Archive for January, 2011

Kovach Has a Knack for Winning Specials…

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but he also has a knack for losing his bids for re-election.

Tobin’s “Politics by the Numbers” breaks it down.

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Paying China First

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In a nutshell, that seems to be forming up as the GOP plan to avoid defaulting on the US debt if there is no agreement on the debt ceiling.

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Monday Open Thread

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The Monday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Nothing To See Here, Folks. Just (Another) Isolated Incident

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Via TPM: Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old Army veteran from California who was reportedly angry at the U.S. government, was arrested by police in Michigan and charged with allegedly threatening to blow up a Mosque in Dearborn. Dearborn police allegedly found Stockham inside his vehicle outside the Islamic Center of America with a load of M-80s […]

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Fox Geezer Syndrome

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“Fox Geezer Syndrome” – the phenomenon of older people relying on Fox News as their news source and being perpetually pissed off.

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Sussex GOP Braces for Stupidity Overload

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Between Frank Knotts’ recent call for (metaphorical, he claims) blood to be spilled, to the other nit wits trying to figure out who should be allowed to enter the building – this upcoming Sussex County GOP committee meeting promises to be one for the ages. I hope the news editor at the NJ has the […]

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This goes into, the “Well, what did you expect?” file

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While wingnuts weep, and gnash their teeth with dread at the notion that homos live and work amongst us, the Marines go about the business of being professional and loyal to the Constitution and the Commander-in-Chief.

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Senator Coons’ First Floor Address in the Senate

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Chris Coons gave his first floor speech on the Senate floor this past Thursday, on the subject of reviving and supporting the manufacturing sector in the US

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Frames, Frames, Everywhere Frames….

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If this George Lakoff observation is accurate, I have a question: Why did Obama piss away the “overriding narrative” that he used to pwn the GOP during the 2008 campaign? The generous side of me says that…

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Republicans are Funny

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From time to time you just have to point and laugh… On Real Time with Bill Maher, Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) apparently wants to see some kind of manfishnewt before he will accept evolution (For Southpark fans, that would be half-man, half-fish, and half-newt). Which, if ever found, would utterly destroy our understanding of human […]

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Weekend Open Thread

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The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Senator Coons Discusses the SOTU Address

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This video is from C-SPAN, where he also responds to callers:

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Ayn Rand, The Perfect Teabagger

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No one represents the Tea Party more than the founder of objectivism, Ayn Rand. I’m sure you’re not shocked or surprised that Ayn Rand relied on Social Security and Medicare.

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