{"id":527070,"date":"2010-04-14T07:52:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-14T11:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/2010\/04\/14\/late-late-night-fdl-kashmir\/"},"modified":"2010-04-14T07:52:20","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T11:52:20","slug":"late-late-night-fdl-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/527070","title":{"rendered":"Late Late Night FDL: Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/13\/late-late-night-fdl-kashmir\/\" >Late Late Night FDL:  Kashmir \t\t<\/a><br \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucia_Micarelli\"><strong>Lucia Micarelli<\/strong><\/a> and <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jethrotull.com\/\"><strong>Jethro Tull<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qHsxmjpkeFI\"><em><strong>Kashmir<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_none'><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qHsxmjpkeFI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/qHsxmjpkeFI&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lucia_Micarelli\"><strong>Lucia Micarelli<\/strong><\/a> and <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jethrotull.com\/\"><strong>Jethro Tull<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qHsxmjpkeFI\"><em><strong>Kashmir<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s on your mind?<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=78077&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_78077\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/14\/early-morning-swim-paul-krugman-talks-financial-reform-with-keith-olbermann\/\" >Early Morning Swim: Paul Krugman Talks Financial Reform with Keith Olbermann \t\t<\/a><br \/>So, the Republicans don&#8217;t want anything to do with Obama&#8217;s proposal. No one could&#8217;ve predicted&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class='hitEmbed_none'><object width=\"350\" height=\"281\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gWvIOCHYdLs&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gWvIOCHYdLs&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x006699&#038;color2=0x54abd6\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"350\" height=\"281\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>So, the Republicans don&#8217;t want anything to do with Obama&#8217;s proposal. <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/04\/13\/AR2010041304564.html\">No one could&#8217;ve predicted&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class='wbq'>\n<p>&#8220;The fact is, this bill wouldn&#8217;t solve the problems that led to the  financial crisis. It would make them worse,&#8221; Senate  Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said of legislation that  recently passed the chamber&#8217;s banking committee on a party-line vote.  &#8220;This bill not only allows for taxpayer-funded bailouts of Wall Street  banks; it institutionalizes them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McConnell&#8217;s remarks offered a glimpse of how Republicans might frame  their opposition to the far-reaching legislation as it heads toward the  Senate floor, even as members of both parties continue to work behind  the scenes on a potential bipartisan agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Consumer groups, taking note of the minority leader&#8217;s recent trip to New York, quickly sent  e-mails with headlines such as, &#8220;McConnell slams financial reform bill  after meeting with hedge fund managers and other Wall Street elites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The GOP dropped their &#8216;populism&#8217; pose pretty quickly, didn&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=78280&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_78280\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/14\/in-retrospect-i-can-see-what-michael-steele-was-up-to\/\" >In retrospect I can see what Michael Steele was up to \t\t<\/a><br \/>Michael Steele, most popular with the de-base.<\/p>\n<p><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/2010\/04\/14\/in-retrospect-i-can-see-what-michael-steele-was-up-to\/steelemodee\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-78275\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static1.firedoglake.com\/1\/files\/2010\/04\/steelemodee-150x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"steelemodee\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-78275\" \/><\/a>Lesbian Bondage Clubs are probably a good way to get <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/theplumline.whorunsgov.com\/republican-national-committee\/steeles-favorability-rating-10-percent\/\">those popularity ratings up<\/a> (especially if you &#8220;make it rain&#8221;), after all, like most things, it is more popular than <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publicpolicypolling.com\/pdf\/PPP_Release_National_413.pdf\">Michael Steele<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class='wbq'>\n<p>None of the Republican Party\u2019s individual leaders get very good marks either. 25% of voters have a negative opinion of John Boehner to 15% who view him favorably. Mitch McConnell\u2019s numbers are almost identical with 26% seeing him unfavorably to 15% with a positive take. RNC Chair Michael Steele is particularly unpopular with 33% of Americans holding a negative opinion of him to only 10% with a favorable one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Those numbers are worse than <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/dailykos.com\/weeklytrends\">Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s or Harry Reid&#8217;s<\/a> (and good luck with that in Nevada Harry).  But in fairness to Steele,  all those negative numbers are only as important as who shows up to vote in a mid-term  election and HE is not on any ballot (other than the V.I.P. list at <a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scoresny.com\/en\/\">Scores<\/a>).  I&#8217;m also sure the near unanimous polling response to the name of DNC Chair Tim Kaine would be &#8220;Who?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"akst_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehollywoodliberal.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/share-this\/share-icon-16x16.gif\" alt=\"Share This icon\" \/><a  rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/firedoglake.com\/?p=78274&#038;akst_action=share-this\"  title=\"Email, post to del.icio.us, etc.\" id=\"akst_link_78274\" class=\"akst_share_link\" rel=\"noindex nofollow\">?<\/a> <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late Late Night FDL: Kashmir Lucia Micarelli and Jethro Tull &#8212; Kashmir. Lucia Micarelli and Jethro Tull &#8212; Kashmir. What&#8217;s on your mind? ? Early Morning Swim: Paul Krugman Talks Financial Reform with Keith Olbermann So, the Republicans don&#8217;t want anything to do with Obama&#8217;s proposal. No one could&#8217;ve predicted&#8230; So, the Republicans don&#8217;t want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":807,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/807"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527070\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}