December 2008
Weis Era Should End At Notre Dame →
In sports we expect so much more production and results than in politics. “What have you done for me lately?” in the mantra. We expect coaches to explain every decision they make, defend every…
November 2008
Generals Promoting War Inc. →
via The Washington Monthly:Today, NYT write David Barstow has yet another blockbuster, directing his focus to one of the more prominent retired generals: Barry R. McCaffrey, a retired…
Acorn Mystery: No Nuts →
I will have to check this out in NYC. Seems there is a mysterious lack of acorns, not ACORN, but the thing that falls from oak trees.The idea seemed too crazy to Rod Simmons, a measured, careful…
X-mas Cards For Bloggers →
More here: Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
10 Republicans Who Should Go Away →
They have compiled a lost of “10 Republicans Who Should Go Away”. I’m sure the list could have gone on much longer. Not to nitpick, but I’d also add: Newt Gingrich, Rudy Giuliani, Ann…
Thanksgiving Redux →
No posts for today. Thanksgiving Part 2 with the family. And just the Godfather, the sequel will be just as good. Mangia!
Wal-Mart Kills →
I avoid Wal-Mart for political and moral reasons, not to mention the cretins who shop there. You may want to avoid because you may die.A worker died after being trampled and a woman miscarried when…
Win-Win Bankruptcy Reform →
As banks are asking for billions to stay afloat, they are not cutting deals for the small homeowner. Bankruptcy judge in the Washington Post:“Homeowners are the only ones who cannot modify the…
Consumption In America: All Gain, All Pain →
Reminds me of the spoof 5-minute abs commercial. America has been eating and doing 2-minute abs. NYT op-ed on our addiction to consumption and what we might change and learn from itIt’s game over…
"He's Just Not That Into You" Trailer (VIDEO) →
Looks like a rental. Scarlett Johansson skinny dipping scene?“getting rejected by 7 different technologies is exhausting”
Study: Narcissistic Personalities On The Rise →
You’re so vain, you probably think this post is about you. Are we more vain these day? Too much self-esteem? YouTube’s slogan is “Broadcast yourself”, Time magazine declared that the 2006 Person…
Obama Ready On Day One →
All those lame skeptics can return back to their Drudge homepage for further instructions. Ready on day one. Feel it.”John Podesta, the head of the transition team, told Bloomberg News that the…
Obama Family Matters →
Conservative writer Kathleen Parker has been distancing herself from the Right the past few weeks. Although she may be losing friends in her base, I think this is a sign of conservatism post-Bush…
Doonesbury On Palin →
Comics that conservatives could learn from. They need a lot of pictures, not so great with the words and fancy book learnin’. Source: Andrew Sullivan
Chris Matthews To Run For Senate →
Philadelphia native Chris Matthews throws his hat into the ring in his homestate for 2010 elections. FiveThirtyEight’s Sean Quinn reports that MSNBC host Chris Matthews is, in fact,…
Happy Thanksgiving →
Happy Thanksgiving. Not much to do but eat, drink and be thankful for all the little things. Obama ThinkProgress added 17 more things to ne thankful for:We’re thankful we’ll soon have a…
Rachel Maddow: Be Thankful For The End Of BushCo →
Rachel Maddow on the end of BushCo and a look back on resignations, indictments, scandals and other things to be thankful for.
Joe Klein: Bush - Overweening Arrogance And... →
Joe Klein on Bush:By mid-November, with the financial crisis growing worse by the day, it had become obvious that one President was no longer enough (at least not the President we had). So, in…
Bush Eats Crow →
Taj Hotel In Flames →
Historic Taj Hotel in flames. Shocking. Source: CNN
Always The US Angle →
Interesting to see the US news like CNN and MSNBC jump through hoops to put an American angle on these attacks in India. How the targets were Western is the over-riding theme. Trying to tie…
Mumbai Unhinged: 78 Dead →
CHAOS! A city under siege, multiple attacks, 2 hostage situations. Targeting British and US citizens!MUMBAI, India — A top state officials says at least 40 people have been killed and 100 have been…
Hannity Wusses Out On Filling Colmes Role →
Does college drop-out Sean Hannity have the balls to partner with a big-league liberal now that Alan Colmes has left the show? Some suggestionss would be Ed Schultz, Mike Malloy, Randi…
Obama's Pre-Inauguration Press Conferences To... →
Obama is clearly using the press like no other President. He’s given 3 press conferences this week alone and he’s not even sworn in. Open and transparent seems to be the message. Letting the…
Americans' Food Stamp Use Nears All-Time High →
The number of Americans on food stamps may exceed 30 million for the first time this month, putting a spotlight on hunger during a period of increasing unemployment and rising food prices. “…
South Africa: AIDS Policy Led To 365,000 Deaths →
South Africa, so much to answer for. So sad when a leader can have such a negative effect on his people, particularly the young. via NYT:A new study by Harvard researchers estimates that the South…
Bailout: Word Of The Year →
via Boston Herald:The word “bailout,” which shot to prominence amid the financial meltdown, was looked up so often at Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary that the publisher says it was an easy…
Obama: Change "Comes From Me" →
I could never in a million years see Bush giving a press conference like this, let alone three days in a row. Democracy has returned. At this segment, a reporter, Ed Henry, asks a tired right…
Thank YOU, Sarah Palin →
via 23/6: “Thank You, Governor Palin” done right.
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Obama Plans to Name Volcker →
“President” Obama pland to name former Fed Chair Paul Volcker to lead a new White House economic advisory committee.
Mr. Volcker, 81, has been providing Mr. Obama advice on the economy for…
Vatican Can Be Sued For Priest Sex Abuse →
Just in time for the Christmas season:A US appeals court has ruled that the Vatican can be sued for the sex abuse committed by US priests.This is just the start of it. The ruling was called “very…
Facebook Group: Stop "YMCA" at Yankee Stadium →
Best new group I’ve seen on Facebook: Stop the 6th inning grounds crew from doing the “YMCA” dance. It’s about 10 years past tolerable. You can add the ridiculously kitsch techno “Cotton Eye…
The Numbers Game →
For those “unions killed the Auto Industry” debates that are bound to pop up during these bailout talks, keep this in mind: The average Ford worker makes $50,000 a year without overtime. Ford Motor…
Peter Schiff On The Bail-Outs →
Peter Schiff was able to predict the housing bubble and economic misery we are in years ago. I like his no non-sense approach to swallowing bad tasting medicine. He thinks the bail-outs only…
Bush Pardons Big Turkey →
via The Onion: Better pardon him quick before Cheney gets a shot off. In Thanksgiving Tradition, Bush Pardons Scooter Libby In Giant Turkey Costume Source: The Onion
What Is A Trillion? →
To give some perspective, at a dollar a second:Million $ = about two weeks Billion $ = about 31 years Trillion $ = about 31,688 years
The Cost Of Doing Bail-Outs →
Barry Ritholz calculates that the various government bailouts under way amount to $4.6165 trillion dollars. To put it in context, he shows the cost of some other government expenditures you might…
Gas Reaching 2004 Prices: Why Were They So High? →
It’s great that gasoline prises are falling across the country these day, we can all use a break. I know demand is falling, which if you kept supply constant [which is theory and not possible]…
Democrat Or Porn Star: Moustache Edition →
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Daily Show: Sarah Palin's Greatest Hits →
The answer to the “Thank you, Sarah Palin” ad this week.
Snoop and Martha Get You "Ready" For Thanksgiving →
Make some “Crack-a-lackin” mashed potatoes with fellow lawbreakers Snoop Dogg and the unflappable Martha Stewart. It’s all hood. Something tells me those sunglasses are handy.
The Return Of FEMA →
Before Bush, FEMA was a “model of efficiency and effectiveness”. Then Bush and his ownership neocon buddies gutted such agencies, stripped its leadership of cabinet-level status and put unqualified…
More Sex Does Not Mean Better Sex →
The title is so misleading, Why Are Christians Having Better Sex Than the Rest of Us? So a mega-church pastor in Texas told his miscreants congregants to have sex every day for a week. [Will the…
Obama's "Change" Ripples in Arab Online Media →
via boingboing:It seems like an appropriate enough cartoon. The depiction of the president elect Barack Obama with the US flag behind him and the bubble quoting Obama as saying the change has…
Netroots vs Rightroots →
Why are left-leaning blogs better? Why can’t the Right address a problem post-1980 without Uncle Ronnie to hold their hands? Outside the Beltway’s James Joyner argues the other day that, despite…
Bin Laden's Driver: Is That A Job? →
All this talk of Bin Laden’s convicted driver being sent to Yemen has me thinking. This is the top guy Bush has prosecuted in his “war on terror”? What kind of roads and how much of a job is it…
Indonesia's Papua Plans To Tag AIDS Sufferers →
I don’t like where this is heading:JAYAPURA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia’s Papua province is set to pass a bylaw that requires some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips in a bid to…
Obama Bright Appointees Make Bush's Look Even More... →
Bruce Bartlett compares the Bush years and how horrible his appointees were with the competence of Barack Obama’s team:
“So far, I am very impressed. Larry Summers at the NEC is brilliant.
Poverty On The Rise →
The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has a new report on the likely effects of the recession on poverty. As you might expect, it blows:“Goldman Sachs projects that the unemployment rate will…
Krugman Finally Meets Bush →
AWWWWWWWk-ward. Nobel Prize winner and NYT writer Paul Krugman meets George Bush today with fellow winners. Without Bush’s blunders and horrendous policy, Krugman would have had no one to rail…