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X Stryker is also the proprietor of the currently-dormant poll analysis blog Election Inspection.
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North Carolina House GOP Approves Child Murder Bill
Withholding treatment is murder, in my book.
“Parents would have to give their teenagers permission before they could receive birth control or be treated for sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse or mental illness, under a bill approved in a House committee on Tuesday.”
Heaven forbid they should get treated for life-threatening conditions without permission! Supporters say the aim of the bill is to restore parental control over teenagers lives. I say the aim is to kill teenagers who have sex or use drugs, and maybe if they’re bullied and harassed for being gay, they can commit suicide rather than get counseling for depression. Remember, these same people want to make sure their teenagers have easy access to (and training with) their gun collections (or be able to buy them online if their hippie parents don’t have any). The life of the child was never their concern.
Fox News Dumps Dick Morris
In a victory for reality and a defeat for bullshit, Fox News won’t be renewing its contract with Dick Morris, the world’s worst political pundit. Morris, AKA the King of Wrong Mountain, was last seen predicting a Mitt Romney landslide in November, a prediction not even Rasmussen’s polling hype supported. Fox could have saved themselves some money by listening to me in 2008; it shouldn’t take over a decade for a network to fire someone who makes nothing but wrong predictions. My all time favorite Morris prediction was that Hillary Clinton would beat Obama in the Hawaii caucuses because of “the Asian vote”. Yes, Obama won his home state by a landslide, of course.
Combined with Chris Wallace sticking it to Wayne LaPierre, this news suggests that reality-based discourse is on the rise.
Wednesday Open Thread [12.26.12]
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Happy Boxing Day, everybody! I hope everyone got what they wanted this year, and if they didn’t, may the New Year treat them (and all of us) kindly. How’s your family?
The Six Day Coup at FreedomWorks shows that wingnuts really are crazy, greedy, destructive SOBs, even behind the closed doors of their own organizations.
Expedia / Hotels.com / Hotwire: The Big, Ugly Rip-Off
How do you feel about a corporation that tries to destroy the small businesses that it is partnered with? Which lies and claims small hotels are completely booked in order to route customers to more expensive ones?
Expedia, which owns Hotels.com, Hotwire, and Venere, is a big, fat rip-off:
Boehner: If my taxes go up, so will yours.
House Speaker John Boehner today rejected a proposal from former NRCC head Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) to extend existing tax cuts for middle class Americans, primarily because Boehner (and other wealthy Americans whose incomes have been going up while everyone else’s has been going down) doesn’t get a piece of the tax cut action.
Superblogger: Clark Kent leaving the Daily Planet for online journalism
In the latest issue of Superman, Clark Kent quits. And delivers a stinging rebuke of the modern media that nails it as well as anyone could:
Late Night Video 2: We Built This City On Public Dough (Rachel Schain & Todd Chappelle)
Using the parody lyrics to Starship’s “We Built This City (On Rock’N’Roll)” I wrote on last Friday’s thread on the RNC’s ‘We Built This’ theme, Delaware musicians Rachel Schain and Todd Chappelle recorded the following video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeOoF50YaRw[/youtube]
Frameshopping: Sharpen Up
Here are a few sharp barbs I thought up; in the comments, offer your own punchy one liners that you’d like to see injected into the mix.
Spending, Taxes, Deficit: Lower Now Than Inauguration Day
The facts, as laid out by Think Progress. Reality, as we all know, has a liberal bias.
New Hampshire Primary Open Thread
Post your predictions and reactions here! The expectation game: Romney’s hoping to break 40%, Huntsman and Paul are jockeying for second, and Santorum could lose momentum if he fails to beat Gingrich (and vice versa). As for Rick Perry, if he beats anyone, it’ll be a surprise.
Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Liveblog
John Daniello gave the introduction, noting the Union hall we are in has a roster of out of work members – and that jobs would be the key agenda of the night. Gov. Jack Markell gave the key note, with an early acknowledgement of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union. He then reviewed the Democratic Party’s electoral successes, and how many office we control now vs. in decades past (noting that John Burris was in attendance). This was followed by a comparison of politics and policies in Delaware vs. other states (and DC) – noting our bond rating, atmosphere of cooperation, teacher hiring, civil unions, etc. He generated significant applause inviting those who want to fight for something (jobs, equality, etc) rather than against someone to come to Delaware. He thanked his family and the attendees for all the work they do.
AP Appoints Liz “Sprinkles” Sidoti As Political Editor
HuffPo notes that AP’s chief political writer Liz Sidoti has been promoted to the position of political editor, putting her fully in charge of AP’s reporting on politics as the 2012 race gathers steam. HuffPo’s article reads much like a Sidoti article – deferential to its subject’s vast sway in Washington. It reads like an […]
Quote of the Day 5/17/11
“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained.” – President James A. Garfield
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