Photo Post: City Water

The buildings across the way, through a glass of water. (Click on pics to enlarge.)

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Bedroom, bed, blankets, window looking west, through a glass of water:

"I'm Paul Ryan and Jesus Hates You"

Brought to You by Christians For More Hating Poor People and Stuff

I actually right now want to punch this smarmy little shit in the face. I'm glad I can't, but still. I want to.

"And so, this is what Mitt and I are talking about when we’re worried about more and more people becoming net dependent upon the government than upon themselves."

This piece of shit apparently believes he occupies some elevated moral position which entitles him to talk down to people who have gone through hard times and need a little help. I am so sick of these horrible bastards. They create and/or support policies that CREATE MORE POOR PEOPLE and then pretend to wonder why so many people need help. Just awful, horrible, broken humans. They don't deserve a single American vote.

Taibbi: SEC "Settlement" Settles Squat

Sec "settles" with company after 7-yr investigation: no fine, no penalty, no sanction, no admission of wrongdoing m.prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) September 18, 2012

NCO Group Announces Settlement With the SEC:

Wow:

Without admitting or denying any wrongdoing, the Company has consented to the entry of an administrative order directing it to cease and desist from committing or causing violations of certain non-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws relating to financial reporting and internal control requirements, now and in the future.

The Romney Donor Orgy Post

I started a post on this story but canned it. That non-existent post is now attracting visits - so this post is to at least get you to the story. Sorry.

Sperm Swim in Corkscrew Patterns

We were all little corkscrews once, trying to open the bottle...

Scientists, bless their brains, have finally tracked the paths of sperm in 3D. It's the first time they've been successful in 3D-mapping the trajectory of sperm and it's revealed a few things about those drippy critters: some sperm swim in corkscrew-like patterns and others are 'hyperactive' and hectic. Your sperm has strokes, dude.

There's even a trippy simulation video:



It's probably wrong that this made me think of this song:



Photo at top by me.

Mitt Romney: Tax cut tax cuts tax cuts! People who don't pay taxes suck!

I am really sick of this asshole, and all his kindred assholes:

In other words, Romney is arguing that about 47 percent of the country is a “taker class” that pays little or nothing into the federal government but wants to tax the productive classes for free health care, food, housing, etc.

Romney is not alone in this concern. “We’re dismayed at the injustice that nearly half of all Americans don’t even pay any income tax,” Texas Gov. Rick Perry said when he began his presidential campaign. “We’re coming close to a tipping point in America where we might have a net majority of takers versus makers in society,” Rep. Paul Ryan said at the Heritage Foundation. “People who pay nothing can easily forget the idea that there is no such thing as a free lunch,” warned Rep. Michelle Bachmann.
For what it’s worth, this argument isn’t true.

Please go read more. It's a very thorough look at the biggest thing that happened in the news today. 

U.S. Suspends Joint Patrols With Afghans

Oh man:

(CBS News) The strategy for getting U.S. forces out of Afghanistan depends on training Afghan soldiers and police to protect the country themselves, but on Monday the U.S. military suspended most joint field operations with Afghan forces because so many Americans are being killed by the men they are training.

Afghan government troops -- our allies -- have turned their guns on NATO forces 36 times this year, killing 51, most of them Americans. That is more attacks than the last two years combined.

Obama - ai yai yai.

And no Obama supporter - and that includes me - gets to say this isn't Obama's. He made this his war with his supremely misguided 2009 surge. This is what we've gotten for it. Just horrible.

Update: And that surge actually just ended this week. Hooray?