The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age

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    By Flavius on Fri, 09/20/2013 - 12:54pm |

     

    "All the momentum is in our direction. Warren Buffett said yesterday, ‘Scrap the bill.’ ………. Everyone knows this thing isn’t ready. Everyone knows,” said Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, a former Republican Study Committee chairman…………..

    ……..Warren Buffett said scrap the bill?… It turns out a right-wing site called Money Morning quoted Buffett saying the following:

    Buffett insists that without changes to Obamacare average citizens will suffer. "'What we have now is untenable over time,' said Buffett, an early supporter of President Obama. 'That kind of a cost compared to the rest of the world is really like a tapeworm eating, you know, at our economic body

    The quote was picked up by Jeffrey H. Anderson of the Weekly Standard… and ricocheted around the conservative-news world, implanting itself in Jordan’s mind…. The Buffett quote came from… 2010… “what we have right now” refers to the pre-Obamacare status quo…. Buffett today told the Omaha World-Herald he has no idea where these stories came from and strongly supports Obamacare: 

    Jonathan Chait, quoted by Brad DeLong today

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    A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon (but often falsely attributed to Mark Twain)

    The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives. — Mark Twain

    by Verified Atheist on Fri, 09/20/2013 - 5:15pm

    Where is Samuel Clemens when we need him? Or Haddon Spurgeon?


    by Flavius on Fri, 09/20/2013 - 10:15pm

    Well, there is some consolation that we've got people like Flavius popping up on the internet with apropos quotes from Gilbert & Sullivan. smiley


    by artappraiser on Sat, 09/21/2013 - 4:35pm

    In the kingdom of the blind...........


    by Flavius on Sat, 09/21/2013 - 9:50pm

    I personally like buffets.

    I mean, assuming you get there in time, that buffets offer choice.

    Oh, I am in the mood for salads today.

    But then again, following my daily needs for veggies and such (with bacon of course and a shot of some dressing I have little idea as far as content) I might go for some pasta or some beef somethings? or some casserole or STEAK.

    And there might be soups. Soups are nice.

    I mean buffets provide everything in the world with one price and a modest tip.

    the end


    by Richard Day on Sat, 09/21/2013 - 11:57pm

    LOL...The far right is getting desperate.  There is a big split now in the GOP.  I think the hostage takers power in Congress will hit a brick wall.  That is my tip for the day. 


    by trkingmomoe on Sun, 09/22/2013 - 6:22am