THIS is so f***ing immoral.
The Washington Post is reporting that our pal and yours Steny Hoyer is ready to make a deal to enable the continuation of the Iraq disaster in return for "more domestic spending."Is this the most...
View ArticleWhy you are f***ed. Plain and simple. What you can do.
As Bond dad will attest, this economy is fucked. But, it is much, much worse than that.As we learned today, several large financial institutions have agreed to allow FOREIGN COUNTRIES to take large...
View ArticleYou are being spied upon.
The FISA cloture vote is coming in the next few hours.Has everyone made calls to their Senators and those on the list? Here is the link for the FP diary about Chris Dodd's heroic speech and the phone...
View ArticleImmunity? Basket Warrants? Where's the Investigation?
With the collective power of the blogosphere, we won a cloture vote on the Senate's FISABOHICA bill yesterday. We have the momentum. Maybe.However, since Reid insisted on bringing the Intelligence...
View ArticleHow McSame won and lessons for this fall.
The front page has been flooded with "Why Hillary Lost" diaries, which elicited this diary in response: Why Obama won!The diarist in that diary makes an interesting point that an autopsy on the Clinton...
View ArticleWho's OUR Dick Cheney?
Given the that fact our candidate for President, Sen. Barack Obama, is currently vetting vice-presidential running mates, a question came to mind as I read the following excerpt from today's WaPo by...
View ArticleCreative Education: Making the New Yorker Experience Work for Us
I have an idea for how the New Yorker can turn this situation around.Judging from the interviews with the New Yorker editorial staff, it is clear that they did not expect this reaction.That goes to...
View ArticleAP Washington Bureau led by Rove lover
Many here, including yours truly, were continually amazed by the the Associated Press' shameless parroting of outlandish "Adminstration" positions during the run-up to, and the aftermath of the...
View ArticleToward National Socialism: The Next Step
Has anyone checked out the relative Republican campaign contributions of the the financial institution (AIG) that just received massive taxpayer subsidies? And the Republican-Democratic contributions...
View ArticleRESET the Internets
Wondering if anyone else here has experienced website disruptions over the past two days. In particular, I've had the following experience with each of my websites (two are professional and the other...
View ArticleINVESTMENT, not "spending". What Obama can do to change the terms of this...
Obama was on the ropes last week. Was it rope-a-dope? At least one Kossack thinks so, and since this diary is the most recc'd entry today, I gather many here agree.However, I believe that Obama was...
View ArticleExtortion, plain and simple.
It's time for America to open its eyes.And our eyes are being opened, whether we like it or not.Just like with the Iraq War, where the fact that we were going to invade Iraq was well-known to everyone...
View ArticlePlouffe goes LOUD with David v. Goliath classic.
I firmly believe the David v. Goliath story we have witnessed today will go down in the history of 21st century politics. Who said this not one week ago:"Big moments, political or otherwise, will no...
View ArticleWapo gives Yoo platform - WTF??! Protest torture NOW!
This will be a quick diary, but I just learned that TODAY at 1 pm EST the Washington Post is having John Yoo, the architect and enabler of the Bush torture regime, do a chat on their website.Stand up...
View ArticlePrologue to a Primary: First steps.
The insanity, injustice and yes depravity of giving billionaires a tax cut during the worst economic times in decades should force anyone to question the judgment of the man we elected President.In the...
View ArticleBREAKING: It's Officially A CRISIS! (w/Update)
Lo and behold!Our friends over at that bastion of journalistic integrity have piled on with a story about the newest crisis to hit the Beltway:Raising the direst alarm yet, the Obama administration...
View Articlebin Laden's DNA: A primer on forensic DNA identification and its use to...
Twenty-five years ago the process of identifying someone by typing their DNA was extremely difficult and time consuming. It was not done on a large scale.Fast-forward to today, where we are told that...
View ArticleFor Your Consideration: The Concert in Support of Occupy Wall Street
In the near future, I would like to see the managers of Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, U2, Tom Petty, Paul McCartney, Willie Nelson, Pearl Jam, Green Day, The Killers, Deathcab for Cutie, MGMT, Vampire...
View ArticleFor Your Consideration: Venues for The Concert in Support of OWS
This is my second post about The Concert in Support of Occupy Wall Street. The first post was here.This post and the comments will focus on selecting venues for The Concert in Support of OWS. My...
View ArticleMy Short Letter in Opposition to US Military Intervention in Syria
My Congresswoman is currently identified in this WaPo chart as being "Undecided" as to whether we should intervene militarily in the Syrian Civil War. I am opposed to any military intervention at this...
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