Archive for March 10th, 2010

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Late Night Video: What Glenn Beck Hates

For some reason, this video needs you to have a Facebook account in order to view it.
What Glenn Beck Hates

10Mar2010 | nemski | 3 comments | Continued
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Wednesday Open Thread

Welcome to Wednesday! Is anyone else finding this week incredibly long? It’s time for your open thread, so tell us what’s on your mind.
Hey, I love this news but with all news about diet take it with a grain of salt:
Led by Dr. Lu Wang, preventive-health experts at Brigham conducted the first long-term [...]

10Mar2010 | Unstable Isotope | 17 comments | Continued
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John Carney Chosen For DCCC’s Red To Blue Program

Former Lt. Gov John Carney has been chosen in the first group of “Red to Blue” candidates by the DCCC. This is good news for John Carney, because that means his race is being placed in high priority by the Democratic party.
Chairman Van Hollen joined DCCC Vice Chair Bruce Braley (IA) and Red to [...]

10Mar2010 | Unstable Isotope | 10 comments | Continued
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Glenn Beck, Cult Leader

The leaders of cults tend to be charismatic individuals who brainwash their followers. They do this by isolating them from their friends and family so that the members are dependent on the cult leader for their world view. They also make distinctions between “us” and “them,” with “us” as the good guys and [...]

10Mar2010 | Unstable Isotope | 8 comments | Continued
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Democrats To Get All Vincent Van Gogh About Earmarks

Ethically speaking it hasn’t been a great year for Democrats in Washington, but with the ouster of Massa and other corrections of mis-steps, Congressional Democrats are continuing down the path of ethics reform. One item ripe for massive reform are earmarks. House Democrat leaders are actively working on ways to reform —even temporarily halt — [...]

10Mar2010 | nemski | 2 comments | Continued
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Memo to Michele Rollins: Bring It On!

Rethugs are virtually wetting themselves (except for the octogenarian Vicmead Hunt denizens, who really ARE wetting themselves) over the possible entrance of Michele Rollins into Delaware’s US House race.
Michele Rollins earned her entree  into Greenville gigagazilionaire circles the old-fashioned way: She married into it. A dewy-eyed 1963 beauty queen (the dew formed in the shape [...]

10Mar2010 | El Somnambulo | 49 comments | Continued
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The Delicate Flowers Of SCOTUS

Someone’s had their widdle feelings hurt:
Speaking to law students at the University of Alabama, Roberts said he had “no problems” with criticism in general.
“On the other hand, there is the issue of the setting, the circumstances and the decorum,” said the Chief Justice. “The image of having the members of one branch of government standing [...]

10Mar2010 | Unstable Isotope | 14 comments | Continued
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Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out

Rush Limbaugh, the satirical twit of right-wing hate, is threatening — strike that — promising to leave the United States if health care reform is passed and fully implemented in the next five years.
CALLER: If the health care bill passes, where would you go for health care yourself? And the second part of that is, what [...]

10Mar2010 | nemski | 4 comments | Continued

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