cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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Carper Named to Senate Finance Committee
From the NJ — Tom Carper takes on an assignment to the Senate Finance Committee and gives up seats on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and the Senate Special Committee on Aging. He keeps his other assignments on Environment and Public Works and […]
Trillion Dollar War
or, how Republicans screwed the pooch on their war estimates: Click anywhere directly on the graphic above to see the entire, utterly brilliant thing (it is huge). It tracks how Rumsfeld’s original 60 billion estimate in 2003 escalated to its current estimate of 3 trillion complete.
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Over at change.gov, the Obama people posted a video of Robert Gibbs answering Round 2 questions: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrtpMrtnGJU[/youtube] This exchange was really interesting: Thaddeus: Is the new administration going to get rid of the “don’t ask don’t tell” policy? Gibbs: Thaddeus, you don’t hear a politician give a one-word answer much, but it’s yes. There’s no […]
Talking Point Smackdown — Omnibus Lands Bill
You may have heard that Harry Reid called the Senate to some business on Sunday to vote for cloture on S.22 — an omnibus public lands bill. Reid won this round — the vote was 60 – 12, with 17 repubs AWOL. Why AWOL? Well, it was a Sunday vote and everyone is pretty much […]
Aurora Borealis Seen from Orbit
Still photos shot by astronaut Don Pettit were made into a very cool video sequence of the what the aurora looks like from the International Space Station: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeAmKKrIVlc[/youtube] Dr. Pettit is also blogging his experiences at the NYT (which I didn’t know until now!). Yes, this isn’t political, but it is fun to look at.
More Markell Cabinet Picks
According the NJ: Lewis Schiliro, an AIG executive, for Director of Department of Safety and Homeland Security Carl Danberg stays at Department of Corrections Major General Frank Vavala stays as head of the Delaware National Guard Thoughts on these? Hope that some of you can weigh in on what you know about Schilliro, that name […]
GOP Hypocrisy Watch — Mark Sanford
A month or so back, Gov. Mark Sanford (SC) was working on burnishing his party bones by sounding off on bailouts and fiscal stimulus: South Carolina’s Gov. Sanford is resisting the urge to propose or accept raising taxes. Faced with a shortfall, Gov. Sanford reconvened the state Legislature in October, and it made $488 million […]
The Trouble with Speed Cameras
Kids in Montgomery County, MD have apparently discovered how to fool the speed camera in front of their school. The kids print out the targeted license plates on glossy paper, using fonts that are close to the ones the State of Maryland uses, paste the paper over the real plate and zoom through the camera’s […]
Top 10 Rightblogger Stories of 2008
The Village Voice’s Roy Edroso routinely forays out into the wingnut blogosphere (calling them Rightbloggers in Voice-speak) to document the atrocities. Roy’s blog isn’t quite as much fun as Sadly, No! in the wingnut blogger critique, but he is reading these people so we don’t have to. And as befits the end of a year, […]
Senator Webb Wants Prison Reform
It is quite the political risk, especially in his home state of Virginia, but Webb wants Congress to take a hard look at the current prison system and do the work to make some key reforms: This spring, Webb (D-Va.) plans to introduce legislation on a long-standing passion of his: reforming the U.S. prison system. […]
Comment Rescue: Unstable Isotope Wants to Have Some Fun!
UI points us to one of the best End of Year voting tasks out there — The Poorman’s 2008 Golden Winger Awards for Excellence in Wingnuttery. Go vote on these now and tell us who you thought were the best candidates for these awards: Wank of the Year Soggy Biscuit The Creamy Baileys Nobel Peace […]
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