Archive for October, 2009
Weekend Open Thread
Here is an open thread for your weekend. Sorry for the lateness of the thread, I was literally asleep on the job. 😉 Anyway, you’ve already seen this, but Republican Assemblywoman DeDe Scozzafava has suspended her campaign for the NY-23 seat. The RNC and Newt Gingrich have both endorsed the Hoffman campaign. The Independence Party, […]
WSJ In the Bag for Obama
Who’d a thunk it? Windfall Taxes on Bank Bonuses Stimulus Fueled Much of Expansion Honestly, what is the world coming to?
Call It! Predictions of Nov 2 Elections (Weekend Practice Run)
So next Tuesday there are multiple off-year elections that people are watching. We’re launching this thread early so you can spend the weekend debating and working out your selections of the outcomes of Tuesday’s races. On Monday AM we’ll put up another thread where you can make your FINAL predictions complete with winning spreads. Whoever gets the most wins correct, with the closest guess to the winning spread and closest guess to the Bonus Question wins a delightful prize.
Evening Read
No Phillies tonight, no problem. Three good articles to get those brain cells warmed up. The Nation: Why Reparations are good? It’s not what you think. The Daily Beast: The Left’s hero on Fox “News”: Shep Smith. Paul Krugman: Time to decide which side of history you are on.
Breaking: Sen. Venables Injured in Boating Accident
According to The News Journal, Sen. Robert Venables (D-Laurel) along with another man was injured in a boating accident. Senate Assistant Bonnie Wood said Venables had a cut over his eye and sore ribs after the 11 a.m. crash near Ragged Point, about 10 miles west of Cambridge.
The Dangers of Parsing Tuesday’s Elections
No matter how they are spun, rerun and overdone, the Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races are not national referenda. Even if the expected occurs — and Republican Bob McDonnell romps home in Virginia and New Jersey Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine wins a second term — it will be difficult to decipher an overarching message […]
Ethics Document Accidentally Released
A document from the US House Ethics Committee that details ongoing ethics investigations currently in play was inadvertently released reports The Washington Post. The 22-page “Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report” gives brief summaries of ethics panel investigations of the conduct of 19 lawmakers and a few staff members. It also outlines the work of […]
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Unnatural Obsessions Edition
This video is from a TV show called The State. Never heard of it. But this is a funny skit and I’m looking for Smitty to step up and confess how much of his own life looks like this: [googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5933487992252736220[/googlevideo]
Mitch Daniels Unable to Grasp Climate Change
Gov. Mitch Daniels (R-IN) does not know the definition of agnostic. While out stumping Indiana about job creation, Daniels was asked about climate change reports The Herald Bulletin. “I’m an agnostic,” he said. In response to a question on his view of cap-and-trade legislation that would penalize carbon-dioxide-emitting power plants, he said, “if we did […]
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