Archive for the ‘Rumormongering’ Category
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Okay, this first: A rift in the Ohio Republican Party became public this weekend, raising questions about GOP unity in one of the nation’s most important presidential swing states. During a speech Friday to the state’s Republican Central Committee, state party Chairman Kevin DeWine accused Gov. John Kasich’s political team of recruiting candidates to oust [...]
December 5, 2011
· 
Kay · 
29 Comments
Posted in: An Unexamined Scandal, Election 2012, Flash Mob of Hate, Grifters Gonna Grift, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality, Rumormongering
Senator Brown (not that one, the good one)
I met with a representative from Sherrod Brown’s campaign last Thursday evening. They’re starting early because they anticipate a tough race. I appreciate that she contacted me, and allowed me to play expert on my little neck of the woods. I hope I was helpful. I have all sorts of directives I must deliver, as [...]
August 23, 2011
· Kay · 36 Comments
Posted in: 59-41 Senate Minority, Republican Venality, Rumormongering, The Decadent Left In Its Enclaves On The Coasts, The Money Party
So We Got That Going For Us
More fun: There was crazy chatter about this earlier, and now CNBC is reporting that the government is preparing for a possible downgrade from S&P. Remember, during the debt ceiling fight, S&P warned that there was a 50/50 chance of a downgrade if spending weren’t cut by at least $4 trillion dollars. Bear in mind [...]
August 5, 2011
· John Cole · 156 Comments
Posted in: Free Markets Solve Everything, Rumormongering
Dr. Bachmann: Countdown to a Wide Stance [Cher Update!]
This fucking guy is going to cure you of your gay? Not bloody likely. He’s going to make your gay gayer. Got some gay you’d like to rid yourself of? Dr. Marcus Bachmann is standing at attention, ready to serve you. You see, he thinks gay people are barbarians, and they need to be spanked [...]
July 1, 2011
· ABL 2.0 · 139 Comments
Posted in: Gay Rights are Human Rights, Rumormongering
Open Thread
I’m beginning to wonder if there is something very seriously wrong with Sullivan. Seems like he has been out sick for a month, doesn’t it? Anyone know of any updates from his minions that I may have missed?
February 10, 2011
· John Cole · 143 Comments
Posted in: Blogospheric Navel-Gazing, Rumormongering
House and Hamsher Say “Detained”; Quantico Spokesman Says “Turned Away”
Let’s call the whole thing off Here’s the New York Times on the Hamsher/House business: Two backers of a jailed Army private suspected of passing classified documents to the WikiLeaks website say their car was towed after they arrived at a Marine base to visit him. David House and blogger Jane Hamsher say in a [...]
January 24, 2011
· ABL 2.0 · 181 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread, Rumormongering
Yankee Ingenuity
New rules go into effect in January: The MLR goes into effect in January 2011. The law requires that large-group plans spend 85 percent of premiums on clinical services and activities related to quality of care. Only 15 percent can go to other items, such as administrative costs, advertising and profits. For small-group and individual [...]
December 31, 2010
· Kay · 40 Comments
Posted in: An Unexamined Scandal, Domestic Affairs, Going Galt, I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own, Rumormongering, World's Best Healthcare (If You Can Afford It)
Jack D. Ripper Would Have Seen This Coming
Hrmm: Interpol has issued an international warrant at the request of a Swedish court for the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in connection with alleged sex crimes. The Stockholm Criminal Court last week issued an international arrest warrant for Assange on probable cause, saying he is suspected of rape, sexual molestation and illegal use [...]
November 30, 2010
· John Cole · 145 Comments
Posted in: Rumormongering
World Killing Event: The BP Disaster May End Life on Earth
No seriously, we’re all gonna die. So apparently, the BP disaster is going to kill us all. Like, seriously. I’ve been sitting here staving off my increasing annoyance at life; meanwhile, none of it may matter because we’re all about to die. So, you know how BP and the federal government have been arresting journalists [...]
October 28, 2010
· ABL 2.0 · 163 Comments
Posted in: Fucked-up-edness, Humor, Rumormongering, Science and Technology, Seriously, Sweet Fancy Moses!, WTF?
At Least They Didn’t Insult His Girlfriend
From the “Stuff too weirdly mundane to pass as fiction” files. Gawker’s Adrian Chen sternly warns us “Don’t Post Pictures of an FBI Tracking Device You Find on a Car to the Internet“, and links to a Wired report: “Caught Spying on Student, FBI Demands GPS Tracker Back“: ... Afifi, a business marketing student at [...]
October 8, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 99 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Rumormongering, Security Theatre, Shitty Cops, War on Terror aka GSAVE®
How Come No One Has Ever Heard of This?
Does anyone know wtf is going on with this: A bill that homeowners advocates warn will make it more difficult to challenge improper foreclosure attempts by big mortgage processors is awaiting President Barack Obama’s signature after it quietly zoomed through the Senate last week. The bill, passed without public debate in a way that even [...]
October 6, 2010
· John Cole · 159 Comments
Posted in: Democratic Stupidity, Free Markets Solve Everything, Fucked-up-edness, OBAMA IS WORSE THAN BUSH HE SOLD US OUT!!, Rumormongering, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You
Great News About Global Warming!
An analysis branch of the German Army, that famously sloppy outfit which nobody would call exacting or thorough, has concluded that peak oil might arrive as soon as right now. Maybe we can find a sensible compromise solution that prevents chaos, collapse and Mad Max: Beyond Boise? Something like an alternative energy Apollo Program that [...]
September 9, 2010
· Tim F. · 142 Comments
Posted in: Fucked-up-edness, Rumormongering, Science and Technology
Choosing Warren: This Would Be Bad, Because… ?
Excellent article by Joe Nocera, in the NYTimes, on the way that “Consumers [are] Clamoring for a Leader”: ... “We’re Trojan-horsing people with the messaging,” said Bonnie Abaunza, one of the Brigadettes. In addition to Mr. Zimmer, supporters of the Main Street Brigade include the directors James Brooks and Ron Howard as well as other [...]
August 21, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 130 Comments
Posted in: C.R.E.A.M., Daydream Believers, Excellent Links, Rumormongering, Show Us on the Doll Where the Invisible Hand Touched You
We don’t need no stinking majority
This (from the Hill via NoMoreMisterNiceGuy) isn’t getting as much attention as I thought it would: He (Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy) suggested that if that happens some Democrats might not support Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to be speaker, and might instead opt to vote with Republicans to pursue their priorities. ... “Why do you think that [...]
August 2, 2010
· DougJarvus Green-Ellis · 42 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives, Rumormongering
Early Morning Open Thread: Soiled-Dove-Grey Lady
Once again, the rumors are getting louder about the New York Times going (back) behind a paywall. It probably says a lot about my personal biases that I found Foster Kamer’s Gawker article the most interesting—not least because of the comments engendered by it. You don’t get nearly such a range of… creativity… in the [...]
January 18, 2010
· Anne Laurie · 189 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread, Popular Culture, Rumormongering, Schadenfreude
