Rolleyes News of The Day

[AMDScooter]

^^^

Democrats are increasingly moving toward a full-throated populist critique of the current economy.

It ain't broke.. please don't "fix" it..

[Nate]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/webl...ng_Saudis&only

They could at least do PPV's.

[jimzinsocal]

Uh oh. The press found out what weve been talking about for a week or so

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289485,00.html

[AMDScooter]

Uh oh. The press found out what weve been talking about for a week or so

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289485,00.html

Yup... MSM finally took notice of CAIR's shill.

[AMDScooter]

Moonbat vs. logical straight thinker = predictable results. Funny... this leftist tard hits on every Kos/DU talking point illegal war.. stolen election.. abu graib.. etc., then has the stones to ask where Ayaan Hirsi Ali learned her cliche's. She offers up a well reasoned smackdown. He is still smiling at the end.. I'm quite sure he had no clue how badly he just got spanked.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali interview

[jimzinsocal]

SKIRTING CHILD LABOR LAWS at CBS:

But even more important was the state housing the town.
New Mexico has long been considered to have some of the most lenient labor rules governing kids on entertainment productions. Two years ago, TNT ran afoul of Native American groups after extras claimed adults and kids were overworked and mistreated on "Into the West."
On July 1, New Mexico passed legislation closing a federal loophole that had exempted television and theatrical productions from child labor law restrictions.
"We didn’t have anything in our statutes that said they can’t work a child 10 hours a day, so we had hoped that [productions] would operate in the best interests and do what’s best for the children," said Tiffany Starr-Salcido, who specializes in child workplace rights at the New Mexico Department of Labor.
Today New Mexico (like California, New York and most states) has strict limits on the number of hours children can work on a production (18 hours during a school week, and no shooting after 7 p.m.). Many popular filmmaking states also require the presence of studio teachers and a parent or guardian, as well as regular meals.
The New Mexico labor law changes weren’t prompted by "Nation," but they likely will prevent a second season from shooting there.
On "Nation," kids were on camera from dawn till dusk, and then some.
"We would wake up the kids at 7 a.m. and were shooting them until sometimes midnight," said a member of the production crew.
Kids were on the show for seven days a week, for up to 40 days, and were responsible for cooking their own meals. Though there were no teachers or parents (aside from a few at the start of the shoot), an array of physicians and an emergency medical technician were available at all times.
In addition to shooting in a state that didn’t govern child labor on TV shows, the producers legally characterized the show in a unique way to avoid complaints that kids were overworked.

If Wal-Mart did something like this it would be a national scandal . . . . (Via Ann Althouse).
posted at 03:03 PM by Glenn Reynolds

[jimzinsocal]

Stupid.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599...-13762,00.html

[jimzinsocal]

One More Thing On Brian Ross & Intelligence Disclosure [Steve Schippert]
Last Friday I issued a strong public rebuke of Brian Ross for disclosing part of an FBI report that stated that we were investigating, as Mr. Ross and his ABC associates described it, "technical clues that Zawahri's most recent audio message was phoned in via computer phone, using voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP."
I am told by intelligence sources that Brian Ross and ABC sent the story to a government agency for review (presumably and probably the FBI), and that a person or persons at said agency cleared the report for publishing. Perhaps this is mentioned or reported elsewhere. If so, I've not read it or seen it.

This, if correct, absolves nothing in my view and now merely represents two problems.
First, whoever dropped the ball in review of this article blew a huge opportunity: We have once again shown our hand, just as we did during the late 1990s when another media report exposed our monitoring of bin Laden's satellite phone, which quickly went silent. Someone likely glanced over the paragraph in question without even its import even registering. People make mistakes. But in instances like this, there must be professional consequences when it comes to professional duty.
Second, does it really matter whether the FBI said it was OK to publish?
Could those who wrote, reviewed, edited, and ultimately published the potential new means for tracking Ayman al-Zawahiri not discern the sensitivity of what they were about to disclose, regardless of what a reviewing member(s) of the FBI says? To fall back on the notion that "Well, the FBI said it was OK," is to display a level of either recklessness or ignorance in the coverage of intelligence matters that simply cannot be excused. [A quick glance at ABC's The Blotter shows no such statement to this effect, nor any statement on the matter at all.]

Getting cleared by some soul at the FBI (or other agency) doesn't matter because it's just plain common sense. It doesn't take an FBI review to realize something is incredibly sensitive and that the reporting of which could immensely aid the enemy. I for one sure didn't need to ring the FBI or the CIA or the NSA to notice. I almost exploded through the roof as soon as I read it. I never in a million years would have published that, no matter what some jockey at a government agency advised and no matter the allure of the almighty 'scoop.'
So what gives with the reporters and editors, the first and last lines of information security in many, many instances like this one? Someone had to consciously write that paragraph. And who knows how many editing eyes were also then on it both before and after some governmental agency gave it the green light?
Al-Qaeda's OpSec (Operational Security) is already notoriously good, and we need not assist them in enhancing it in any way. At all.
They are the enemy, not a human interest story. Remember?
I doesn't matter if the FBI cleared the story. If one cannot discern for one's self the nature of sensitive information or the manner of potentially aiding the enemy, just stop reporting on al-Qaeda, intelligence, and counterterrorism operations.
The rebuke stands. Without even a moment's question.
07/16 04:51 PM

[Fluff n Stuff]

Moonbat vs. logical straight thinker = predictable results. Funny... this leftist tard hits on every Kos/DU talking point illegal war.. stolen election.. abu graib.. etc., then has the stones to ask where Ayaan Hirsi Ali learned her cliche's. She offers up a well reasoned smackdown. He is still smiling at the end.. I'm quite sure he had no clue how badly he just got spanked.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali interview

He has convinced himself that America is full of evil... and that the only way to succeed here is to be mega-wealthy. Sad... living in the Big Media bubble has kept him from getting out of the office.

Maybe the CBC keeps him on a short leash? Who knows...

[jimzinsocal]

Sorry but Im a devil tonight.

Small Weiners and Max Boners, Part II NEW
Lets Quit Now? I have wee wee pants
Reid to the GOP: You want to fight?.
The Republicans Are Right
O'Reilly's Big Scoop Hillary is a slut
Midday Open Thread
The Problem with Polish people Democrats Hate Them
Lieberman is gone and We lost a good man
Fred Thompson's Wife is Hot

[AMDScooter]

^^^ I have to log at home to get my daily dose of KOS and the DU... corporate firewall has both sites blacklisted.

[jimzinsocal]

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=031_1184599788

[jimzinsocal]

^^^ I have to log at home to get my daily dose of KOS and the DU... corporate firewall has both sites blacklisted.

Well maybe some of the thread titles arent accurate. Maybe there was a mistake in the copy paste process

[jimzinsocal]

Today's Tragedy Trifecta: The Law Of Unintended Consequences

It will sound heartless, but it's true. The confluence of three world issues will either create a human disaster, or a world economic disaster. We can't escape both at the same time. With food and also health care, we've humanely supported and even increased populations in portions of the world incapable of sustaining them. As the article acknowledges, the move toward bio-fuels due to the Global Warming hype is causing skyrocketing food prices. As noble as it has been, our third world activism has bought us nothing but the need to give more. And the foreseeable future presents no opportunity to reverse that course.

UN warns it cannot afford to feed the world
Rising prices for food have led the United Nations programme fighting famine in Africa and other regions to warn that it can no longer afford to feed the 90m people it has helped for each of the past five years on its budget.

[myv65]

In an era of ever growing (and justified) cynicism with politicians, I got a tiny dose of evidence that some politician some where is actually doing something good, albeit insignificant. *sigh* I guess I'm just looking for any evidence of something being done right. In all things, I got the following in this month's utility bill:

DUE TO A CHANGE IN WISCONSIN STATE LAW THE ITEM ON YOUR BILL PREVIOUSLY CALLED "NON-TAXABLE CUSTOMER CHARGE" IS NOW CALLED "STATE LOW-INCOME ASSISTANCE FEE". WP&L COLLECTS THE FEE AND PASSES IT ON TO THE STATE FOR USE IN LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. QUESTIONS MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AT 866-432-8947.

Imagine that, kind of a truth-in-advertising sort of change. At least they're fessin' up to what they're doing with that extra bit they nick us for each month. Yes, I'm that desperate for any sign someone in government is doing something right.