Pack your bags…

REPOST:

Greg Palast, Author of Armed Madhouse, on How Rove May Have Already Stolen the 2008 Election
Submitted by BuzzFlash on Thu, 05/17/2007 - 4:06pm. Interviews
A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW
People ask me: Are they going to steal the 2008 election? No, they’ve already stolen the 2008 election. We still have a chance of swiping it back, but the reason I’ve expanded and put out the new edition of Armed Madhouse is to tell you how they will steal in 2008, and what to do about it. That’s one of the main new things. Plus a special chapter on New Orleans and my bust down there.
– Greg Palast
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You might say, since the 2000 election, BuzzFlash and Greg Palast have shared many a foxhole in the fight for democracy. He’s a workaholic, like we are — and he doesn’t flinch one iota in investigating the powers that be.
One of the things that makes Palast such an incredible asset is that he is in the I.F. Stone tradition of his doing thorough research. As much as he’s built up a Sam Spade sleuthing persona, it is grounded in his ability to shift through large piles of documents and data that most modern reporters would just look at and cry, "No way, I’ve got to meet someone for a daquiri."
Mainstream jounalism in D.C. is built on the "easy story," as in the one that is handed to you by the Executive Branch. Actually, Palast doesn’t work in D.C. much at all. He is out traveling around the country — and world — doing actual investigations into what is really going on.

Huh?

If you hadn’t heard, Obama has secured the nomination. After 5 long months, he has finally reached the magic number and he can now begin his hard fight against McSame.

Hillary, however, didn’t get the voicemail. She refuses to give up. Her supporters, frothing at the mouth, are begging her to run as an independent, to ultimately destroy the Democratic Party. A comment from her blog reads:

IF HILLARY DOESN’T CONTINUE I WILL TO VOTE FOR MCAIN. I WILL ALWAYS BE A HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTER AND WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER GREAT CAMPAIGN AND WHAT SHE HAS DONE FOR WOMEN ACROSS THIS COUNTRY. GOD BLESS.

CHRIS,
 N.Y.

So basically, almost all of her supporters want her to continue, even though she is not going to be the nominee. They refuse the idea of her taking the Vice Presidential slot, despite this meme having come from the Clinton camp. Many are saying they will vote for McCain instead in November which tells you just what kind of irrational thinkers these people are. They are not voting to end the war. They are not voting to stop the corruption in D.C. They are not voting because a new hope exists, a better choice for America has been presented, or because the rights of women and minorities are important to them. They are voting for Hillary for superficial and ignorant reasons, and they are willing to leave the DNC behind and side with the enemy if their candidate doesn’t get the nomination.

All the while, Clinton plays coy, as if she could still win the election. She refused to concede last night and instead gave a victory speech that was so appalling and ungracious, while her supporters cheered "Denver, Denver!"

The owner of Ill Skillz Tattoo now has a tattoo of Hillary Clinton:

Artist Buffalo Bill, of Sunbury, offered a free Hillary tattoo to any takers because his daughter Sarah Taby is a big Clinton supporter and thought the tattoo would give Clinton good exposure.

Salgago, 28, who is also a Clinton fan, jumped at the chance. Salgado’s new ink is featured in Tattoo Review. The mag’s publisher Carey Exton says he thinks many tattooed people are for Clinton because she "tells it like it is."

"Hell, yeah," Salgado says, when we asked if he voted for Clinton recently.

He likes "her experience, her motivation and the fact that she doesn’t
bite her tongue." We asked a Clinton spokesman for comment on whether
the New York senator would respond in kind and get a tattoo of Salgado,
but there has not yet been a reply.

 

WBZTV reports:

"Fluffy," a 45-pound alligator snapping turtle, is now living there on loan to the aquarium’s "Killer Instincts" exhibit.

Before coming to Boston, Fluffy actually belonged to a drug dealer in New York who used the turtle to guard his stash.

The aquarium told WBZ this is actually becoming more and more common.

Alligator snapping turtles are the largest freshwater turtles in North America, and are most frequently found in Southern states. Their jaws are strong enough to sever a human finger.

Wow. Drug dealers buy alligator snapping turtles to protect their stash from would be theives. Brilliant. I’ll take four to protect my collection of stuffed plush hippos.

Today I have a recipe that I stole from a Homesick Texan living in New York. Remember, recipes can not be copyrighted, so they make perfect content for lazy days!

Sopapillas

Ingredients:
1 package active dry yeast
1 1/2 cups warm water
1 tablespoon of butter, melted
1 tablespoon of sugar
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
vegetable oil
sugar
cinnamon
honey

Method:
Mix the yeast with the warm water and let it sit for five minutes.
Combine the flour and salt.