FAX JOKE OF THE DAY
l3wis Gives a whole new meeting to ‘foreplay’
February 2010
Thune gets his ass handed to him by Ron Paul in a CPAC poll (H/T – Helga)
Thune for President? LMFAO!
Ron Paul Wins 2010 CPAC Straw Poll
Only 2,395 straw poll votes were cast by what organizers said was 10,000 attendees at this year’s CPAC.
Results from the full field, and a link to the complete poll after the jump.
Haley Barbour: 1%
Mitch Daniels: 2%
Newt Gingrich: 4%
Mike Huckabee: 4%
Sarah Palin: 7%
Ron Paul: 31%
Tim Pawlenty: 6%
Mike Pence: 5%
Mitt Romney: 22%
Rick Santorum: 2%
John Thune: 2%
Other 5%
Undecided 6%
What do the new CC laws mean to you? (H/T- Helga)
The Huffington Post does a nice job of explaining it;
SERVICE FEES
THEN: Banks could charge as much as they wanted. They could assess annual fees, activation fees and other fees. This was mostly a problem for subprime cards marketed to those with poor credit scores. One popular card, for example, the Premier Bankcard, charged $256 in first-year fees for a $250 credit line.
NOW: Service fees, such as activation and annual fees, will be capped at 25 percent of the credit limit during the first year of use. After that, there is no cap.
There is a lot more of this kinds of crap throughout the legislation. Seems like the CC industry will be doing just fine for a very long time.
UPDATE: On a similiar note, fellow SF Cartoonist John Daiker has entered a cartoon contest (his entry below) you can vote for him HERE.
The Hypocrisy of Manny Steele? (H/T- Equal Junction)
This is amazing article about not just the hypocrisy of Rep. Steele, but of the hypocrisy of many Pierre lawmakers. Remember Mr. Klaudt?
Earlier this week, at their weekly Legislative Coffee, Representative Manny Steele (R-SD) compared homosexuals to pedophiles. Steele said this to support his vote for NO on HB 1144-the South Dakota Bill that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. After learning more about Representative Steele, and his family…and his6 sons, we knew the math was on OUR side,he doth protest too much.
On Thursday, we spoke with Rep. Steele regarding his stance for No on HB 1144, we discussed his comment and wanted to give him a chance to apologize and recant this ignorant statement. During our time with the representative, he was given multiple opportunities to recant and apologize for these remarks. No apology was offered. Steele only continued to tow the line of hate and ignorance by saying that being Gay is “a choice.â€
“There are people that are beastialogists. There are people who have sex with animals, so do we say that’s ok? Is that ok for society?† –Rep. Steele
Let the hypocrisy begin. It wasn’t until cornered with his circular and arcane logic broken, that he gave up and admitted that he actually has a homosexual son. He reluctantly admitted, “my 3rd son…is Gay,†and later inquired if we would reach out to him and attempt to try and defend his record. This was his last possible refuge from sounding like a monster. Fortunately for us, and our community, his own son, Randy Steele admits, “I wouldn’t vote for him.â€
Inside Stormland TV News continues to be the propaganda wing of City Hall
Imagine that, they posted this story and video a day after it aired. Usually the ‘Inside’ programs don’t post for about a week. They are really laying it on thick. I also thought it was ironic that they did not have opponents on the program. Go figure. Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t good journalism require both sides of the story? Why does the media continue to let the Events Center TF say whatever they want to? The plan was flawed on several levels; funding, tenants, economic impact, recession, etc.