The Atheist Communist Caliphate Made Flesh, Spread the Clusterfuck Around Thread

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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4AT26E20081130

Bracing for Apex...

[Quality Start Machine]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE4AT26E20081130

Bracing for Apex...

While I'm confident HRC will at least be more competent than Condi Rice, this one's a baffler.

Unless part of the deal is that Bill winds up being Ambassador to the Vatican or something.

[Chuck to Chuck]

While I'm confident HRC will at least be more competent than Condi Rice, this one's a baffler.

No it's not.  It gets her out of the Senate so she cannot act as Vrdolyak 29 oppoisition chairman.

Also, with Daschle at HHS, a health care plan might jsut get through the senate.  With Hilary's taint, there would be no chance.

This is about getting her out of the senate and into a role where she has to do what Obama says.

[RV]

Hilary's taint

Ugh. I pity any human who's ever had to cross that smelly bridge.

[Tank]

Hilary's taint

Ugh. I pity any human who's ever had to cross that smelly bridge.

Try as I might, I can't seem to forget it.

[Chuck to Chuck]

Hilary's taint

Ugh. I pity any human who's ever had to cross that smelly bridge.

[Tank]

This shit's officially official...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/electoral_vote

In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the 538 electors performed a constitutional process to legally elect Democrat Barack Obama the 44th president.

More than 131 million voters cast ballots — the most ever in a presidential election. But Obama's election is not complete until Congress tallies the outcome of Monday's Electoral College vote at a joint session scheduled for Jan. 6.

Monday's voting was largely ceremonial, the results preordained by Obama's Nov. 4 victory over Republican Sen. John McCain. Obama won 365 electoral votes, to 173 for McCain. With every state reporting, all the electors had cast ballots in accordance with the popular votes in their states.

An electoral vote for every day of the year.

Well... not this year.

[TJ]

This shit's officially almost official...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081216/ap_on_go_pr_wh/electoral_vote

In all 50 states and the District of Columbia, the 538 electors performed a constitutional process to legally elect Democrat Barack Obama the 44th president.

More than 131 million voters cast ballots — the most ever in a presidential election. But Obama's election is not complete until Congress tallies the outcome of Monday's Electoral College vote at a joint session scheduled for Jan. 6.

Monday's voting was largely ceremonial, the results preordained by Obama's Nov. 4 victory over Republican Sen. John McCain. Obama won 365 electoral votes, to 173 for McCain. With every state reporting, all the electors had cast ballots in accordance with the popular votes in their states.

An electoral vote for every day of the year.

Well... not this year.

One more formality'd.

Oh, and one piece of trivia: The reason the IL Gen. Assy met so late in the day was that Illinois' electors met in the chamber in the statehouse earlier.

[ChuckD]

bhold teh future f newz!

[Internet Apex]

While I'm confident HRC will at least be more competent than Condi Rice, this one's a baffler.

No it's not.  It gets her out of the Senate so she cannot act as Vrdolyak 29 oppoisition chairman.

Also, with Daschle at HHS, a health care plan might jsut get through the senate.  With Hilary's taint, there would be no chance.

This is about getting her out of the senate and into a role where she has to do what Obama says.

This.

[Tank]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEtOI8ay_-XoZrKX9qFZBXsDQb7wD955A1H80

Hilda Solis for Secretary of Labor.

Her name sounds made up, but would Gil care to weigh in?

(Adding: Or Stew, for that matter?)

[Gil Gunderson]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jEtOI8ay_-XoZrKX9qFZBXsDQb7wD955A1H80

Hilda Solis for Secretary of Labor.

Her name sounds made up, but would Gil care to weigh in?

(Adding: Or Stew, for that matter?)

I find it curious that Labor was the last Cabinet post to be selected.  Perhaps Andy Stern (SEIU President) was the pick before the Blago brew-ha-ha?  In any event, she is a pick the Left will like immensely.  She is a bit of a radical, but on the whole, not a terrible choice for the Labor Department from a Democratic president.

I'm, of course, waiting to hear who the nominees are for the NLRB.  We've had three open seats for about a year now.  Maybe a new General Counsel, though the current incumbent's term expires in 2010.

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Is that number significant in your opinion?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avTXAfm9.vhM

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England cut the benchmark interest rate to the lowest since the central bank was founded in 1694 as policy makers tried to prevent the credit squeeze from deepening Britain's recession.

The bank rate was reduced a half-point to 1.5 percent, bringing policy makers closer to the point at which they will run out of options to fight the financial crisis with conventional tools. The pound rose against the euro and the dollar because some investors had bet on a larger reduction.

"They'll come down below 1 percent by the second quarter," said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec Securities in London. "Things have deteriorated further and this highlights the need for further monetary stimulus. Non- conventional monetary policy techniques are on the cards."

[Gil Gunderson]

Is that number significant in your opinion?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avTXAfm9.vhM

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England cut the benchmark interest rate to the lowest since the central bank was founded in 1694 as policy makers tried to prevent the credit squeeze from deepening Britain's recession.

The bank rate was reduced a half-point to 1.5 percent, bringing policy makers closer to the point at which they will run out of options to fight the financial crisis with conventional tools. The pound rose against the euro and the dollar because some investors had bet on a larger reduction.

"They'll come down below 1 percent by the second quarter," said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec Securities in London. "Things have deteriorated further and this highlights the need for further monetary stimulus. Non- conventional monetary policy techniques are on the cards."

I too mourned the death of Mary II.

[RD]

Is that number significant in your opinion?

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=avTXAfm9.vhM

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Bank of England cut the benchmark interest rate to the lowest since the central bank was founded in 1694 as policy makers tried to prevent the credit squeeze from deepening Britain's recession.

The bank rate was reduced a half-point to 1.5 percent, bringing policy makers closer to the point at which they will run out of options to fight the financial crisis with conventional tools. The pound rose against the euro and the dollar because some investors had bet on a larger reduction.

"They'll come down below 1 percent by the second quarter," said Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec Securities in London. "Things have deteriorated further and this highlights the need for further monetary stimulus. Non- conventional monetary policy techniques are on the cards."

I too mourned the death of Mary II.

I thought it was Stew that said that so I laughed more than I should have.