The New Face of the GOP Indeed
Get your coffee and then settle in to see this (I think about 5 or 6 mins long): He already has the FBI looking into a campaign payment to a…
No Country For Clean Coal
The Reality Campaign has lured the Coen Brothers into making a commercial to mock the whole idea of "clean coal": [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJVbdiMgfM[/youtube] Their signature dry (and quirky) humor is on full…
The Stickup Note
On Friday, NPR aired a longish segment (almost 8 minutes) of reporting on bank bailouts via a research note set out by a Deutsche Bank economist: A single piece of…
Porn in the USA: Conservatives Are The Biggest Consumers
(I think that this is harmless, but will go through the motions of warning that this may be NSFW). New Scientist points us to a study done by Benjamin Edelman…
Not Taking No for An Answer
Awesome ad from Americans United for Change. Not sure when or where it is running: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ml16zGPy8[/youtube]
The Iraq War is Coming to an End
And today, as President Obama was outlining the thing that so many of us wanted for so many years, I missed most of the announcement to finish a deadline document.…
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging
Presented without comment: h/t This Is Why You're Fat blog -- NOT for the faint of heart!
Bill Kristol sums up the Republican Reaction to Obama’s Speech
Via Brad DeLong who is the Blogger of the Day for this find: Uploaded with plasq's Skitch!
Burger King Backs Off EFCA Support
With a little help from this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABI2dwbQMQ[/youtube] From the SEIU announcement: (From BKC's response - Ed.) "Burger King Corp. (BKC) believes unions serve a purpose in some workplaces and a…
Nemski Did Not Make This Up
The Conservative Political Action Conference is going on now in DC, and TPM reports that the BushCo man whose job it was to actually oppose voting rights -- Hans von…
Day 30: Mike Castle’s Betrayal of Delaware
According the DCCC calls that are being made to Delawareans: “Castle’s empty rhetoric can’t hide that he voted to raise the (alternative minimum tax) on 22 million middle-class Americans and…
AG Holder Puts A Stop to Medical Marijuana Raids
From a press conference today: Today came word that newly installed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder would stop the practice established by the Bush administration of raiding legally licensed medical…
GOP Hates Earmarks?
Except the ones they add, of course. Surprised? McClatchy reports that the GOP members of Congress are responsible for about 40% of the earmarks on the omnibus spending bill making…