Sotomayor Hearings Day 3 Open Thread
Highlights of questioning from day 2 of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
Late Night Oddity: Fox Goes Birther
Fox News reports on the challenge of a wingnut soldier against deployment to Afghanistan like it's real news and a real issue for Obama. It isn't. Psssst...Fox, don't encourage the…
Scientists Differ Significantly From The Public
First, test your science literacy against the general public with this short quiz. The Pew Center recently released the results of a study comparing scientists to the general public and…
Fresh Sotomayor Hearings Thread
Since you were all so chatty yesterday, here's a fresh new thread to discuss the Sonia Sotomayor hearings. Here's a recap of yesterday's hearings from TPM. Here are yesterday's opening…
Marcy Wheeler Utters Forbidden Word On MSNBC
Marcy Wheeler, one of the blogosphere's best investigative bloggers, utters the word "blowjob" on MSNBC. Apparently, this is very, very naughty even though we spent almost 2 years discussing it…
Sotomayor Hearings Start Today
Within weeks we should have a new Supreme Court associate justice, but the Republicans will try to make things interesting. Among the people that have been called as witnesses against…
Valley Swim Club Invites Kids Back To Pool
Earlier this week we read about the Valley Swim Club in Philadelphia which turned away 65 mostly African-American kids from a day camp. Today the Valley Swim Club announced that…
The Sarah Palin Party
There has been endless discussion on this blog and elsewhere about Sarah Palin and her relationship with the Republican Party. Peggy Noonan wrote a recent op-ed about Sarah Palin, and…
Audra Shay Wins Leadership Of Young Republicans
Remember Audra Shay? She's was the candidate for chair of the Young Republicans groups that had this exchange on her facebook page:
Two minutes later, Piker posted again saying “Obama Bin Lauden [sic] is the new terrorist… Muslim is on there side [sic]… need to take this country back from all of these mad coons… and illegals.” Eight minutes after that, at 2:02, Shay weighed in on Piker’s comments: “You tell em Eric! lol.”She then de-friended some Republicans who dared to complain. Well, she's now the leader of the Young Republicans.
What’s Got The Right Wing In An Uproar This Time?
It's this photo: OMG! He's so evil! He's checking totally checking out her rear end. I guess the news that John Ensign had to have his buddies drive him to…
Ensign Affair Still Raising Eyebrows…And Questions
When I first read about the Ensign affair I thought it was just your standard, run-of-the-mill scandal, but it's scandal that won't end. First, Doug Hampton gave an interview to…
Sean Hannity’s Pants Are On Fire
Media Matters brings us yet another story of Sean Hannity cropping and distorting Obama's words in order to bash him. This one is pretty blatant. Hannity aired the following clip:…
Democrats Pick Polly Adams Mervine As The New SD 19 Candidate
Mike Matthews is reporting by Twitter that the new Democratic Senate candidate in the 19th SD is Polly Adams Mervine. More as details emerge. Update: Matthews is reporting that Matthew…