First climate change, now vaccine – what established science will the GOP reject next?

First climate change, now vaccine – what established science will the GOP reject next?

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Both Chris Christie and Rand Paul have come down on the side of the lunatics by questioning the science behind vaccinations. What could possibly be the next so-called established scientific fact to be debunked by conservative conventional wisdom? How do fish breath? Does anyone really know? Is the moon really 238,900 miles away, or could we build a tall ladder and catch it in a net? People deserve to have some choice on these issues. This is America after all. If Wyle E Coyote can defy gravity by not looking down, why should anyone look down? Does looking down trigger the effects of gravity? We simply don't know, so the prudent thing to do is to teach the controversy. Anything else would be discrimination against parents who have made the anti-gravity choice for their children.
Proof – Salon’s Bill Curry reads DL

Proof – Salon’s Bill Curry reads DL

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This is me on Jan 28th at 1:04pm:
I’m not voting for Democrats who can’t make a case for why they should win. Anyone who does is guilty of propping up the dead husk of the Democratic Party and pretending it is alive.
This is Salon on Sunday, Feb 1, 2015 07:00 AM EST:
We need our own Tea Party: The fight is much more than Hillary v. Warren. The Democratic Party's a corrupt, empty husk. But it offers a way forward if, like Maddow, we have the right debate Bill Curry

Sunday Open Thread [2.1.15]

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If you, like the GOP Establishment, think marriage equality will be over as an wedge issue against the GOP once the Supreme Court rules for it this coming June, you are sadly mistaken. At Iowa Rep. Steve King’s Iowa summit last weekend, conservative activists revealed it to be the next litmus test for their candidates:
“If you dodge the question, then it’s the kiss of death,” said social conservative Sam Clovis, who finished second behind Joni Ernst in last year’s Iowa GOP Senate primary. “Candidates have got to be declarative about where they stand. Period.” “If you’re not vocally pro-life and pro-traditional marriage, I don’t think you can win here because you’re going to get hammered,” added Clovis.
So the GOP nominee will have to be violently anti-gay, anti-marriage equality, and anti-choice. Thus unelectable. I love it when wedge issues work for the good guys.
Friday Open Thread [1.30.15]—The Romney Free Edition

Friday Open Thread [1.30.15]—The Romney Free Edition

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In a sense, our first Romney free open thread since 2007, since Mitt Romney began running for President. And by "Romney free," I mean, we, the citizens of this country, are free from the prospect of Willard Dillard Mittens Romney III ever being our President. If you thought "Romney free" meant this open thread was free of mentions to Romney, you are sadly mistaken.
Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up: January 27-29, 2015.

Delaware General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up: January 27-29, 2015.

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As a would-be oligarch, Jack Markell introduced a proposed budget that will make him a welcome guest at Chateau Country's finest soirees. As a putative Democrat, his budget is disgraceful and indefensible.  Guess whose taxes will increase? Seniors who get a modest tax break on their homes. That's it. You know why that break was implemented in the first place? To make seniors less likely to oppose public school referenda due to the impact it would have on their fixed incomes.  For Markell, it's a two-fer: Screw seniors on a fixed income and make it harder for public school districts to raise funds.  BTW, it's time we face reality.  We really are an oligarchy and not a democracy.  Take some time to read this, and then come back.