Archive for November 2nd, 2009
Late Night Video — Dedicated to Our Wingnut Commenters
Especially the anonymous ones.
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Another Member Of The GOP Braintrust Speaks
The second stupidest woman in Congress (after Michele Bachmann) is Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC). She gave a speech on the floor of Congress saying that health care reform is scarier than terrorism. She was at it again today on the House floor, arguing that health reform is a greater threat to our country than “any […]
Senator Carper Tries to Disguise That He is Missing the Point
Sunday’s NJ gave us another one of those missives that seems to be designed to communicate that he is on top of the issues, but, if you look closely, is basically a whole lot of weak handwaving that tries to hide his real work. They key bit here is this:
Patriotism as a Cudgel
I was watching the World Series game 2 the other night. At the 7th inning stretch the announcer said over the loudspeaker that the stadium should rise and remove their hats for the singing of God Bless America. As they started to prep for the song to start and the crowd was quieting down, I heard a shouted demand from the crowd.
Monday Open Thread
It’s Monday. *sigh* Here is your open thread. What shall we discuss today? I have an idea: Mike Protack is running for County Council, 3rd district (seat currently held by Tansey). Discuss. The AP, about as mainstream as you can get, did an article on the GOP moderate purge. They had an interesting quote by […]
A Strange Coincidence
Georgetown police are investigating a break-in at the Alfred Street home of slain officer Chad Spicer, which occurred at some point over the weekend.
PDD Event — Netroots and Politics
This looks like a really great event from the PDDs. Details are from the PDD announcement:
Lecture and Q&A by Prof. Matt Kerbel, author of “Netroots, Online Progressives and the Transformation of American Politics”.
Comment Rescue: Delaware Banking Secrecy
Allan Loudell, on yesterday’s report about Delaware’s ranking as the most secretive banking system in the world: Comment by Allan Loudell on 2 November 2009 at 9:25 am: I forward John Manifold’s comments to John Christensen, director of the Tax Justice Network in London, and one of the authors of these rankings. I was curious […]
The Man With America’s Worst Memory
That would be America’s criminal former Vice President, Dick Cheney. According to the Associated Press, the man who had ‘other priorities’ when he got about a dozen deferments to avoid military service, and the man who hijacked the Constitution during the Bush Years, simply couldn’t remember even the simplest of details when it came to […]
Would Obama Get Rewarded For Deficit Reduction?
Paul Krugman posts this depressing but rather sobering observation: But the political argument against focusing on the deficit is even stronger than he realizes — because there are very good odds that even if Obama exhibited iron fiscal discipline, voters wouldn’t notice. There’s a remarkable, depressing paper by Achen and Bartels that includes an analysis […]
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