Friday Afternoon Thread: Wake Up And Vote!

Sad. Just….sad!

Romney Campaign Exaggerates Size Of Nevada Event With Altered Image http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-appears-to-exaggerate-size-of-neva

Japanese engineer creates wheelchair that can walk up stairs

An engineer at Japan’s Chiba Institute of Technology has designed a new robotic wheelchair with the amazing capability to climb stairs. In a demonstration video, lead engineer Shuro Nakajima shows off the device’s capabilities, easily overcoming curbs and flights of stairs simply by pushing a joystick.

“Each of the four wheels is independent of one another, so they can each react independently when the chair comes up across some sort of step,” he told Reuters. “They aren’t tied into responding in the same way in [t]he same time.”

“What that means is that it can climb, whether it approaches the step straight on or at an angle, it’s fine either way,” he added. “In that sense, we’ve really pushed wheelchair technology forward.”[....]

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/23/japanese-engineer-creates-wheelchair-that-can-walk-up-stairs/

H/T Stephen C. Webster

The Entire GOP ‘Debt Crisis’ Myth Dispelled – By A Conservative!

[....] If there’s one article of faith in Washington (and elsewhere), it’s the idea that the United States might get into a debt crisis if it doesn’t get its fiscal house in order. This is not true. The reason why it’s not true is because we live in a fiat currency system, where the United States government can create an infinite number of dollars at no cost to meet its obligations. A Treasury bill is a promise that the government will give you US dollars–something that the United States government can produce infinitely and at no cost.

This is important to remember because it is part of the same argument that the right uses to declare Social Security “bankrupt.” Yes, Congress looted the trust fund but the IOUs left behind are Treasury bills, the single most secure form of investment in the world. Period. How secure? It’s so secure that other countries are buying Treasury bills left and right AT A LOSS. You read that correctly: Interest rates are so low that other countries are literally paying us to hold their money to keep it out of a volatile world market. If that doesn’t convince you that our economy is sound, you’re insane. Or a Republican. Which is really the same thing these days.[....]

Read more: http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/10/22/the-entire-gop-debt-crisis-myth-dispelled-by-a-conservative/

H/T Justin “Filthy Liberal Scum” Rosario

YAASSSSSS! That’s MY First Lady, ya’ll.

This is an award-winning smackdown that was delivered to a woman, who in hindsight, probably wishes she had left it alone. Forget the bandaids and/or the ice; she’s gonna need a splint!

To: Nadine Maenza
Executive Director, Patriot Voices:

[....] Allow me to enlighten you, to whatever extent women like yourself are educable. The Obama campaign and the Democratic party are not suggesting anything. Instead, what they have consistently done is take action where women’s issues are concerned, while Romney and the Republicans continue to wage war on women’s reproductive rights, access to contraception and abortion and equal wages for equal work.[....]

Who ya tryin’ to kid, little Judas Goat? The GOP has proven time and again its absolute disdain for these women, along with the children they are trying to house, clothe, feed and keep in good health. These women are part of that 47% Romney dismissed as irresponsible parasites who stubbornly refuse to take responsibility for their own lives. And here you are attempting to lead your fellow women to the slaughterhouse that a Romney/Ryan administration would construct within minutes of taking the oath of office.[....]

I note that you have been given the title Executive Director, Patriot Voices. No doubt the job came with a promise of thirty pieces of silver per annum. You might want to consider using that largess to buy a fuckin’ clue. Don’t Be Fooled? Don’t worry – we real women are not. You, on the other hand, are a different storybook altogether. I would suggest the title The Pet Goat – but I understand it’s already been taken.[....]

Read more: http://www.democratsforprogress.com/2012/10/24/the-judas-goat/

H/T Nance Greggs

Romney has a reading comprehension problem, just like the troll in yesterday’s open thread:

Despite Romney Claim, Chrysler Isn’t Moving Any Auto Production To China
By Travis Waldron on Oct 26, 2012 at 10:55 am

Mitt Romney, attempting to bolster his case to Ohio voters, misinterpreted a story and passed on an outright lie at a rally in the swing state yesterday. Reacting to a Bloomberg News story about auto manufacturer Chrysler’s plans to open a plant in China, Romney said at a rally in Defiance, Ohio that the company was “thinking of moving all production to China,” and that he would prevent such action by fighting for “every good job in America”:

“I saw a story today that one of the great manufacturers in this state, Jeep — now owned by the Italians — is thinking of moving all production to China,” Romney said at a rally in Defiance, Ohio, home to a General Motors powertrain plant. “I will fight for every good job in America. I’m going to fight to make sure trade is fair, and if it’s fair America will win.”

The Bloomberg News story, however, doesn’t say that Chrysler plans to move “all production to China.” Instead, it says that Fiat, which now owns Chrysler, is planning to open Chinese factories where it will make one of its most popular lines, Jeep, for Chinese consumers. Chrysler isn’t planning to shift production away from the United States. Instead, it will add factories in China to keep up with the nation’s growing demand for automobiles:

MORE: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/10/26/1095901/romney-chrysler-china/

Glad Sen. Reid is OK!

Harry Reid hospitalized after car crash, in good condition
October 26th, 2012
06:15 PM ET
Posted by CNN Political Unit

(CNN) – Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, was released from the hospital on Friday afternoon after he sustained non-life threatening injuries following an accident in his motorcade.

A spokeswoman for the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Karen Gordon, said Reid was released shortly before 4 p.m. local time, and was in good condition after the accident, which occurred as his caravan of four vehicles was traveling northbound on Interstate 15.

Reid’s Senate office said in a statement the top Democrat walked into the hospital on his own, and was wearing a seatbelt when the accident happened. He experienced rib and hip contusions, and was cleared for release. Other members of Reid’s contingent had minor injuries, the statement read, and were evaluated at the same hospital. Reid’s wife was not in the car.

MORE: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/26/harry-reid-hospitalized-after-car-crash/

miranda – - — –MR. PRESIDENT on another COVER —

Rolling Stone interview of President Obama – -

– - — -Historian Douglas Brinkley has a lengthy interview of President Barack Obama in the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Obama and the road ahead (excerpt):
– - -Barack Obama can no longer preach the bright 2008 certitudes of “Hope and Change.” He has a record to defend this time around. And, considering the lousy hand he was dealt by George W. Bush and an obstructionist Congress, his record of achievement, from universal health care to equal pay for women, is astonishingly solid.- – –

– -CONGRATULATIONS – - -MR. PRESIDENT!! – -:>) – -We R PROUD of ALL YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS. :>)

P.S. – —That last paragraph — –YEAH he CALLED IT!! – - -LOL – –

Signing out early POU. I’m hitting the road tomorrow with Sis so if you don’t see my posts please don’t think I slipped on the proverbial banana peel & fell into a hole.

Send prayers that I keep my patience with the voters. I do promise not to eat them whole as long as they vote by November 6. Any later than that & I will not speak for my actions. It WILL BE justifiable homicide!

Take care & happy GOTV to all of you. Stand strong! Keep the faith! Every vote counts!

Sepia – — HAH! – —”issacriminal” —-is gettin’ some – - -PUSHBACK!! – –

– — –Treasury rejects Issa subpoena threat on health care – –

– - –The Treasury Department, rejecting a subpoena threat from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is citing executive branch “confidentiality interests” in its refusal to turn over documents on an IRS rule allowing subsidies in federal health insurance exchanges.

– - – -THIS – ->Though the Oversight committee threatened a subpoena earlier this week, a Friday afternoon statement from Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) didn’t indicate how the panel would respond to Treasury’s refusal to turn over the documents.
THERE IS MORE

– - —He betta WATCH —-HIS OWN – - –CRIMINAL RECORD!! — HAH! -

– –Psssssst —DOJ – - – -GIT!! — -HIM!! – –HAH! – –

Sepia – –”CAUSE –It’s POSITIVE – –:>) – —

– - – -The RAND Continuous 2012 Presidential Election Poll – –

– - – - -Shifts Between Candidates

This graph shows us how many panelists shifted their vote from Obama to Romney or vice versa in the past week. Notice that these are generally small percentages, which causes this particular graph to be rather “noisy”.

Howeva — -The SHIFT – –from TWITT 2 MR. PRESIDENT – -IS — -ON DA RISE!!! – - —:>)

Sepia – - –Teh TWITT CONTINUES 2 HIDE!! LOL – - –V- – —MR. PRESIDENT —OUT annnd ABOUT HIS BIZNESS! – - –:>)

– - -Romney ducks questions, Obama takes dozens -

- – –Eleven days to campaign and access to the candidates is at a premium but the tack each campaign is taking couldn’t be more different.

April Ryan of the American Urban Radio Networks in the Oval Office
“The Michael Smerconish Show” in the Oval Office
Live Interview on MTV with Sway Calloway
And then the president is speaking to these local television stations:
Des Moines, IA – KCCI TV (CBS)
Columbus, OH – WBNS TV (CBS)
Milwaukee, WI – WISN TV (ABC)
Denver, CO – KUSA TV (NBC)
Reno, NV – KRNV TV (NBC)
Charlotte, NC – WSOC TV(ABC)
Miami, FL – WPLG TV (ABC)
THERE IS MORE.

GOOD ON U – –MR. PRESIDENT – —of da PEOPLE!! :>) – - –