Archive for November, 2010

Pre-Chanukah Asshats of the Day

So I’m sitting here chilling to some Celia Cruz (Azucar!) and thought, hey, I haven’t honored anyone lately with an asshat award. And today we have two winners.
Our first winner is Eugene Delgaudio, a Republican representing Sterling on the Loudoun County (VA) Board of Supervisors. I think we all read about Pandora’s experience [...]

30Nov2010 | MJ | 5 comments | Continued

Wealth Is Created When the Rich Steal Things Fair and Square

I cut & paste this directly from Gawker, because two minutes from now it will not seem like snarky satire anymore. You’ve got have lightning fast satire reflexes these days.

30Nov2010 | jason330 | 29 comments | Continued

An Observation

Still not back in the politics mode, so…
While away on vacation I noticed something. The under 25 crowd isn’t tatooed. Their parents were tatooed, as were those over 30. Seems like this fad is fading. Unfortunately, tatoos aren’t like skinny jeans – or a Hannah Montana tee shirt – that can be tossed in the [...]

30Nov2010 | pandora | 9 comments | Continued

Tuesday Open Thread

The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

30Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 40 comments | Continued

Net Neutrality At Risk

Comcast and Netflix are in a dispute about fees for streaming video. Could this be the issue that brings attention to net neutrality?

30Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued

30 Media Heroes

Having some fun with the Salon Hack 30 list, Greg Mitchell over at The Nation challenged his readers to create the 30 Media Heroes list.

30Nov2010 | cassandra_m | 6 comments | Continued

The Special Election Is January 13, They’re Sure This Time

The special election for New Castle County Council President will be held on Thursday, January 13.

30Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued

We’ll Have To Science That

The December issue Scientific American is out and it covers some world changing ideas among many other issues. As one leafs through the issue, a reader could easily skip From the Editor, but this month’s column is interesting. Two items that Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina brings up are what are we doing about global [...]

29Nov2010 | nemski | 4 comments | Continued

Monday Open Thread

The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

29Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 25 comments | Continued

My TSA Experience

We left the country over Thanksgiving to spend a week in beautiful Providenciales in Turks and Caicos. Hmm… an international flight, and given all the attention given to getting through airport security lately, I was a bit nervous. I read all the guidelines for checked luggage and carry-ons. I emptied my handbag and started fresh, [...]

29Nov2010 | pandora | 27 comments | Continued

The Next Two Years For The Obama Presidency

Eugene Robinson and John Podesta lay out what the next two years of the Obama presidency should look like.

29Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 17 comments | Continued

Read the December Issue of Punchline

Come read the second issue of Punchline, the cool new humor and comic magazine.

29Nov2010 | Rob Tornoe | Comments Off | Continued

Huge Wikileaks Document Dump – Fascinating Reading

The website Wikileaks has released a new set of documents, >250,000 diplomatic cables.

29Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 13 comments | Continued

2012 election could pit Obama vs. Palin

Here is a kos post by brooklynbadboy, which lays out what we all know.

- Obama will be the Democratic nominee.
- Palin will be the GOP’s nominee.
- As absurd as it seems, Palin could win.

28Nov2010 | jason330 | 11 comments | Continued

Weekend Open Thread

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

27Nov2010 | Unstable Isotope | 6 comments | Continued

The Leftist Second Amendment Remedy

If you think that the corporatist are now so firmly entrenched in power that they can not be dislodged at the ballot box; and if you think American as it stands now is unsustainable, and if you don’t want to move or cede the country to The 700 Clubers, then you might want to check out the Rude Pundit.

27Nov2010 | jason330 | 35 comments | Continued

American Political Discourse Numbed To Death By Endless Right Wing Stupidity

I’m so old that I remember when it was…, “the stupid!! ….It burns!!”

Now the country is just numb to the stupid flowing endlessly from Republican leadership. Decency, rationality and even sanity have been assed raped on a daily basis for going on 15 years now. The blood issuing from the ass end of decency, rationality and sanity is so common place now that nobody even comments on it.

Recent case in point? Republican front runner for the office of President speaking with popular Republican radio/TV host:

26Nov2010 | jason330 | Comments Off | Continued