http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/08/22/have-at-it Comments On: Have at it by Lindsey Millar en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
The thing is, I didn't mean it literally.

Actually, this is a tongue-in-cheek expression I picked up from a friend nearly sixty years ago; and he didn't really mean it literally either--it's just an expression.
Posted by SkyPilot]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:40:28 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by radical centrist]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:26:08 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:14:26 -0500 Arkansas Times
Posted by SkyPilot]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:03:49 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by the outlier]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:00:34 -0500 Arkansas Times
cbb, I am relieved to know that the money drain from Arkansas was only two million.

I am listening to a debate between Dan Savage, gay married man, parent and a really good spokesman for GLBT people and Dan Brown, head of the National Organization of (for?) Marriage.

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/08/23/di…

There are so many holes in Brown's arguments. Savage, who is Catholic, knows his scripture very well. Brown cites Orthodox Jews as a group that takes literally the Old Testament laws. Last I checked, Orthodox Jews were not stoning adulterers or forcing girls to marry their rapists or marrying their brother's widow. Well, maybe that last one happens, but not if the living brother is already married. Orthodox women do make sure their elbows are covered and they are wearing a hat, at least, when they leave the house. Some of the one's I knew in L.A. also did the ritual bath thingy.

Totally irrelevant aside: From this old hetero lady's viewpoint, Savage is definitely hotter and manlier looking.
Posted by the outlier]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:44:35 -0500 Arkansas Times
If God will just let it rain on the unjust, we can take care of the just with a water bucket.

IMHO
Posted by SkyPilot]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:10:06 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by couldn't be better]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:47:21 -0500 Arkansas Times
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/a…

This seems like another screw-up from a spectacularly incompetent staff.

"Still, it's hard to see how the campaign could not have seen the Monday blackout coming. The networks haven't exactly kept their plans under wraps, after all."
Posted by the outlier]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:34:18 -0500 Arkansas Times
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Posted by the outlier]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:17:21 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Sellercreek]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:53:59 -0500 Arkansas Times
Verla, Twenty million? Surely there were some out of state guests.
Posted by the outlier]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:40:15 -0500 Arkansas Times
Norma, I wish that Akin was an outlier in the Repub party. Unfortunately he is the median. Or is he the mean? Statistics is HARD. At any rate there's this from the wiki page about us.

"... it is ill-advised to ignore the presence of outliers. Outliers that cannot be readily explained demand special attention"

As for the Darlene who is hoping to pick up some extra change, my knowledge of Tampa titty-bars is limited to this one NY Times story.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/08/20…

The king of Tampa adult entertainment thinks the convention is going to be too Mormonish to be good for business and he's going to be in Vegas for a different convention next week.

"Other strip club owners in Tampa are more optimistic than Lange about seeing more customers; 2001 Odyssey's Kleinhans said he's put in a VIP area for the RNC, complete with a private entrance around the side of the club, so anyone who wants to sneak in unannounced can do so. Redner refuses to do that for his customers. "I can't play to that part of human nature," sniffs Redner. "If you gotta hide from what you're doing, you shouldn't be doing it."
Posted by the outlier]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:15:02 -0500 Arkansas Times 20 million raised by Mittens in LR...equals shortfall in lottery???

Posted by Verla Sweere]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:04:23 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by NB Lives In Pangburn Trailer Home]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:38:43 -0500 Arkansas Times
"Republicans Condemn Akin's Comments As Blemish On Party's Otherwise Spotless Women's Rights Record"

http://www.theonion.com/articles/republica…

Posted by Norma Bates]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:22:41 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by radical centrist]]> Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:14:50 -0500 Arkansas Times
Add that to GOP calls for civil war and the assassination of Obama.

Awake yet, voters?

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/08/22/sher…


Posted by Norma Bates]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:59:59 -0500 Arkansas Times
http://www.salon.com/2012/08/22/the_gop_pa…
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:24:56 -0500 Arkansas Times
Anent titty bars in Tampa.

A couple of the newer, less well-off yet spectacularly endowed, Darlenes asked if you might provide any contact info, as they'd like to pick up some extra hours whilst tramping around Tampa?


Posted by Norma Bates]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:19:22 -0500 Arkansas Times
As many cities and counties face bankruptcy and short-sighted anti-tax attacks, the allure of divesting themselves of seemingly costly services and getting infusions of cash seems irresistible. On the front end, the unit of government may receive some initial benefit. As this article from Alternet.org shows, there are numerous downsides:
http://bit.ly/PDENFs

Corporations swoop in when the governments are most vulnerable and make offers too good to be believed. And, then, after the ink has dried, they proceed Bain-like to squeeze every ounce of profit out of the service.

That is the key in the fallacy of "private can do it cheaper" - profit. Where is the profit - that government never collected or needed - coming from to make it worthwhile for the owners? Reduced services? Poorer quality? Make services unavailable for costly clients? Ever-increasing fees? Lose employees' pay, benefits, and safety?

A new report outlines the threat of the current push to grab up water and sewer systems:

"Investment bankers and other major financial players are increasingly interested in taking control of water and sewer services across the United States. Private equity vehicles are armed with more than $100 billion for infrastructure worldwide. Although most deals in the U.S. water utility market have involved existing private sector companies, a number of fund managers anticipate that the ongoing fiscal crisis will drive some governments to privatize their water infrastructure. To make that prediction a reality, major financial interests are backing various government proposals that facilitate privatization and private financing of public infrastructure."
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/reports/p…
http://bit.ly/R1Xd1f

Is it happening in Arkansas? Perhaps Lindsey, Max and the rest of the AT newshounds can sniff it out.
Posted by YossarianMinderbinder]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:51:56 -0500 Arkansas Times Lubbock, on the other hand, is Buddy Holly, and later the wonderful Flatlanders.
Posted by Atlas999]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:41:32 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Jack]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:41:29 -0500 Arkansas Times
"the point at which the insanity from the far right and those controlling the Republican Party [continues] to grow exponentially until it reaches an unsustainable weight and collapses upon itself. This is also known as the Purity Spiral, wherein the density of wingnut increases compared to mainstream conservatives to the point of pure wingnut. As the ratio rises, this creates a phenomenon wherein no logic or sanity can penetrate or escape. When rightwing argument has become completely inaccessible to the uninitiated, it has reached the Wingularity."
Posted by the outlier]]> Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:40:42 -0500 Arkansas Times
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