++Wikileaks released some cables on Libya today. We learn of John McCain's offer of American arms to Gaddafi last year, Joe Lieberman calling him "our ally in the war against terror" and a few personal things we didn't know. Gaddafi had botox treatments and hair plugs. This might explain his boxom Ukrainian nurse. The FF found out yesterday that Gaddafi was a Mason and brought his masonic gear out of the compound. Remember the Amazon Brigade Gaddafi bragged about? They were found. Apparently they were a group of Nigerian women who were snipers. The rest of the day in Libya was spent playing whack-a-mole as the FF chased around searching for the Gaddafi sons and offering a reward for the capture of Dad.
++We survived the 5.9 earthquake. One African sculpture smashed and three Hopi Kachinas mutilated but everything else is fine. NOM blamed the earthquake on gay marriage. Markos Malitos blamed the Virginia part of the earthquake on gays not having the right to marry.
++The Most Powerful Man in America emerged yesterday. If you are a Glenn Beck fan, you know I mean Cass Sunstein, Samantha Powers' husband. The man key to President Obama's plot to bring socialism to the United States unveiled his plan to streamline government regulations and eliminate unnecessary redtape. He claimed this would save American businesses $40 billion. Naturally,the U.S. Chamber of Commerce doesn't think this is nearly enough. I guess Cass didn't get the memo from the Second International or he didn't take the phone call from Van Jones. Seems a bit too GoGo--Good Government for me.
++Glenn Beck, wearing a black suit and black gloves in the heat near Jerusalem's Temple Mount,held his Restore Courage rally--meeting--gathering of a couple hundred people. To celebrate Jewish life, shofars welcomed him and he played music from Fiddler on the Roof. He postponed the timing of the event out of respect for Ramadan. You could have enjoyed this if you had paid $5,000 and hotel accomodations. The event was sponsored by the Harvey Wallbangers--no, I mean the Wallbuilders, the fundamentalist Christian group headed by fake historian David Barton. Barton still can't explain how it was that George Washington was the only President that was head of state while actively leading the largest Masonic Lodge in the United States. Maybe Gaddafi knows.
++The Mitt or Willard as we know him is taking a beating in the polls from Rick Perry. Willard leaked out a memo that he has gotten several of Obama's Wall Street funders from 2008. One such person said,"It is not good to denigrate the rich." Willard has no problem with that. Apparently, he is doubling down on his image as Richie Rich and claims his vast expansion of his La Jolla beachside estate was because the current structure doesn't meet his present needs. Willard will thrill us all by revealing his jobs program. It's just coincidentally the same day as President Obama's speech.
++President Obama has hit his lowest Gallup poll rating--38%--and is now slightly behind Willard and ahead of everyone else. This prompts the GOP to wish for another white knight. If you're still losing to the President at his lowest point, there is trouble here in River City. Former Governor George Pataki, Mayor Rudy Guiliani, and Jeb Bush are rumored to enter next. Sarah Palin continues to play her games about her political aspirations. Jeb Bush did say something interesting this week. He complained about the Republicans questioning President Obama's motives and not offering anything constructive in return.
++The CBO projects the deficit will be lower again--back into the W era--but unemployment will remain high, only hitting 8.5% in 2014. As Nate the Great Silver has suggested--the road for Obama's re-election is tougher than ever before.
++Rick Perry continues to entertain. Perry now has doubled his lead over Willard and has pulled ahead of Michelle Bachmann in Iowa, who looks like she's taking a dive. Perry did an unusual thing this week--he repudiated all his positions in his book Fed Up, which was only published seven months ago. Apparently he no longer wants to repeal the 16th Amendment , which concerns the income tax. Also he has retreated from his position that Medicare and Social Security were unconstitutional. But he did take the pro-life pledge and promised only to appoint an attorney general, judges and the head of Health and Human Services that were anti-abortion. He also promised to enact a the "fetus pain" act , which has no scientific basis. He also fumbled around this week saying he wanted to eliminate all federal government that was not envisioned in the constitution. Great, that means no standing army, intelligence agencies or FBI.
++It turns out they caught the man responsible for the Arizona fires. It turns out he's not an illegal immigrant or a Mexican. He's a gringo.
++The Obama Administration is trying to clean up more messes. This time they have changed their deportation policies. From now on they are only focusing on criminals and people who present a tangible threat to society. The Right is howling this represents a type of amnesty. It's actually just a practical step given the limited resources of ICE. The administration is also bringing suit against Alabama for its new restrictive immigration laws. As in Georgia, the new law is devastating the agribusinesses. Meanwhile Obama's support among Hispanics against all Republican candidates is about 75%, slightly lower than in 2008 but convincing.
++The much maligned EPA is hiring unemployed for the Great Lakes Clean Up Project. There is also another move afoot concerning a unilateral refinancing of underwater mortgages to restart the flagging Obama program on mortgages. And the Administration is also floating another trial balloon--getting businesses to hire the unemployed on a trial basis. None of these initiatives need any congressional approval. Expect some of this to turn up in Obama's jobs speech.
++I've received the latest anti-Obama e-mail being sent around by conservatives. This time the question is raised "Where are Obama's former girlfriends?" This starts off slow by citing evidence of other candidates past girlfriends and boyfriends but asks why we never hear about Obama's. It takes up the whole idea from the past campaign that no one at Columbia and Occidental ever heard of Obama. What do we really know about him? Heh. Well, books have been written quoting former classmates from high school through Harvard. But the real point here is to get you looking away from Rick Perry's serious lady and man problems. Even since my last post mentioning Perry's amorous adventures more posts have appeared on Republican websites from Texans raising even more questions about his lifetime of frequenting strip joints and hitting up the workers. One wonders the unconscious motivation behind his statement that "homosexuality is like alcoholism." Is this something we should know about?
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