So long loser…

The worst Pope ever? Hard to say, there were some really horrible Popes back in the old days. The worst Pope of the modern era? Certainly. Digby breaks it down...

T-Gor announces “No More Pam Scotts Rule”

The NJ reports...
New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon will announce “a comprehensive ethics reform package” today that he said has the sharpest focus to regain control over the government’s land-use process. Top county officials would have to disclose more information about their and their families’ outside businesses interests, vendors would have to disclose campaign contributions and private attorneys who help author legislation would have to be identified.
I mean, yeah..but.. It wasn't like Paul Clark's relationship WITH HIS WIFE was undisclosed, was it? It wasn't as if HIS WIFE'S CLIENTS were a mystery to anyone.

Budget Crisis Fatigue

The worst thing in the world is about to happen. Seriously. Everybody freak out because this shit is horrible. It is beyond horrible. It is Clusterf@cktastic!! We'll probably revert to the stone age. And it is going to happen all in a few short days. Hours.... Minutes... All the crazy preppers are about be vindicated. Your highspeed internet will be medium speed at best. Unless.... unless... unless...

GOP’s Racist Frankenstein turns on John McCain

In this case is was McCain, but it could have been any Republican speaking to any Republican audience seething with the racism that the GOP's deep thinkers once thought they could control. I happen to love the part at the end in which McCain impotently holds up a crucifix. What must McCain have been thinking? It keeps vampires away? I'm out of silver bullets? Oh shit?

Ultrasound bill a ‘priority’ for Wisconsin Republicans

What they lack in human decency, they make up for with tunnel vision.
“We have a pro-life Legislature, pro-life governor in Scott Walker and a pro-life attorney general (J.B. Van Hollen). We can all wrap our arms around this agenda.” And it sounds like the first bill to get a warm reception from Republicans will be what's being dubbed the “Woman’s Right to Know her Unborn Child Act,” also being termed the "ultrasound bill" by pro-choice forces. The bill would require a woman seeking an abortion to receive an ultrasound and be informed of what is visible on the monitoring screen — although the woman would not be forced to look at the image. “This bill is a priority,” Fitzgerald said. “It is long overdue.”
Priorities....