Archive for September, 2010
Sublimely Ridiculous
It’s a truly strange electoral season. Republicans are poised to make huge gains in the House, probably taking over the majority. They are likely to gain in the Senate as well, though it’s unlikely they will win a majority there. And all this is slated to happen, even though Americans think the Republican Party really [...]
The Politics Of Masturbation
(1) Democrats are apparently, not the only ones who regard Christine O’Donnell’s primary victory as good news. Today, CNBC aired a segment titled “When it comes to the market, is the Tea Party good news or bad news?” Hugh Johnson of the investment firm Hugh Johnson Advisors and Andy Busch of BMO Capital Markets joined [...]
The Long Arm of J. Edgar Hoover
One of the strangest stories to come down the pike yesterday was the “revelation that celebrated civil rights era photographer Ernest C. Withers was an FBI informant”. Here’s what might lend salience to this revelation: Withers … was the only photojournalist in Room 306 of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, which was the room occupied [...]
The McCain Anomaly
Christine O’Donnell‘s victory over moderate Republican stalwart Mike Castle yesterday raises all kinds of questions. And since early last night all the obvious ones have been asked. Over and over. So here’s the one I want to ask: in this primary season of Tea Party Davids repeatedly toppling Republican establishment Goliaths — often, as last [...]
Depends On The Definition Of “Hit Hardest”
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell yesterday, on the possibility (brought up by House Minority Leader John Boehner on Sunday) of giving up on extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans: We can’t let the people who’ve been hit hardest by this recession and who we need to create the jobs that will get [...]
Boehner’s Inexplicably Sane Statement on Tax Cuts
Yesterday morning, John Boehner unexpectedly declared on “Face the Nation” that if push came to shove, he would be willing to drop the demand that Republicans have been holding firm on: that they would allow the expiring Bush tax cuts to be extended for middle class Americans only if they were also extended for the [...]
War Profiteering Inc.
That “Inc.”, by the way, is short for “incarnate”. The company in question seems to embody the very highest traditions of war profiteering. Two and a half weeks ago, Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, (MEP) proudly put out this press release: Mission Essential Personnel, LLC, (MEP) is pleased to announce it has been included again on [...]
Drastic Cuts In Brain Shrinkage. Very Drastic.
The Queen’s English takes a big hit from The Daily Mail, UK: A simple vitamin pill could prevent millions from suffering the agony of Alzheimer’s. The tablet, costing as little as 10p a day and made up of three vitamin B supplements, cut brain shrinkage linked to memory loss by up to 500 per cent. [...]
Murkowski Pulling A Lieberman?
On August 31, when Sen. Lisa Murkowski, “trailing in her bid for renomination in the Alaska GOP primary count (concluded) there were not enough unattributed votes out there to propel her to victory”, she graciously conceded defeat to her Tea-Party-supported challenger, Joe Miller. Like Miller, she had already previously pledged that, if she lost the [...]
Drugs Will Do That
Here’s one for the ages (hat tip: Kiko’s House): We’ve been breaking everything on our national poll this week down by whether respondents have ever smoked Marijuana before and here’s one I wasn’t expecting: Sarah Palin is the top choice for the 2012 GOP nomination among Republicans who have. Granted it’s a sample size of [...]