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R. I. P. John Cephas
El Somnambulo has just received word that the great Piedmont guitar picker and folklorist Bowling Green John Cephas passed away today. The duo of Cephas & Wiggins enthralled and educated audiences all over the world. Cephas also was a leading light in the arts community. He served on the National Council of the Traditional Arts, […]
Supreme Court Deals Blow to Big Pharma
Another Bushite attempt to place the interests of the pharmaceutical industry ahead of the rights of consumers has been shot down by the Supreme Court. In the case of Wyeth v. Levine: The Supreme Court today ruled in favor of a woman who had her arm amputated after an improper injection of an antinausea […]
Proof Elections Matter: Obama to Restore Endangered Species Protections
Yet one more Bushite move to despoil the environment has been turned back. A memorandum issued in the waning days of the Bush Administration has been rendered inoperative. In December 2008, the Bush administration changed a longstanding practice under the Endangered Species Act by issuing rules that allowed agencies to move ahead with projects and […]
Meghan McCain: Dating Supporters of Dad ‘Icky’
The travails of the politically-connected. Per the Village Voice, All she wants to do is get laid, and all they want to do is talk about her dad…or Cindy: “One extreme fan of my mother’s recently told me I could be ‘his Cindy,’” she reveals. “And then asked me if I ever wore pearls because they […]
Schadenfreude Alert: Blackwater CEO Resigns
Some job losses sting a little less than others. Seeing a company that exported hired mercenaries and assassins flounder does not make ‘Bulo sympathize with either the employers or employees. And, of course, the CEO earned his access the old-fashioned way, he paid for it: Prince’s political credentials also appeared to help the company win large […]
Specter Could Still Face Serious Primary Challenge
Club For Growth wingnut Patrick Toomey, who almost knocked off US Sen. Arlen Specter last time, is reconsidering his decision not to challenge Specter in 2010. The reason? All together now…Specter’s vote for the stimulus package. Presumably b/c Pennsylvania’s just rolling in cash and new jobs: Toomey had been publicly mulling a run for governor […]
Conservative Intellect-Kitsch, Oxymoron, or Both?
The conservative freak show known as CPAC, starring Rush ‘n Joe The Alleged Plumber, has demonstrated how bankrupt what passes for conservative intellect is nowadays. (Don’t gloat, liberals, this can happen after 20-plus years of unbridled power, and it can happen to YOU, too.) Still, the carny sideshow nature of what the GOP has become […]
Obama Challenges Lobbyists to a Duel
He gets it, he really gets it. In today’s radio address, Pres. Obama has made it crystal clear that he will take on the lobbyists in the health care industry, the financial industry, and the oil industry to enact genuine reform. “The system we have now might work for the powerful and well-connected interests that […]
Breaking: Pentagon to Lift Dover Ban
MSNBC is reporting that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has decided to lift the ban on coverage of coffins returning to Dover AFB. The report further states that individual families will have final say on whether permission is granted to cover the ceremonies.
Rush Seeks to ‘Own Women’
Some things El Somnambulo can’t make up. Rush Limbaugh, confronted with polling showing an exceedingly large gender gap in his radio audience , is convening a summit to find out how he can ‘own women’, which, El Somnambulo thinks, should tell you something right there. Perhaps Limbaugh’s issues stem from quotes like this: – “She’s […]
Don’t Let ‘Em Play the ‘Class Warfare’ Card
Rethugs, many trained by Newt Gingrich, have mastered the art of Orwellian double-speak. ‘Death Tax’, ‘Reaganomics’, and the like. They have used these terms in large part to turn the tax code on its head through Kemp/Roth and the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy while misleading the public with verbal sleight-of-hand. President Obama, starting […]
Pa. Judges Sent Kids to Boot Camp for Kickbacks
CNN reports that two corrupt Luzerne County judges received $2.6 million in kickbacks for sending kids with minor offenses to privately-run boot camps. One of the two judges shut down the state’s juvenile detention facility in Luzerne County and used the money earmarked for that facility to provide a ‘multimillion dollar lease for the private […]
Jindal to Louisiana: Drop Dead
Would-be President Bobby Jindal has rejected $100 million in Federal unemployment assistance to Louisiana. Using classic Rethug logic, he argues that accepting the aid now could lead to an increased tax on business down the road. Of course, this is demonstrably untrue. From the article: “Today, however, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced his intention to […]
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