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Author: TriSec    Date: 04/03/2012 10:08:10

Good Morning.

Today is our 3,831st day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from on ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,920
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1022

We find this morning's Cost of War passing through:

$ 1, 318, 408, 520, 000 .00


You may have missed it, but this past week was IAVA's annual "Storm the Hill" conference, where they spend days in Washington meeting with VA and elected officials to ensure that veteran's issues remain in the forefront. Seems like things went well.
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59 comments (Latest Comment: 04/04/2012 02:56:57 by livingonli)

Monday Monday.
Author: Raine    Date: 04/02/2012 12:46:29

I'm still stitching something together this morning.

I am still trying to see if the Thrillah from Wasilla on the Today Show is some kind of Aprils fools joke. Looks like it isn't.

When this story broke yesterday, all I could think of was Well It's April 1 What in the hell is this world coming to?

Now I know the Mayans were right. I'll be back with something in a bit. Happy Monday!
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23 comments (Latest Comment: 04/03/2012 04:09:40 by Raine)

Pass the N!gger Please
Author: velveeta jones    Date: 04/01/2012 15:35:01

Oops, I meant to say "butter". Silly me.



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1 comments (Latest Comment: 04/01/2012 17:08:06 by BobR)

A muse on the elite
Author: TriSec    Date: 03/31/2012 13:20:00

Good Morning!

I want a house. I want a plane. I want to travel. I want to not worry about paying my bills.

Seems to me that's what American society is rapidly becoming...I want, I want, I want. But to turn a phrase, "Who's paying for this, Morris?"

Middle Class America was once the so-called "American Dream". Study hard, work hard, and you can live a decent life and maybe make it a little bit better for your kids.
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6 comments (Latest Comment: 03/31/2012 22:34:30 by BobR)

Suppertime
Author: clintster    Date: 03/30/2012 12:17:45

A young man is walking along, minding his own business. He disappears and turns up dead days later. His killer or killers are defended by those who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. The perpetrators of the true crime are let off the hook, and all because the victim was "different". This is a story that has been played out hundreds of times in America, and now is being seen again in the case of Trayvon Martin.

There used to be a name for this: lynching.
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48 comments (Latest Comment: 03/30/2012 23:19:23 by Will in Chicago)

Protecting the 2%
Author: Raine    Date: 03/29/2012 13:19:51

This week among the flurry of SCOTUS arguments was the topic of the individual mandate and it's constitutionality. Arguments have been made for and against it. Lost, once again, in the shuffle is the actual mandate and its cost. Lost in the debate are the number of people that will be affected by the mandate slated to go into effect in 2014. This is all making the assumption that the Supreme Court declares the Mandate portion of the Affordable Care Act Constitutional.

I would like to reclarify what the mandate is. Basically, if you or your family do not have insurance by a set time you will be required to buy an insurance plan or pay a penalty.
Q. I don't have health insurance. Will I have to get it, and what happens if I don't?

A: Under the legislation, most Americans will have to have insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. The penalty would start at $95, or up to 1 percent of income, whichever is greater, and rise to $695, or 2.5 percent of income, by 2016. This is the individual limit; families have a limit of $2,085 or 2.5 percent of household income, whichever is greater. Some people can be exempted from the insurance requirement, called an individual mandate, because of financial hardship or religious beliefs or if they are American Indians, for example.

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38 comments (Latest Comment: 03/30/2012 00:31:56 by Raine)

Fear and Death in Florida
Author: BobR    Date: 03/28/2012 12:36:20

On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin was walking home from the store to his dad's house. Self-appointed block "captain" George Zimmerman decided in his mind that this boy was a criminal and pursued him, despite direct directions from the non-emergency 911 operator NOT to do that. Supposedly, a scuffle occurred and Zimmerman shot Martin, claiming self-defense. Had Zimmerman been an actual police officeer, this may have been just another white-cop-shoots-black-youth story, and gotten little press.

But Zimmerman was a private citizen, and Trayvon's parents were not about to let Zimmerman get away with murder (literally). And so - in the interim, the case has turned into a national discussion about racism (both casual and institutionalized), assumed guilt, and what constitutes self-defense and justifiable homocide. So let's take a closer look at these things...
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40 comments (Latest Comment: 03/28/2012 22:46:25 by Raine)

Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec    Date: 03/27/2012 10:21:07

Good Morning.

Today is our 3,824th day in Afghanistan.

We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com:

US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,915
Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,022

We find this morning's cost of war passing through:

$ 1, 316, 092, 375, 000 .00


We'll get right into the political aspect of the war today. Like last time around, candidates are trying to make war a political issue. But it's far more cloudy than the last time around when there was a pretty clear division between the candidates.

I suppose it's yet another instance of the GOP tin ear on most issues that really matter.
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68 comments (Latest Comment: 03/28/2012 02:20:18 by Raine)

SCOTUS meets ACA
Author: Raine    Date: 03/26/2012 14:44:51

Today the Supreme court begins the first of the days of hearing on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. It will consist of 6 hours of oral arguments, and its longest argument in almost 45 years. At issue today is the Anti Injunction Act (AIA)
a federal tax law that says, in essence, that a taxpayer cannot challenge a tax, at a minimum, until it comes into effect.

If the Supreme Court eventually rules that the individual mandate triggers the AIA, the court will have effectively punted the constitutional debate concerning the individual mandate down the road. It will have found that no challenge to the mandate can be brought until it goes into effect, which is after 2014.

The AIA, enacted in 1867, says “no suit for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax shall be maintained in any court by any person.” It was passed to protect the government’s need to assess and collect taxes as expeditiously as possible with minimum interference from the judiciary.

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36 comments (Latest Comment: 03/27/2012 01:00:40 by wickedpam)

In which Ricky loses his bullsh*t
Author: Raine    Date: 03/26/2012 12:53:32

I'll just leave a quick stub for you whilst I complete the Monday Blog. Here is the video, via MediaIte:


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