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Evening Reads: No Comment

Posted: October 10, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: just because | Tags: , , |21 Comments »

Good Evening

For tonight I have just a few links, I will refrain from commenting because even getting a link right is difficult today.

George Zimmerman’s brother to Trayvon Martin’s lawyer: ‘You ain’t seen nothin’ yet’

The tweets this guy is sending are something else, give those a quick look.

Two links on ads being run for Democrats:

Claire McCaskill’s Brutal New Ads From Rape Survivors

NC Candidate Prominently Feature Vaginal Probe In New Ad

And..an update for you: Arkansas GOP rep Jon Hubbard stands by pro-slavery comments

Finally, BAR has new articles up…just go to the website and read them. Black Agenda Report | News, analysis and commentary from the black left

This is an open thread, have a good night.

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21 Comments on “Evening Reads: No Comment”

  1. bostonboomer says:
    October 10, 2012 at 7:51 pm

    According to a couple of things I’ve read, Elizabeth Warren did well in the debate.

  2. RalphB says:
    October 10, 2012 at 8:20 pm

    Take a look at the changes in the story about Issa’s hearing today. Appears everyone is after Obama and Hillary’s head now.

    Original story (part of page 1)…

    The State Department official responsible for security for American diplomats in Libya, Eric A. Nordstrom, said in his opening statement that he believed the committee would conclude that department officials “conducted themselves professionally” in providing security for the mission before the attack, which killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.

    “I had not seen an attack of such ferocity and intensity previously in Libya nor in my time with the Diplomatic Security Service,” said Mr. Nordstrom, who cautioned against overreacting to the episode.

    He said that the answer to “a new security reality” should not be “to operate from a bunker.”

    In his written testimony, Mr. Nordstrom suggested that only a substantial increase in security could have prevented the attack. “Having an extra foot of wall, or an extra half-dozen guards or agents, would not have enabled us to responded to that kind of assault,” he wrote.

    Mr. Nordstrom did not read that part of his testimony but said in response to a question that he stood by it. As a regional security officer, Mr. Nordstrom served in Libya from Sept. 21, 2011, to July 26, 2012, six weeks before the attacks.

    The number of American diplomatic security agents at the Benghazi compound at the time it was attacked was a persistent issue during the hearing.

    Mr. Nordstrom made it clear that he thought three was the minimum number that was needed and that he wanted one or two more. Ms. Lamb said there were five at the time of the attack, three of whom were stationed at the mission and two who came with Ambassador Stevens.

    “In terms of armed security personnel, there were five Diplomatic Security agents on the compound on Sept. 11,” Ms. Lamb said, adding, “There were also three members of the Libyan 17th February Brigade” – a reference to the Libyans hired to guard the American

    After a rewrite the same story currently …

    Eric A. Nordstrom, who served as the regional security officer for the embassy from September 2011 to July 2012, said that he was told in a phone call in July that the deployment of the site security team, a 16-member American military unit based in Tripoli, could not be prolonged.

    The military command that oversaw the unit, the Africa Command, was willing to extend it. But the State Department decided that it was not necessary.

    “It was abundantly clear: we were not going to get resources until the aftermath of an incident,” Mr. Nordstrom said, describing his frustration. “And the question that we would ask is, again, how thin does the ice have to get before someone falls through?”

    Mr. Nordstrom’s account was supported by Lt. Col. Andrew Wood of the Utah National Guard, the leader of the team, which wrapped up its deployment in August. Colonel Wood said that the team’s specialized military training and weapons made it far more effective than the Libyan militiamen the United States was trying to use to protect its diplomatic compounds.

    “The security in Benghazi was a struggle and remained a struggle throughout my time there,” Colonel Wood said. “Diplomatic security remained weak.”

    http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/11/world/africa/hearing-focuses-on-attack-that-killed-ambassador.html?hp

    • bostonboomer says:
      October 10, 2012 at 9:07 pm

      Notice how the attacks are being coordinated out of Utah?

      • RalphB says:
        October 10, 2012 at 10:12 pm

        Absolutely. It’s obvious but you have to be paying attention to see it. I was amazed at the rewrite because it happened as I was reading the story online. Read page 1, then page 2, went back to page 1 and it was completely different. 100% difference in tone and close to whole new content.

  3. pdgrey says:
    October 10, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    I’m back for as long as this ole computer will let me. I’m sorry I missed the live blog of warren vs. asshole. But look at this asshole.
    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2012/10/creeping_akinism.php?ref=fpblg

  4. bostonboomer says:
    October 10, 2012 at 9:17 pm

    Romney now says he’ll be a “pro-life president.”

    • ANonOMouse says:
      October 10, 2012 at 9:49 pm

      “Romney now says he’ll be a “pro-life president.”

      And in the morning he’ll be a pro-choice president, for about 15 minutes, then he’ll retract that statement, not in person, but via his surrogates who by now must be drinking or drugging heavily.

  5. ecocatwoman says:
    October 10, 2012 at 9:19 pm

    Rachel Maddow did some serious butt kicking tonight. She took R & R down. Great, great show.

  6. pdgrey says:
    October 10, 2012 at 9:34 pm


    I am a big fan of Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

  7. pdgrey says:
    October 10, 2012 at 9:57 pm

    Lawrence O’Donnell just did a great story on Malala Yousafazia
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/10/malala-yousafzai-taliban-misogyny

  8. bostonboomer says:
    October 10, 2012 at 9:58 pm

    Issa and Chaffetz revealed the location of a CIA safehouse during their ridiculous hearing today.

  9. RalphB says:
    October 10, 2012 at 10:21 pm

    The Latino vote in NV is always undercounted in polls. Remember Senator Angle :-)

  10. RalphB says:
    October 10, 2012 at 11:39 pm

    Today’s Gallup Tracking has (in rolling 7-day average) Obama and Romney tied at 48% among LV’s, Obama back up 50-45 among RVs; and Obama’s latest job approval rating at 53% (w/ 42% disapproval).

    Since prior to now Gallup was only reporting RV numbers, Obama is back where he was before the debate. I’m betting this still stops no one from freaking out.

  11. RalphB says:
    October 11, 2012 at 12:02 am

    Just out from NBC/WSJ/Marist, three new state polls.

    Florida: Obama 48, Romney 47
    Ohio: Obama 51, Romney 45
    Virginia: Romney 48, Obama 47

    Freak out artists should take a look at Ohio.

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