June 2009
The Goose And The Gander →
For those caught up in the fake Sonia Sotomayor character issues:”When a case comes before me involving, let’s say, someone who is an immigrant — and we get an awful lot of immigration cases…
Temporary Insanity Defense Used For Years →
Richard Clarke, former chief counter-terrorism adviser on the U.S. National Security Council. is sick and tired of the “White House 9/11 trauma defense” used by Cheney and Condi Rice to explain…
Trauma Defense A Lie →
A reader points out the fallacy of “trauma defense” and it’s legacy of manipulated and flawed reasoning: 1. Starting an unwinnable war against a tactic. 2. Curiously timed terror alerts. 3. Outing
The Soul Of Conservatism →
Kevin Drum poses a great question: The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court raises a question: Who will win the battle for the conservative soul? In the kiddy end of the…
May 2009
Yanks In First →
Almost June, Yankees in first place. Feels Good.
Chee'burger, Chee'burger →
At 0:35 President Obama uses the approved “lemme get”-style of ordering fast food. Classic cheeseburger order. The “yo gimme”-style would also have been accepted.
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1 In 5 Harvard MBAs Pledge To Do Good. Gee,... →
While it is good step in the right direction, what happened to the other 80% of the graduating Harvard M.B.A. class?“Nearly 20 percent of the graduating class have signed “The M.B.A. Oath,” a…
O'Reilly And Miller: Two Unfunny Guys →
Two white guys acting racist. Dennis Miller outright, Bill O’Reilly enabling in his canned douchey “c’mon now, she’s not here to defend herself but keep on goofing on her” passive-aggressive…
Within The Law? →
via Andrew Sullivan: Here’s Bush’s own time-line on the torture memos: ”The first thing you do is ask, what’s legal?” he said. “What do the lawyers say is possible? I made the decision,…
700 Architects Say WTF About 9/11 →
700 architects call for a new investigation. Not an alarmist or a big conspiracy guy, but never accepted how 3 different buildings collapsed the exact same way. Nothing happens the exact same way,…
More STFU For Cheney, Please →
Another large portion of STFU for Cheney: In a speech to the Atlantic Council yesterday, National Security Advisor Gen. Jim Jones rebutted Vice President Cheney’s assertion that the country is…
A Successful Week →
via Taegan Goddard: First Read assesses Obama’s roll-out this week:”Given this conservative divide over Sotomayor, could this week have gone any better for the Obama White House?…
Yankees In First →
With their win last night in Texas, the Yankees take a share of first place for the first time this year. Giggity, alright.
Don't Believe The Hype →
Ezra Klein has a comforting view on the GOP filibuster bluff:”A Supreme Court nomination is an important story. But it is not necessarily a dramatic one. The last nominee to actually be defeated…
Unexamined Privilege →
A rather obvious point:”The greatest practitioners of whatever it is we call ‘identity politics’ in this country have always been white males. The lack of self-awareness of this fact is what is…
The Devil You Know →
Why attacking the Old Grey Lady is bad for the GOP, as per Francis Wilkinson, executive editor of The Week:”If conservatives were to look up from hammering nails in the Times’ coffin, they…
Dick Cheney Rebuked. Again. →
How does Dick Cheney continue to get the facts wrong and still get on TV to repeat these falsehoods? Dick Cheney says that torturing detainees has saved American lives. That claim is patently…
Don't Believe The Hype Pt 2 →
As I stated before, the media needs the conflict, but it is not there:“Eighty-seven percent (87%) of voters nationwide believe Judge Sonia Sotomayor will be confirmed as the next U.S.”Those 13%…
ba-ROCK And so-toe-my-OR →
Not knowing how to pronounce someone else’s name, even after being corrected, is a sign you don’t really respect the person. Remember Bush Sr calling him SAD-him Hussein instead suh-DAHM. Then…
Lindsey Graham: GOP Lies, We Just Don't Tell Dems →
Lindsey Graham lays it out in black and white.”Now. I don’t know what Nancy Pelosi knew and when she knew it. And I really don’t think she’s a criminal if she was told about waterboarding and…
Mancow On Olbermann →
Meathead radio host Erich “Mancow” Muller on Olbermann talking about how instantaneous and horrific the the torture of waterboarding is:”I was willing to prove, and ready to prove, that this…
The Idiot Logic Of Dick Cheney →
via Andrew Sullivan: Dick Cheney last week:”And when they see the American government caught up in arguments about interrogations, or whether foreign terrorists have constitutional rights,…
College Drop-Out Rove Chimes In →
Karl Rove, a college drop-out, talking last night with Charlie Rose about Sotomayor’s bona fides: Rove - “She is competent and will be confirmed….She has an interesting and compelling life…
Intellectualism And The GOP →
Pick an attack and stick with it: Obama graduates top of his Harvard Law class, elected President of the Harvard Law Review and is labeled an elitist. Sotomayer graduates the top of her…
Petraeus Backs Up Obama On Gitmo →
For all the weak-minded still clinging to the 14th century:General David Petraeus said this past weekend that President Obama’s decision to close down Gitmo and end harsh interrogation…
Opposing The First Hispanic SCOTUS Justice? →
Greg Sargent ponders Obama’s pick, Sonia Sotomayor, for Supreme Court:”First question: How do Republicans oppose the first potential Hispanic Supreme Court justice, given their…
Happy Memorial Day →
Enjoy the day off, get out your white shoes and slacks.
Powell On "Face The Nation" →
Colin Powell on “Face The Nation”.”I am still a Republican. I’d like to point out that in the course of my 50 years of voting for presidents, I have voted for the person i thought was best…
Olbermann Covers Mancow, "Absolutely Torture" →
Keith Olbermann covers the Mancow waterboarding. He lasted 6 seconds. Imagine doing that 183 times? Lawrence O’Donnell guests. Makes a great point: it’s not waterboarding, it’s drowning…
Moz turns 50 →
Happy Birthday, Morrissey. Here’s to 50 more! Track from Dallas, 1991. Cover of “Trash” by the New York Dolls. One of my favorites.
Daily Show: Obama v Cheney →
Jon Stewart looked at Dick Cheney and Barack Obama’s back-to-back national security speeches last night and the media’s boner over the easily juxtaposable news events. ”The point is to not…
The Habitual Lying Of Dick Cheney →
When is it a “lie” and not a “false statement”? RawStory points out all the lies, omissions, exaggerations and misstatements in Dick Cheney’s recent speech. Try this one on for size: Cheney…
Obama At The Naval Academy Today →
President Obama delivers the commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy today. In the audience will be Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), whose son Jack is the fourth generation of McCains to…
Why Is Liz Cheney Analyzing Her Father On TV? →
As Dick Cheney is launching his attacks on President Obama, why is his hack of a daughter Liz Cheney allowed so much TV time to help sell her dad’s failed torture policies? Her bona fides are?…
Yoo Had Me At Hello [To Torture] →
The Colbert Report on the Philadelphia Enquirer hiring “Mr. Torture” John Yoo.
Harold Jackson, the paper’s editorial page editor defended the decision saying, “There was a conscious…
Still Looking For Hannity →
Radio host Mancow mans up. Hannity will never. After being waterboarded for seconds, Mancow exclaims, “absolutely torture”. View more news videos at: …
Quote Of The Day: Bob Graham →
The CIA, as it relates to Nancy Pelosi seven years ago:”I confirmed, and the CIA concurred, that three of the four briefings I supposedly attended never occurred. An individual member of…
Cheney; The Alpha And The Omega →
Lawrence O’Donnell on Dick Cheney: the ex-VPs speech an insult to one’s intelligence. He’s an “absolute abomination”. Nice for wormly Pat Buchanan to chime in that if O’Donnell is upset,…
David Frum Slams Rumsfeld →
From the conservative side, David Frum tackles the Donald Rumsfeld enigma vis a vis the GQ article:”Why did Iraq go so very badly wrong – and why, having gone wrong, did it take so ruinously…
Obama v Cheney: Deuling Speeches →
via Taegan Goddard: The Cheney speech:”Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s speech this morning on national security was entirely about the past. It was a well-argued defense of Bush…
Ventura Delivers Another Smackdown →
Jesse Ventura on Sean Hannity. Hearing Hannity go on on about how big the deficit will be, as if Bush’s 8 years have nothing to do it, is so annoying. Hannity clearly lives in a delusional…
Obama's Speech On National Security →
President Obama’s speech today. 51 minutes long. Andrew Sullivan says, “At first blush, I find the balance near pitch-perfect - on detention, torture, interrogation and Gitmo.”
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Credit Card Bill Passes →
A Democratic Congress at work for you:The Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to rein in credit card rate increases and excessive fees, hoping to give voters some breathing room amid a recession…
Safer Credit Cards →
Safer credit cards does not include guns. The NYT Editorial Board on the gun provision in the new credit card bill passing through the Congress:Unfortunately, the powerful pro-gun forces in the…
Japan's Economic Plunge →
Here’s what the #2 economy in the world is doing:Japan’s economy during the first three months of 2009 shrank at its quickest pace since records began, as exports slumped, officials figures have…
Durbin To GOP: Man Up →
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) offers a reasoned response to the boogeymen the chickenshit GOP are afraid of incarcerating in America.”You ought to have a little more respect’ for American corrections…
GOP [Hearts] Dick Cheney →
The GOP bro-mance with Dick Cheney. Table for four: Cheney, Boehner, McConnell and Steele.
Quote Of The Day: Bristol Palin →
Hyperbole from the mouth of babes:”If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex. Trust me. Nobody.”— Bristol Palin
I guess all those lessons from Mom paid off. It’s…
Shrinkage →
The gift of George Bush, neo-cons and compassionate conservatism. Gallup has a new study. Over the past 8 years the GOP is shrinking in every demographic. Except old church goers. Fair enough.
Wilkerson Connecting The Cheney Torture Dots →
Col Larry Wilkerson on Rachel Maddow talking torture. Great segment on Liz Cheney attacking Wilkerson.”I don’t pay a lot of attention to Liz Cheney, her bona fides are that she is the…