Thanks this morning to ChrisM, my MP3Angel, for supplying the news and commentary audio files.
[After the commentary... Is it hot around these parts or what? It's soooo hot you can almost hear the 'popcorn noise' that audio equipment makes when it's operating at it's thermal limit. It MUST be time to have a PICNIC... and don't forget to bring that jug of peach wine friends... John Cowan Band, Mississippi Delta Time. Live @ The Recipe Family Cookout/Jerry's Birthday Bash August 2001 Sunshine Daydream Music Park Terra Alta West Virginia. Courtesy of the respective artists.] »The circus is still in town as the battle over the debt ceiling continues. Today there will be a vote on the "Cut Cap & Balance" bill in an attempt to table it because there just isn't time to hash out a constitutional amendment right now. There may be a thirty to sixty day 'continuance' to keep spending money we don't have. There will be a meeting of congressional leaders at the University of Maryland today even as a deal between Senator Boehner and the president fails to materialize and is denied by both parties.
»Now they can join the military like the other civilians during an economic depression tend to do - Today Secretary of Defense Panetta and the Pentagon will announce that "Don't Ask Don't Tell" will be history in sixty days or so.
»The Libyan rebels have lost the town of Brega as France tries to convince NATO to allow Muammar al-Gadaffi to stay in the country. But no one is nibbling, with Dubai (Dubai? A little lavish for Muammar's 'tent lifestyle') being the only country so far which has said it would accept him, and the legitimate leader of Libya despite Western pronouncements, Muammar al-Gadaffi... is not interested.
»Speaking of the wars, the U.S. and what's left of NATO troops in Afghanistan are taking casualties in Paktia and Durand province (the latteron the Pakistan border) although they are claiming to have killed some leaders of the Haqqani clan. No word on how many NON-leaders of the clan... ie. "Civilians", they've managed to kill.
»A follow-up on something mentioned earlier this week:
The floods in the Midwest are decreasing but the waters are spreading out across the region causing a massive amount of high humidity in combination with high temperatures, and it's expected to continue for at least a week. It IS possible that the Wheat and Corn harvests which did get planted will be seriously damaged... for the long term, if the climate continues to change in a similar direction over the years. (src)
What they DON'T mention is that Anonymous has a very special new collaboration!
Anonymous Hackers Group Declares Solidarity With Animal Liberation Struggle
Fight Against Oppression Won't be Affected by Recent Arrest of 14 Alleged Members
Los Angeles: In a computer-generated spoken communique on YouTube last week, the hackers group Anonymous voiced its solidarity with the struggle for animal liberation. Citing the commonality of oppression against humans and non-human animals, the group highlighted the injustice in animal experimentation and the unnecessary consumption of animal flesh, and asked the public not to turn their backs on non-humans capable of "emotions such as joy. anger. sadness & fear. both [humans and non-human animals] have families. mothers. fathers. brothers. sisters. sons & daughters".
...and the sentiment is mutual:
"The North American Animal Liberation Press Office unequivocally supports the actions of Anonymous, as a critical component in the fight against a capitalist state intent on the destruction of habitat, oppression of those who are necessary to sustain its domination, and suppression of any dissent by those who recognize the need to act against tyranny."
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