Archive for April, 2009
Goodbye Buick Electra
My first car was a used (but in good shape) 1970 Buick Electra. It was white and a mile long. It probably got 14 miles per gallon. Tops. I didn’t care about that. I’m not a car guy, but I loved that car. I loved the sofa like front and back seats. I loved […]
The series that made Delaware pee its pants with dread
Every once in a while a blog series comes along that scares the living crap out of the guardians of the status quo and flips on the light switch of truth causing political cockroaches to scurry into their respective corners. The directness of great blogging has a way of pissing people off. Because, when all […]
The Wingnut Freakout Over the Swine Flu
Notwithstanding that this flu business will end up being a smaller deal than the tone of the news would tell you, the wingnuts are in Full Freakout Mode over his thing: Glenn Beck thinks that Obama is reacting to the swine flu outbreak too fast — fast enough to fully staff the DHS while we’re […]
Poll: Do you have any poll questions that you would like to share?
Nemski’s been sick over the last few days and is unable to get the creative juices flowing for a poll question, so please help me out.
Showdown
Jack Markell vs. recalcitrant, corrupt, out of touch, bought and paid for, clubby bureaucracy.
Final Thought – Most conservative
What president was the most conservative? Now that Dubya is so unpopular, many conservatives are quick to claim that Bush wasn’t really a conservative anyway. But honestly, who can they compare him to? Bush Sr., Reagan, and Ford all passed big tax hikes, as did Hoover. Ford surrendered Vietnam, both Reagan and traveled to Moscow […]
Deep thought
Wouldn’t it be cool if you could waterboard politicians for things like DUI’s, wife beating and abusing their power to get out of a DUI. You could like swoop in at some unknown date after they were found guilty of any of the above and take them away for as long as you wanted. After […]
Media Question of the Evening
A torture related media observation/question from Eric Boehlert: Does anybody else think it’s odd, albeit telling, that for chunks of the corporate press corps, the emphasis surrounding the release of the Bush era torture memos is now centered on the political problems they’ve created for the Obama administration–how the memos reflect poorly on the current White House—and not, y’know, what […]
Worst Slide Story
This is a very clever animation from Newsday — click the picture to go to their site to see the complete animation!
Monday’s Open Thread
Swine Flu Cases Double Overnight In US (LA Times) Lesbian Couple Marries in Iowa (Miami Herald) Earthquake Hits Mexico City (Chicago Tribune) Paul Krugman writes: First, there’s no longer any reason to believe that the wizards of Wall Street actually contribute anything positive to society, let alone enough to justify those humongous paychecks.
Recent Comments