The Geoengineering of Hurricane Sandy

So has anyone heard this story? This seems to be another giant bit of tinfoil hat being spread around the wingnut universe -- namely that President Obama is somehow responsible for the geoengineering of Hurricane Sandy. In order to disrupt election coverage, to interfere with voting, to skew the polls. I've only been able to manage bits and pieces of this lunacy, but somehow chemtrails are involved. Chemtrails!

Sunday Storm Thread

Use this thread for updates on the storm, your cooking adventures, status of the alcohol consumption, looter sightings, next-door neighbor lunacies and anything else storm-related. I am posting some images sent to me throughout the day -- if you have any good ones, post them here or send them to one of the Editors to post.

Sunday Open Thread [10.28.12]

Everyone ready for the storm? It is Sunday and the pundits are loose -- and getting more dangerously silly as we approach election day. Here is a good summary of the Greatest Hits of the Pundit Business by Randall Monroe of xkcd fame:

RIP George McGovern

Senator George McGovern died today at the age of 90 in South Dakota. I was too young to vote for McGovern when he ran in 1972, but was not too young to help the grownups around me do the lit drops, sign placements and the other volunteer work you do to get a candidate elected. I wasn't too young to be opposed to the Vietnam War and I wasn't too young to recognize and admire this politician who seemed to maintain his basic decency and honesty while articulating principled positions on the issues of the day.

Lincoln Willis Walks Out

That is the title of this riveting footage of Trey Paradee explaining to an audience how Rep. Willis just walks out on their interests in Leg Hall in order to further far right agendas:

Paul Ryan Using the Poor as a Prop

It never ceases to amaze me that these people just don't get it. In an effort to humanize Ryan, the Romney campaign had Ryan and his family stop at a soup kitchen in Youngstown, Ohio last week. There was no advance notice to the venue ( Mahoning County St. Vincent De Paul Society), no asking of permission, no coordination of schedules -- Ryan and his family and entourage just showed up