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http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20151123/NEWS01/151129859//article/20151123/NEWS01/151129859/Silverton-San-Juan-County-leaders-say-‘Let’s-talk-Superfund’
Good for them – and all Coloradans:
The funding issue is just another example of how Republicans defund something, usually something important that citizens support, then complain that it's "not working". Or vice versa. Democrats at all levels need to highlight this issue and call B.S.
The problem has been made much worse by the multi-year foot-dragging of our Republican friends with regard to anything the EPA does. While Cynthia Coffman and Jeff Crank and the like do the Koch Brothers' bidding for regulation free exploitation of our environment, those that work and olive in these areas continue to be subjected to these dangerous conditions.
Maybe this will shut them up for a minute and we can clean up Colorado's mining legacy for everyone's benefit.
So, what could go wrong? . . .
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/world/europe/turkey-syria-russia-military-plane.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share
Very slow this morning!
More of that good, ol' fashioned bipartisanship that Michael Bennet calls for all the time:
And this also shows how R's can "win*" even while losing the presidency twice in a row.
* – A shutdown isn't a win. We can thank Thomas Jefferson that these idiots don't have any filters on their brains, but there are many other times when R's can push their issue with ruthless political thuggery while Dems twiddle their thumbs.
Republican base vs. Democrat base (and Reality):
Won't someone think about the Bipartisanship?!?
Digby then explains the power of Right Wing Hate Radio to fuel the daily fix of hatred and outrage that is then channeled to electoral and legislative momentum by Cons at every level of government:
Republicans have played "anything Obama is for, I'm agin'" for 7 years. Don't expect it to stop with the next president, Clinton or Sanders. And don't expect R's to start playing nice or being all bipartisanshippy for the sake of the country.
It's not their country…….yet.
Will Rafael Cruz be the next target of Donald Trump's rage?
NY Times asks and answers that question today since Rafael has pulled into statistical tie with the Donald in Iowa. Amongst the weapons in the Donald's arsenal is the prospect of going "full birther" on Cruz given that his country of birth is not exactly the U.S. of A.
Maybe Moddy had it right. With the ghastly choices which the GOP primary voter faces, perhaps Rubio is the pick of the litter.
I think it was Moderatus who might have told me that he saw Rafael "dancing in the streets and singing at a tail-gate party on 9/11" …
Are you sure that wasn't on Canadian Independence Day?
And speaking of Canada, Rafael may want to slow down his renunciation of his dual citizenship until after the early primaries. If he doesn't get off the ground in Iowa and South Carolina, the Canadian Conservative Party is looking for a new leader since Stephen Harper lost the general election and stepped down. Maybe he could return to his homeland and run for party leader.
"Conservative" doesn't have the same meaning in Canada. Cruz would have to learn to love all kinds of commie stuff like universal healthcare to make the transition.
Canadian Con Men were turned out this last election.
Not sure about anything from that source obviously, maybe?
… but, is the Macarena a traditional Canadian Independence Day dance? And, why would Cruz wear a keffiyeh?
I'm sure your good friend Modster could explain.
But will the base trust Rubio to depise Latino immigrants sufficiently?
Rubio's heading Right as well. He's saying that neither abortion rights nor gay rights are "settled", and that God's law supercedes civil law. I expect that soon he'll be calling for a force dome to protect the country from immigrants.
I can see why Moddy is so enchanted with him and has jumped onto Rubio's band wagon. Now if only they could teach him how to balance his checkbook and where it's ok to use the Capital One card and where it's ok to use the AmEx card.
. . . And, here I thought it had something to do with Rubio's Gessler-like boyish good looks??!!??
Not so slow anymore.
Good luck with a functioning coalition. Nobody likes ISIS much but Europe and US want to destroy ISIS and get rid of Assad. Turkey wants to crush the Kurds who are our most reliable competent regional fighting allies and Russia supports Assad and is more interested in taking out the regime's enemies, mainly our allies, than in fighting ISIS. Supposedly the real story behind the Turks shooting down the Russian plane was less tiny incursions into their air space and more in defense of a group on Turkey's allies list and Russia's enemies list.
Same thing could happen between numerous combinations of supposed allies in the war against ISIS. You can't keep track of the players without a very complex scorecard.
Wake up, world powers! Time for everyone to put these squabbles aside for 15 minutes and go after the one mutual enemy we can all agree on. Plenty of time for everyone to get get back to the fun and games of being at each other's throats immediately afterwards
I think the only viable end game that leads to the ground defeat of ISIS in the area includes an independent Kurdistan. They're the only ones willing to fight for their "country." Maybe Iranians might. Problem is every other country in the area would lose territory to the Kurds. Crazy old uncle Joe had it right. Amazing what a Senator can do in re: military strategy, as opposed to our junior pipsqueak who offers only criticism.
I totally support independence for the Kurds, our only fighting allies in the region worth damn. I remember how a young friend of ours in fighting in Iraq back when the war was raging at its hottest used to ook forward to R&R in the Kurdish region where he could relax, have fun, and see women on the street in western dress. In Iraq they have long been defacto autonomous for the most part. Time to make it official. But the Turks are vehmently opposed and they're an a very important ally. So it goes…..
This was an interesting read in the Post today. I think I'll adopt his custom and call it Daesh. Apparently, it drives them nuts.
http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_29156498/guest-commentary-call-them-daesh-not-islamic-state
Why John Kerry and the French president are calling ISIS "Daesh …
http://www.vox.com › 2015/11/14 › daesh-isis…
it unlinks the terrorists from any association with Islam or as a legitimate state. Both of which counter their desired image projected out to potential recruits. Thus making speaking the term both an insult against them and a crime punishable by maiming.
http://www.vox.com/2015/11/14/9734894/daesh-isis-isil
An excellent reason to always use their true name, and not the one of their choosing.
Obama's insistence on ISIL rather than ISIS while everyone else seems to use the latter has aways seemed pretty lame. Why Obama thinks ISIL somehow makes a statement that the terrorists version of Islam is perverted escapes me. Daesh solves that problem.
Obama has started using Daesh (but not exclusively, unfortunately). It is actually the media that is most insistent on using "Islamic State". I saw one quote recently from Obama where he used the term Daesh but the editors substituted Islamic State in brackets instead.
Not sure where they are coming from, but just more indications to me regarding the decline of journalistic standards in the last 30 years.
I pretty much switched last week. The regional powers all call them Daesh, too, and it's a common enough term now. They don't deserve the credit of being called either Islamic or State.
Mike Coffman gets his Guest Column back today in the Gazette. Did you know our Brave Secretary of State volunteered to go back to Iraq?
And his expertise in Democracy Spreadin', counter-terrorism, and Middle East/Arab/Muslim politics and society is ascendant.
I'd like to hear Coffman actually speak these words. In a coherent fashion
Reduce the rate, broaden the base, improve outcomes.
It's not a fantasy Republican tax plan sure to bust the deficit, it's cervical cancer screening.
More Cervical Cancers Caught Early Among Young Women Since Obamacare
This is the broaden the base part. Patients recently become sexually active and exposed to cancer-causing HPV are most likely to benefit from expanded access to health care.
Then there's the recent faux-outrage in Washington over Planned Parenthood which found nothing; bupkus, nada, zip, zilch. "Abortion's up, cancer screening's down!"
Only because screening guidelines for cervical cancer have changed, highlighting the difference between expanding access while decreasing screening frequency.
Have heard that ISIS supports defunding of Planned Parenthood. Strange bedfellows indeed. Reminds me of Senator Cruz and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei both opposing the Iran nuclear deal.
Tonight is my HOA's annual meeting. Since several of my neighbors are tea partiers, I wouldn't be surprised to see a resolution from the floor demanding that no Syrian refugees move.
LOL…let us know how it turns out, Frank.
So….did your HOA vote for a special assessment for machine gun turrets and land mines?
Not quite. But ours is gated community. However for the past few months, the gates have been left open because of maintenance issues. Two board members were elected on a platform of repairing and closing the gates.
Make of that what you will………