Archive for October, 2009
One Is The Loneliest Number
A very interesting thing happened at a Senate hearing this week that hasn’t gotten much attention, but should. Several Republican senators disagreed with climate science denier-conspiracist Jim Inhofe on the science of global climate change: It must be very lonely being the last flat-earther. Sen. Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, committed climate-change denier, found himself in […]
Wednesday Open Thread
It’s time for your open thread of the day. Can I ask a question? Are the open threads working for you? We’re about 2 months into this experiment and it seems like the community likes them. What can we do to make them better? Here’s another discussion starter – Newt making some sense (discussing the […]
Stay Classy Governator!
Yes, this a real letter from the Governor of California to the General Assembly of his state, telling the Assembly that he is vetoing a bill financing the Port of San Francisco. As you can see, it spells out “Fuck You” from the first letters of each sentence on the left margin.
The Non-Partisan Garrett Wozniak to Address Sussex GOP
The featured speaker at the next meeting of the Sussex County Republicans will be the supposedly nonpartisan Caesar Rodney Institute Policy Director Garrett Wozniak. I guess they finally gave up that ghost.
EBay to Abortion Rights Activists: No Auction For You!
EBay has stopped an auction to raise money for the legal defense fund Scott Roeder, the coward who alledgedly shot George Tiller in his church reports The Associated Press. An EBay spokesperson said, “Based on the details we know about the anticipated listings, we believe these would violate our policy regarding offensive material.” Supporters had […]
Let’s Go Phillies
How could I let today pass without acknowledging tonight’s game? For the second year in a row, we are lucky enough to watch our hometown baseball team play in the World Series. I know I’ve said this before, but as a lifelong Philadelphia sports fan, I can hardly believe that for the second year in […]
Jones-Potter to Run For State Treasurer
State Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter, appointed by Gov. Jack Markell, has thrown her hat into the race for State Treasurer reports The Dover Post.
Lieberman Literally In Bed With Drug/Insurance Lobby
Geez, you’d think that the Main Stream Media might have discovered that Pious Joe’s equally-pious wife has returned to her roots–as a lobbyist for the pharmaceutical and health care industries with conservative lobbying shop Hill & Knowlton, which also numbers AIG among its clients. She had previously worked for APCO Associates, a lobbying shop that […]
Are You A Good White Person?
Fox “News” commissioned Zogby run a poll for them regarding free speech reports FAIR Blog. Here’s one of the questions: Federal Communications Commission Chief Diversity Czar Mark Lloyd wants the FCC to force good white people in positions of power in the broadcast industry to step down to make room for more African-Americans and gays […]
Because It’s Irresponsible Not To…
We’ve spent a lot of time discussing the Castle/Biden race but what about the other big race in Delaware – the U.S. House race. More specifically – who is the shallow bench going to sacrifice run against John Carney? Let’s examine the bench. First, here are the elected Republican officials: State Auditor Tom Wagner Senator […]
Late Night Video: Fair Use
One of the great memes on the internet is the parody the movie Downfall. This particular scene takes place in Hitler’s bunker and the parodies range from Hitler finding out the Gallagher brothers from Oasis just broke up, Georgia loses to Florida in college football, banned from xBox live, Twitter going down, etc. This Downfall […]
Sanford Impeachment Nixed For Now
A South Carolina Republican state representative tried to introduce a resolution to impeach Appalachian Trail hiker Gov. Mark Sanford but was rebuffed on a procedural issue reports The State. Even though there is clear support in the South Carolina Republican Party to rid themselves of their lover of all things Argentine, they are preferring to […]
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