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Swimming Pool Bananas Posted 03 Mar 2010 under Republican Clown Show
Here’s a perfect example of the totally insane, futile and stupid obstructionism that Senate Republicans have embraced as their legislative signature. Last September, more than five months ago, President Obama nominated Barbara Milano Keenan to serve on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her nomination cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee at the end of October [...]
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Real Scientific Disagreement About Global Warming Posted 17 Feb 2010 under I'm Melllllting, Podium Spin
The bad news is that this is not only going to muddy the waters a heck of a lot, but may also set back prospects of meaningful action to address global warming any time soon. The good news is that global warming may not actually be real. Because this time it’s not just [...]
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WTF? Posted 12 Oct 2009 under Media, Obama Uber Alles
“What’s with all the @#%! language?“, Politico.com: President Barack Obama called rap star Kanye West “a jackass.” Vice President Joe Biden told a senator to “Gimme a f—-ing break!” Economic adviser Christina Romer declared that Americans had yet to have their “holy s—-” moment over the economy. Those who pay attention to political rhetoric say an unusual [...]
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Guard Dogs And Peanut Butter Posted 08 Oct 2009 under Bush Man Date, Iraq War, War on Terror
This, apparently, is what happens if enough generations of economics professors hold forth in class enough times about “guns and butter”. The phrase enters the national consciousness. And there it festers. Sometimes, it mutates randomly. In the time of George Bush, that valiant guardian of morality (especially in the military) and [...]
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Keeping Shit Secret Is What’ll Keep Us Safe Posted 10 Jun 2009 under Bush Man Date, Dismantling Bushworld, Obama Uber Alles, Podium Spin, War on Terror
Safety doesn’t lie in numbers, safety lies in keeping ugly secrets secret. Loose lips sink ships, and so does the Freedom of Information Act. (1) So now it’s a formal legal argument: such-and-such information (about past government misdeeds) must be kept secret forever, because to allow this information to become public would benefit al-Qaeda’s recruitment efforts. [...]
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Innocent As Charged? Posted 13 Apr 2009 under Corruption, Media, Republican Clown Show
Trying to spin Ted Stevens as a wrongfully accused innocent, who should never have been charged and tried for the crimes that he is alleged to have committed, would appear to be a thoroughly idiotic notion. Which must be why the Republican machine has embraced it with both arms, and kissed it on the [...]
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Political Humor, Republican Style Posted 27 Feb 2009 under Bolton, Media, Republican Clown Show
Paul Krugman seems to have really nailed it when he described today’s Republican party as “the party of Beavis and Butthead”: Basically, the political philosophy of the GOP right now seems to consist of snickering at stuff that they think sounds funny. The party of ideas has become the party of Beavis and Butthead. Except that the [...]
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Lopsided Enough To Be Satifying Posted 05 Nov 2008 under 2008 Presidential, Bush Man Date
Remember all the times in the last four years (just to take a random period of history) that people like George Bush have said “God bless America!”? I don’t know if blessing is anything like saving, but gods certainly decided to step in and save America. From the enemy within, which is unfortunately what [...]
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Gitmo: Fun And Games People Play Posted 22 Oct 2008 under Bush Man Date, Corruption, Depends on the Definition of, War on Terror
(1) Ah, fun and games! Fun, and games people play. All governments engage in a certain amount of what can only be described as meaningless masturbation, but the Bush government likes to do it with people’s lives and their freedom and their inalienable human rights: The Pentagon said Tuesday it has dropped war-crimes charges against [...]
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First Presidential Debate Live Blog Posted 26 Sep 2008 under 2008 Presidential
Demonstrating decision making that rivals McCain’s, Matt is letting me live blog the debates. It’s about to go down, I have a bottle of wine and some other refreshments all ready to go. This could get ugly. (Oh yeah, we operate on EST up in this bitch for the evening) 9:04 – Foreign policy = financial [...]