Time Of Death: Oct. 3, 2008

The death of the Republican Party has an exact date: October 3, 2008. The day John McCain lost his bid for President also has an exact date: October 1, 2008. These dates are when the coroner officially declared death; the coma started much earlier: March 27, 2002.

October 3, 2008 is, of course, when the $trillion bailout was passed by the House and signed into law by President Bush. October 1 was when John McCain voted for the bailout in the Senate, and went on to urge House Republicans to vote in favor of it. March 27, 2002 was when President Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law. (Ironically, Feingold voted against the bailout, making him more Republican than McCain.)

The bailout is often quoted as costing $700 B. When all bailouts are added up (Fannie and Freddie, FHA, JP Morgan, Bear-Stearns, etc.), the cost is more like $1.8 trillion.
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If you are detecting some anger on my part, it is because I was given the choice, in its purest form, between Stupid and Evil last week. And Stupid is so stupid he doesn't even recognize Evil when they wake up in bed together and his hind end is sore.

[I would go further; not just the Republican Party, but America itself died that day. Welcome to the People's Republic of Obamaland.--Amanda]





Saul Alinsky Takes the White House

Too many conservatives think we've seen all this before -- in 1964 and 1974 and 1992 -- and that we know how to handle it. Fly, meet ointment: We're not dealing with the same sorts of opponents. These New Alinskyites who are taking over the White House, combined with the most leftist congressional leadership in memory, will not let us play by the same rules under which conservatives recovered from those earlier debacles. They will try to drastically tilt the playing field, seed our side of the field with land mines and, in short, rig the process to make it next to impossible for the political right, or Republicans, to recover. And they are likely to succeed in at least some of these designs.



Deuteronomy 28


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Golan residents launch PR offensive as Syria talks loom

Labor, Kadima: Bibi can't be Obama's counterpart

Israel concerned about ties with new U.S. administration
[Me too.]

Rice: Mideast peace stalled because of Israeli elections

U.S. Must Not Hold Direct Talks With Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Says

4 Kassam rockets hit western Negev

Israel sets new rules for selecting targets in Lebanon

Muslims protest Museum of Tolerance
[Sometimes, the jokes write themselves. ]

Fatah Member Killed in Ain el-Hilweh Refugee Camp

Are we reliving the 1930s?

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U.S. stocks slammed amid mostly soft retail sales

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks on Thursday thudded lower for a second day, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing below 9,000 for the first time since Oct. 29, as investors braced for the October jobs report and a likely jump in the unemployment rate.

[Hate to break it to you fine folks, but stocks dropped with the election of the most marxist candidate. ]


World Bank lends Bulgaria $209 million

UAE to help Pakistan overcome financial crisis


World Bank to facilitate investment into West Bank and Gaza

"Encouraging greater integration of Arab countries with the global economy -- critical for creating jobs and opportunities for the people of the region -- is an important initiative of the World Bank Group," said Merza Hassan in a statement.

"The Bank's work in West Bank and Gaza is consistent with its Arab World Initiative and aims to support economic recovery and development as an underpinning to the peace process in the Palestinian Territories," he said.


Mortgage lenders refuse to pass on base rate cut

Holiday outlook turns grimmer after dismal October

We Need Sustainable Capitalism
By AL GORE and DAVID BLOOD
[They mean socialism. Of course, they're not going to use that word.]

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Assyrian Democratic Movement Headquarters Attacked in North Iraq

Blast hits Turkey oil pipeline

British interpreter Daniel James found guilty of spying for Iran

Riot police called in following Foxwood bonfire incident

Fresh Congo fighting forces aid workers to withdraw

Congolese Army Says Rebel Troops Attack Northwest of Goma

UN: Rebels, army battle as Congo fighting spreads

Thousands flee riot-hit Congo

Uganda: Kenyan Students at Makerere University Riot

Eviction turns ugly

Nigerian Rebel Group Secures Release of Lebanese Oil Worker

U.S. nabs suspects in al-Qaida raids

2 bombs in southern Thailand wound 71

Bombers kill 19 and wound dozens in NW Pakistan

Taliban Releases Kidnapped Pakistani Schoolboys

India tightens security to stop Kashmir rally

Gadhafi: Nations competing to sell arms to Libya

Belgium to cut peacekeepers in Lebanon

Lebanon's Berri Urges Obama To Push Forward Middle East Peace Process

Hurriyet leaders put under house arrest

Iran bans influential weekly

Understanding Syria-Iran alliance

Sadrist Delegation Meets With Assad In Syria

Suicide bomber in North Ossetia kills 11

Separatist mob attacks reporter

Protesters clash in Taiwan

More than 60 Taiwanese police injured in anti-China protests

Protesting Bulgarian farmers block highways

Jobbik party protests in front of Slovak Embassy in Budapest

Egyptian protesters torch opposition headquarters



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A middle eastern union?

Palestine Chosen Deputy Secretary General of Euro Mediterranean Union

EU to embrace Croatia despite reports of gang crime and corruption

Russia concerned over missiles in Asia, says foreign minister

Putin could return as Russia's President as early as 2009

Moscow could gain Norilsk seat

Jordan, Austria to boost economic cooperation

U.S. won't back proposal for global crisis regulator

Turkey holds joint energy seminar with Sweden

Lebanon needs better boats to patrol waters on its own - UN naval chief

Iran Finds Farsi Block Gas Viable

Obama's Yuan Calls May Cause Collision With China

China's Hu going to US but Obama meeting unclear

Obama to expand UN ties

UN's Ban sees new era in U.S. ties after Obama win

UN chief to attend Mideast peace Quartet meet in Egypt Sunday

Uganda: UN issues deadline to Uganda's LRA to sign peace agreement

UN interfaith dialogue to be well attended
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'Gay' threats target Christians over same-sex 'marriage' ban'
Burn their f---ing churches, then tax charred timbers'
[The famous liberal tolerance at work!]

Several Gay Marriage Ban Protesters Arrested in Clashes With Police in California

Prop. 8 protesters target Mormon temple in Westwood

Arkansas State Players Among 8 Arrested In Post-Election Riot

Students celebrate in Quad after Obama victory

PLEASANTON: VANDALS STRIKE HOME OF OBAMA SUPPORTER

Vandals Make Apparent 'Political' Statement

[Based on what I found, there was vandalism directed at supporters of both candidates fairly equally.]

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Farmer crushed wife under his tractor ‘to claim £400,000 and go off with mistress’

Gravestones removed or 'secured' by over-zealous safety officers

Will Energy Prices Break Your Budget And The Bank?

Food Prices "Sticky"

Cruise ship hit by norovirus vomiting bug

Obama campaign: Unpaid wages resolved
[Hope! Change! Bwahahahahaha!!! ]

Catholics and Muslims to fight terror and defend faith
[Yeah, 'cause Muslims are so tolerant in countries they control. Very trustworty. Oy.]

Engineers plead guilty to using traffic computer to create jams

Saudis on hunger strike to demand judiciary reform

RSL dismay over cross vandalism

Undercover cops were among the unruly at DNC

Expensive Artwork Stolen, Vandalized At School For Blind

Svitzer picks Cape of Good Hope over Suez

DHV completes master plan for major Suez Canal port

New Port Container Terminal Opens