Genghis on Debt Ceiling II: Return of the Boehner
Gallup: Obama 45, Romney 45
Fact That Things Suck Cited As Impediment To Re-Election
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Genghis on Debt Ceiling II: Return of the Boehner Gallup: Obama 45, Romney 45 Fact That Things Suck Cited As Impediment To Re-Election |
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Loyal readers have been anxiously following dagblog.com's financial troubles in this difficult economy. On Tuesday, after dagblog's appeals for federal assistance were rebuffed, I sadly announced that all the other members of the dagblog team would have to be let go.
But in response to overwhelming concern for the well-being of the dagbloggers and their families and also because they simply would not leave, dagblog management has decided to hire back the bloggers. (In what one analyst has called "the most shortsighted decision of the decade," management has also chosen not to rename the website GenghisGenghisGenghis.com.)
In order to finance dagblog's operations, our CFO, who asked not to be named to avoid prosecution, has come up with a creative scheme, or rather strategy, for maintaining cash flow:
D-Bills are zero coupon bonds which, like T-Bills, will be repaid at the time of maturity one year from purchase. Backed by dagblog's extensive assets, which include a catchy domain name and a very large assortment of Obama buttons and bumper stickers, analysts consider D-Bills to be one of the safest investments on the internet today.
D-Bill value is based on a new type of trading currency known as the "dag." In our initial offering, dags will be sold for $0.92* and can be redeemed one year from purchase for $1.00**. The value of the dag will be allowed to float, and we expect the price to increase rapidly after the initial offering as investors clamor for safe, lucrative D-Bills.
Some skeptics have argued that since dagblog is technically insolvent, the organization cannot afford to take on debt at this time. Dagblog's own Deadman has repeatedly insisted that before it can recover, dagblog must be spanked hard for its past excesses. In particular, he points to the optimistic purchase of massive quantities of Obama buttons, bumper stickers, and other election knickknacks, arguing that before recovery is possible, dagblog must purge the bad swag. Nonetheless, dagblogger DF has conclusively proven with hard data and lots of economic jargon that Deadman is a wanker.
Other critics are concerned about the possibility that Canadian investors may buy up the majority of the D-Bills, leaving dagblog open to foreign influence by a particularly dangerous and unpredictable regime. While no one disputes that the Canadians have the will and the means, analysts expect their inferior political system to collapse of its own weight once they return from prorogation.
D-Bills will be released in six denominations corresponding to the six dagbloggers. In addition, we will offer a limited release of commemorative D-Bills for collectors. The D-Bills will be sold in a single price auction from 2/23 to 3/6. Please make out checks to Genghis and write down your credit card number and ATM password somewhere on the check. We thank our readers for your loyalty in helping dagblog to survive these troubled times.
* American dollars
** Zimbabwean dollars












D-Bills printed exclusively by Festisite
By Nancy Benac, Associated Press, May 16, 2012
After the nastiness of the Republican primary race, former candidates have collective amnesia about Romney disses
Note to self: you think you're so smart about this kinda stuff, but you yourself fell for it once again.....so much for all the prognostication about one of our political parties disintegrating from all the primary campaign animosity.
Pew Resarch Center for the People and the Press, May 15, 2012
For decades survey research has provided trusted data about political attitudes and voting behavior, the economy, health, education, demography and many other topics. But political and media surveys are facing significant challenges as a consequence of societal and technological changes.
It has become increasingly difficult to contact potential respondents and to persuade them to participate. The percentage of households in a sample that are successfully interviewed – the response rate – has fallen dramatically. At Pew Research, the response rate of a typical telephone survey was 36% in 1997 and is just 9% today. The general decline in response rates is evident across nearly all types of surveys, in the United States and abroad. At the same time, greater effort and expense are required to achieve even the diminished response rates of today. These challenges have led many to question whether surveys are still providing accurate and unbiased information [....]
On May 16, 2012 at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across the globe. Cyclists will take to the roads in a silent procession to honor cyclists who have been killed or injured while cycling on public roadways. Although cyclists have a legal right to share the road with motorists, the motoring public often isn't aware of these rights, and sometimes not aware of the cyclists themselves.
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The Ride of Silence is a free ride that asks its cyclists to ride no faster than 12 mph, wear helmets, follow the rules of the road and remain silent during the ride. There are no sponsors and no registration fees. The ride, which is held during National Bike Month, aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for and honor the lives of those who have been killed or injured.
A new UCLA rat study is the first to show how a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning — and how omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption. The peer-reviewed Journal of Physiology publishes the findings in its May 15 edition.
"Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think," said Fernando Gomez-Pinilla, a professor of neurosurgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a professor of integrative biology and physiology in the UCLA College of Letters and Science. "Eating a high-fructose diet over the long term alters your brain's ability to learn and remember information. But adding omega-3 fatty acids to your meals can help minimize the damage."
While earlier research has revealed how fructose harms the body through its role in diabetes, obesity and fatty liver, this study is the first to uncover how the sweetener influences the brain.
The UCLA team zeroed in on high-fructose corn syrup, an inexpensive liquid six times sweeter than cane sugar, that is commonly added to processed foods, including soft drinks, condiments, applesauce and baby food. The average American consumes more than 40 pounds of high-fructose corn syrup per year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
"We're not talking about naturally occurring fructose in fruits, which also contain important antioxidants," explained Gomez-Pinilla, who is also a member of UCLA's Brain Research Institute and Brain Injury Research Center. "We're concerned about high-fructose corn syrup that is added to manufactured food products as a sweetener and preservative."
[Better write this down]
Christopher Doyon, a.k.a. Commander X, sits atop a hillside in an undisclosed location in Canada, watching a reporter and photographer make their way along a narrow path to join him, away from the prying eyes of law enforcement.
It’s been a few weeks of encrypted emails back and forth, working out the security protocol to follow for interviewing Doyon, one of the brains behind Anonymous, now a fugitive from the FBI.
Doyon, who readily admits taking part in some of the highest-profile hacktivist attacks on websites last year — from Tunisia to Orlando, Sony to PayPal — was arrested in September for a comparatively minor assault on the county website of Santa Cruz, Calif., where he was living, in retaliation for the town forcibly removing a homeless encampment on the courthouse steps.
The “virtual sit-in” lasted half an hour. For that, Doyon is facing 15 years in jail.
I'm not gonna ask what's on the back side of these bills.
Once again the lowly commenter gets jeezluled. First out of the blue, through no fault of ours, you say you will have to shut down (but only after the bonuses are distributed). Then, you turn around and offer (offer mind you) to let the little commenter bail you out of the sinking boat that you so gleefully drilled the holes in. And the Hi ya canadies, new in town, have you a spare dime is just typical fecklessness of all you big time boys. As apparently the only true blue american lowly commenter on a regular basis around here I must tell you I have had about enough of your shenaigans. This site is becoming a moral hazzard.
Ditto that Splashy! That don't know how to treat the audience. But I'm feeling kind of generous, so I'm contributing 5 somali shillings! Don't spend it all in one place.
You can earmark your contributions. And on an entirely different subject, I'd like to remind everyone that my area has the highest unemployment rate in the country.
Coincidence?
We can test that theory. I'll move to Manhattan and we'll see what happens. You sure you wanna risk it?
Thank you, I don't think that will be necessary. But I hear that Arizona is nice this time of year.
To bluesplashy, dijamo, and all the other bitter shortsighted haters out there: We dagbloggers are the foundation of the economy. Without us, it call comes crashing down. In other words, we earned the right to exploit you.