TampaYankee

It has taken years but some of the GOP establishment has started calling out the right wing media as purveyors of lunatic ideas simply to gin up the base that feeds their coffers. Besides Brooks and Frum, Powell, Krystal and Krauthammer have begun to speak truth to the party and how it is damaging their brand. Sadly, they are lone voices in the wilderness as others wait in the tall grass to see what happens to these truth tellers.

I'm with Potter Stewart... I know it when I see it.

Found this on the web. I have no idea if it is legit. You decide.

It remains to be seen what they can do. I'm at a loss for any remedy other than courts imposing a one-man one-vote rule which has been mandated in the South (more or less) by the Voting Rights Act and subsequent court decisions. That would mean some judicious law suits to set a precedent if one could get the SOTUS to hear the cases. I'm not sure if this conservative SOTUS would see fit to apply the Fourteenth Amendment so broadly to a class of non-minority citizens. They should but the Constitution leaves voting laws to the states with the exception of the Fourteenth Amendment which extends 'equal' rights to 'minorities' and that means blacks in the minds of conservative justices. We shall see if they are willing to extend it to gays this term but don't hold your breath. Kennedy's populist leaning suggests he would favor the extension which would make a 5-4 decision for one-man one-vote possible, I think. However, this is rank speculation.

He doesn't have much to smile about. When Obama isn't cuffing him about the ears his backbenchers are fitting him for a pike Count Vlad style. For those unfamiliar see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_the_Impaler

Where's the beef? I avoid food counterfeit products like vegetable chili. Yecht!!! Now if you call it bean soup and throw a ham hock in it then I'm buyin'. I won't even tolerate sausage, burgers, bacon, ham and the like made from feathered creatures. It ain't natural.

Insecurity is the best explanation. I'll let others ponder alternatives.

Well, you have seen prior GOP attempts at intimidating voters at the polls refreshed in the news by the SOTUS refusing to undo a law several decades old the prohibited GOP poll watchers from acosting voters to question their legitimacy. Then there was the photo ID issue ginned up to ferret out nonexistent fraudulent voters. The only cases of fraud found in the last election were a couple of GOP functionaries, one attempting to vote twice and another one or two trashing voter registrations of Democrats that their voter registration drives unfortunately produced. Also recall the OH Secretary of State and the Florida Governor who attempted to cut back early voting, some even brazenly only-in-Democrat-leaning districts. Also attempting to purge rolls of active minority voters. Add to that the Florida Governor cutting back the number of polling locations, and packing the ballot with many pages of legalese fine print to speed of up the process in the fewer polling places available. I know I'm leaving some out but I think I have made a case. Now comes a quiet behind-the-scene coordinated move to change the way states apportion Electoral Votes (EVs). Rather than have winner-take-all statewide, there will be an attempt to apportion the EVs by Congressional District. Why is this bad? Gerrymandering. Either party in power in 'decade years' has the power to draw congressional districts for the next ten years. They draw them in favor of the party in power obviously. What does this mean in practical terms? Consider OH. Obama actually carried OH statewide. The Liberal pro-union Sherrod Brown won reelection to the Senate over his GOP opponent by 6% margin. Yet the GOP won 12 House seats vs 4 for the Dems. This is the effect of gerrymandering on House Disctricts. You really do not believe all those conservative votes for the House also voted for Sherrod Brown do you? He was designated #1 target for defeat by the GOP Senate Campaign Committee. Nationwide, the Dem House winners won just shy of a half-million more votes than the GOP House winners. Yet the GOP retained control of the House by 235 to 194 for the Dems. That is the power of gerrymandering. Now the GOP wants to change the Electoral College to look like the gerrymandered House Districts. Put bluntly, that would permit a super-minority to elect Presidents in perpetuity. Is the GOP dead set on another Civil War? If you want to know more about this gerymandered Presidency scheme here is Rachel Maddow's take, one of them anyway. http://stopmakingsense.org/2013/01/17/rachel-maddow-the-gops-electoral-college-scheme-msnbc/

A quarter of a mile is outside of LA. It's not like they have to go to Zambia.

Ditto

I'm surprised the guys haven't already secured on a temporary basis warehouse space outside the city limits to continue operations while they pursue a more permanent solution. .

This is so not an event in my life that it ranks below 'Housewives of Hoboken' on my drama list. This story smells like a week old fish. I leave his personal problems to himself and his family, and Notre Dame's credibility issues to the sports community. Over and out.

I do not get the warning page so on a Mac. Is anyone on a Mac still getting the warning?

Typical Republican solution once gain: tax the lower and middle classes in favor of government welfare to Big Business and The Wealth Class.

I'm with that Smith guy. I don't need an afterlife to make this one meaningful or to coerce me to virtuosity as I live it. To base the central tenet of one's life on fear says a lot about the believer and the belief IMO.

Touche' Mr. Smith.

Some wear banishment as a badge. I could explain all this but I'm not licensed to practice psychology.

The shit can. In deference to sensitivities and the resemblance to cat fights, I thought 'sand box' to be a suitable alternative.

Sorry, they grow sugar cane and tobacco for their cigars. They let Central America corner the banana market. That was true when I was a boy and it is still true today.

Thanks Oz for a great write-up on PA. One of my top three destinations to visit someday. Tomcal, thanks for sharing the visuals and your side comments. Always great contributions that are greatly appreciated. I share your taste in this list of hot flesh.

Townie doesn't post often but when he does usually he has something meaningful to share. I really appreciate his sharing. Thanks Townie and congrats on your pending 1Kth post.

Exactly like that. Been there, said that, long ago during one of the meltdown repetitions early on. Being abused is like being on drugs. The victim has to want to quit it. Few do. I learned that they won't. So let them piss and moan here if it helps for the moment. I ignore it anymore.

I used the site heavily about ten years ago. Have dropped out since. Too bad the participation has dropped off and with it it's usefulness. Do you mind sharing what sort of burdensome rules she imposed? Just curious and prefer not to wade through history to find out what happened. Thanks.

The real moral to this story is about discretion by both clients and escorts. It is a good idea to keep anonymity both ways unless and until you become quite comfortable 'acquaintances'. Even then circumstances can change that can bite you in the ass. I've known this to happen between escorts and clients whose relationships moved to a different personal level only to turn into a very ugly life wrecking experience. An ounce of prevention can save a ton of grief. So can common sense and self discipline.

Barney didn't leave him much of a graceful choice after going public. Even so, Barney is the perfect choice for the heavy lifting that needs to be done in the next sixteen weeks. He will make a difference.