Archive for the ‘Corrections’ Category
Komen Backs Down
The Komen Foundation just released the following statement: We want to apologize to the American public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving women’s lives. The events of this week have been deeply unsettling for our supporters, partners and friends and all of us at Susan G. Komen. [...]
February 3, 2012
· 
mistermix · 
269 Comments
Posted in: Corrections
The More This Happens
If you want to kill the Wall Street protests, ur doin’ it rong: The more this happens, the more news it makes, the more people hear about it, the more pissed off people get, the more people show up, the more the cops over-react, the more news it makes, the more people hear about it… [...]
October 5, 2011
· John Cole · 166 Comments
Tags: John Cole is an irritable crank whose first instincts will always- without exception- be wrong. · Posted in: Corrections, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You, The Dirty F-ing Hippies Were Right
Tea Party corporate backers might want to start vetting these candidates
This is state level Tea Party insanity, but the Governor has now stepped in, so I think it merits a mention: Governor Chafee on Wednesday joined the chorus of political leaders calling for state Rep. Daniel P. Gordon to step aside, following his recent arrest and revelations about his lengthy criminal history in Massachusetts. “While [...]
September 25, 2011
· Kay · 69 Comments
Posted in: Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Corrections, Teabagger Stupidity, The Decadent Left In Its Enclaves On The Coasts
Not here or there, not anywhere, not in a house, not with a mouse
From Demos: In a victory for voting rights, a decision issued September 7, 2011 by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has denied certification to a proposed ballot initiative that would impose restrictive requirements for photo ID in Massachusetts elections. The decision rests on Article 9 of the Massachusetts Constitution, which guarantees “the freedom of elections.” [...]
September 8, 2011
· Kay · 30 Comments
Posted in: Activist Judges!, Assholes, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Corrections, Domestic Affairs, Election 2011, Election 2012, Fuck The Poor
Thanks! I think it’s helpful when we get down to the real issue
From Talking Points Memo (always great on voting issues): Conservative columnist Matthew Vadum is just going to come right out and say it: registering the poor to vote is un-American and “like handing out burglary tools to criminals.” “It is profoundly antisocial and un-American to empower the nonproductive segments of the population to destroy the [...]
September 2, 2011
· Kay · 189 Comments
Posted in: Corrections, Midnight Confessions, Rare Sincerity
Not All Bad Guys Are Hitler
Lot of people I respect have written and emailed to tell me I am not only wrong, but laughably so in this piece where I lamented DDay’s tone. Here is Adam Serwer: I’ve seen some folks on the left responding to the news that President Barack Obama ignored advice that he needed congressional authorization from [...]
June 20, 2011
· John Cole · 190 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Corrections, OBAMA IS WORSE THAN BUSH HE SOLD US OUT!!
Justice Thomas, Again
I wrote about Justice Thomas and his omission of all his wife’s income from reporting forms back in January. Under pressure from liberal critics, Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court acknowledged in filings released on Monday that he erred by not disclosing his wife’s past employment as required by federal law. I was surprised [...]
June 6, 2011
· Kay · 37 Comments
Posted in: Activist Judges!, Corrections, Domestic Affairs
The “500 billion” attack is back, and it’s wearing white shoes
This fact-check piece is about a series of lies Pat Boone is being paid to tell about Ryan’s plan to end Medicare. Not particularly interesting or remarkable: a conservative group (60 Plus) retained a paid hack to go out and spread the gospel. But. This one lie he’s telling should probably get some attention, because [...]
May 27, 2011
· Kay · 52 Comments
Posted in: #notintendedtobeafactualstatement, Corrections, Domestic Affairs, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You
Voting Controversy: Right or Privilege? Opinions Vary
Conservative leader makes inadvertent admission, then retracts: Minnesota state House Speaker Kurt Zellers®, who is strongly pushing for passage of a voter ID law, has now backed away from comments he made in a radio appearance on Wednesday—when he said of the act of voting: “I think it’s a privilege, it’s not a right.” “When [...]
April 25, 2011
· Kay · 63 Comments
Posted in: #notintendedtobeafactualstatement, Corrections
I never saw a blank canvas
What I always come back to is how much more cynical I would like to be, if only my students will let me. As a graduate student, I teach undergrads at a large public research university. Precisely because of my outsized desires for what education could be, I try to stay ruthlessly realistic about what [...]
April 20, 2011
· Freddie deBoer · 99 Comments
Posted in: Corrections, Education
Hit ‘Refresh’, Everybody
The blog was borked, but I think I’ve fixed it, with my little hammer. Let me know if you’re still seeing tiny text and no right-hand margin. Otherwise, consider this an open thread.
April 17, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 39 Comments
Posted in: Corrections, Open Thread
So, Apparently I Blew That One
It appears I was wrong to trust Lawrence O’Donnell, who should know better, as he is constantly pointing out his Senate experience, but he flat up lied about Paul and others: John Cole you are so willfully misled: 1. Senate Resolution 85 is non-binding; it DOES NOT have the force of law. 2. It was [...]
March 31, 2011
· John Cole · 87 Comments
Posted in: Corrections
A Follow Up
Both Dougj and John wrote about this: In 2007, a frantic call from an alarmed parent prompted Juvenile Law Center to investigate irregularities in the Luzerne County Pennsylvania juvenile court. Juvenile Law Center discovered that hundreds of children were appearing without attorneys before juvenile court judge Mark Ciavarella, and were then quickly adjudicated delinquent (found [...]
February 17, 2011
· Kay · 35 Comments
Posted in: Corrections, Free Markets Solve Everything, General Stupidity
Maybe This Time Someone Will Call Her On It
Let the lying begin: When a proposal to encourage end-of-life planning touched off a political storm over “death panels,” Democrats dropped it from legislation to overhaul the health care system. But the Obama administration will achieve the same goal by regulation, starting Jan. 1. Before the grifters, charlatans, flim-flammers and political opportunists that make up [...]
December 26, 2010
· Kay · 36 Comments
Posted in: An Unexamined Scandal, Blatant Liars and the Lies They Tell, Corrections, Domestic Affairs, Election 2010, Flash Mob of Hate, General Stupidity, I Can't Believe We're Losing to These People
Two Losers
I wasn’t able to follow the lame duck session closely, because the weeks prior to the holidays in this office are ordinarily filled with crisis and drama and last-minute filings, plus, I had to decorate two Christmas trees and talk a lot about possibly baking cookies. I was catching up, and read this on START: [...]
December 24, 2010
· Kay · 53 Comments
Posted in: An Unexamined Scandal, Assholes, Corrections, Did You Know John McCain Was A POW?, Domestic Affairs, Energy Policy, Foreign Affairs, General Stupidity, I Smell a Pulitzer!, Mainstream Media's McCain Mancrush
