Got a call yesterday from a buddy vacationing in Florida. I heard seagulls. It was horrifying. Now here's the news...
Talking Points Memo has a photo gallery of things that aren't as steep as Rick Perry's plunging poll numbers.
Note to first-term Republican Rep. Diane Black: don't try to claim the House isn't in recess while talking about how you went on recess.
As if the recall weren't enough trouble, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is accused of over 1,000 campaign finance law violations, which could cost him over a half a million in fines. Once again, I point out that voter ID won't solve election fraud problems -- but getting rid of Republicans will.
Warren Buffett is once again awesome.
Gingrich walks back his criticism of Mitt Romney's corporate predator past. The brief Gingrich flirtation with reality is over -- for now.
And so Newt goes back to favorite themes: frootloop paranoia about the Homosexual Menace and a war on Christianity.
How do you prove that voter fraud is a big problem? If you're stupid, you commit some voter fraud and make sure you get it one tape.
The clown show effect strikes again; waning GOP enthusiasm was as evident in New Hampshire as it was in Iowa.
Finally, Herman Cain announces that he won't endorse anyone, as every single GOP candidate breathes a huge sigh of relief.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Stories to Watch: 1/11/12
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
News Roundup for 8/23/11
Not a myth
-Headline of the Day-
"Bisexual men exist: study."
Yeah, yeah, yeah. There was an earthquake in DC. You don't need to hear about that from me. If there's one thing an earthquake in Washington is going to get, it's plenty of press coverage. Think about it; that's where all the reporters are. If it had happened in Kansas City, the media response would be, "Weird, huh?" and then they'd move on. But it happened to them, making it the biggest, most important news story ever.
So it falls to me to do the heavy lifting and report the real big story of the day. And that big story involves hooking up high-techy doo-dads to guys' wing-wangs and showing them porn, because scientific discovery is how civilization advances.
See, there was actually some question as to whether bi fellas existed after a 2005 study by Northwestern University turned up inconclusive. In that study, "men who identified themselves as bisexual were in fact exclusively aroused by either one sex or the other, usually by other men."
Perhaps the quality of the porn was an issue, because this time around Northwestern got a result. Awesome porn of one category and lousy porn of the other would skew the results, after all. I don't know. Just throwing it out there. Just being all pundity and engaging in baseless speculation. In any case, all those guys who say they're bi are really bi. Not really clear on why we ever doubted them in the first place, but there ya go. We've got proof now. It's science.
Progress marches on. (Raw Story)
-Buffetted by criticism-
Warren Buffett's call to raise taxes on the very rich draws a spirited response.
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Might as well be a photograph. (McClatchy)
-Bonus HotD-
"Rebels Breach Walls of Gaddafi Compound."
Whatever. You hear about that earthquake? I understand it knocked over a lawn chair! (Crooks and Liars)
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Stories to Watch: 8/21/11
Breaking Bad again tonight. Best show on TV. Now here's the news...
Rep. Maxine Waters does not think much of the Tea Party. They're not happy with being told to "go straight to hell," but with polling showing them less popular than even atheists and Muslims -- two groups the 'baggers frequently attack -- they get to suck it.
Hypocrisy and phoniness, thy name is Rick Perry -- in more ways than one.
Charles Koch responds to Warren Buffett's op-ed calling for higher taxes on the rich by claiming that being one of the nation's top polluters makes him a boon to mankind. To paraphrase Spiderman; with great power comes a great big freakin' ego.
The obvious becoming clearer and clearer (and, you hope, more and more undeniable); the NYT reports that pretty much everyone who knows is warning that GOP politicking, posturing, obstructionism, hostage-taking, and boneheaded ideological certainty is driving America straight toward an economic cliff. James Fallows calls it a must-read.
Former New York Gov. George Pataki may be the next shiny object the media fixates on -- Gov. Rick who?
File under "confirmation of the obvious": a close look shows that the Tea Party is authoritarian, not libertarian.
Finally, what Republican voters -- and especially Tea Partiers -- believe is 100%, perfectly bass-ackward wrong. Example; Republicans want to raise taxes, while President Obama works to stop them.
Rep. Maxine Waters does not think much of the Tea Party. They're not happy with being told to "go straight to hell," but with polling showing them less popular than even atheists and Muslims -- two groups the 'baggers frequently attack -- they get to suck it.
Hypocrisy and phoniness, thy name is Rick Perry -- in more ways than one.
Charles Koch responds to Warren Buffett's op-ed calling for higher taxes on the rich by claiming that being one of the nation's top polluters makes him a boon to mankind. To paraphrase Spiderman; with great power comes a great big freakin' ego.
The obvious becoming clearer and clearer (and, you hope, more and more undeniable); the NYT reports that pretty much everyone who knows is warning that GOP politicking, posturing, obstructionism, hostage-taking, and boneheaded ideological certainty is driving America straight toward an economic cliff. James Fallows calls it a must-read.
Former New York Gov. George Pataki may be the next shiny object the media fixates on -- Gov. Rick who?
File under "confirmation of the obvious": a close look shows that the Tea Party is authoritarian, not libertarian.
Finally, what Republican voters -- and especially Tea Partiers -- believe is 100%, perfectly bass-ackward wrong. Example; Republicans want to raise taxes, while President Obama works to stop them.
Related articles
- Rep. Maxine Waters: 'The tea party can go straight to hell' (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
- Warren Buffett Calls GOP 2012 Candidates "Pathetic" (businessinsider.com)
- Tea party more unpopular than atheists and Muslims (capitolhillblue.com)
- Tea Party Tipping Point (themoderatevoice.com)
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