Archive for July, 2011
Take the “I promise to kick Grover Norquist in the balls” pledge
A New Tax Pledge (Involving Grover Norquist’s Balls): Let us say, and why not, that the Rude Pundit created an organization, one of yer fancy 501c3’s or some such shit, the kind of organization that could get lots of free-flowin’ cash from his buddies and their corporations. And let us say, and, indeed, why not, […]
Banning Kids from Restaurants
The owner of McDain’s Restaurant and Golf Center in Monroeville, Pa (outside of Pittsburgh) has decided that kids under the age of 6 are banned from dining at his restaurant. What do you think about this?
Murdoch And Parliment
If you’re watching keep us informed in this thread! First up, Murdoch team’s request to read an opening statement was denied.
Seriously. Who is Running for What?
It is some 470 days until the next election and in politics I’ve heard that you need money and time to run an effective campaign. You might be able to get some more money, but you’ll never get more time – so what gives? I guess I’ve heard about a bunch of people being interested […]
Late Night Video — President Obama Discusses Getting Politics Done
This video is from the White House and comes from a surprise visit President Obama made to a group of College Democrats, Republicans and Independents back in March. This is very compelling — if anything because this philosophy of governing is very evident in how he has worked to date.
Whistleblower’s Death Added To Murdoch Scandal
I’m not surprised. Truthfully, I lost the ability to be surprised about this scandal a week ago. In another twist in the News Of The World scandal, a former reporter for the tabloid who initially alleged that editor Andy Coulson knew about the practice of phone hacking by his staff, was reportedly found dead Monday. […]
Dan Savage vs. Marcus Bachmann
Let me begin by saying that I had no opinion, whatsoever, about Michelle Bachmann’s husband. I had no idea who he was. I first saw him on TV as I was walking past the set, and my only thought was – I swear! – this guy must be on talking about support for gay marriage. […]
NJ Truthiness Watch — Wagging Their Finger at American Political Debate
The Sunday NJ brings us an editorial with this amusing observation:
OK, You Can Panic
As you may know, on Friday about 11 hours of comments (and posts) were disappeared from the blog. This appears to have been a glitch on the redundant database servers that store most of the data for the site. In technical terms, the servers stopped synchronizing data in the late morning and in the late […]
The Real Victim Is Rupert Murdoch
The Wall Street Journal finally notices there’s a huge international scandal encompassing their newspaper, but it’s no big deal.
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