Memorial Day Hypocrisy from Mike Castle
Not like this hypocrisy is a new behavior or anything.
On Castle's website, he posts up the obligatory Memorial Day salute to men and women in uniform. This is the hypocrisy:
How The iPod Crushed Its Competition
Another fun infographic, this one from Mashable:
They’re Sorry Now!
Arizona passed their law requiring immigrants to prove their legal status and apparently lots of undocumented workers went home rather than live the risk of being caught or even the hassle. Even though this is a pretty despicable law, I'm not going to have any issues with undocumented workers going home. I've often wished that the wingnuts who insist that all of the undocumented workers go home would actually get their wish.
Chris Coons’ Interview with U of D Radio Show
I saw this on dKos,where this UofD student hosting a program called Broadside Radio posted that he had the chance to interview Chris Coons this week about some of the big issues currently facing us and the government -- like education policy, energy policy, foreign policy, filibuster reform, security.
Sunday Big Think — The Media
Here's a couple of long(ish) articles for a leisurely Sunday read that are loosely based on a larger topic. This topic is The Media (my fav):
The Oxymoronic Citizen Journalism -- This is an insightful case for the continued professionalism of the news
Sunday Rand Paul — What’s Going On
Bet this guy is topic number one of most of the Sunday yak shows. If anything good happens or gets said, let us know here. Check out this fantastic video first, though:
Republican Family Values
'Nuff Said.
Quiz!
I stole this from Ethical Reporters Against FoxFAUX News -- if you are on Facebook, you should go add them as your friend immediately.
Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
Jon Stewart interviewed Ken Blackwell (The "I coulda been a contenda" odd man out in the RNC Chair election) about Blackwell's new book. This was even abit painful to watch, but probably because Stewart did not have to do much for Blackwell to just look like he was a Total F*cking Idiot. Did I mention that this guy was in contention for RNC Chair? But this is a good example of the complete rewriting of history these wingnuts need to do in order to make their arguments.
Another Wingnut Conspiracy Smackdown
The usual repub blog suspects picked and ran with an item from The American Spectator which purported to have a bit of "news" about the HHS having information (in the form of a report from the Office of the Actuary for Medicare) in advance of the ACA bill vote that would indicate that medical costs would rise. The usual right-wing purveyors of wrong went to town with this, of course. (John Cole at Balloon Juice has the screenshot of Google showing how focused the spread of this kind of stuff is among the usual GOP suspects.)
Run, Ted, Run!
Joan Walsh over at Salon.com has been delighted listening to our Senator become one of the leading voices on banking reform. And she wants him to run. Ms. Walsh is late to the party here, but she's got it right (mostly):
Jim Westhoff Announces Run for 35th District Representative
Jim Westhoff -- from Greenwood, DE -- announced his run as the Democratic candidate for the 35th State Representative seat. The seat is currently held by first-term GOP Rep David…