"As an aside, would somebody at ABC please fix your Web site. You changed something months ago and it's now impossible to copy and excerpt text using short-cuts."
Hate to say it John, but I'm guessing they disabled it on purpose to "protect copyright." Probably using javascript.
lynne
· 1 year ago
Hmm, take that back...shortcut control-c works for me on a PC with Firefox 2...
Unless whatever they are using to disable doesn't work in Firefox, which would make no sense given FF's popularity (why shut copy-n-paste at all if many users can get around it by using FF?).
Anyway, all technical stuff. >:-) What browser, perchance, are you using? (And you're on Mac right?) I can test it out in the cable access lab tomorrow, since I'm headed there anyway. :)
sukabi1
· 1 year ago
if they did, they missed the code for the Mac version... or maybe firefox... I've got a mac with firefox and I was able to copy / paste from the article...
SkippyFlipjack
· 1 year ago
John, I'd noticed the same thing but figured it was my own issue. if anyone from ABC contacts you, can you pass the following along? They have code in the page that moves the cursor up to the search box at top right whenever you start typing. The script checks to see if you have an "Alt" or "Ctrl" key pressed, so as to let you copy text. However, they don't have an exception for the Apple "command" key, so us Mac users are stuck. (Notice that when you do Cmd-C, the cursor appears in the search box at top right.)
The fix is easy for them. In the file http://a.abcnews.com/assets/js/common.js, line 97 looks like: return !evt.altKey && !evt.ctrlKey && evt.keyCode >=65 && evt.keyCode <=90; It should be modified to look like: return !evt.altKey && !evt.ctrlKey && !evt.metaKey && evt.keyCode >=65 && evt.keyCode <=90;
evt.metaKey is an alternative name for the Apple/Command key.
Forgive the geeky tangent :)
Reason0Politics1
· 1 year ago
there is a real possibility that Bush will now attempt to override the congress and declare a state of economic emergency and allocate the $700 billion for the Wall Street.
This could, in fact, be the perfect opportunity for Bush to consolidate his power behind the smokescreen of a major economic crisis. -Mike Whitney
they'll probably do another $300 billion tomorrow and another on Friday... who needs congress, when the Fed can just unilaterally prop up the markets?
devis1
· 1 year ago
That link is dated 9/18 and it is a worldwide figure of infusion from lots of central banks. But nothing saying they won't do it tomorrow!!
tbhull
· 1 year ago
The Fed is not the government/Treasury. They have a limited amount of assets (currently $470 billion or so) and cannot print money without Congressional approval.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Bush speaks at 7:40 am tomorrow. Guns will be out if he tries this.
vkobaya
· 1 year ago
Your little pea popper will really do a hell of a lot when Bush callis in the heavy stuff, attack jets, tanks, water cooled machine guns mounted on armored vehicles, etc. And will be worse when he bombs American cities, maybe make an example of some by nuclear bombing say San Francisco which he would never miss, maybe St. Louis, New Orleans, Galvaston, etc.
BTW, all that stuff that he was too busy to send to Iraq, like the armored vehicles, weapons that don't jam, shoes, clothing and food for the soldiers, etc. will be provided for the army when they attack American citizens. My blood ran cold last week when the allocated several American brigades for peace keeping on American soil against Americans.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
I know those that have elephant guns trained on Barbara 24/7. As soon as she goes down this little cowardly pussy of president will fold like a cheap suit and you will then, military dependent sycophant, have to get on your knees and answer to the whims of Barney Frank, boy.
Rob Mule
· 1 year ago
Bush is like the Monty Python parrot right now: C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now. O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead. O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
how about we dont pass it at all? any gains from it would be temporary
jimtreg
· 1 year ago
Um, I know that this isn't important or anything, but option #2 is unconstitutional. All spending bills must originate in the House.
lucky hussein
· 1 year ago
If reps dig thier heels in, these steps won't move them. This legislation is too big and has too much BS in it...
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Chris in Paris is going to busy blogging tonight.
Asia's tanking as we speak.
fostert
· 1 year ago
Okay, can someone explain this mark to market change? I understand how mark to market accounting works, but how does this change help? It seems like it would only precipitate a faster collapse coupled with a massive reaccounting of the past few years. Why is that good?
tbhull
· 1 year ago
If a company is holding a debt instrument, let's assume a $1 million corporate 10 year bond that yields 5% rated AAA, then if the market (given current interest rates of 7%) has better yield then this asset must be marked down in value to than $1million on a company's balance sheet even though the company issuing the bond is solvent and eventhought the companiy owning the bond intends to hold the bond the full 10 years until it matures.
tbhull
· 1 year ago
The Congressional dems should go home and let the next President and next Congress solve this.
Nancy Pelosi is a fucking failure and she can do nothing about it. Someone needs to ask her how all that shit she has just swallowed tastes, a shit swallowing she could have avoided with the support of those that she lost when she cowered to Bush and company so many times in the last year. I hope this hopeless failed piece of crap loses all of her money. She deserves it.
As bad as Pelosi must feel, it pales in comparison to the abject failure of our idiot in chief. I wonder how the worst president in our history feels having his own party serve him his own diminutive spoiled rich punk cock to eat tonight? Reminds me of the final scene from "The Cook the Thief his Wife & Her Lover"
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
First thing I said when the market started tanking was "I think some Repubs will be a little more cooperative on Thursday. An actual crisis is always more sobering than a theoretical one."
So I think Option 1 is realistic, as is 2 and 3.
Only option I don't like is 4. The Repubs have to have some skin in this game.
Andrew
· 1 year ago
The greatest mistake Americans could make at this moment in our history would be to take the heels of our boots off the throats of those who had voted in the affirmative for this crap legislation. Politicians of every stripe finally got what they deserved and they made the biggest mistake in the world in awaking the sleeping giant known as WE THE PEOPLE. Killing this bill today was the first step in driving a stake through the heart of the beast known as the Federal Reserve system. if those that voted against this bill were to cave now, we might as well go down the sewer with those who believe that government only has our best interests at heart when all they care about is protecting those on Gall Street that have been screwing us for decades. It is time to end this, but the only way to do it is to keep the pressure on each and every one of our representatives rather than listen to the fear mongering coming out of sound bites from the MSM. The market could easily go down another 3,000 points and life will go on except for the Fed. Learn your history. Patriots know that the Constitution never called for a Central Bank. Jefferson wrote extensivley and warned us. Don't give up the fight now as once we have won many things will change for the better. Keep writing to your elected officials. Commend those who voted nay and keep hammering at those who voted in the affirmative. Send a clear message to Washington that slavery ended over a century ago and we're not going back. Mondern day slavery is living a life of debt built on more debt. Just say no.
Rob Mule
· 1 year ago
So I'm wondering how many businesses fund normal day to day operations and payroll with borrowed money? What happens with profits, if any? Straight to bonuses and golden parachutes? Are we through the looking glass' looking glass?
devis1
· 1 year ago
Yup!
vkobaya
· 1 year ago
Thanks to Bush, the entire Wall Street and stock market is just a huge Ponzi scheme.
EsmeK
· 1 year ago
Have you folks seen "Let's play Wall Street Bailout"?
Golly...How has this tape eluded the prying eyes of big media??? (blink, blink!!!)
stoic
· 1 year ago
Why does this all sound like some criminal enterprise. The people don't want this but they're going to finagle this through somehow, by hook or by crook.
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Hate to say it John, but I'm guessing they disabled it on purpose to "protect copyright." Probably using javascript.
Unless whatever they are using to disable doesn't work in Firefox, which would make no sense given FF's popularity (why shut copy-n-paste at all if many users can get around it by using FF?).
Anyway, all technical stuff. >:-) What browser, perchance, are you using? (And you're on Mac right?) I can test it out in the cable access lab tomorrow, since I'm headed there anyway. :)
The fix is easy for them. In the file http://a.abcnews.com/assets/js/common.js, line 97 looks like:
return !evt.altKey && !evt.ctrlKey && evt.keyCode >=65 && evt.keyCode <=90;
It should be modified to look like:
return !evt.altKey && !evt.ctrlKey && !evt.metaKey && evt.keyCode >=65 && evt.keyCode <=90;
evt.metaKey is an alternative name for the Apple/Command key.
Forgive the geeky tangent :)
This could, in fact, be the perfect opportunity for Bush to consolidate his power behind the smokescreen of a major economic crisis. -Mike Whitney
This is a very LARGE possibility!
they'll probably do another $300 billion tomorrow and another on Friday... who needs congress, when the Fed can just unilaterally prop up the markets?
BTW, all that stuff that he was too busy to send to Iraq, like the armored vehicles, weapons that don't jam, shoes, clothing and food for the soldiers, etc. will be provided for the army when they attack American citizens. My blood ran cold last week when the allocated several American brigades for peace keeping on American soil against Americans.
C: Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.
O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!
C: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
O: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!
If this was Rome Mr. Bush would be resting on the business end of a sword...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vuW6tQ0218
Asia's tanking as we speak.
Nancy Pelosi is a fucking failure and she can do nothing about it. Someone needs to ask her how all that shit she has just swallowed tastes, a shit swallowing she could have avoided with the support of those that she lost when she cowered to Bush and company so many times in the last year. I hope this hopeless failed piece of crap loses all of her money. She deserves it.
As bad as Pelosi must feel, it pales in comparison to the abject failure of our idiot in chief. I wonder how the worst president in our history feels having his own party serve him his own diminutive spoiled rich punk cock to eat tonight? Reminds me of the final scene from "The Cook the Thief his Wife & Her Lover"
So I think Option 1 is realistic, as is 2 and 3.
Only option I don't like is 4. The Repubs have to have some skin in this game.
Killing this bill today was the first step in driving a stake through the heart of the beast known as the Federal Reserve system. if those that voted against this bill were to cave now, we might as well go down the sewer with those who believe that government only has our best interests at heart when all they care about is protecting those on Gall Street that have been screwing us for decades. It is time to end this, but the only way to do it is to keep the pressure on each and every one of our representatives rather than listen to the fear mongering coming out of sound bites from the MSM.
The market could easily go down another 3,000 points and life will go on except for the Fed. Learn your history. Patriots know that the Constitution never called for a Central Bank. Jefferson wrote extensivley and warned us. Don't give up the fight now as once we have won many things will change for the better. Keep writing to your elected officials. Commend those who voted nay and keep hammering at those who voted in the affirmative. Send a clear message to Washington that slavery ended over a century ago and we're not going back. Mondern day slavery is living a life of debt built on more debt. Just say no.
What happens with profits, if any?
Straight to bonuses and golden parachutes?
Are we through the looking glass' looking glass?
it's excellent! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S27yitK32ds