April 2010
MLB Players Blast Arizona Immigration Law: “The recent passage by Arizona of a new immigration law could have a n… http://bit.ly/9GWPnM
MLB Players Blast Arizona Immigration Law →
“The recent passage by Arizona of a new immigration law could have a negative impact on hundreds of Major League players who are citizens of countries other than the United States. These…
MLB Players Blast Arizona Immigration Law
“The recent passage by Arizona of a new immigration law could have a negative impact on hundreds of Major League players who are citizens of countries other than the United States. These international players are very much a part of our national pastime and are important members of our Association. Their contributions to our sport have been invaluable, and their exploits have been...
Spill, Baby, Spill: The Deepwater Horizon rig is spilling 5,000 barrels a day:”During the 2008 elections, greens h… http://bit.ly/bWqahe
Sensibility From The Right →
“Yeah, I think that’s — I’m concerned about the whole idea of carrying papers and always have to be able to prove your citizenship. That brings up shades of some other regimes that were not…
Beastiality Still A Debate In Florida →
Florida tries to ban sex with animals after failing to do so last year. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that Florida is trying to rectify the fact it “is one of only a…
Spill, Baby, Spill →
The Deepwater Horizon rig is spilling 5,000 barrels a day:“During the 2008 elections, greens had a tough time countering the catchy conservative slogan, ‘Drill, baby, drill.’ But the answer is…
Think Progress » Florida tries to ban sex with...
Florida tries to ban sex with animals after failing to do so last year. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports that Florida is trying to rectify the fact it “is one of only a dozen or so states that don’t have a law against having sex with animals.” Given the disturbing accounts of bestiality in Florida, the state senate is taking action. But, as Barbara Hijek notes, Florida has...
AZ GOP Calls For More Government Intrusion →
If universal health coverage was part of the longstanding liberal agenda to implement a European-style welfare state in America, Arizona’s tough new anti-immigrant law represents the…
Schumer Introduces DISCLOSE →
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the bill would “shine a light on the flood of spending unleashed by the Citizens United decision.” The influential senator hopes to win passage of the bill…
AZ GOP Calls For More Government Intrusion: If universal health coverage was part of the longstanding liberal ag… http://bit.ly/di2oWD
Schumer Introduces DISCLOSE: Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the bill would “shine a light on the flood of spe… http://bit.ly/a32Duq
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Schumer Introduces DISCLOSE
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the bill would “shine a light on the flood of spending unleashed by the Citizens United decision.” The influential senator hopes to win passage of the bill by July 4, in time to curb any flow of corporate money into the 2010 midterm congressional elections. Sponsors have dubbed the bill the “Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections...
AZ GOP Calls For More Government Intrusion
If universal health coverage was part of the longstanding liberal agenda to implement a European-style welfare state in America, Arizona’s tough new anti-immigrant law represents the conservative agenda to install a European-style surveillance state. Indeed, the very same conservatives who could not find words strong enough to condemn the Europeanization of America under ObamaCare are...
Where Do You Deport US Citizens To?: For some perspective on how fucking crazy Republicans have come, ten years a… http://bit.ly/9MbPP0
Is The Tea Party A Reaction To Capitalism?: A reader at The Daily Dish writes:”…we are in a point in history wh… http://bit.ly/aTkinF
Wall Street Casino Needs A Democratic Pit Boss: Congressional Republicans have concluded that… http://bit.ly/c12ve8
Tuesday Coffee Break: This clip is raw from Camera E-8 on the launch umbilical tower/mobile launch program of Apol… http://bit.ly/d3THoM
Between Katrina aftermath and AZ Immigration laws, GOP solidifies roll as The Baddies in modern history.
Wall Street Casino Needs A Democratic Pit Boss →
Congressional Republicans have concluded that screaming foul about the banking bailout and blocking financial reform is a clever strategy for the fall elections. This approach ignores some…
Obama Nails The National Anthem →
via thehighdefinite.com
“During the memorial service for the West Virginia coal miners that lost their life in the April 5th disaster, the camera man decided to…
Tuesday Coffee Break →
This clip is raw from Camera E-8 on the launch umbilical tower/mobile launch program of Apollo 11, July 16, 1969. This is an HD transfer from the 16mm 500fps original. Apollo…
Gordon Brown: COMPLETE MEDIA FAILURE: The "Bigoted... →
PM Gordon Brown is pressing the flesh, surrounded by media and his handlers. He meets an elderly constituent who gives him her hard opinions of his Labour Party. Not so bad, he does what politicians…
Mexican Tweet Of The Day →
From the Mexican Ambassador to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan. Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com
Is The Tea Party A Reaction To Capitalism? →
A reader at The Daily Dish writes:
“…we are in a point in history when institutions that appeared solid are dissolving. The internet has thrashed the old information asymmetry, the…
Where Do You Deport US Citizens To? →
For some perspective on how fucking crazy Republicans have come, ten years ago this month, Republicans were pitching an absolute fit about allowing Elian Gonzalez to go back to Cuba, demanding…
Is The Tea Party A Reaction To Capitalism?
A reader at The Daily Dish writes: “…we are in a point in history when institutions that appeared solid are dissolving. The internet has thrashed the old information asymmetry, the monopoly on data that institutions used to have back when the boomers were young and new models aren’t appearing fast enough. And of the models that do arise, not one is going to dominate. It’ll...
Where Do You Deport US Citizens To?
For some perspective on how fucking crazy Republicans have come, ten years ago this month, Republicans were pitching an absolute fit about allowing Elian Gonzalez to go back to Cuba, demanding he be made an American citizen because… his mother almost walked across the border. Ten years later, they want to kick out Hispanic citizens because… their mothers walked across the border. via...
Wall Street Casino Needs A Democratic Pit Boss
Congressional Republicans have concluded that screaming foul about the banking bailout and blocking financial reform is a clever strategy for the fall elections. This approach ignores some pretty basic history: that the banks imploded while Republicans held Congress and the White House; that President George W. Bush started the rescue; that many Republicans voted for the...
Obama Nails The National Anthem
via thehighdefinite.com “During the memorial service for the West Virginia coal miners that lost their life in the April 5th disaster, the camera man decided to focus on Barack Obama mouthing along to a performance of the National Anthem. The resulting video is accidental comedic brilliance.” Posted via web from liberalsarecool.com | Comment »
Obama Nails The National Anthem
via thehighdefinite.com “During the memorial service for the West Virginia coal miners that lost their life in the April 5th disaster, the camera man decided to focus on Barack Obama mouthing along to a performance of the National Anthem. The resulting video is accidental comedic brilliance.” Posted via web from liberalsarecool.com | Comment »
Will Arizona’s Immigration Law Survive?
via roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com 5 experts chime in [click link above]: * Steven A. Camarota, Center for Immigration Studies * Hiroshi Motomura, U.C.L.A. law professor * Dan Schnur, former adviser to John McCain * Tamar Jacoby, ImmigrationWorks USA * Vivek Malhotra, A.C.L.U. Arizona has a problem with Mexican immigration, but how they deal with it reflects on all...
The Perjusry Of gov.palin@yahoo.com
Do these emails prove that she used the account for her gubernational business? YOU BETCHA!Just go to the Crivella West database which was specifically set up for Palin’s emails and give in “gov.palin@yahoo.com” as a searchword. You then will receive the impressive number of 28 hits! In many of these emails members of Palin’s administration were sending messages to...
The Perjusry Of gov.palin@yahoo.com
Do these emails prove that she used the account for her gubernational business? YOU BETCHA!Just go to the Crivella West database which was specifically set up for Palin’s emails and give in “gov.palin@yahoo.com” as a searchword. You then will receive the impressive number of 28 hits! In many of these emails members of Palin’s administration were sending messages to...
Arizona To The Right Of Communist China
Here’s the point of comparison between the impending Arizona situation and China: it’s no fun knowing — as citizen and foreigner alike know in China, and as Hispanic-looking people in Arizona soon will — that you can be asked to show proof of your legality at an official’s whim. But if it’s sobering to think that the closest analogy to a new U.S. legal...
The Irrelevant Right: Minus The Crazies, What Else...
Can anyone deny that the most trenchant and effective criticism of President Obama today comes not from the right but from the left? Rachel Maddow’s grilling of administration economic officials. Keith Olbermann’s hectoring of Democratic leaders on the public option. Glenn Greenwald’s criticisms of Elena Kagan. Ezra Klein and Jonathan Cohn’s keepin’-them-honest...
Ezra Klein: Explaining Derivatives
via voices.washingtonpost.com Ezra Klein tries to explain what derivatives are to better understand Financial reform. “Here’s the good news: You don’t need to understand the different types of derivatives. All you really need to know is that financial firms trade derivatives, they’re worth an extraordinary amount and there’s a category of them that’s...
Conservative Radio Silence On Financial Regulation
You can see why the issue would pose problems for the right. First, it threatens the self-image they’ve developed over the last year as opponents of the government-business nexus. Second, it’s difficult to work out a free market response. If you let Wall Street invest however it likes, it will eventually precipitate a financial crisis, with massive government intervention being the...
Fox Newsers Rally For GOP Over 300 Times
In recent years, at least twenty Fox News personalities have endorsed, raised money, or campaigned for Republican candidates or causes, or against Democratic candidates or causes, in more than 300 instances and in at least 49 states. Republican parties and officials have routinely touted these personalities’ affiliations with Fox News to sell and promote their events. via...
GOP: Graham's "Stealth Gayness" Is A Danger
Right-wing group fears Sen. Graham’s ’stealth gayness’ According to the right-wing political action committee Americans for Legal Immigration (ALIPAC), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) needs to “make his homosexual lifestyle public knowledge in the interest of political integrity and national security.” Or, in the words of one blogger, Graham’s “stealth gayness” might...
Even GOP Advisers Can Not Defend GOP Tactics
I cannot defend what they’re doing,” Halperin said. “They are willfully misreading the bill or they are engaged in a cynical attempt to keep the president from achieving something. via washingtonmonthly.com Host Joe Scarborough turned to Time’s Mark Halperin, and urged him to “defend the Republican position” on the Wall Street reform legislation. Halperin,...
Sarah Palin's Ignorant Imperialism
Sarah Palin thinks Barack Obama is a wimp. She’s been going around to Tea Party rallies, invoking the spirit of revolutionary Boston and castigating Obama for failing to exalt American power and punish our adversaries. She seems blissfully unaware that the imperial arrogance she’s preaching isn’t how the American founders behaved. It’s how the British behaved, and why they...
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Tea Bagger History Lesson: Federal Gov't Was...
On this day in history, 16 April 1789, Revolutionary War hero and Sarah Palin’s Favorite Founder George “Father of My Country; Also, Owner of 316 Slaves” Washington set off from his posh digs at Mount Vernon (“The Mount That Slaves Built”) for New York City, loathed metropolis of punchy-faced Glenn Beck, to get his inauguration on. Teabaggers idolizing Sarah Palin because she’s so smart and...
Krugman Explains McConnell In Layman's Term
On Tuesday, Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, called for the abolition of municipal fire departments. Firefighters, he declared, “won’t solve the problems that led to recent fires. They will make them worse.” The existence of fire departments, he went on, “not only allows for taxpayer-funded bailouts of burning buildings; it institutionalizes them.” He concluded, “The way to solve...
So Fox Does Not Promote Tea Party Yet Hannity To...
via latimesblogs.latimes.com So Fox pulled the plug on Hannity’s Cincinnati Tea Party show, good for them. But let’s not forget that critics of Fox News who accuse the network of promoting the Tea Party as it covers the political movement as a news story are correct. It’s “Fox GOP Opinion”, not Fox News. Posted via web from liberalsarecool.com...
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Sullivan: Why I'm Passing On Tea
Over the last decade, it is surely evident that big government has come back with a vengeance. And one has to grasp that part of the tea-party anger is pent up from the Bush years. Most of the rational tea-partiers accept that the GOP has been as bad - if not worse - than the Democrats on spending, borrowing and the size and scope of government in recent years. They repressed this anger during...
"Climategate" Whimpers To A Close
“Climate change researchers accused of manipulating or hiding data in last year’s “Climategate” affair were guilty of sloppy record-keeping but not bad science, an independent panel in Britain concluded Wednesday.”via latimes.com This will be considered a whitewash from the Right. Typical group think. There are thousands of other scientists doing great work in the...
"Spontaneous" Anger Of 1961, 1977 and 1993
Every time a Democrat wins the Presidency you get the same historical myopia: “they are the same angry, ill-informed, overwhelmingly white, crypto-corporate paranoiacs that accompany every ascendancy of liberalism within U.S. government.”The same “spontaneous eruption” of folks never before engaged in politics. (“I just don’t have time for anything,” a housewife told a newsmagazine....