Radioactive Rabbit Tirds
In late September, a helicopter hovered 50 feet above the Hanford nuclear reservation, methodically hunting almost 16 square miles for radioactive poop that critters with a taste for salt spread.…
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Ah, Joe Lieberman - the right's favorite Independent Democrat. You know, the Joe Lieberman who went around campaigning for McCain/Palin saying that Obama did not have the proper experience for…
Thursday Open Thread
Yadda, yadda, yadda. Last week we brought you the story of National Review writer John Derbyshire, who has written a whole chapter in his new book about how women should…
QOTD
One of the things I did while I was out of work for 6 months was cut off my cable. I had a newborn son I was caring for and…
Opt-Out Public Option
When I first heard of the plan to allow states (Red States) to opt-out of the Public Option my initial response was let them. Kinda the same reaction I had…
Quick Hits
Beau Biden for Senate buttons are being sold on eBay. They look amateurish, not unlike something Cafepress would put out. I highly doubt these are official.
While this Delaware Politics post is satirical, it got me thinking..... Dave Burris for Congress. A Burris-Carney showdown would be spectactular.
LMAO
Bwahahahahaha! *breathe* bwahahahahahaha! Conservative bloggers are so silly. They got punked by Bill Ayers (as proved by our very own troll, RICO, in yesterday's Open Thread). Here’s what happened: A…
Biden Watch, Day Three
If Biden were to run, I have said before his model for the campaign would be Carper v. Roth or Obama v. McCain, respectful of the elder opponent's long service but critical of his failed ideas of the past. That is a civilized race. However, when Castle says it, you get the feeling a "civilized race" to him would be no criticism of his record at all, and if there is criticism of him, it would be the worst negative attack in the history of politics. That is why I want Biden to run, because Castle deserves criticism for his long running arrogance.
The O’Donnell Challenge
I do not speak of Christine O'Donnell's challenge to Mike Castle in the Republican Senate Primary, which by the way, she is not giving up on. I speak of the…
Late Night Video — Call GOP Senator David Vitter with Your Prostitution Questions!
Senator David Vitter has been up in arms about the whole ACORN business -- where a scam prostitution crew tries to get a mortgage -- that it seems more than fair to get the Senator to talk about his expertise with prostitution:
CBO Score on Baucus Bill Completed
The CBO score (this is a pdf) was delivered on the Finance Committee bill this afternoon and the news is at first blush -- good. Good in that it will keep the process rolling to its next step which is a vote out of Committee so the work at merging the HELP and Finance bills can proceed. Key highlights:
Dashboard
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfXjY1zG4Rg[/youtube] Well we scheme and we scheme but we always blow it We've yet to crash, but we still might as well enjoy it Standing at a light switch…
More Like This Please! Shep Smith Dismisses the Talking Points
You have to see it really, but there is a transcript here. Shep Smith had on repub Representative John Barrasso from Wyoming for a discussion of the Public Option for health insurance reform, which definitely did not go as the Representative likely expected.