Germany, France propose collective ‘government’ for the eurozone led by EU president
http://classic.cnbc.com/id/44161662

Race separating brother and sister in Polk schools?
http://bartow.wtsp.com/news/news/75448-race-separating-brother-and-sister-polk-schools

Rick Perry says Fed should “open its books”

Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Alabama’s Immigration Law Will Criminalize Charity

Fund investors yank $40B in a week, most since ’08

Wells Fargo to test $3 debit card fee
Computer lab’s Chinese-made parts raise spy concerns…
Associated Press Huawei made its presence at a wireless trade show in Las Vegas this year. Some in Congress fear the Chinese telecommunications giant, said to have ties to China’s military, poses a risk to national security with its deal to supply components to a supercomputer lab that is a defense contractor.
Obama frets over ‘lone wolf’ attack as Sept 11 looms…

OBAMA TO LAY OUT JOBS PLAN          
 

BLACK CAUCUS ON OBAMA: ‘WE’RE GETTING TIRED’
SLAMS BUS TRIP…
‘He’s not in any black community’…

Obama Aims to Keep White Voters The president’s Midwest trip this week has allowed him to address a central challenge for his re-election: his popularity has slumped among white voters—particularly young, poor and working-class Americans.

 
EXCEPT NOT IN AMERICA:

Custom built — in Canada…
‘He not only likes Canadian health care, but he likes Canadian RV’s’…

Commiserates with jobless, then off to the Vineyard…
TRUMP: ‘Takes More Vacations Than Any Human Being I’ve Ever Seen’…
ROMNEY: ‘He frankly doesn’t know what to do’…
Thieves Strip Copper From Cell Towers…
Dog thefts up 30%…

Have cigarette tax increases fallen out of fashion?

 
NIMBY: Clinton opposes budget cuts…
Inflation builds…
FOOD PRICES RISING…
 
On Libyia
WH: Gaddafi ‘toppled by end of August’…
FLASHBACK: March 30: ‘Their days are numbered’…
FLASHBACK: April 15: ‘Your days are numbered’…
FLASHBACK: May 11: ‘Muammar Gaddafi’s days are numbered.’…
 
Gang of men beat food delivery man unconscious…
CANCER PATIENT BEATEN FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS…
Roaming Pack of Thugs Attacks 64-Year-Old Man, Steals His Bible…
UPDATE: Transit agency head defends cell service shut-off…
Men jailed for inciting riots on FACEBOOK…
Teen Slays Great-Grandmother with Sword…
Target of FACEBOOK murder-for-hire shot dead…
Mob unrest in Sweden?
LONDON POLICE CHARGE 1,000th RIOTER…
Flash mob at Maryland 7-11
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/16/maryland.flash.mob/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Actor Gerard Depardieu Urinates on Floor of Air France Jet…
 

 
Seattle’s ‘green jobs’ program a bust
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/127844048.html
 
Protection for three Colorado-only flowers will force energy projects to adjust
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_18563844
 
 ‘Open Season’: Union Removes Controversial Message Calling for ‘Torture’ of Verizon Managers
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/open-season-union-removes-controversial-message-calling-for-torture-of-verizon-managers/
 
Ohio business man shot for not being union
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ohio-business-owner-terrorized-shot-for-being-non-union/
 
3 Members of Muslim Brotherhood in Obama Administration Named by Tarek Fatah
http://yourdaddy.net/2011/08/16/3-members-of-muslim-brotherhood-in-obama-administration-named-by-tarek-fatah/

 
New Warning About Muslim Brotherhood’s Influence on White House From…Liberal Marxist Muslim
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBWAO7CuMxA&feature=player_embedded
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/new-warning-about-muslim-brotherhoods-influence-on-white-house-from-liberal-marxist-muslim/
 
Hate Preached In Harlem: Nation of Islam Leader Farrakhan Says Fort Hood Shooter Is Not a Terrorist Just a Good Muslim Who Was Driven Crazy by the Terrorist American Soldiers Who Rape Muslim Men, Women & Families
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nwtf4TsquE4
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/hate-preached-in-harlem-nation-of-islam-leader-farrakhan-says-fort-hood-shooter-is-not-a-terrorist-just-a-good-muslim-who-was-driven-crazy-by-the-terrorist-american-soldiers-who-rape-muslim-men-woma/
 
Yeah? Not so much…Food Stamps / putting people to work / Ag secretary
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/08/16/video-obama-ag-secretary-says-rise-in-food-stamps-is-putting-people-to-work/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1HjTX0wdMW4
 

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9P5VJF81&show_article=1
 
Carney to Perry / watch your words
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/16/usa-campaign-perry-idUSN1E77F10V20110816
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ6BCWjX04A&feature=player_embedded
“If this guy prints more money between now and the election, I don’t know what y’all will do to him in Iowa, but we would treat him pretty ugly down in Texas,” Perry said to laughter from supporters in Iowa.
 
Chris Matthews Compares Rick Perry to 1960′s Segregationist Bull Conner
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/chris-matthews-compares-rick-perry-to-segregationist-bull-conner/

Ed Shulz is a racist….when he hears black he thinks of Obama’s skin. Ed Shultz / big black cloud / racial crack
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/08/16/ed-schultz-rick-perrys-reference-to-a-big-black-cloud-was-a-racial-crack-at-obama-wasnt-it/

they’ve overplayed the race card…it has no affect anymore, Ed Shultz / not quite an I’m sorry
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/08/16/ed-schultz-sorry-for-deceptively-editing-that-rick-perry-video/

Obama on CNN / I’m accountable
http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-ill-be-ready-for-gop-next-year-2011-8
 
Ron Bloom, White House adviser on manufacturing and architect of the auto bailout, to leave White House
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/60955.html

GOP Primary: Perry 29%, Romney 18%, Bachmann 13%
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/gop_primary_perry_29_romney_18_bachmann_13
 
First Perry add / time to get America working again
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/rick-perrys-first-campaign-ad-video/
 
 
 
What’s up in space
http://www.spaceweather.com/
 
 

Marx is checking out Keynes…
 
Mao: Let a hundred flowers bloom:

Let a thousand flowers bloom is a common misquotation of Chairman Mao Zedong’s “Let a hundred flowers blossom”. This slogan was used during the period of approximately six weeks in the summer of 1957 when the Chinese intelligentsia were invited to criticize the political system then obtaining in Communist China.

The full quotation, taken from a speech of Mao’s in Peking in February 1957, is:

“Letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend is the policy for promoting progress in the arts and the sciences and a flourishing socialist culture in our land.”

It is sometimes suggested that the initiative was a deliberate attempt to flush out dissidents by encouraging them to show themselves as critical of the regime. Whether or not it was a deliberate trap isn’t clear but it is the case that many of those who put forward views that were unwelcome to Mao were executed.