Yankees beat Angels to reach 40th World Series
The New York Yankees advanced to their 40th World Series by rallying to beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 in game six of the American League championship series.
The Yankees fell behind early but battled back with three runs in the fourth inning to win the series four games to two and reach their first World Series in six years.
New bill to make seizure of US companies easier: report
A bill to be introduced in Congress by a key ally of President Barack Obama would make it easier for the US government to seize control of troubled financial institutions that are considered too big to be allowed to fail, The New York Times reported.
Citing a senior administration official, the newspaper said the measure would be proposed this week by Representative Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, after extensive consultations with Treasury Department officials.
AP's Woodward Fact-Checks Health Insurance Company Profits, Finds Them 'Anemic'
In the health care debate, Democrats and their allies have gone after insurance companies as rapacious profiteers making "immoral" and "obscene" returns while "the bodies pile up."
Ledgers tell a different reality. Health insurance profit margins typically run about 6 percent, give or take a point or two. That's anemic compared with other forms of insurance and a broad array of industries, even some beleaguered ones.
Suicide bombers target Iraqi ministries, kill 132
A pair of suicide bombers driving trucks packed with explosives detonated outside the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad provincial administration, killing 132 Iraqis and wounding more than 500, police officials told Voices of Iraq.
The blasts set nearby cars ablaze and blew out windows in nearby buildings, adding to the casualties. The facade of the Ministry of Justice was smashed, and the building flooded after water pipes burst during the explosion.
Thanks CC.
ReplyDeleteSupport our troops! (try and remember that turn)
ReplyDeleteWeird. The post didn't publish when it was scheduled for. CC set it up correctly, and it was published and redy to go for 7:00 AM. It just didn't show up. Very strange.
ReplyDeleteNice avatar Erik ...
ReplyDeleteMuch better!
ReplyDeleteThanks Running Bare - you folks are doing a terrific job!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNew bill to make seizure of US companies easier
ReplyDeleteI am currently reading Atlas Shrugged, and almost every day something seems to happen in the news that is right out of the pages of Ayn Rand's book. Truly frightening.
Looks like the blog is going to be a busy one today. Good, I like it when it's busy. :)
ReplyDeleteOn the Baghdad bombing:
ReplyDeleteBlast walls around the government buildings, which could have prevented some of the devastation, had recently been removed by the government.
I remember this... they did it with much fanfare, and a certain "see, we don't need these awful Westerners and their intrusive security measures anymore!" spin. This rush toward the appearance of "normalcy" has now gotten people killed. The monsters are still there, guys, you still need to defend against them.
Barney Frank is a tool.
ReplyDeletePurple dinosaur with the sausage.
Good morning everyone! Nice to see so many of you here today.
ReplyDeleteLucius: Barney Frank always gives the impression of a dry cleaner trying to stave off receivership.
ReplyDeleteRunning Bare said...
ReplyDeleteWeird. The post didn't publish when it was scheduled for. CC set it up correctly, and it was published and redy to go for 7:00 AM. It just didn't show up. Very strange.
My 7am didn't posted yesterday as scheduled. Had to manually post it.
Meanwhile, this was heartening:
ReplyDeleteGallup Poll shows conservatives dominant ideological grouping
Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the most prevalent group.
Now will you moderates get a clue and realize that the Obamessiah is not a centrist?
The graphic on the poll is worth careful analysis.
Repost from last thread:
ReplyDeleteJCM - "They died as warriors, riding out to met the enemy and keep me and mine, you and yours safe.
They have my eternal gratitude."
And mine. May they Rest in Peace.
And I thank God every single day that we still have men and women in this country who are willing to be warriors to protect our nation.
The BEST warriors around, too.
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteMy 7am didn't posted yesterday as scheduled. Had to manually post it.
That sounds like a rather personal problem to me.
;)
/Sorry, couldn't resist.
Buzz -- LOL!
ReplyDeletebuzzsawmonkey said...
ReplyDeleteLucius: Barney Frank always gives the impression of a dry cleaner trying to stave off receivership.
"Mr. Frank, how do you get the collars so white on these ever-expanding Fed white-collar jobs?"
"Shhhh! Ancient Chinese T-bill buying secret!"
boldandbald
ReplyDeleteThere was a move, in my hometown, for the city to take over the water company. Not that there were any problems with the water company's performance. It was the city's way to hope to stop growth, by controlling the water supply. There was unbelievable stuff that went on. In the end, though, the city didn't pull it off, but it was very close.
boldandbold--
ReplyDeleteHeh.
(Now we just need 3wood to show up, so we can all say, "morning wood!")
boldandbald said...
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a rather personal problem to me.
;)
You owe me a cup of coffee, this one's all over my keyboard!
Looking at the polling trends, since it's unlikely that self-described liberals are becoming conservatives, it would seem that self-described moderates are more likely to re-identify as conservatives while liberals shift towards the center.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up Barry and friends. Let's push the "conservative" figure up over 45 by next November.
Realwest:
ReplyDeleteAnd I thank God every single day that we still have men and women in this country who are willing to be warriors to protect our nation.
Hear, hear. Where do they come from? I contrast them to the spoiled, whiny, "hipster douchebag" 20-somethings I typically encounter here in DC... worlds apart.
Good morning Bare, Lucius, EtR, Buzz and {PBJ}! Hope you are all doing well today!
ReplyDeletePBJ said...
ReplyDeleteGood morning everyone! Nice to see so many of you here today.
Good morning to you {PBJ}!
Lucius, just let him do it his way.
ReplyDeleteIt's working... for us.
He still hasn't figured it out.
Barney Frank helped precipitate the current mess. What posseses him to think he has the slightest business whatsoever proposing any financial legislation?!
ReplyDelete(Now we just need 3wood to show up, so we can all say, "morning wood!")
ReplyDeleteWe talked until two
And then she said
"hello, is that morning wood?"
JCM said...
ReplyDeleteYou owe me a cup of coffee, this one's all over my keyboard!
here you go.
OK -- I'm off to lunch. Later, kids.
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeleteBarney Frank helped precipitate the current mess. What posseses him to think he has the slightest business whatsoever proposing any financial legislation?!
Huge EGO.
Morning {Dianna}
The old guy at my morning minyan was saying today that "we should get out of Afghanistan, bring back the soldiers and give 'em jobs."
ReplyDeleteI pointed out that they had a job, and were doing it--and that unemployment rates were already high here in the US. He just kept repeating, "give 'em jobs," and I pointed out there was no money to "give them jobs."
At which point he started saying that "socialism was a good thing," and I tried to point out that it has never worked. He said, "Are you gonna get Social Security?" I said, probably not so that it means anything; ten cents on the dollar, perhaps, because it's broke. He said, "Well, if you're going to get Social Security, that's socialism!" and I said, "Yes, but the whole point is there is nothing to give; that's socialism."
Sez he, "Well, that's only because the Congress has used the money." Sez I, "Precisely; you can't trust the government to take care of you." Sez he, "That's Congress, not the government." Sez I, "The Congress is the government."
"OK," he says. "What do you plan to do?" I told him I always figured on dying in the street, or a refrigerator box, anyway.
Hey O.R. - they come from everywhere in this country. I used to think that if it wasn't for the South and the West, we wouldn't have a military worth talking about, but the reality is that the % of Troopers from each state has tended to be roughly equivalent to the % of population their home states had compared to the rest of the Country.
ReplyDeleteIt's just that you don't read or hear about or, very likely SEE them until they go into the military.
They make me proud to be an American; wish I could say the same about their Commander in Chief.
Morning, midwestgak!
ReplyDeleteI hope everyone had a lovely weekend.
Suicide bombing death toll in Iraq has risen to 155.
ReplyDeleteWell said, Real.
ReplyDeleteRealwest said...
ReplyDeleteThey make me proud to be an American; wish I could say the same about their Commander in Chief.
I am deeply disturbed by the anti-German prejudice you are displaying towards our Two-tone-ic president.
Took me a second there, buzz.
ReplyDeleteOK CCers. I need to get some work done. Hope you all have a great remainder of the day and stay safe.
ReplyDeleteLater!
buzzsaw, I hope you were stealthily picking this guy's pocket during the conversation, just to provide him with a Teachable Moment on the meaning of socialism.
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeleteBarney Frank helped precipitate the current mess. What posseses him to think he has the slightest business whatsoever proposing any financial legislation?!
He should be made to stand out in the hall with Dodd as others attempt to fix his mess.
Sadly, he will be in the room, and the "fixes" will resemble the old mess more than anything else.
"Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else." -Frederic Bastiat
ReplyDeleteHi {Dianna} - Barney Frank is a long time politician - and a LEFTIST one at that, therefore he KNOWS that he knows what's best for the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteAnd NO, I'm not kidding: at least two different Republican congresscritters - Jim Bunning and Sue Myric have seperately introduced bills into their respective committees that would REQUIRE that congress and it's staff and indeed ALL federal employees (except the military) have to comply with whatever the hell healthcare bill gets passed and neither one of them could get the Democratic Party controlled committees to let those bills out on the floor of congress for a vote.
Yeah, Barney Frank knows he's doing what's best for Barney Frank and the rest of the LEFT Elites ok.
So he introduces this bill whereupon most people who've NEVER RUN A BUSINESS in their lives are gonna run our Financial Services and Banking Industries?
And unemployment is still over 10% and the LEFT keeps on blaming Bush, but pretty soon I believe that the average American Voter is gonna realize that these fools don't know what the hell they're doing, other than sticking our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren with the kind of debt even a Three Card Monte Dealer from the streets of Chicago should be ashamed of.
Buzz,
ReplyDeleteRemember the government has it's own money...
so sez 24% of registered voters.
And then there's the Free Obama Money from His Stash!
Suicide bombing death toll in Iraq has risen to 155.
ReplyDeleteThose who perpetrated this are monsters in human form. May they and their ilk be hunted down like rabid dogs.
OLT--
ReplyDeleteSadly, he will be in the room, and the "fixes" will resemble the old mess more than anything else.
They appear intent on "fixing" the US economy, in the veterinary medicine sense of the word.
So he introduces this bill whereupon most people who've NEVER RUN A BUSINESS in their lives are gonna run our Financial Services and Banking Industries?
ReplyDeleteWhy not? They're already "running" the country.
Those who perpetrated this are monsters in human form. May they and their ilk be hunted down like rabid dogs.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing we have in common with those people is a genome. I wish there was a way that we could remove them and their type of thinking from our gene pool physically, emotionally and psychically.
They're intent, is not a robust economy, they say that because they can't see for public consumption.
ReplyDeleteWhat they are working for is economic justice. Everything said and done up to campaigning for national office was about economic justice.
They think they can achieve economic justice, not knowing that a robust economy and economic justice are mutually exclusive. Not knowing the the most economically just system is a free market.
O.R.- "Those who perpetrated this are monsters in human form. May they and their ilk be hunted down like rabid dogs."
ReplyDeleteNo, they are barbarians pure and simple. And if we had a CiC with ANY BALLS AT ALL he'd have approved HIS hand picked General in charge of Afghanistan have the troops he's requested. Instead our CiC is still "studying the situation". My ass. He was briefed on this after the election and before inaugaration and he KNEW and still Knows what the problem is, he just can't "fix" the problem AND satifsy the LEFT wing of his own base. So being a typical politician, he's doing what he really does best:
NOTHING.
And I remember when the Iraqi's were cheering when we said we would be leaving Iraq. Wonder how they feel about that now?
JCM - with all due respect, they are NOT working for Economic Justice, they are working for Economic EQUALITY - except, of course, for the Elites.
ReplyDeleteAnd it just hasn't entered their pea brains that ECONCOMIC EQUALITY has ALWAYS meant a greaty reduced standard of living for 90% of the populace EVERY PLACE IT'S BEEN TRIED.
But they don't fucking care: They have theirs, so screw the rest of us, as long the rest of us are all equally economically miserable.
Left-wing president targets the opposition press, in order to stifle cricitism of economic mismanagement:
ReplyDeletehttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703573604574493541233653908.html
Thank God that sort of thing doesn't happen here! [cough]
rw, Obama is really trying to "fix" the problem in Afghanistan, and he's sure if he comes up with exactly the right apology, there will be no more problem there.
ReplyDeleteLater.
ReplyDeleteReal,
ReplyDeleteEconomic justice as define by Gramsci, Marx, Alinsky, Obama......
Bastards steal the language too!
The theft of language is dangerous.
ReplyDeleteWorse is the stirring up of envy and the expectation that one can rob Peter to pay Paul.
Some people have the nerve to say the Democratic party isn't socialist.
ReplyDeleteAnd the way they and their MSM lap dogs are going after the Republicans, we might have a one party system come 2010.
Oh, and btw, there was a guy (didn't catch his name or the title of his book) on F&F this morning who was reporting that junior officers and senior NCO's in the military - men and womens responsible for 15-200 troops, when they go on interviews for jobs in the civilian sector are being asked about their work history and when they answer "Well I commanded a group of troops setting up hospitals, or building roads, or whatever," are being asked "NO, I mean what kind of WORK experience have you had?"
ReplyDeleteThis absolutely pains me no end; I'd take any junior officer or senior NCO over Barney Frank or John Kerry every day of the week when it comes to WORKING (those junior officers/senior NCO's could never respond "present") and running our Country.
Huh, is the blog hinckey just for me or for eveyone else too?!
ReplyDeleteGood morning, everyone. I'm late this am, can't even get caught up. What's everyone talking about?
ReplyDeleteThe comments have slowed down, but I haven't experienced anything hinckey.
ReplyDeleteDianna said...
ReplyDeleteThe theft of language is dangerous.
Worse is the stirring up of envy and the expectation that one can rob Peter to pay Paul.
Get with the times, Dianna. Now, with the Internet, we can rob Peter on Paypal.
Hiya Russkilitlover. Bashing Barney Frank, and rightly so, among other things.
ReplyDeleteKS - as I just tried to post, unless and until the unemployment and UNDERemployment situation start to dramatically improve, and once folks start paying more taxes in 2010 (remember Pelosi said letting the Bush middle class tax cut lapse wouldn't really be an increase in taxes) the Democractic Party is gonna be in for a rude awakening in 2010 no matter what the MSM TELLS people, people themselves will feel and see for themselves what real life is like with the LEFTIST elites running the country.
ReplyDeleteHey {Gak} it's not just that the comments are slower, I've had entire posts vanish into thin air.
ReplyDeleteMoreover, I've also encountered the IE cannot connect to this site message, it's not my connection to the blog, but when I refresh the blog it seems to get better.
{real} You have nailed it. What do you think April 15th will bring re: what we will then owe? I've never underpaid in my Federal taxes and always received a few hundred or so back.
ReplyDeletemidwestgak said...
ReplyDeleteThat Barney Frank and Chris Dodd and that numbnuts with the cash in his freezer are not in jail blows my mind.
I read the other day where Chris Dodd wants to put the Countrywide investigations into sweet deals for VIPs (himself being one) aside and "move on."
Realwest said...
ReplyDeleteMoreover, I've also encountered the IE cannot connect to this site message, it's not my connection to the blog, but when I refresh the blog it seems to get better.
Clearly, we need more Winds of Freedom Blog Refreshener™ for that April-fresh feeling of posting confidence.
Dianna - glad to see you back.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if the car crash caused more problems.
Meanwhile, I've been proofreading the latest story, and it needs more than I thought; I had changed some ideas partway through.
I might get it done tonight.
Russkilitlover said...
ReplyDeleteCharlie "Rent Control, what income?" Rangel still chairs the finance committee.....
{Gak} it won't take until April 15th - wait until the first paychecks in January - when the amount with held for taxes and SSN and all get taken out of the Average Voter's paycheck.
ReplyDeleteI'm telling ya, we may not have to wait until April 15th for Tea Parties to consistently number in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions.
What story is that, Kosh?
ReplyDeleteI haven't had posts disappear so much as hide. Often, I'll refresh, and everything since my last post will be gone; refresh again, and it is all back.
ReplyDeleteBut this has been going on for days.
FireFox, both on Windows and Mac.
http://www.politico.com/click/stories/0910/obama_ties_bush_on_golf.html#
ReplyDeleteAfghanistan may be spiraling into a dithering mass of quagmire and the economy is as sturdy as wet sand, but at least Obama's golf game is improving due to an inordinate amount of time spent on golf courses since becomming President.
Clueless, thy name is Obama!
Are you troubled by the economy? Have you lost confidence in our financial institutions? Do you fear government confiscation and expropriation?
ReplyDeleteSpend some of your hard-earned (and untraceable) cash on the Seeley-of-Secrecy™ Cash-o-pedic Mattress!
The Seeley-of-Secrecy has a safe compartment designed to hold cash or bullion, combined with state-of-the-art coil-spring technology! You can sleep soundly and securely in the knowledge that you have full lumbar and financial support, with your assets safely underneath your ass!
Thanks {real}. Sort of./
ReplyDeleteBut will we get a double whammy on April 15th?
Realwest said...
ReplyDelete"NO, I mean what kind of WORK experience have you had?"
Oh, you mean real work like a community organizer?
Gak, I've been writing science fiction stories, and Dianna has been helping me, criticizing them.
ReplyDeleteI took a break from the last one; I couldn't cut it up and put it back together right away, so I went and finished another one.
Let's see if I can get anything published.
Russkilitlover - That Countrywide lending fraud is why the GOP played the video tapes of the DEMS ALL leaving the committee room and why Congressman Adlophous Towns (D-somewhere) changed the locks on the doors of the committee room - they DON'T WANT COUNTRYWIDE'S fraudulent loads to Dodd AND TO OTHER DEMOCRATS exposed.
ReplyDeleteZombie has a new post on the "Black Isrealites" and some of the commenters have additional info. I have seen these guys on the street here in Old Town Pasadena. Creepshow!
ReplyDeleteReal,
ReplyDeleteBut, but, but the (D)s are for the little people........
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Good luck Kosh. Good science fiction is always based on the human condition/weakness/strenght. Would you agree?
ReplyDeleteGak said "Thanks {real}. Sort of./
ReplyDeleteBut will we get a double whammy on April 15th?"
Well I expect anyone who is self employed and in solo business or a very small business might very well get smacked on April 15h; larger employers usually have accountants and/or banks help 'em figure out how much to with hold on paychecks so the answer is probably YES we will have a double whammy on April 15th - or at least some of us will.
PBJ - I lived in Pasadena from 1980 to 1988. Where is "Old Town" located?
ReplyDeleteWhere are the Hurricanes, Mr. Gore?
ReplyDeleteThat god among men and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore, told us in “An Inconvenient Truth”, his Oscar-winning documentary, that we had to brace for increasing numbers of hurricanes as the result of global warming.
So, where are the hurricanes of 2009, Mr. Gore?
The hurricane season that runs from June through November is about to end with nothing more than one weak to borderline moderate tropical storm that hit Florida’s panhandle, but there have been NO hurricanes; at least none that made landfall.
So, where are the hurricanes of 2009, Mr. Gore?
Trying to predict how many hurricanes there will be each year is probably fun, but is a highly risky undertaking. I have a lot of friends among the meteorological and climatological community, men of science, but I always cross my fingers for them when they take a run at it.
Gak, it's the trendy area all around Fair Oaks and Colorado.
ReplyDeletewith hold = withhold. me thinks.
ReplyDeleteRealwest said...
ReplyDeleteBut will we get a double whammy on April 15th?"
Well I expect anyone who is self employed and in solo business or a very small business might very well get smacked on April 15h; larger employers usually have accountants and/or banks help 'em figure out how much to with hold on paychecks so the answer is probably YES we will have a double whammy on April 15th - or at least some of us will.
You have just explained the rush-rush hurry-hurry to get Obamacare, and possibly another Stimulus, passed.
These things have to be done before people get slapped upside the head with a big fat tax bill during a Congressional election year--because if people see a huge tax bite come next Spring, they are probably going to vote a very, very angry pocketbook, and then pop goes the Obama Congressional majority.
Hey Kenneth! LOL! Yeah, but I gotta say it really pisses me off to hear that our military personnel or recent vets are being asked "what kind of WORK history do you have"?
ReplyDeleteDon't know when that shit started, but it's been my expierence that most businesses used to consider being in the military "work experience".
And what the hell is some Sgt E-5 infantry squad leader supposed to say "well I led a bunch of folks into dangerous situations and killed a bunch of bad people!"
PBJ - I attended many Rose Bowl Parades during that time. I particularly remember the one in the early 80's when the original Statue of Liberty "flame" was on one of the floats.
ReplyDeletemidwestgak said...
ReplyDeleteGood luck Kosh. Good science fiction is always based on the human condition/weakness/strenght. Would you agree?
Kosh's Shadow says
Yes, I agree. The one I've put aside is about how we keep ourselves civilized.
The other one is less of a social comment, but I'm finding the non-technical characters are more interesting than the spacecraft crew. It is about a trading spacecraft, and the traders are stealing the plot. I intend to write more in the same setting, and that insight will be useful.
.... killed a bunch of bad people!
ReplyDeleteExpert in conflict management and resolution.
...well I led a bunch of folks into dangerous situations
Management experience in dynamic and challenging situations.
buzzsawmonkey - YEP. That's exactly the truth Buzz - that's why the rush rush to get things PASSED NOW. That the POTUS is clearly STILL holding onto a bunch of the "Stimulus" money is simply an indication that he thinks he can spend it (and any additional stimulus money Congress can give him) to help the LEFT win or at least hold onto a Congressional majority - "Oh, we have Congresscritter x in Ohio in trouble - lets
ReplyDeletegive his district a couple million bucks for infratructure work - that'll look good to the voters". Its the Chicago Way, writ large.
But as long as undemployment and underemployment are still major headaches to the LEFT and real people are being hurt every single damn day by their policies, the smoke and mirrors bullshit won't help.
LOL JCM!
ReplyDelete@JCM: "extensive experience in the use of advanced proactive conflict management hardware"
ReplyDeleteGak, I remember that float. We used to go to the parade back then as well. Heck I've even worked on building floats. Now we are content to watch it on TV.
ReplyDeleteHey JCM!! If the VA had any real brains or concerns for retiring or just seperating from active duty troops, they'd hire you to write a manual on how to write a resume based upon military experience and how that translates into Civilian job requirements!!
ReplyDelete@Realwest: the crux of the problem is really that 0bama and his paymasters think the way to run Crook County, Illinois can be scaled up to a country of 300 million people.
ReplyDeleteRW,
ReplyDeleteToo true, I also know employers who know the military and think a platoon leader is a heck of endorsement.
Finally Free - yikes. Crook County has a $9B deficit this year with a population of 2.8M. Scale that to 300M and you get . . . .
ReplyDeleteWe are so screwed.
Such moderate Arabs, and such a chance for peace:
ReplyDeleteSummit nixed after Egypt, Arabs refuse to sit with Lieberman
And the "moderate, secular" Turkey is saying:
In related news, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Lieberman of threatening to attack the Gaza Strip with a nuclear weapon during Operation Cast Lead, in an interview published Monday in The Guardian.
Lieberman's media adviser Tzahi Moshe disregarded Erdogan's allegation, saying "we do not respond to every piece of nonsense."
And nonsense it is; why would Israel nuke some place so close to Israel? And a place they really should take over again.
Kosh's Shadow -
ReplyDeleteI'm doing fine - this was my birthday dinner weekend, and I was busy.
I look forward to reading your piece.
Kosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDelete"Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Lieberman of threatening to attack the Gaza Strip with a nuclear weapon during Operation Cast Lead"
Islamist projection again.
Well y'all it's been grand as usual, but I gotta go eat and mediacte now!
ReplyDeleteI hope you all have a GREAT day and that I get the chance to see you all down the road later on today/tonight!
Dianna, I hope you enjoyed your weekend.
ReplyDeleteHi Pi Guy,
ReplyDeleteI liked your link on the liberating power of savings.
Thanks.