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Website: http://theangriestliberal.com
Superpowers: I design databases, I write code, I analyze data and people think it is a super power, I just never correct them.
Favorite Quotes: "The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give." — Philip K. Dick If you want that good feeling that comes from doing things for other folks then you have to pay for it in abuse and misunderstanding. Zora Neale Hurston
Biography: It's complicated.

George Bush Takes Credit for the Killing of bin Laden

By tmccarthy0 on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 10:54am |

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/663746/bush_credits_%22the_work_that_was_done%22_during_%22my_presidency%22_for_osama_bin_laden%27s_death/#.TmzF2LrjOy0.twitter

Because you know, when he said he was not concerned with getting bin Laden he was kidding.

Damn, who knew he would try to take credit for it though.... maybe Cheney has been telling him that was all because of him and going to war in Iraq... yes that is my snark for the day.

Cycling the Pintlers -- The Rolling Stones of Rides - Photo Montage

By tmccarthy0 on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:12pm |

Drummond Sunset

The Story of the 9/11 Air Force Kamikaze Pilot

By tmccarthy0 on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 11:33am |

http://gawker.com/5838687/the-story-of-the-911-air-force-kamikaze-pilot

Wow! This was in Gawker today, but the story ran in the WaPo, so here is the link to that as well.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/f-16-pilot-was-ready-to-give-her-lif...

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Massive Power Outage Hits the Southwest

By tmccarthy0 on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 8:28pm |

http://ranchosantamargarita.patch.com/articles/power-outage-reported-throughout-south-orange-county-and-san-diego-county

There is a massive power outage in the Southwest, From San Diego to Phoenix and it includes Tiajuana, Baja, Rancho Santa Margarita, OC, Lakeforest, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, parts of Mission Viejo and more. The outage affects about 1.4 million people.

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Ports Across Puget Sound Shut Down Because Of Labor Dispute`

By tmccarthy0 on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 1:11pm |

http://mynorthwest.com/11/542454/Ports-across-Puget-Sound-shut-down-for-labor-dispute

I wouldn't mess with the ILWU, I generally go to their union at the Port Of Seattle when it is election season to organize the Longshoremen.

According to the article:

A union demonstration and violent protest that has shut down the Port of Longview has spread to other port facilities, including Tacoma and Seattle.

Police in Longview say hundreds of longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday morning, vandalizing port property, damaging rail cars, and taking hostages.

Feel Good Story of the Day

By tmccarthy0 on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 12:29pm |

http://mynorthwest.com/?nid=174&sid=528074

Incredible, if you have children, it will make you cry.

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PPP Polling: Obama rebounding in Nevada, Hold strong in Colorado and Virginia

By tmccarthy0 on Mon, 08/08/2011 - 12:58pm |

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/PPP_Release_NV_0803513.pdf

According the PPP:

A broad theme has been emerging in our state by state Presidential polling over the last couple months: if the Republicans nominate Mitt Romney it's a toss up. And if they nominate anyone else it's 2008 all over again. Our newest Nevada numbers very much reinforce that trend.

http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2011/08/does-gop-need-romney-to-...

The Wallstreet Journals: Dewey Wins Moment

By tmccarthy0 on Fri, 07/29/2011 - 10:14am |

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904888304576474563657202494.html

Haahahahahahaha, Soo the Wallstreet Journal has written an opinion column about what a great job Boehner did shepherding the Debt Ceiling Bill through congress.... The ironies!

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Heavy Hangs the Head that Wears the Bag of Tea

By tmccarthy0 on Thu, 07/28/2011 - 8:02pm |

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What's Your Plan Progressives?

By tmccarthy0 on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 11:50am |

Yeah this comes out of a comment yesterday and I want to know what the progressive plan is for getting more progressive legislators into the government, because that is the pertinent question here. So before I head out on a 50 miler today, I am going to ask the question, what is your plan to getting what you want?

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Chris Matthews to Joe Walsh (R) Il 8th District, "He's Your President Too."

By tmccarthy0 on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 11:06pm |

Let's get this out there, Rep. Joe Walsh is discrediting a good name. The Joe Walsh I remember, played guitar had his own band and sang songs like All Night Laundromat Blues.. this guy, well he just doesn't seem like he is that much fun and he is trashing what is otherwise a very good name!

Murdoch Narrowly Escapes Getting Creamed

By tmccarthy0 on Tue, 07/19/2011 - 12:17pm |

On snap, Wendy Deng has some great reflexes! She spikes a shaving cream pie, intended for her husband back into the attackers face! I mean this is actually some pretty good stuff! Who knew there was something to be admired about Rupert Murdoch... that is right, his wife. This happened about 10 minutes ago.

I thought today would be a good day to record some hearings! However I didn't realize I would get to see this:

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High Altitude Training -- From Sea Level

By tmccarthy0 on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 8:43pm |

I am training for a 120 mile ride in the Pintler Mountains this August. It's going to be a challenge, I live right at sea level. I am excited but anxious. The CHaFE was a pretty grueling ride, some of those hills we long assed climbs, not to difficult to complete but I actually got off my bike and walked a quarter mile during that ride, I've never done that before.

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Charles M Russel Refuge Revised Wilderness Plan Draws 25,000 Comments

By tmccarthy0 on Sun, 07/10/2011 - 11:32am |

http://www.greatfallstribune.com/article/20110709/NEWS01/107090301/Revised-wilderness-plan-CMR-refuge-draws-25-000-comments

CMR Refuge was established in 1936, under FDR's Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes.

A proposed management plan for the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge would modify proposed wilderness areas — reducing acreage in the preferred alternative — and put fire and cows to work to enhance wildlife habitat. That proposal drew 25,000 comments. The article is an in-depth look at the plan and its impact on Montana, the existing wildlife and future preservation of the area. It is as important as Yellowstone and Glacier.

Our Big Mistake

By tmccarthy0 on Sun, 07/10/2011 - 11:06am |

"Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for."
~Earl Warren

That sounds like a Lyle Lovett song, Our Big Mistake; we are repeating it over and over and over again, from the 1968 election to the present. Isn't it sort of sad, we gave up working from the inside to continue to move government in a more progressive way?

Kansas Draconian Abortion Law blocked by Federal Judge

By tmccarthy0 on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 6:48pm |

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/07/federal-judge-blocks-new-kansas-abortion-laws/1

If TeaBags gain more traction in our politics, expect legislation like this, but it will come from the federal government.

Justice Prosser of Wisconsin Grabs Reporters Microphone

By tmccarthy0 on Fri, 07/01/2011 - 11:17am |

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/prosser_grabs_reporters_microphone_quickly_hands_i.php?ref=fpa

This guy has an anger management problem, it should be pretty obvious to anyone who watched the video. What a story.

Travels with the I-Pad -- Port Gamble Trails

By tmccarthy0 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 9:22am |

I like to take the IPad preloaded with trail maps to go hiking, that way, you probably can't get lost. Well I probably could get lost, for some reason I seem without a good sense of direction, thank god I am married, although we do spend much of our time recovering from me turning the wrong way everywhere we go, but the I-Pad is truly and awesome thing and keeps me from getting lost often. So I had this map loaded onto my IPad before I left home.

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Atmospherice Flare up from a minuteman missle

By tmccarthy0 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:54am |

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/06/29/awesomely-weird-expanding-halo-of-light-seen-from-hawaii/

Super cool film.

According to the caption on vimeo

Footage from a webcam on the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii presumed to have been caused by a test launch of a Minuteman III missile from California on June 22, 2011. The event was also captured by a camera on the Subaru telescope and witnessed by an observer with night-vision goggles.

http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/gallery/timelapse.php?file=20110622-c4&cam=c4

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The Art of the Woodpecker

By tmccarthy0 on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:36am |

I had the french doors open, I heard a loud pecking noise, there he was working on the same tree he has been working on for the past decade. He is a pileated woodpecker. The Pileated Woodpeckers are native of the Pacific Northwest, and we have seen them the 17 years we've lived in this house. I know they live up to 9 years so this is the second generation and maybe the beginning of the third generation while we've lived here. They are fascinating to watch.

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George Bush Takes Credit for the Killing of bin Laden

Cycling the Pintlers -- The Rolling Stones of Rides - Photo Montage

The Story of the 9/11 Air Force Kamikaze Pilot

Massive Power Outage Hits the Southwest

There is a massive power outage in the Southwest, From San Diego to Phoenix and it includes Tiajuana, Baja, Rancho Santa Margarita, OC, Lakeforest, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel, Dana Point, parts of Mission Viejo and more. The outage affects about 1.4 million people.

Ports Across Puget Sound Shut Down Because Of Labor Dispute`

Feel Good Story of the Day

PPP Polling: Obama rebounding in Nevada, Hold strong in Colorado and Virginia

The Wallstreet Journals: Dewey Wins Moment

Heavy Hangs the Head that Wears the Bag of Tea

What's Your Plan Progressives?

Chris Matthews to Joe Walsh (R) Il 8th District, "He's Your President Too."

Murdoch Narrowly Escapes Getting Creamed

High Altitude Training -- From Sea Level

Charles M Russel Refuge Revised Wilderness Plan Draws 25,000 Comments

Our Big Mistake

"Everything I did in my life that was worthwhile, I caught hell for."
~Earl Warren

Kansas Draconian Abortion Law blocked by Federal Judge

Justice Prosser of Wisconsin Grabs Reporters Microphone

Travels with the I-Pad -- Port Gamble Trails

Atmospherice Flare up from a minuteman missle

The Art of the Woodpecker

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