Archive for November, 2011
Bullets 11/17/11
“All day, all week, Occupy Wall Street.” Liveblog on the New York Daily News website, by far the best coverage of the OWS Day of Action. Timothy Egan calls out Newt Gingrich for his hypocrisy on Freddie Mac. Take away line: “In his latest incarnation, Gingrich poses as an outsider who will break up the Washington establishment [...]
Same F—ing Bill
Leave it to an MIT Professor to be the first one to drop the F-bomb about Mitt Romney’s refusal to acknowledge he had anything to do with “Obamacare” and the conception of the individual mandate. Jonathan Gruber, who helped Romney craft his Massachusetts health care legislation in 2006, has not been too pleased with Romney’s [...]
Going Big
House Real Big, Cars Real Big, Belly Real Big, Everything Real Big, Rims Real Big, Pocket Real Big, Rings Real Big, Let Me Tell You How I Live Like That Buy That, 24′s Ride That Ladies, Gentleman, Gangstas, Pimps, Mommaz, Daddies, Stunnas, Shiners Im A Rich Snitch, I’m A Real Big Tyma. [...]
You Know You Live In A Police State When…
…the planning involved by the police in dismantling a nonviolent demonstration is almost identical to the Navy SEALs preparation for catching and killing a terrorist mastermind. I really want to disclaim that I’m not talking about some conspiratorial Black Helicopter shit, except for the fact that in its most basic essence this was literally Black Helicopter [...]
The Press Blackout
More on the latest OWS developments later tonight. But for right now, we know that the New York Police Department is currently defying a court order to let demonstrators return to Zuccotti Park. One of the most egregious aspects the NYPD’s raid on Zuccotti Park was the detention of reporters who were attempting to cover [...]
The Threat of Gingrich
I don’t like the most recent poll that shows Newt Gingrich as the front runner (with 28%). The PPP (Public Policy Polling) poll has some funky results that make me question whether they got a good sample of Republicans. For instance, it still has Herman Cain at 25%, which beats Romney at 18%. While the PPP, and [...]
Say Good-Bye To The White House Vegetable Garden
Herman Cain really doesn’t know what the hell he is talking about. Like Rick Perry, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, and the bunch, he’s so internally inconsistent in everything he say’s that he can’t even give a clear statement about whether he believes there should be a “balance” of toppings on a pizza, or an “abundance”: Alan Richman: I [...]
Poll Shows Obama Leading Republican Candidates
A new Politico/GWU poll lays out some hard numbers that show the difficulty a real Republican candidate will have when running against President Obama. Via Jed Lewison at DailyKos: N = 1,000 Registered “likely” voters Margin of error ±3.1% Field Dates: November 6-9, 201 President Obama: 43 Generic Republican: 43 President Obama: 49 [...]
…And Newt Gingrich Rises to Front-Runner Status
With all the madness and childish incomprehensibility that has defined the Republican presidential nomination race thus far, it should have been accepted as inevitable that Newt Gingrich would one day attain front-runner status. Today, we have entered into this disturbing reality: The Republican presidential race is being shaken up again, with Mitt Romney retaking the lead, [...]
How The Grinch Stole Veterans Day
This guy probably would have voted against the G.I. Bill had he had the chance: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) distinguished himself Thursday as the only senator to oppose a measure aimed at hiring veterans, calling it a “trick” by the Obama administration and Democrats. He knew his decision wouldn’t be popular, but still cast the [...]