Archive for April, 2010
More of this please.
Jason Linkins over at HuffPost points to a story about some sanity bubbling to the surface in Arizona. It seems a local Sheriff is not happy about recent legislation: Dupnik called the law “racist” and “disgusting” and “stupid” and, in his “nuanced judgment” could not be enforced without mandatory racial profiling. Dupnik’s reckoning of the [...]
April 28, 2010
· 
Dennis G. · 
99 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, Open Thread
Are You Bought and Paid For or Just Teabagger Stupid?
Ben Nelson on the hot seat: Among the critics is Nelson’s richest constituent, investor Warren Buffett of Omaha. Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway, is Nelson’s biggest single source of campaign funds. And if that’s not enough, Nelson and his wife have investments in Berkshire Hathaway. The latest disclosure from 2008 valued those investments at $1.5 million [...]
April 28, 2010
· John Cole · 29 Comments
Posted in: Assholes
No More Mr. Tough Guys
Looks like another win for our worthless President and the country: With political pressure mounting, Senate Republicans relented on Wednesday and agreed to let Democrats open debate on legislation that would provide the most far-reaching overhaul of the nation’s financial regulatory system since the aftermath of the Great Depression. The decision by Republicans to allow [...]
April 28, 2010
· John Cole · 42 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Republican Stupidity
Oh. Hey! Look Who Discovered the “T-Word”
The NY Times: The torture of Iraqi detainees at a secret prison in Baghdad was far more systematic and brutal than initially reported, Human Rights Watch reported on Tuesday. The Washington Post: Adding to the political tension, Human Rights Watch released a report late Tuesday saying that members of a military unit under the command [...]
April 28, 2010
· John Cole · 27 Comments
Posted in: Our Failed Media Experiment, Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin., Torture
Ahh, Glibertarians
In fairness, he does know a thing or two about bone-deep ignorance.
April 28, 2010
· John Cole · 45 Comments
Posted in: Going Galt
Still the King
Everyone say Happy Birthday to Tunch, who is eight years old today! Someone will be getting some tuna in a little bit.
April 28, 2010
· John Cole · 118 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Uncle Rahm
Left-wing Rahm-haters just can’t compete with right-wing Rahm-haters : American Jews, I have one request of you: please pull your heads out of your posteriors. I mean that in all sincerity. Your continued support for Democrats and an administration that is openly anti-Semitic is a disgrace. Your embrace of a party that seeks to hamstring [...]
April 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 146 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, We Are All Mayans Now
Don’t Eat the Brown Acid
I can’t begin to make sense of Red State’s offering in the “epistemic closure” debate. You give it a shot: Of course, it is our fault, not theirs. As the New York Times notes, “[Epistemic closure] is being used as shorthand by some prominent conservatives for a kind of closed-mindedness in the movement, a development [...]
April 28, 2010
· John Cole · 87 Comments
Posted in: Bring on the Brawndo!, Burkean bells, Wingnut Event Horizon, WTF?
I’ll be in my basement room, with a needle and a spoon
It’s nice to see the Senate has its priorities in order (via Atrios): Word is that the Democrats might make the Republicans actually filibuster FinReg tonight. That is to say, stand on the floor and talk and talk and talk. And if the Democrats are serious about forcing the Republicans to really filibuster the bill, [...]
April 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 56 Comments
Posted in: 59-41 Senate Minority, Domestic Affairs, Good News For Conservatives
The sweetest taboo
Racial supremacy is a fairly taboo topic in the media. That’s why William Saletan thought it was exciting to tell liberals that they were no better than creationists if they failed to accept the “studies” done by white supremacist J. Philippe Rushton. It’s also why Andrew Sullivan and George Will thought it was exciting to [...]
April 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 272 Comments
Posted in: Burkean bells, General Stupidity, Good News For Conservatives
More whining
The Politico has published what may be the longest piece in the publication’s hallowed history. Predictably, it’s an extended whine about how Obama treats the press. Most whine off the record, but Iraq war cheerleader George Packer, at least, doesn’t: “I don’t think they need to be nice to reporters, but the White House seems [...]
April 28, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 88 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, Media
Paula Deen Makes KFC Look Like Slackers
Look at this, KFC Double Down, and despair. Paula Deen’s Lady’s Brunch Burger is 1/2 pound of ground beef, topped by a fried egg and two slices of bacon, on a Krispy Kreme donut. It’s a myocardial infarct and type 2 diabetes on a single plate! Paula’s Food Network show is “Paula’s Home Cooking”, which [...]
April 28, 2010
· mistermix · 193 Comments
Posted in: Food
A Cheerful Quote to Start Your Day
I’m wondering how Obama will be blamed for this: Ángel Gurría, head of the O.E.C.D., said ahead of the meeting that the euro-zone countries had to act “very fast.” “It’s not a question of the danger of contagion. Contagion has already happened,” he told Bloomberg television. “This is like Ebola. When you realize you have [...]
April 28, 2010
· John Cole · 45 Comments
Posted in: Foreign Affairs
Dead To Her
I’ve got nothing, and it’s open thread time, so let’s talk about my Mother. She’s 74 years old, brown (US citizen from Mexican parents), and tough as nails. She spends her winters in a small town near Tucson, a few miles from where she grew up. Since the Arizona immigration law passed, I’ve been thinking [...]
April 28, 2010
· mistermix · 144 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Open Thread
Whistling Dixie
This picture was taken in Portland, Maine. I like the conclusion to the article accompanying the picture: Jeremy Haskell was out walking his black Labrador retriever, Jeter, when he encountered the rally. He said he is a lifelong Mainer and hunter but doesn’t have a need to flaunt a gun in public.“I just don’t get [...]
April 27, 2010
· Angry DougJ · 108 Comments
Posted in: Enhanced Protest Techniques, Good News For Conservatives
