Yes tossing virtual Molitov cocktails is fun and all but there are some real things happening. And all the TR attacks and baseless accusations thrown here will not make them go away. Ready for some REAL stuff now?

I happen to work in downtown San Francisco in the Transamerica Pyramid Building. I am (un)happy to report it is 'safe' from that darned Constitution thing.

Some of you may recall when SF blogger spocko http://www.spockosbrain.com/ posted audio of hate speech on one of our local stations.

Stephanie Miller in the morning is one of the bright lights of my workdays. See what YOU have to do after the jump!

so following the train of so-called thought in other diaries that must mean she hates 'black folk'.

Now she also has said 'cool' on occasion and since she is the only white person who ever has (if you follow Dkos diaries) she must be scum of the earth.

The "War on Drugs" is based on greed and racism all the way back to the first drug laws in America right up to today. THe GOP and way to many cowardly dems has used these draconian and stupid laws to claw their way to power and to make money. Personally I am fed-up. below is a group doing something to high-light the bullshit.

If you do not read him you realy should. Not only is he a lefty, a gradfather and a terminal cat lover (pooties!) he can be a really passionate writer. I read him piece tonight and it struck a chord in me. I will quote 3 paragraphs below the fold that seem to express some of my feelings today. please share the love to Mr Carroll, he can't be all bad if he likes cats!

Tried to search to see if this had been diaried yet and if it has been, well rec that one please :)

This story just infuriated me no end. Bad enough the mine owner was a liar and tried to blame anyone or anything else for his lack of safety measures. Now, and no I am not really shocked, the mis-administration is trying to screw with them.

Not content with making a drunken ass of himself will the feds come after him now? I searched and did'nt see this diaried yet, at work right now and will update with more when I can, sorry it's so short.

LOL bet some of you are pissed at the title, but settle down for a moment please. I posted a comment on one of their silly jihads a while ago so I got on their mailing list (on my dummy account) So they sent me this plea this morning.

Ok, so this guy (Ron Nehring, who heads the California Republican Party) who is associated with Grover Norquist hires another Norquist drone who happens to be an immigrant . Then we find out he is not as squeaky clean as we were told and he resigns. And it seems the CA GOP didn't even do the bare minimum to confirm he is legal to work in the US. And they still want to be called the 'grown-ups'.

Well, read below the fold...

Yes, 'Blame Canada' is normally a joke on our friends to our north, but it looks like my states RNC is setting them up for the blame when they lose badly next year.

Of course he and the MSM seem to damm dumb to realize that that is what they are saying. Or they hope we are that stupid.

Ok, a bit melodramatic, just a bit of fun after all. But my favorite streaming station is very important here to me. A bit of home when travelling. I do remember the 'old days' (20 years ago LOL) when you had no choice beyond what was local.

I happen to be visiting London this week, primairily for as Roger Waters concert Sat. night (Nick Mason showed up, oh shit is was amazing) but that is not what I am writing about. Morning TV here is as bland as in the US...but I happened to notice something on a video 'hits' channel. It may also be on MTV but I don't watch it (where the fuck did the MUSIC on MTV go?), during the video's they had a sign language translator.

Looking for any input or suggestions on economical cars usable in California. my 1996 mini van casts almost $60 a fill-up, and barely eaks out 17-20 mpg.

Badly. The Amy Corp of Engineers hs been caught copying from the back of the book it seems. Turns out the specs for the defective pumps to replace the damaged ones were copied without proof reading and includes errors that were in it's catalog.

Corps Asked to Explain Pump Contract

And no, I am not one who believes it was a pure 'false flag' black op, but damm it nagging questions of exactly how it happened have been surfacing at regular intervals. Well below is a real world example of how steel can collapse just by heat.