (4 days ago)
Money, Power, Ruses, and the Right to Vote
...hearing highlights the hypocrisy of restrictive voter laws in the age of Citizens United. Voting in 1923, four-plus decades before the right was finally protected for all citizens. (Library of Congress) On March 15, 1965, in the heat of the moment for what would become known as the Voting Rights Act, just eight days after a young John Lewis had ...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - Sep 13, 2012 (5 days ago)
Nuclear Industry Encourages Changes to Nuclear Waste Reform Proposals
...successfully fix the
federal government’s moribund program for managing
used nuclear fuel, newly proposed legislation requires a more
comprehensive framework, a nuclear energy industry leader told a U.S.
Senate committee
today.http://www.nei.org/newsandevents/newsreleases/nuclear-industry-encourages-changes-to-nuclear-waste-reform-proposals
...
from Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Sep 13, 2012 (5 days ago)
Mitt Romney Is Getting Completely Shredded For His Response To The US Embassy Attacks
...response to the attacks on the U.S. Embassies in Egypt and Libya, and lamenting that the
candidate's aggressive stance looks amateurish and haphazard. Before
we take a look at what Republicans are saying, we've laid out a timeline
of Romney's response over the past 24 hours to give you an idea of why people are so upset: Sept. 11, 10:09 p....
from Business Insider - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program
...going to the moon. On the 50th anniversary of JFK's "We choose to go the moon" speech, we examine why.Today, we recall the speech John F. Kennedy made 50 years ago as the beginning of a glorious and inexorable process in which the nation united behind the goal of a manned lunar landing even as the presidency swapped between parties. Time has tid...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
Moment by Moment, How a YouTube Clip Snowballed Into MidEast Violence
...know about the events that started with Egyptian media airing some offensive clips from an obscure movie to the death of a U.S. ambassador. The
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames. (Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters)
After incendiary clips from an anti-Islamic film aired on Egyptian
television last week, protesters stormed the U.S. embassy in ...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
'The Super Bowl of School Reform': What the Chicago Teacher Strike Is Really About
...The public supports higher pay for teachers, but not at the expense of less accountability. That's a problem for the Chicago teachers union.Reuters The Chicago teachers strike is no ordinary labor dispute. It's a part of a larger war between the teachers unions and a growing coalition of education reformers who have pushed for rigorous teacher e...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
Is foreign policy bipartisanship a thing of the past?
...Reading the recent spate of Democratic attacks on
Republican foreign policy, particularly against the Romney foreign policy
platform, I have been struck by how frequently Democrats invoke the
"bipartisan" foreign policy traditions of the past, and laud previous
Republican presidents such as Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, and George ...
from Shadow Government - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
Here's a Timeline of the Confusing Statements on Libya and Egypt
...developed over the past day and woke to news of the murder of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya and a group of swirling charges around the U.S. response to September 11 protests against the U.S. Embassy in Cairo and the
U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, here's who said what and when (all
times are Eastern Standard): 7/1/12. Self-described Californi...
from Master Feed : The Atlantic - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
ANS Update: Is Climate Change a Business Opportunity for the Nuclear Industry?
...Opportunity for the Nuclear Industry?
By pbowersox on Sep 12, 2012 01:00 am
By Suzy Hobbs Baker A few months ago, I wrote about the need to have an
active dialogue between the nuclear community and the climate change
community. Since then, the severity of the drought in the Midwest has
continued to … Continue reading →
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from Michele Kearney's Nuclear Wire - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
Police in the U.S. are an Invading Army
...The police have become a colonial army in virtually every city in the United States. With 18,000 state and local law enforcement agencies in the U.S., they constitute a greater danger than they serve as protection. In 2008, 12,501 local police departments with the equivalent of at least one full-time officer were operating in the U.S. Also in th...
from Dissident Voice - Sep 11, 2012 11:35 PM
Biologist pleads guilty to murder
...ther colleagues during a shooting spree in February 2010, pleaded guilty today in an Alabama courtroom.
The plea agreement will send Bishop, a 47-year-old biologist and mother of four, to prison for the rest of her life, but it means that she will avoid the death penalty, according to this story by Brian Lawson of the Huntsville Times.
Bishop in...
from Nature News Blog - Sep 12, 2012 (6 days ago)
This Conservative Poll Contains One Of The Worst Signs Yet For Mitt Romney
...finding from the conservative-leaning Rasmussen polling firm might top the week of bad news. The poll finds that President Obama leads Republican nominee Mitt Romney, 47 percent to 45 percent, to handle the issue of job creation. It's an issue that 95 percent of voters said that the issue will be important to them when they vote this Novemb...
from Business Insider - Sep 11, 2012 6:19 PM
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