If you are bored, you can read about Reid.    Or you can harvest your toe jam.

Broken ribs, facial fractures, and still a lying piece of shit.    News at Eleven or here.

A commentary that settles what happened on election day and presents a warning to Democrats about Progressives.     This last election was a warning shot.     Read my comments here.

BizPacReview - By now you’re familiar with the standoff between the federal government, i.e. the Bureau of Land Management, and 67 year-old rancher Cliven Bundy. (If not, check the backstory and my radio interview with him here.) The BLM asserts their power through the expressed desire to protect the endangered desert tortoise, a tortoise so “endangered” that their population can no longer be contained by the refuge constructed for them so the government is closing it and euthanizing over a thousand tortoises. The tortoises, the excuse that BLM has given for violating claims to easements and running all but one lone rancher out of southern Nevada, is doing fine. In fact, the tortoise has lived in harmony with cattle in the Gold Butte, Clark County Nevada for over a hundred years, or as long as Cliven Bundy’s family has lived on the land as ranchers. In fact, the real threat to it is urbanization, not cattle. A tortoise isn’t the reason why BLM is harassing a 67 year-old rancher. They want his land. The tortoise wasn’t of concern when Harry Reid worked BLM to literally change the boundaries of the tortoise’s habitat to accommodate the development of his top donor, Harvey Whittemore. Whittemore was convicted of illegal campaign contributions to Senator Reid. Reid’s former senior adviser is now the head of BLM. Reid is accused of using the new BLM chief as a puppet to control Nevada land (already over 84% of which is owned by the federal government) and pay back special interests. BLM has proven that they’ve a situational concern for the desert tortoise as they’ve had no problem waiving their rules concerning wind or solar power development. Clearly these developments have vastly affected a tortoise habitat more than a century-old, quasi-homesteading grazing area. If only Clive Bundy were a big Reid donor. BLM has also tried to argue that the rules have changed, long after Bundy claims he secured rights and paid his dues to Clark County, Nevada. BLM says they supersede whatever agreement Bundy had prior; they demanded that he reduce his living, his thousand-some-odd head of cattle down to a tiny herd of 150. It’s easy for the government to grant itself powers of overreach, but it doesn’t make it right. Many bad things are done in the name of unjust laws. Just look at Obamacare. This heavy-handed tactic has run the other ranchers from the area and now Bundy is the last one. He’s the last one because he stood up to the federal government. So why does BLM want to run Bundy off this land and is Reid connected? I discussed this on “Kelly File” tonight, video via Jim Hoft. *UPDATE: Those who say Bundy is a “deadbeat” are making inaccurate claims. Bundy has in fact paid fees to Clark County, Nevada in an arrangement pre-dating the BLM. The BLM arrived much later, changed the details of the setup without consulting with Bundy — or any other rancher — and then began systematically driving out cattle and ranchers. Bundy refused to pay BLM, especially after they demanded he reduce his heard’s head count down to a level that would not sustain his ranch. Bundy OWNS the water and forage rights to this land. He paid for these rights. He built fences, established water ways, and constructed roads with his own money, with the approval of Nevada and BLM. When BLM started using his fees to run him off the land and harassing him, he ceased paying. So should BLM reimburse him for managing the land and for the confiscation of his water and forage rights?                       Cliven Bundy’s problem isn’t that he didn’t pay — he did — or that his cattle bother tortoises — they don’t — it’s that he’s not a Reid donor. Amid the standoff between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and the federal government, reports are growing that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s little-known ties to a Chinese solar energy giant could have played a role. Reid, D-Nev., and his oldest son, Rory, a former chairman of the Clark County, Nev., County Commission, were both deeply involved in a plan by ENN Energy Group to build a huge solar farm in southern Nevada, according to a Reuters report from August 2012. Land the Bundy family has been using for cattle ranching was getting in the way of that project, according to documents formerly posted on the Bureau of Land Management’s government website but since removed, according to Infowars. It has also been reported that this particular deal is no longer on the table, but was part of the story in 2012. The acting director of the Bureau of Land Management is Neil Kornze, a former senior policy advisor for Reid. The most interesting line might be:   “Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed concern that the regional mitigation strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone utilizes Gold Butte as the location for offsite mitigation for impacts from solar development, and that those restoration activities are not durable with the presence of trespass cattle.” The federal government’s story so far is that the whole showdown was necessary for the protection of gopher tortoises. BLM has proven that they’ve a situational concern for the desert tortoise as they’ve had no problem waiving their rules concerning wind or solar power development. Clearly these developments have vastly affected a tortoise habitat more than a century-old, quasi-homesteading grazing area.

I can understand Democrat Senator Harry Reid's problem.    Not getting your way is something that should not happen if you are Democrat.    Everyone should know that Democrats have the self-righteousness that means they are always right when they are wrong, and when what they do fails, it is always someone else's fault.    And when one of them wins an election, that means all elections are won by Democrats even if they didn't win shit. Harry Reid also has to show his concern for minority rights - afterall, only blacks and hispanics can be considered minorities and when women exceed 50% of the population, their majority makes them a minority when it matters most - at voting time.   So when the Republicans are truly the minority in the Senate, there is no reason to give a rat's ass about minority rights - its the majority's will just because Harry Reid says so. For those low information voters who get their news off of the shows that are on the Comedy Channel which cross dress as information outlets, it used to be that Senators like Barack Hussein Obama advocated for 60 votes to confirm appointments.   Today, Barack Hussein Obama, who is now starring as the fastest shrinking President in history, is fond of the lowest majority possible - typical of him saying one thing as a Senator and saying the total opposite once his ass is contaminating the White House. So now the Democrat party has total control of the Senate - not one Republican is needed to vote for any Obama nominee so they'll be approved without question.   And like Obamacare which is entirely the Democrat's fault because no Republican has ever voted for it, the nominees who get appointed and approved in November 2013 to January 2015 will be all the Democrats' fault.    When January 2015 comes around and the Democrats become the minority in both Houses, their tune will be totally different and they'll be begging for the 60 vote rule.    I hope Rand Paul lifts a middle finger and pokes out Harry Reid's eyes on that day. I know it must be difficult for Harry Reid - actually having to work to convince the other party, the one that should oppose him, to actually desire to vote for an Obama nominee.   It is such a shame that the Senate Majority leader would actually have to work to justify his additional pay over a regular Senator.   It is a shame that the Senate Majority leader is not guaranteed shit and that there are days he doesn't get his way.    But in the land of the Obama Democrat, the neo-communists, the progressives, opposition is the enemy of the State - the enemy of lucifer - and that Democrats cannot tolerate opposition except when they oppose Republican policies. And so we have Harry Reid getting to run away with his football and whining about how he is the victim.

McConnell-Reid Deal Includes $3 Billion Earmark for Kentucky Project A proposal to end the government shutdown and  avoid default orchestrated by  Republican Leader Mitch  McConnell and Democratic  Leader Harry Reid includes a  nearly $3 billion earmark for a  Kentucky project. (WFPL Website) Language in a draft of the McConnell-Reid deal (see page 13, section 123) provided to WFPL News shows a provision that increases funding for the massive Olmsted Dam Lock in Paducah, Ky., from $775 million to nearly $2.9 billion. The dam is considered an important project for the state and region in regards to water traffic along the Ohio River. As The Courier-Journal's James Bruggers reported in 2011, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said they needed about $2.1 billion for the locks due to "stop and go funding." Asked about the additional funding in the proposal, McConnell spokesman Robert Steurer directed all questions to lawmakers who worked on the bill directly. "Senators (Diane) Feinstein and (Lamar) Alexander, the chair and ranking member of the energy and water subcommittee, worked on the issue and can help you," he says. Since 2009, McConnell has been an outspoken supporter of the project, and has been working on getting its funding for some time. Still, conservative critics of the proposal argue it is nothing more than a "kickback" for McConnell in an age where Tea Parties have eschewed earmarks. The Olmsted Dam sees nearly 90 billion tons of materials such as coal, petroleum and other goods move through that stretch of the Ohio River annually. UPDATE 7:30 p.m.: A statement from Sen. Alexander's office to BuzzFeed says the language was added to prevent funding from being canceled. "According to the Army Corps of Engineers, 160 million taxpayer dollars will be wasted because of canceled contracts if this language is not included. Sen. [Diane] Feinstein and I, as chairman and ranking member of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, requested this provision. It has already been approved this year by the House and Senate." UPDATE 9:35 p.m.: The Senate passed the McConnell-Reid deal by a 81-18 vote and it now heads to the House. Among those who voted against the bill were Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who derided the legislation for overlooking the nation's debt. "Tonight, a deal was struck to re-open the government and avoid the debt ceiling deadline. That is a good thing," Paul said in a statement. "However, our country faces a problem bigger than any deadline: a $17 trillion debt. I am disappointed that Democrats would not compromise to avoid the looming debt debacle." Paul's office has not responded to our request for commenting regarding the provision for the Olmsted project. In a follow-up e-mail, McConnell's office told the radio station the GOP leader did not request Alexander put wording to raise the authorization for funding in the bill despite McConnell's support for earmark funding in the past. Comment:   So nice to see a progressive republican stabbing his country in the back to get a kickback to his state.    When people sell out their "party" for such pork and gifts, this feels like being raped and used.   It goes without saying that Senators are the most spineless and dishonest people on the planet and they sell out their country for anything.