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They almost got me excited until
Here I was watching the news today and Obama fulfilling one of his campaign promises . White House Voluntary Disclosure Policy Visitor Access Records Pretty sweet huh? Wow, would have been nice under Bush to see all the people going in and out of the W house. You can’t imagine how happy I am now […]
Donning my skeptical hat
It was pretty easy to pick apart a Bush loyalist especially when they would put out vague statements and watch the media lap them up. Well, here we have an Obama guy doing the same thing, and, well, the same thing happens. Responding to criticism from former Vice President Cheney that President Obama is making […]
Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-August 30 Edition
LEAD STORY: Miami Herald: Florida Case Could Lead to End of Gay Adoption Ban It’s tough to support a ban when the State admits that the petitioner would make a great parent: MIAMI — As lawyers for a North Miami man seeking to adopt his two foster kids squared off with the state in an appellate […]
Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-Aug. 23 Edition
LEAD STORY-Miami Herald: How Cyberthief Committed ‘Heist of the Century’ Nobody does crime reporting like the Miami Herald does crime reporting. Albert Gonzalez stole to his heart’s content, while on the Secret Service payroll. What happens when snitches go terriblyterribly wrong: On May 7, 2008, federal agents swept through Miami-Dade looking for evidence that one […]
Read All About It in the Sunday Papers-August 16
LEAD STORY-The Financial Times: How the Oil Industry Plans to Do to Climate Change What the Insurance Companies Are Doing to Health Care…AND Who Its Delaware Connection Is! I. E., kill it: The American Petroleum Institute, which represents the US oil industry, has written to member companies asking them to “move aggressively” to stage up to 22 […]
Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-BILL ‘This Is A Stupid Country’ MAHER Edition
The Beast Who Despairs of His Country’s Future is inspired this week by a classic rant from Bill Maher in the Huffington Post. Based on the mouthbreathers who have migrated here seemingly (could CRI or those phony industry health reform people have sent them?) to intentionally dumb down the quality of the discourse, El Somnambulo agrees […]
Creationist Musuem charged with Tax Fraud
From the you can’t make this stuff up file: A Pensacola judge has green lighted the government seizure of Pensacola’s Dinosaur Adventure Land, a creationist theme park whose owners, Kent and Jo Hovind, owe $430,400 in federal taxes. The Hovinds’ excuse for not paying was that they were employed by God and thus could claim zero […]
Bush: ‘Gog and Magog Made Me Do It’
Invade Iraq, that is. And just one more story the MSM didn’t cover: A raging born-again religious fanatic lunatic was President. El Somnambulo cannot make this stuff up. But here’s the sourced inside skinny, starting w/Daily Kos, and continuing with an account from the Council for Secular Humanism: Incredibly, President George W. Bush told French […]
Breaking: Bill Clinton Secures Journalists’ Release In North Korea
Former president Bill Clinton has secured the release of two journalists held by North Korea.
It really, really never gets old watching hypocrites fall
Paul Stanley, Tennessee State Senator, Quits After Affair With 22-Year-Old Intern …he also sponsored failed measures to ban gay couples from adopting children. He also spoke out against funding for Planned Parenthood because he said unmarried people should not have sex . “Whatever I stood for and advocated, I still believe to be true,” he […]
Tommywonk Explains Birther Nutbaggery to the Brits
Writing for The Guardian, Tom lays out the facts and caps his piece with this fine analysis: The episode neatly encapsulates the dilemma of the Republican party. Castle could be the party’s best shot at taking a Senate seat next year – if he chooses to run. But he has drawn the ire of the […]
Deep thought
Remember when they measured O’s performance against the Dow? Well, for the first time in 10 years it was up 12 days in a row….guess he is doing an awesome job!!!! I knew it!
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