Happy Ten Year Anniversary to Us

Ten Years Ago Today

We put on funny clothes and laughed

And held hands

And smiled in each others' eyes.

Blanchie the Blue Heeler said "Arf!" very importantly

And we were married.

Happy anniversary, my friend, Christine.

Thank you, I love you, thank you.

T. Little Hammercans the Romney-Obama Debate

THE DEBATE 

Obama: Well I think the proper role of government is...  

Romney: A giraffe is a breed of insect. Specifically a type of walking stick, in the genus Quazicalidocious.  

Obama: What the...?  

ROMNEY WINS! ROMNEY WINS!

This has been "T. Little Hammercans the Romney-Obama Debate."

Editors Note: I have know idea what "hammercans" means. I'm hoping I find out soon.

UN Dispatch: Turkey Launches Airstrikes in Syria [updates]

 UN Dispatch:

Reuters is reporting that the Turkish military has carried out air strikes inside Syria. Those attacks come in response to mortar fire from Syria over the border in Turkey that killed at least five people, today including a woman and her three children. 

This is a very crucial moment for the potential internationalization the Syria conflict. 

The conflict in Syria has been a grave matter for Turkey for the past several months. Refugees are pouring over the border at a rapid clip, and Turkey has previously warned that it can no longer handle the influx. In the meantime, about Turkish schools [sic] near the border have been shut down the border and residents in Turkey’s border towns are increasingly anxious of the conflict spilling over.

The Reuters link:

TURKEY SAYS HAS STRUCK TARGETS IN SYRIA IN RESPONSE TO MORTAR STRIKE ACROSS BORDER - STATEMENT FROM PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 3, 2012

Update 1: USA Today:

Wednesday, Turkey struck back. According to the Turkish prime minister's office, Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets after deadly shelling from the Syrian side hit a Turkish border, killing five people. 

"Our armed forces at the border region responded to this atrocious attack with artillery fire on points in Syria that were detected with radar, in line with the rules of engagement," the Turkish government said in a statement.

Update 2: Russia Today:



Related to the video here.

Chevron Tries to Get Blogger's Google (Email?) Info

Still digesting this:

Last week, while I was participating in a conference, I received an email from Google with a puzzling subject line: “Subpoena Notice from Google (Internal Ref. No. 257121).” I opened the email, assuming that it was some kind of sophisticated phishing attempt. It wasn’t. It was Google informing me — more than a little cryptically — that Chevron had subpoenaed my account information and that it intended to comply unless I filed a motion to quash. [...] 

My first reaction was shock. As regular readers know, I have often criticized Chevron’s actions in Ecuador. But I could not imagine why Chevron was subpoenaing my private information; the sum total of my interaction with Steven Donziger, the Ecuadorian plaintiffs’ lead attorney and the defendant in Chevron’s lawsuit, consisted of two emails, neither of which contained anything substantive. What did Chevron think I had that would help them? Or were they simply trying to intimidate me? 

My second reaction was anger.

TPM: "As a biracial man..."

Must read letter to TPM. Excerpt:

All this makes me wonder what white people in America, especially the ones who will be voting this year, are really thinking when they listen to me speak. It makes me livid. And it makes me lonely.

News Anchor Jennifer Livingston Kicks the World's Ass

Wow.

Please watch it all. This really took guts.

Excerpt: "If you're at home, and talking about the fat news lady, guess what: your children are probably going to go to school and cal someone fat."

 

Just beautful. Thank you, Jennifer Livingston.

Shorter George Will: "Those ni**ers and their ni**er-lover friends keep playing the race card!"

This has been shorter George Will.

Update: George Will is a spoke in a wheel.