Archive for March, 2011
A Little Good News: Scott Walker’s Fate
Firefighters caused a run on the M&I Bank which was a major funder of Scott Walker’s campaign. Awesome!
and there is this…
12Mar2011 | jason330 | 22 comments | ContinuedPaul Maslin: ‘VICTORY’???!!! Pyrrhus Had Nothing on Scott Walker.
President Obama, Nationalize the NFL
Take the NFL away from the owners who are violating the public trust by abusing their monopoly position. Problem solved.
If you want to know all about the owners position read this column by ESPN’s Bill Simons.
12Mar2011 | jason330 | 13 comments | Continued
Friday Open Thread
The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
11Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 17 comments | Continued
“Teabag Governor Says “F-You!” to the Governed” of the Day
“Financial Martial Law” declared in Michigan. What could possibly go wrong?
11Mar2011 | jason330 | 16 comments | Continued(the bill) allows the governor to dissolve the elected governments of Michigan’s towns and cities, replacing them with unaccountable “emergency financial managers” who can…
Devasting Earthquake And Tsunami In Japan
An 8.9 earthquake and tsunami hit the northeastern coast of Japan today. It’s the 5th strongest earthquake ever recorded according to USGS.
11Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 11 comments | Continued
Metaphor Misfire: Rand Paul Edition
Rand Paul claims it’s easier to get an abortion than to buy a toilet.
11Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 12 comments | Continued
Sussex Teabag Sheriff Jeff Christopher Gunning for a Show Down w/ SC County Council
Electing a Teabag is a bad idea. Electing a Teabag to a job where they get a badge and a car with lights on top is a really bad idea.
You see, the “Sheriff” in Sussex is supposed to be an officer of the court who serves legal documents and oversees foreclosures. The Sheriff is not supposed to be a six gun slinging, Chuck-Fucking-Norris-wanabee, who crashes through saloon doors to blast away at liberals, Mexicans, gays and other low life saloon dwellers.
But Jeff Christopher is that Teabag Sheriff. His letters reveal him to be the kind of nutbag that you don’t want in office. He thinks that Sussex needs the wild west sort of Sheriff to protect the “Constitution” which he says is under attack and he is fixing for a showdown on March 15th to settle the question of what type of Sheriff he is going to be
10Mar2011 | jason330 | 41 comments | Continued
Wingnut America To Adam Smith, “Drop Dead”
In the wingnut Republic that America is fast becoming, NPR can survive without a government subsidy, but Exxon-Mobil can’t.
Check out this interview of Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)—he of apologizing to BP fame—by ABC on Wednesday. Pressed repeatedly by Jon Karl to stake out a position on tax credits enjoyed by offshore oil [...]
Rep Keith Ellison Breaks Down in King’s Witchhunt Hearings
Rep. Keith Ellison is the only Muslim member of Congress. Today he spoke before Peter King’s hearings about radicalized Islam in America. This is the conclusion of his remarks, he tells a moving story of a Muslim-American being posthumously demonized.
I find it inconsistent that Muslims are oversensitive when leaders paint them and their religion with [...]
Thursday Open Thread
The Thursday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
10Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 21 comments | Continued
Time To Make the Districts: Part Deux
In Which We Create Two A Brand New Senate Districts.
OK, some simple math. If you create two new senate districts, and if you leave the total number of senate districts at 21, then two existing districts must disappear.
In our last, perhaps too much ‘inside baseball’- laced treatise, I identified Senate District 3, currently held by [...]
NPR – “Please Stop Hurting Us”
NPR gives in to right wing bullies, not that it will help them any.
10Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 22 comments | Continued
Wisconsin GOP Senators Pass Stand-Alone Anti-Union Bill Without Democrats Present
Watch the live feed from Madison here.
Give $25.00 to support the recall effort: here.
Newt Gingrich Committed Adultery Because He Loves America – You can’t make this up.
Newt was too busy loving America and defending the our national honor to be faithful to his wife. That talking point should clear the way for the nomination.
9Mar2011 | jason330 | 14 comments | Continued
Wednesday Open Thread
The Wednesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
9Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Fox News Celebrates International Women’s Day
Fox’s Megyn Kelly asks if she was askin’ for it.
9Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 38 comments | Continued
Another Governor says “F-you!” to the Governed
60 percent of Pennsylvanians would still support taxing the natural gas drillers at a rate similar to the other energy-producing states.”
Too bad those 60 percent of Pennsylvanians didn’t contribute $1.2 million to Corbitt’s recent election campaigns like the oil-and-natural gas interests did.
9Mar2011 | jason330 | 23 comments | Continued
Return Of The Angry Town Halls
The angry Town Halls are back! This time it’s Republicans feeling the heat from constituents.
9Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 7 comments | Continued
Guest Post from DFA — Netroots Nation Scholarship Competition Launches
Most of our regular readers know about Netroots Nation and believe it or not, that time of the year is coming up again. I’ve never been and I *really* want to go — the schedule has just never quite worked. In any event, Democracy for America sponsors attendees to this conference every year by providing scholarships to progressive bloggers and activists who couldn’t otherwise go.
9Mar2011 | cassandra_m | 1 comment | Continued
12% of Nothing is Nothing
If you can get through this, Donviti actually makes a good point. With Union membership at 12% and the wealth of the country concentrated at the very top, the plutocratic overlords who call all the shots have the middle class arguing over a pittance. (What is one value less than a pittance? A dribble?)
I know there are bigger issues involved, but from a practical perspective, even if Scott Walker backs down and allows Wisconsin unions to the right to “collective bargaining” the unions will have won the right to try and grab a handful of steam.
9Mar2011 | jason330 | 5 comments | Continued
Jack Pot?
I’m not in favor of giving the current casino operators a perpetual monopoly, but I’m also not a fan of trying to gamble our way back to prosperity by adding more casinos.
BTW – Since studies have shown that casino gambling is a tax on poor people, I wonder if anyone will suggest that rich people should have their taxes raised as well?
8Mar2011 | jason330 | 21 comments | Continued
International Women’s Day and Daniel Craig Wears Heels to Celebrate
And good for him, too. March 8th is International Women’s Day and this year’s UN theme is: Equal access to education, training and science and technology: Pathway to decent work for women. In the UK, this Day is a chance to remind residents that equality is still a work in progress — featuring the fabulous Daniel Craig and the voice of Dame Judy Dench:
8Mar2011 | cassandra_m | 16 comments | Continued
Delaware Undiluted Episode 2 – El Somnambulo
A word of caution, children, before we discuss the arcane ways of the redistrictor: some mysteries were not meant for man to understand. Redrawing election district lines is cartographic devilry of a black and necromantic sort, dreamed up by the twisted designs of sinister vote counting gods, existing purely to tempt and destroy mankind with its elusive secrets.
8Mar2011 | jason330 | 4 comments | Continued
Tuesday Open Thread
The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.
8Mar2011 | Unstable Isotope | 5 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
