Venture Bros Season 5 Sneak Peak

A reckoning is coming!


Venture Brothers returns to Adult Swim May 19 at Midnight. Watch episodes here

What's New in the News?

Things that I've been reading and haven't had time to make full posts on...

Bank of America wrongfully foreclosed a couple, who sued and won a judgement for $2500 in Legal expenses. When BOA didn't pay the couple showed up at the bank with a moving company, a deputy, and a writ allowing them to start seizing furniture and cash.  Yep, that's one for Us, and 312,912,103 for the Bankers.

Former Detroit mayor Kilpatrick (and co.) found guilty on nearly all corruption charges. Did you wonder why, exactly, they took away Democracy from Detroit?

After vehemently denying he would be a lackey of big business during his Senate run against Elizabeth Warren, Scott Brown now joins a law firm that lobbies on behalf of big banks

The NYT recently reported on the fire sale of America's historic post offices. The NYT doesn’t note a crucial fact that perhaps explains why the sale process is not transparent: the head of CBRE is private equity billionaire Richard C. Blum, Senator Dianne Feinstein’s husband. Transparency? Nepotism? We only care about those things when the OTHER guys aren't doing it.


1.6 Billion Rounds Of Ammo For Homeland Security? It's Time For A National Conversation (Forbes)  This is from FORBES, not some wacko-nut job living in a bunker - er, that's me... - but this is FORBES. Well, a Forbes contributor anyway... And what does Mrs. Napolitano need with 1.6 billion rounds for, precisely? I mean, Homeland is spending to become more like the DoD? Trying to be noticed by the big boys? Fat contracts no questions has made quite a few people quite a lot of money. And it might even support a few middle class jobs out there too. But besides that - why are we militarizing our police force?

NASA Rover Finds Conditions Once Suited for Ancient Life on Mars Well, I can only hope that they find oil or gold on Mars soon so we can go there and set up a Starbucks and some US military bases.

And you can drink a Super Diabetes Gulp(TM) again in NYC. Twinkies due on shelves by the summer.
 

It's My First Day

A news conference between Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Afghan President Hamid Karzai was canceled Sunday on the heels of the Afghan leader's accusation that the Taliban and the U.S. are working together to convince Afghans that violence in the country will worsen if foreign troops leave as planned by the end of next year.

U.S. officials say the news conference was canceled due to a security threat, but the two men plan to meet privately.

According to the Associated Press, the cancellation comes a day after a suicide bomber on a bicycle struck outside the Afghan Defense Ministry, killing nine Afghan civilians and wounding 14 others.

Read more ....

My comment? Did someone miss a payment due to "Sequestration"?  "Hey, you guys are short this month! What up?"

Mr. Paul Speaks in Washington

Rand Paul filibuster ends after more than 12 hours

"We need to have a debate about this" ~ Dick Durbin

"If you need to debate this you shouldn't be in congress." ~ repmack

Resolved that it is in the sense of the Senate that:

1 The use of drones to execute, or to target, American citizens on American soil who pose no imminent threat clearly violates the Constitutional due process rights of citizens

2 The American people deserve a clear, concise, and unequivocal public statement from the President of the United States that contains detailed legal reasoning, including but not limited to the balance between national security and due process, Limits of executive power and distinction between treatment of citizens and non-citizens within and outside the boarders of the United States, the use of lethal force against American citizens, and the use of drones in the application of lethal force within the United States territory.

Since the Senators could not sign the piece of paper before you, Mr. Rand decided to pull an old fashioned Frank Capra-esque passioned filibuster to, not fight the nomination of John Brennan, but to call out the Obama Administration's cavaler remarks that they could bomb Americans indiscriminately on American soil... er, hypothetically, of course. You know, to stop 9/11 or Pearl Harbor?

Pause for a moment and noodle on the idea that the nomination of a man who condones drone strikes on American citizens has to be filibustered rather than laughed away.

Of the many things Mr. Paul said, ""No president has the right to say he is judge, jury and executioner."

Others joined in, to Stand with Rand - such as Marco Rubio (a top prospect for seeking higher GOP office) "It's not a Republican question. It's not a conservative question, it's a Constitutional question."

The filibuster ended not when both parties came to their senses and told Mr. Brennan and the Obama Administration to read the Constitution - but when Mr. Paul had to use the facilities.

The bombings will continue.

(It is good to see that someone is reading my column though!)

Coincidence?

Coincidence? Scumbag Pope meme. Here's the AIDS story, in the odd chance you hadn't heard that one.