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From Your Earmark to My PAC

By nemski October 26, 20096 Comments

The Washington Post has a great expose about Indiana Republican Congressman Peter J. Visclosky regarding his association with Washington lobbying firm K&L Gates, $44 million in earmarks, 15 clients of…

Wingnut Alert: Obama Golfs More Than Bush

By nemski October 26, 200925 Comments

Yesterday, President Obama went out golfing. Two things made this news worthy. This outing was the first time as Presdient that Obama has golfed with a woman reports The Washington…

High-Risk Energy Grants Awarded To Delaware

By nemski October 26, 20095 Comments

Over $150 million in grants were awarded to 37 different "radical" energy research projects reports The New York Times. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), that received its initial funding of…

Monday Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope October 26, 200937 Comments

Are you ready for Monday? Are you ready for Thursday's Drinking Liberally at the Homegrown Cafe? Let's talk about Faux News, since they can't seem to stop talking about themselves.…

Psst… Anyone Notice Something Missing?

By pandora October 26, 20095 Comments

Question: Why don't we have a Surgeon General? Answer: Here, in this excellent rant. Good thing we don't have a global flu pandemic.

Newt’s Ego 3x Larger Than His Heart

By nemski October 26, 200919 Comments

Newt Gingrich said on C-SPAN that he and his wife will decide by February 2011 on whether or not he will run for President reports Political Wire. Callista and I…

How the Army Corps of Engineers Stays in Business

By El Somnambulo October 26, 20092 Comments

It comes up with loony projects, has them embraced by pork-loving congress critters, develops phony economic benefits analysis, and then plays hardball, using people like Pennsylvania's amoral governor as its…

Looking Ahead: What Are The Next Big Congressional Fights?

By Unstable Isotope October 26, 20097 Comments

Health care reform is now entering the final phases of becoming a law - negotiation. Right now the big fight is what kind of public option we'll get - triggered,…

QotD: World Series

By nemski October 26, 20096 Comments

Who will run the 2010 World Series: Philadelphia Phillies or the dreaded Yankees?

World Upside Down: wRong Williams Right

By nemski October 26, 200932 Comments

Ron Williams wrote in his column Sunday that Beau Biden will be running for Senate in 2010. Given that Williams was correct regarding Castle's run and a Delaware Liberal writer…

Late Night Video — Burying Goldfish

By cassandra_m October 25, 2009

Put down all liquids before you watch:

The GOP Plan Is?

By Unstable Isotope October 25, 200913 Comments

Here is a really clever web ad put together by the DSCC spoofing the Mac vs. PC ads: The GOP plan is block everything, root for failure and ridicule success.

Hatching Absurdity

By nemski October 25, 20094 Comments

Politicians will say the obtuse things things and Senator Orrin Hatch is a politician. Hatch on CNN said President Obama may be waiting till after the November election to increase…