The DUzy Awards for Friday, June 8, 2012 - Part 2

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[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by muriel_volestrangler
[big] You may laugh. You may vomit. You won't believe it. Presenting: Breitb-art. For $4,000.[/big]
Via Tbogg:


A Tbogg commenter points out 'giclee' is a marketing term for ink-jet printing.

It reminds me of the painting from Ghostbusters 2:

but a bit creepier.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Buns_of_Fire [/font]
[big] 20. For four grand you'd think it would at least be on black velvet. [/big]
With Saint Reagan's smiling visage over his right shoulder.

These people just ain't got no culture.

GD, 2 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002758523


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]Original post by [font color=#800080] RoseMead [/font]
[big] I've found the solution to all the Meta drama[/big]
in one easy-to-use form.



M-D, 7 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240106907


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by kpete
[big] Obama: Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Will Not Be Extended, Period[/big]
Source: Huffington Post

Obama: Bush Tax Cuts For Wealthy Will Not Be Extended, Period

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE -- The White House is insisting President Barack Obama will not extend the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans – even temporarily.

Obama spokesman Jay Carney said the president has been clear in his opposition to extending tax cuts for households with annual incomes above $250,000.

.............

Carney's stand came after former President Bill Clinton caused a political headache for the White House by suggesting in an interview that tax cuts for people of all incomes – including the rich – should be extended into 2013 to avoid economic harm and allow time for a broader fiscal deal.

Pressed directly on whether Obama would support a temporary extension, Carney said: "He will not. Could I be more clear?

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/06/obama-bush-tax-cuts-will-_n_1574165.html

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] woo me with science [/font]
[big] 23. ... [/big]


LBN, 6 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014137697


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by kpete
[big] Florida Voter Purge Will Continue, Defying Federal Warning[/big]
Source: Huffington Post

Florida Voter Purge Will Continue, Defying Federal Warning
Posted: 06/02/2012 9:23 am Updated: 06/02/2012 9:54 am

Florida will defy a federal warning to stop purging people the state suspects aren't U.S. citizens from voter registration rolls.

Despite a Justice Department letter, objections from county elections officials and evidence that a disproportionate number are voters of color, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner's office planned to continue scrubbing the election rolls, a spokesman said Friday. Gov. Rick Scott (R) ordered the search for potentially ineligible voters.

“We have an obligation to make sure the voter rolls are accurate and we are going to continue forward and do everything that we can legally do to make sure than ineligible voters cannot vote,” said Chris Cate, a spokesman for Detzner. “We are firmly committed to doing the right thing and preventing ineligible voters from being able to cast a ballot. We are not going to give up our efforts to make sure the voter rolls are accurate."

Justice Department officials declined to comment on Florida’s plans.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/02/florida-voter-purge-federal-warning_n_1564131.html

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] AnotherMcIntosh [/font]
[big] 26. Will someone please tell Holder that Detzner and Scott are selling medical marijuana? [/big]
It may be the only chance.

LBN, 2 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014134421


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by trumad
[big] Can we have a group that helps members quit DU?[/big]
We've got all kinds of addiction groups here at DU but not one for DU addiction.

I tried quitting a couple of days ago, but lasted errr 2 days.

The group would be interesting---

Hi, I'm trumad. I've been a member for 11 years and I'm trying to quit.

I guess if a member of that group didn't show up, it worked.

If he or she did, its a relapse.

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] hlthe2b [/font]
[big] 2. Ok... you are going to have to lay out the 12 steps for this. [/big]
Somehow I'm guessing if you include a requirement to "make a list of persons harmed and be willing to make amends to them all", that will be the "sticking point" for most hard core DU addicts.

M-D, 8 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1240107206


[div class=excerpt style=background:#AFEEEE]In an original post by onehandle
[big] 'Car Talk' Guys Are Retiring, But Their Best Stuff Will Be Rebroadcast[/big]
Source: NPR

June 8, 2012; Our Fair City – Tom and Ray Magliozzi, aka Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers, the comedian mechanics who host NPR's Car Talk, will tell their listeners this afternoon that as of this fall, they'll no longer record new programs. But their weekly call-in series will continue to be distributed by NPR drawing on material from their 25 years of show archives.

"My brother has always been 'work-averse,' " says Ray, 63. "Now, apparently, even the one hour a week is killing him!"

"It's brutal!" adds Tom, 74.

The brothers have been taping Car Talk at WBUR in Boston for 35 years, and the show has been a staple on NPR Member stations for the last 25 years. With older brother Tom turning 75 this year, the guys decided it was time to "stop and smell the cappuccino."

Read more: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/06/08/154576808/car-talk-guys-are-retiring-but-their-best-stuff-will-be-rebroadcast

[div class=excerpt style=background:#FFFFFF][font color=#800080] Blue Owl [/font]
[big] 3. Remember that weird call from the guy asking how to strap a dog kennel to the roof? [/big]
Wow that was a strange one.

LBN, 8 Jun 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014139118




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