On Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade claimed, along with an on-screen graphic, that a recent USA Today/Gallup poll found that  "61 percent" of Americans are in favor of taking away collective barganing rights from public unions. In fact, Fox aired the results of the poll completely backward: the Gallup poll found that 61 percent of Americans are opposed to taking away collective bargaining rights.

Judge gets busted for racketeering.

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/father-of-suicidal-man-in-kids-for-cash-case-i-basically-framed-him -1.1109221#axzz1EnAyP0ub

In Wisconsin and Ohio, they have decided there can no longer be two classes of citizens: one that receives rich health and pension benefits, and all the rest who are left to pay for them.

Never had anyone pack for me.  Move furniture, yes, actually box and label everything in the house, not even close.  

Been a long year for our family, very emotional and draining, and now we're looking at a new life in a new city.  

But...before that, there's the SDSU/BYU matchup at 11 a.m. PST, broadcast nationally on CBS.  Biggest game in SDSU history, and the same goest for the Mtn West Conference (hidden from the nation by their idiotic network) it's the biggest ever by far, and probably BYU as well -- though they played in some pretty big games back in the Danny Ainge days.  Aztecs will get revenge for their only loss, and they'll hold Jimmer under 30 -- I think long and leaping and quick Billy White would be the best choice for guarding Fredette.  Just my two cents.

And that night, I'll conclude my San Diego residence by attending the USD/Gonzaga game at the Slim Gym (Jenny Craig Pavilion).  My Toreros upset St. Mary's last week, I'm hoping they have one more miracle in them for a longtime season ticket holder galloping into the SoCal sunset headed north.  

To be fair, Speech and U.K. Naked Men both used the same distinctive set in their separate productions, but it kinda makes you wonder how Lionel Logue paid the bills before the stammering king came along. Many more NSFW pics at the source.

probably NSF most works.

A divided Congress, a mild-mannered Republican speaker, a competitive media environment and growing public concern over debt all add up to a tougher environment for Democrats to profit politically from a shutdown.

Mark Twain told us that "History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme." If Democrats rely too heavily on the 1995 model for the current budget battle, they may find themselves out of tune.

then why do they look so worried?

One of his classic set of tales is when he kinda stumbled into the Greenwich Village beatnik scene in the early 60's...he had a friend with a party pad there, and he'd arrive Friday night and stay till he left for work Monday morning...drugs, orgies, you name it...debauchery I could only dream of.  

So anyway there was this old Mick cop who walked that beat, and he would plead with my pops and his buddy..."Fellas, I can smell the pot from around the corner.  I like you boys , I don't wanna bring you in, I got 6 months till I collect my pension, put a lid on it till then will ya?".

"You adamantly oppose gay rights ... but you've also been married three times and admitted to having an affair with your current wife while you were still married to your second," Isabel Friedman, president of Penn Democrats, said to Gingrich. "As a successful politician who's considering running for president, who would set the bar for moral conduct and be the voice of the American people, how do you reconcile this hypocritical interpretation of the religious values that you so vigorously defend?"

tried to cut off the question.

"I'll bet almost everybody here can gather the thrust of your question," he said. "I appreciate the delicacy and generosity in the way it was framed. ... I hope you feel better about yourself."

from the ruling

As previous Commerce Clause cases have all involved physical activity, as opposed to mental activity, i.e. decision-making, there is little judicial guidance on whether the latter falls within Congress's power....However, this Court finds the distinction, which Plaintiffs rely on heavily, to be of little significance. It is pure semantics to argue that an individual who makes a choice to forgo health insurance is not "acting," especially given the serious economic and health-related consequences to every individual of that choice. Making a choice is an affirmative action, whether one decides to do something or not do something. They are two sides of the same coin. To pretend otherwise is to ignore reality.

um, yeah

the wingnuts say no

Our thoughts are now actions. There literally is nothing the federal government cannot regulate provided there is even a hypothetical connection to the economy, even if the connection at most is in the future.

and
get ready for the democracy backlash

(Reuters) - Regardless of what comes next in Libya's lethal political standoff, the OPEC country's oil sector is nearly certain to suffer, bringing long-lasting supply disruptions or even permanent damage.