Haiti, Saturday (1am ET)
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Isaac strengthened as it dumped heavy rains on Haiti on Saturday, threatening floods and mudslides in a country where hundreds of thousands of people remain homeless more than two years after a devastating earthquake. Lashing rains and high winds were reported along parts of Haiti’s southern coast and in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, where more than 350,000 survivors of the 2010 earthquake are still living in fragile tent and tarpaulin camps.(Associated Press) — Forecasters said Isaac could dump as much as eight to 12 inches and even up to 20 inches on Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as well as produce a storm surge of up to 3 feet.
Haiti, Friday (9pm ET)
Isaac Tearing Apart Shelters in Port Au Prince Haiti from David Darg on Vimeo.
Shift Toward Tampa
Forecasters said the storm would likely stay below hurricane force until it reached the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, and they shifted its projected track back eastward and it remained a possible threat to Tampa, Florida, where the Republican National Convention starts Monday. — Miami Herald
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We should all hope for the best in Haiti…
The oh,bummer office I vol at has a voter registration effort. The ripper’s attempt to dis-enfranchise Blacks, Indians, Hispanics, Somalians, and Hmong failed here. The Legislature tried, Governor Dayton vetoed. AOK.
Like every one else, including Adlai Steveson, I liked Ike. I have pictures of my pal and I going to see Ike when he was in town. He came close enough for us to touch him: my friend did, but I was shy. I hated nixon and his war. he inherited it, but he embraced it. Sounds familiar. I worked for clean Gene, and voted HHH in’68. I couldn’t stand McGovern, by I voted for him, that’s how much I hated nixon.
However, when it came to US Reps and Senators, Governors and state offices, republicans put up reasonable, fairly well educated, honest men, who often were not particularly ideologic and not anti-compromise.
Gerry (Leslie King) Ford was okay. I’d cooled dramatically on Rockefeller by then.
I haven’t voted ripper since ’78. I once had a MN State ripper Party card in my wallet. They sent me newsletters and crap all through the reaganbush years.
I’m a yelladog Dem now, and proud to be one. I’ll die before I’ll vote for any of Moving On’s, Trax’s, Pong’s, Vadaryl’s, or Maxtrue’s creepy ripper blood-sucking lice. Grrrrr.
I’m still pissed off that these inflammatory, racist, inquisitionist, fascist War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, air, earth, and water poisoners stole my party. Dam’ them. Dam’ them to hell*
*quoting Count Pierre Bezuhov in War and Peace
G’night Dexter. G’night Bethyboo.
G’night Solar, Jack, and CBob, wherever you guys are.
ok…i trusted gerald ford….but I didn’t vote for him.
If Ike had died a week sooner my boot camp company would have marched in his funeral.
I never have voted for a Republican and I never will…
I got one question for Ike supporters. Why in garter’s name did he sign on in 54? Communism? Domino theory? We had a real war oncet. In the bulge and saipan and all the rest of it……It had to be done. Korea? Viet Nam? Iraq? Afghanistan? Why do young men have to go out in such numbers to die for nothing? I have to admit it puzzles me.
But to anti-digress I am a democrat. Even after LBJ….yep. So blow your horns and sing your songs…
LBJ was a scary thing and I ain’t figured out the hows and whys of it….the civil rights and medicare balanced by that hair-bending episode with so many of my friends in the jungles “over there”….one of my friends who went to viet nam claims that’s the onliest time he ever left south carolina…..
I figure Mr. Johnson as one of history’s “poor bastards”. They’re fucked, they know they’re fucked and so they try their best to pull some goods out of it.
Pulling rabbits out their ass, as it were.
I find myself somewhat cognizant on the outskirts of town.
Tropical Storm Isaac
Models forecast that the eye of Category 1 Hurricane Isaac will be 150 miles West of Tampa Bay at 2:00 AM August 28. I would guess that the rain bands will stretch about 250 miles from the center which will be a little east of Orlando. I would guess that Monday through Wednesday and maybe into Thursday will be bad hair days. Tampa is still on the wrong side of the storm so we will get periods of very heavy rain and flooding along with wind gusts of about 40 mph.
5-Day Forecast Cone for Storm Center 8:00 AM EDT Aug 25
Hurricane Spaghetti Models 8:00 AM EDT Aug 25
Tropical Depression JOYCE -- GONE!
Tropical Storm Isaac -- Update 4 (Aug 25, 2012)
Purple
Are many protesters from the Occupy movement going to be in Tampa?
Purple
I read with interest your post from gawker on Romney’s offshore investment accounts. I’m not really sure the point of the argument. From a cursory glance it would appear these companies are fully legal and comply IRS guidelines/regulations. Avoiding paying too much tax is our legal right and is totally legal. Everyone in their own right take advantage of certain tax deductions which help us to avoid paying more than our fair share in taxes on our federal tax returns. Examples are: mortgage interest deductions, charities, State taxes, Business expenses, investment and medical expenses. Now if Romney wasn’t listing these various investment instruments I could see the problem, but they’re out there for everyone to see and make what they want of them. In fact the person on gawker doesn’t understand them, and has requested the help of those who are experts in the field of off-shore investment accounts. I just don’t recall the uproar over John and Teresa Heinz Kerry’s investments. As they say, tax avoidance is legal, tax evasion will get you time in federal prison.
If you can’t win it, steal it.
Inside the GOP strategy to win the election.
Ha, Purple, I like your style of weather reporting
MO
The argument has never been about the “legality” of these deductions, but rather the extent and fairness of them plus the somewhat spurious curiosity of his charitable and religious contributions. When you are that wealthy, it has been proven you give a smaller percentage of wealth to charity so the question arises about his tithing. Is it on gross or adjusted income? More than anything, just became something is legal doesn’t mean it is moral or right and it gives a picture of commitment to the welfare of others.
How committed is Mitt Romney to the welfare of both the United States as a whole (Taxes) and to his fellow human beings (Charity)? The public has a right to those facts and to decide for themselves what to do with that information.
tweet by Miami Herald correspondent in Haiti:
I am proud to say me too — I have voted farther to the left of the Democratic party on several occasions
And like Ex-R, I was Clean for Gene but I did work on the ’72 McGovern campaign
Good history article on When Conventions Were Important
I watched my first political conventions in 1956. Little did I know I was being infected with the political bug and that it would become a chronic illness.
Movingon,
Tampa shows friendly face to U.S. Republican convention protesters
By Saundra Amrhein, August 23, 2012 6:58 PM EDT
According to something I just read on Twitter, Tampa is experiencing a serious shortage of tin foil.
I heard on ABC news (so it must be true) that Republicans spend three times as much as Democrats for adult entertainment during the conventions — strippers from all over the country are flocking to Tampa
The protestors should set up around the adult entertainment clubs if they want to get to the delegates
But they will have to be crafty because the clubs have set up special private entrances for recognizable guests hee hee
Craig,
The credit for “bad hair day” goes to Blonde Wino (08/24/2012 at 7:55 AM)
Corey
They can use these as a substitute.
BTW, my cousin Paul left Michigan to be in Tampa with the Red Cross. He arrived last night. In a funny side note, his daughter posted this comment about him being in Tampa: “Yeah, it’s been raining here all week and no influx of elephants throwing their trunks in my medical rights!”
I was a republican once.I have since requested that it not be noted in my obituary.
NEW THREAD
Tampa, the land of tin foil hats and strippers.
When I was young and dumb, I would have attended that party.
Movingon,
You should check the “update” section in the original post.
NEW THREAD
Purple,
Yes I did see that reference, what year was that in, wasn’t Romney long gone by then? If that is the problem that seems to me to be more of a Bain problem than a Romney problem. But the obvious question is why hasn’t the IRS step in?
Jamie,
Not that it isn’t a question of is it legal the question is it fair. Is that your position? What makes it fair and legal, is the tax code. What is fair? Me and my partner living in a high expensive city, or you and yours living on a parcel of land that somehow became tax exempt because of…well really who knows why. That’s just an example, have no idea where you live or what you live in
. Nothing is fair, winners and losers. To tell you the truth I would be in favor of no deductions of any kind for anyone or thing, in place of a lower tax rate for everyone and thing. Seriously why should a person who is paying on a mortgagee get to deduct the interest off their tax returns, and if is their primary home and they live in it for over 2 years and sell it is all tax free money. The poor person living in an apartment isn’t able to get those types of benefits? Why is that? Tax code. Can’t wait to sell our home as we will be moving straight into an apartment. The American dream may not be home ownership.