I hope Steve won't take offense, but while the "Weinergate" story could definitely have been very boring and tedious as it dragged out day by day, Weiner suddenly admitting it AND actually apologizing to the amazing Andrew Breitbart does strike me as very news-worthy, and deserving of it's own thread for the inevitable comments to come.
#1
everyone basically knew he was lying. Of course, he won't resign, he's a Democrat. He has no shame or honor, and given his wife's "closeness" to Hillary, he knows she'll get over it - just "put some ice on it".
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06/06/2011 17:44 Comments ||
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#2
Is this something the rest of the world needs to know about or does this go under "nation longing to care for BS again"?
Posted by: European Conservative ||
06/06/2011 17:51 Comments ||
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#3
While the sordid details are irrelevant to the WOT, I think it's important to stand with Reynolds and mock these people who presume to be our betters, but who are routinely exposed to be dramatically lacking as respectable human beings.
Besides, it's fun and they deserve it.
And the same holds for the so-called paragons of the Jihad: finding fault with others as they try to hide their own glaring deficiencies and crimes.
#4
he was frontrunner to be Mayor of New York City. It also exposes the double-standards among the two American parties in that he won't/is not demanded to resign
Posted by: Frank G ||
06/06/2011 18:14 Comments ||
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#5
also, what KBK said - Word!
Posted by: Frank G ||
06/06/2011 18:15 Comments ||
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#10
And to point out how these people work, I'd wager that 85% of the people in NYC live less than five blocks from a school, just like "the average sex offender".
#14
Unfortunately if it weren't for the bravery of an African maid and NYPD this wouldn't be a scandal in Europe.
Posted by: European Conservative ||
06/06/2011 21:04 Comments ||
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#15
Still... rape is in a different league than sending a picture of your covered privates to a consenting adult.
Posted by: European Conservative ||
06/06/2011 21:07 Comments ||
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"Unfortunately if it weren't for the bravery of an African maid and NYPD this wouldn't be a scandal in Europe."
I got the impression that the only scandel in Europe (or at least France) is that they arrested and charged him. Wouldn't have happened on the "sophisticated" side of the Pond.
But that's just me, hick that I am.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
06/06/2011 21:08 Comments ||
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#17
If you are part of the French nomenklatura.
At least in Germany rape is taken seriously.
But what Weiner did would have interested nobody here as long as it is not illegal.
Posted by: European Conservative ||
06/06/2011 21:12 Comments ||
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#18
EC, whether he did anything illegal appears to remain an open question, but it doesn't interest many Americans either. He's a slimy politician with bad judgment. Dog bites man.
Posted by: European Conservative ||
06/06/2011 22:42 Comments ||
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"Not exactly a protected species then"
I look forward to the day that slimy politicians, with bad judgment or otherwise, are so few as to become an endangered species. It can't come soon enough.
You'll notice I'm not holding my breath. :-(
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut ||
06/06/2011 23:16 Comments ||
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#21
You'll notice I'm not holding my breath. :-(
I wouldn't advise that either...
I know one but he's 92
Posted by: European Conservative ||
06/06/2011 23:18 Comments ||
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than sending a picture of your covered privates to a consenting adult.
European Conservative, I believe the woman Representative Weiner sent that photo to is a sixteen year old schoolgirl. Over here that's untouchable for those over eighteen. The term is "jailbait".
We won't be covering it here*, not even in Lurid Crime Tales for a man who is a decidedly seedy politician -- Mr. Weiner, as anyone can tell, is a loud-mouthed fool and has nothing, nothing, nothing whatsoever to add to the fight in the War on Terror.
AoS.
* Unless Fred posts on it, in which case it's okay.
#1
It warrants the classic graphic of America Longs to Care About Stupid Sh*t Again.
And it DOES relate to WOT in one way - it illustrates we are again becoming as compacent about the threat as we were on 9/10/2001, when the issue of interest was Gary Condit's unprofessional Congressional behavior.
#2
Well, to mangle a quote I don't know the original of in the first place...
"China has central planning by scientists, engineers, and mathematicians, and the US has central planning by lawyers, and furthermore the sort of lawyer who thinks it's a good idea to send pics of his nether regions to coeds, but can't do it without broadcasting to the rest of the world in the process. Guess who's going to suck less."
#3
I dunno, man, how much did that Liu Zhijun chunk and his cronies manage to spirit out of the country during his little high-speed rail scam? I think it was like billions. That's theft on a scale that nobody's been able to pull off in the States, not since the Harding administration at least.
Posted by: Mitch H. ||
06/06/2011 13:27 Comments ||
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#4
>That's theft on a scale that nobody's been able to pull off in the States, not since the Harding administration at least.
You obviously having been paying attention to economic news lately...
#7
Well, I'd like to sneak in some of the more colorful jibes:
Weiner, the Peter Tweeter
Weiner's New York Post
Weiner's shveiner
Weiner's fourth branch of government
Darth Weiner's Emperor Palpitate
Weiner's neener
#8
Well,
Weinergate is an insipid, tawdry scandal generated by a liar that diverts attention from the WOT. Glad to see Weinergate come to a head end. Let it be investigated by the House or let the voters of New York handle it.
#9
Voters of New York are probably proud of him...you talk about not having any shame, this is the state that sent Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton to the Senate. I know, I know. California does even worse. But at least I know enough to be ashamed of it.
The Daily Caller has learned the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has hired Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, an Obama administration official whos has been key in implementing parts of Obamacare thus far and a large donor to Democrats and liberal groups, to work in its Health and Human Resources (HHR) Office. As CBOs deputy assistant director of HHR, Buntin is expected to assist with the Offices prime directive, providing objective, nonpartisan, and timely analyses to aid in economic and budgetary decisions on the wide array of programs covered by the federal budget.
#5
The report says about 50 cents per gallon is the monetary increment. That's plausible, however, the monetary easing is also responsible for some increment of economic growth, perhaps 0.25% to 0.5% (say, 30,000 to 70,000 jobs), so blasting the inflationary effects is only looking at one end of the teeter totter.
Posted by: Lord Garth ||
06/06/2011 7:05 Comments ||
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It wasn't the inflation that caused the growth. The inflation (call it "A") is an effect of the increased money supply (call that "B") and the growth (call it "C") is also an effect of the increased money supply.
So B causes A, and
B causes C
The growth was because, at the margin, a few companies could get financing or refinancing at lower rates and increased their spending accordingly; some of the spending went into capital, some into services, some into hiring.
No mystery here. The low interest rates subsequent to 9-11 were also designed to increase growth and they did marginally. The high interest rates subsequent to the Carter stagflation years were designed to reduce the inflation rate; they did but also sent the economy into recession.
Posted by: Lord Garth ||
06/06/2011 9:39 Comments ||
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#8
inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, because more money chases the same goods. That is not the case with oil. Except to the extent a declining USD allows other currencies to buy more oil and hence demand increases.
#9
Whats the matter with Kansas?
Kansas is the Wheat state. 50% of the wheat has been plowed or bailed. 50% of the 50% left is poor quality. Not much wheat in the wheat state. No grass in western kansas which produces beef. Cattlemen are selling off their herds because they can't feed them economicaly. Not much beef in kansas.
But Kansas is not alone: Eastern and southern Colorado, Western and the panhandle of Oklahoma, west Texas and the panhandle. This area is in an intense drought with corresponding lack of the production of food stuffs.
I think a number of you have either your own idiosyncratic definition of money supply or you are referring to some definition that is less used than the usual ones.
Here is a chart of M1, M2 and M3 (there is a discontinuity in the M3 graph because the definition was modified). This actually shows the year to year change. Note the sharp decline in M3 (the 'new' M3) in 2010. The M3 includes CDs and money market funds and the decline of the aggregate was enough to contribute to the fed's QE2 (I'm sure it wasn't the only factor).
btw, for many years the 'normative' view was that 2% inflation was about the optimum; the normative view is, IMO, trending down and now the optimum is estimated to be closer to 1%
Posted by: Lord Garth ||
06/06/2011 12:15 Comments ||
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It also says the price of a gallon of gas has increased by 146 percent from an average of $1.61 per gallon when George W. Bush left office to a national average of $3.93 per gallon today.
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Lord Garth: I'd like to see the chart that's the integral of the one you link to, it would actually show the money supply, rather than the rate of change of the money supply.
And I'm distrustful of the changing definition of M3.
here are many of the charts that give the 'actual' numbers
the problem with the 'actual' charts is that the money supply has numerous jumps; a lot of these are do to massive buys and sells by the fed or, in some cases, foreign holders and some because some large companies, mutual funds, etc., tend to move funds around to refinance, say at the start of their fiscal year.
Posted by: Lord Garth ||
06/06/2011 16:18 Comments ||
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He has monetary policies other than destruction of the economy?
His monetary policies are fueling pain at the pump as well as unemployment and massive debt that we may never be able to dig ourselves out of. The pain at the pump sends waves of inflation through the economy. Everything goes up.
Writing in Slate, former Senator, aka, client 39, Spitzer says that Obama should strongly defend the stimulus program, explain that Keynes was right,
proclaim that Congress is smart enough to target investment, explain that tax cuts are bad, state that health insurance mandates are good, etc.
If Spitzer were a competent writer, this would be good enough for The Onion.
Client number 9 is a former governor. He's a committed Keynesian, a committed Democrat, and desperate to get back into power.
Posted by: Lord Garth ||
06/06/2011 21:13 ||
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