One thing about this candidate and his explanation for running…

“But the thing I became most aware of on the campaign trail is that there is a large group of citizens in Massachusetts who are not being represented by the Democratic machine, which elects favored sons time after time; nor are they represented by the Republican Party which is tied to a national platform of social intolerance since 1950.”

What happened in 1950?

Interestingly enough, the news reports seem to make a crucial change in one word, altering the sentence’s meaning to some more conventional thinking that makes a bit more sense… though would be less interesting because “since” sugests an interpretation for a historical explanation…

Libertarian Daniel Fishman, who garnered over 16,000 votes in the 6th Congressional District election last fall, has announced his attempt to get on the ballot for the Special Election for Senator in Massachusetts. […]
“But the thing I became most aware of on the campaign trail is that there is a large group of citizens in Massachusetts who are not being represented by the Democratic machine, which elects favorite sons time after time. Nor are they represented by the Republican party which is tied to a national platform a social tolerance policy from 1950.”

Do’t know where the difference comes in.  It might be an automatic correction on the news media’s part, or a different copy of the press release than that which is released on his campaign website.

It seems that A.B.R.S. stands for “Anti-Bell Ringing Society”.  In the previous year, among other business, the Bostom Common Council had issued an ordinance prohibiting the ringing of dinner bells.  In response, in October 1838, a number of men jokingly formed the ABRS, not to support the ordinance but to oppose it.  As soon as the ABRS was founded, the Morning Post began to chronicle its activities, summarizing its purpose in the issue of January 7, 1839:

The main design of the founders of the society was and is, to expose and oppose, by ridicule and otherwise, the spirit of Ultraism in levislation, which is so prevailing a characteristic of the present time.

Among the officials of the ABRS, as Read notes, were “Chief Butler and Imperturbable Deliberator”, “Conflaburator to do all the Society’s Unnecessary Talking”, and “Professor of Bellocution”.  And so, in that spirit, the Bostom Morning Post on the 21st of March announced:

We understand that a large deputation from the society will take passage in the John W Richmond Steamer for New York today, for the purposes of extending friendly congratulations with the auxiliary society in the Commercial Emporium.

The Providence Daily Journal supposed that the ABRS would make an appearance in Providence, but as the Boston Morning Post noted in its response, “We said not a word about our deputation passing ‘through the city of Providence’.  But the Post concludes its March 23 commentary by imagining the festivities that would occur if the ABRS made an appearance ok, “all correct”…

— and cause the corks to fly, like sparks, upward.

pages 29-33 OK: The Improbable Story of America’s Greatest Word, Allan Metcalf.

A jocular fad of misspelled initials took the nation’s Eastern Seaboard by storm in 1830s.  Thus “OK” — oll korect.  The second appearance of “OK” came three days later, in response to a Providence Journal claim that ABRS members were indeed in Providence, and… from there it passed through the dias of popular culture with pro and anti Martin Van Buren politiking and then digs at Andrew Jackson’s poor spelling habits.

I don’t suppose anyone noticed that Nate Silver got two predictions — or statistical forecasts if you will — wrong.  In the midst of the playoffs, he had the Seahawks winning the thing.  Then, after the big game was settled, he had the 49ers over the Ravens.

Of course, sports aren’t political contests.  There are more unknown variables in a sporting contest than in a political race — as some critics of Silver believe, and it’s probably true, his forecast accuracy rates aren’t “that great” — lots of gerrymandered one sided districts and the like, and polls show the way things are heading.  In sports — well, everyone’s getting paid to try to win.

STORY NUMBER ONE:  Underground Comix Collection apparently features Leninists, Larouchies

Interesting.  According to the review of a new collection of old Anarchy Comix, in Reason Magazine, and also seen here:

  Yeah, “Equal Asbestos for Equal Pay” does seem like a Larouchie Regional Cause from the late 1970s…

STORY NUMBER TWO:  LPAC SPEAKER CALLS FOR OBAMA IMPEACHMENT
kind of a shock when I saw this photograph on the dailykos.  Of course, LPAC is “Liberty Pac”.  It’s a Texas Congress critter talking guns.  We’ll see if the Larouchies jump on the issue, I suppose.

STORY NUMBER FOUR:  PO TOUR SLIDES TO A WINTER CRAWL
Dateline Durham
“Basically, Obama has violated the Constitution,” said Jennifer, one of two volunteers who asked visitors to sign a petition calling for the restoration of the Glass-Steagall Act and to support impeaching the president.
The group set up a small table in front of the post office Monday morning with a poster of President Obama with a Hitler mustache reading “IMPEACH” and handed out information about the group.
While the volunteers deferred questions to the group’s headquarters, according to the group’s website, the LaRouche PAC draws a comparison between Obama and Hitler because of what they perceive as Obama’s fascism.
But isn’t it amazing how green the grass is in January? Spring can’t get here soon enough (sorry skiers).

Dateline Sliddel:
Many residents were curious as to why an elderly man named John Jambor was standing outside a Slidell post office wearing a sign that depicted President Barack Obama as Adolf Hitler on Thursday afternoon. […]
LaRouche has often been called an unclassifiable group.  […]
According to Gibbs, she and her husband were approached by Craig Holtzclaw, a LaRouche PAC organizer, and were asked to contribute funds towards the membership.  “He was asking us to fill out this form and donate money, and I didn’t expect that at all,” Gibbs said. […]
One elderly woman drove her SUV past a group speaking with the LaRouche members, rolled down her vehicle’s window, and shouted, “Y’all are un-American! Y’all should be ashamed of yourselves.”
Many vulgar slurs followed. Most African-American citizens were appalled by the imagery and what was felt as a lack of respect for the President. Many declined to comment.
At one point, two men began shouting at one another regarding the display, and one man sped away from the parking lot shouting, “I’ll be right back!” […]
“Future generations are going to look at us in January 2013 and going to ask ‘what were you doing to have a peaceful revolution to restore the constitution before it was too late,’” Holtzclaw said.

Dateline Cranbury:
These are Larouchies. Followers of Lyndon Larouche. They are very nice, completely insane, but very nice. I can recall them calling for the impeachment of every president since Reagan. They may have called for other prior to that, but I was not aware of them prior to the 80’s. They are a strange cult like group. Lyndon Larouche must be quite old by now. He has a whole basket full of crazy beliefs. For instance, the general equilibrium theory of neo-classical economics is a plot. Likewise the pitch of music is too high, a plot to ruin singers voices.
About once a year they wander into town and picket the post office. If its the anti-Obama stuff that bothers you, don’t worry they said the same crap about Bush. They are basically members of a very creepy cult. The internet will have lots of info on them.
LaRouche followers are a bunch of right-wing loonies.
They sit outside of post offices every so often and solicit donations from suckers.
oh no – not cranbury – i cannot believe the nerve of these people coming to CRANBURY to set up. What are they thinking?? Do they not know that this town is so special and WE do NOT like having “others” come into OUR town. I think I am going to have to stay indoors until they leave our town. I am writing a letter to the mayor right now. This is unheard of.

Dateline Simsbury
“It’s been about four years now that we’ve been seeing this group,” Marion said. “They’re all over the place—Connecticut, New Hampsire, Massachussetts—everywhere.” […]
Somewhat surprised to hear that the group chose a snowy, cold day in January to spread their message […]
When Cady Berry returned home she started doing some research on the strange signs she and her mother had just seen in Simsbury. Using search terms like Obama, Hitler, and Simsbury she came across an article that presented another aspect of the LaRouche Pac presence. Adversity.
Dateline Avon
“They cannot collect signatures,” Marion said.  The group is allowed to pass out leaflets to anyone who wants their questions answered.  “They can offer, they cannot force,” Marion said. […]  The LaRouche supporters at the Simsbury post office on Monday didn’t stay long as the snowfall intensified, and weren’t available for comment.

Dateline Target:   You see, when you use an almost empty Target parking lot for a half hour to honor a fallen sailor you get treated like a junkie trying to use the customer only restroom to shoot up. Maybe if they’d bought a pack of gum they would’ve been okay. Not that I’m not one to tell people what to do with their private property but this falls somewhere between outrageous and stupid. Not only does this Target serve a military town but, having grown up in this town myself, I spent years having to drive by anti-war protesters, Occupy types, LaRouchies and other assorted shit bags on that corner. Can you guess where they parked?

Dateline Florida
Just like the snowbirds from the north, […]  Their table was adorned with pictures of Obama sporting a Hitler mustache and literature proclaiming many conspiracy theories regarding  the Federal Reserve, NASA, Neil Armstrong and drug dealing by the British monarchy.
Mrs. Scialdone said at least four teams were sent to Florida by LaRouche PAC. Scialdone already held protests in West Palm Beach and Boca Raton before arriving in Ft. Lauderdale.

Media Notices.

SGT Report again:
Where they lose this crowd.  However, it was painful to listen to him ramble about going to Mars by magically increasing our “energy flux density”
HispanTV
Angela Vullo sends out URGENT ACTION bulletin for Glass Steagall.  But why no 9/11 Truth?
Letter to the Editor back into 9/11 Truth.
Link to larouche, get this:  Another good source for news on a saturday is Webster Tarpleys radio show,  And… Tarpley beats larouche 3 to 1.
Harley Schlanger made an appearance on Dr. Deagle.  SGT Report.
Russian historian Andrey Fursov interviewed by writer and politologist Kirill Benediktov for Terra Americ  Mr. Larouche has been successfully forecasting economics since the 1950’s and there are very few, if any, alive today with his experience and knowledge that are competent enough to challenge his views.  Hm.
Bill Jones on violence on Iran’s Press TV..
Bill Jones on Iran’s Press TV saying Boeing is going to destroy US economy.
9/11 Truth Alliance Dramatica:  Webster Tarpley.

A DISCUSSION ON SATAN

Lunatic Outpost and the Larouchian stand on Satan
Yes, blame everything on the Dionystic cult, the Epicures can do no wrong.
He was an atheistic socialist at one time — one of yours.
I guess he got off the boat, huh?
Jumped the fence?
Or pehaps this is all just more stage acting by a pro.
LaRouche is an establishment gatekeeper. He lets out some of the truth but he is not a “straight shooter,” and often goes to lengths to let info linked to him be ridiculed: while most of his historic and economic info is correct, he constantly engages in political campaigns that are silly and overshadow everything else he’s known for.
His job is to consolidate the awake&aware “loonies” and redirect their energies to things that are not useful or beneficial, or are impractical. This is why his org, LPAC, is primarily engages in trying to impeach Obama instead of something more likely to happen, like say auditing the Federal Reserve.

Kill Satan, Free LaRouche!

POINT / COUNTERPOINT IN POLITICAL ORGANIZING!!

Discussing Lincoln... Bill see below for reply from Deanna.  I see that you too are into LarouchePAC.  copy to Angela Vullo who keeps me up to date with info on our president that is just outrageous enough to qualify as true.

A call to attend a Townhall meeting because…  Try to attend if you are willing to break format and talk about those things. Otherwise the teabaggers, LaRouchies, and retired frequent talk show callers will own the show.

Insults!!
On Matt Taibbi:  The LaRouchies should sue him for plagiarism.
Hulskamp and the brat from MI really need to move on with their lives rather than spending their constituents time and money trying to stab the Speaker in the back. They lost. We´re keeping Boehner and we´re going to be sensible adults in dealing with the Democrats. Stop leaking crap to the press and go start your third party already. Say hi to the Larouche folks for me, just don´t come back. Your juvenile attempts to assert yourselves have cost us 5 Senate seats and counting.

David Icke forums:
“left” wing and is opposed to the NWO.   Lyndon LaRouche & Webster Tarpley are obvious ones. There are also a lot of researchers who remain completely neutral.. Icke being one of
Just adding a couple more links re Delaney – who is mentioned in the Larouche mafia article as being part of the Moncini ring. —

Who brought the “impeach Obama” ****tards? Are they LaRouche plants? Denied your civil rights in MA?

On Alex Jones:  He’s a supporter of Golden Dawn, opposing abortion and had Larouche on regularly…he’s a “Black Helicopter” rightwinger, essentially believing that Obama

Washington Times creepy comments:  Lyndon LaRouche was always was right, while every one else was and still is dead wrong!
These are Larouchies. Followers of Lyndon Larouche. They are very nice, completely insane, but very nice.
Ron Paul is a Republican the way Lyndon Larouche is a Democrat, except Paul had the support of a single congressional district.
Glenn Beck’s creation of Libertarian Ayn Randian Amusement Park gets this, for a desciption of “Nuwaubians”:  .. . His patchwork approach is not just applied to graphics. A partial list, from my notes, of places I’d encountered  Nuwaubian notions before includes Chariots of the Gods and the Rael’s embellishments on that book, conspiracy lit, UFO lit, the human potential movement, Buddhism and new-age, astrology, theosophy and Blavatsky, Leonard Jeffries and other Afrocentrics, Cayce, LaRouche, alternative medicine, self-help lit, Satanism, the Atkins diet, numerology and yoga.
Paranoia is Paranoia.  Cults of personality are very similar across time, cultures, communities, religion, race, and gender.
The Armenian National Committee of America, Western Region, shares much in common with the Larouchies and little in common with Democrats.
Where is the line drawn between credible politics and lunatic politics?  Lyndon Larouche, Glenn Beck, Alex Jones…
Hm… I didn’t actually watch the video. IIRC Dr. Tarpley is Lyndon LaRouche’s designated successor and FDR plays somewhere in LaRouchian thought according to Wikipedia –
LaRouchies of course threw together Jews, the Queen of England and the Trilateral Commission. Are their Gay Illuminati managed by extraterrestrials committed to removing the vital juices of our bodies and souls?
And opposition to that bloc, though for very different reasons, is one thing I happen to share with the Larouchies. You and your pals, OTOH, are close to Larouche in your basic value system, where the increase in production of material objects .
… vaguely anti-gun.
If Bobert stopped posting stoned, however, there’d be a big difference! He’d apologize to Chongo about all the denigrating remarks he’s made and beg forgiveness. He’d swear never again to mention poo-flinging when bringing up Chongo’s name. He’d make a contribution the to APP, and he’d quit bringing up Lyndon LaRouche all the time.

Here’s an idea whos time has come!  Paul sharing a cell with Lyndon Larouche would be great.
On the Superbowl Blackout, and a conspiracy theory on…:  Lyndon LaRouche calling for Congress to get to work!!
on a Nullifying Sheriff in the news:  Justice Party, Socialist Workers Party, Objectivist Party, or Lyndon LaRouche that show up in an election pretending to be a viable party or candidate.

SWP stuff… Just been told that the Greek outfit was set up during the dictatorship by funding from the USA by none other than Lyndon Larouche and his German wife.   One section based on emigre Greeks or Greek students abroad was based in Frankfurt the other in London.

DIANE SARE BATTLES ANDREW JACKSON
Diane Sare, a leader of the LaRouche political movement will kick off her campaign for governor of New Jersey on Saturday, Jan. 5, at an event in Hasbrouck Heights entitled “Defeating Andrew Jackson’s Legacy of Politics as Organized Crime.” The event will be held between 1 and 4 pm at the Hasbrouck Heights Holiday Inn.

Sort of three “Controversies” involving the Culture War that have slid into the NFL over the past year.  The first is the religiosity of one Tim Tebow — who sold a slew of jerseys as a Bronco before he started and when everyone who knew anything thought he’d be a dud, ended up winning a few games for the Broncos and getting blown out in a few others — thus getting props to bludgeon the “Secular Progressives” who were pooh-poohing him, was traded to the Jets because the Broncos had picked up Manning because they had an idea that they wanted to try to win a Superbowl — and after selling a slew of Jets jerseys before the season, when it came time to bench the starter, the coach skipped past Tebow to the other qb on the roster because he had an idea that he wanted to win a game even as they were stringing the season out to its conclusion.
By the way… my comments on Tebow… the “Focus on the Family” ad was bothersome mainly just because it violated the network’s stated political ad policy in Superbowl ads,  and set an unfortunate early “ugh” with his playoff tackling of his mom right up against the Snickers ad with the tackling of Betty White — something about hitting older women was weird here — besides that the main problem with Tebow was … he’s not really that good a pro quarterback.

Controversy number two.  Bob Costas made some anti-gun comments in the wake of gun violence — a murder/ suicide by a Kansas City Chief player.  This spews outrage from some quarters — Laura Ingraham on Fox News charges “Shut up and Call Football Games”, a syndicated op-ed newspaper piece suggests that the problem is Costas stepped over the line of the Real World Intruding on the Pure Escapism of Football.  (Never mind if you’re commenting on the disarray of the Kansas City Chiefs or explaining to Fantasy Football players why they shouldn’t play this man you have to allude to the real world.)  Previewing his post-Sandy Hook all out coverage style, Alex Jones came out for the boycotting of NBC and the NFL until they fired this… very talented sports caster.

Controversy number three.  Chris Culliver, and why was he handed a mic again?  Anyway, passing the awareness that I don’t have to look to see that Ingraham probably hasn’t shouted “Shout out and play football” with this controversy… in the end the big do hickey here — football more than any sport in this country is enfused with an evangelical Christian Culture — the 49er players who starred in a “It Gets Better” video didn’t know what they were doing.  I suppose Spectator Sports is nothing if not Identity Politics — see the Tim Tebow fan club — and at its broadest you’re rooting for a team based on your identification with its geographic base — and the 49ers organization pr team would put the script in front of these players because… San Francisco is the gay capital of America.  No one looks good here.  For the sake of pr hypocrisy stubs… Go Ravens, I guess.