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X Stryker is also the proprietor of the currently-dormant poll analysis blog Election Inspection.
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North Carolina House GOP Approves Child Murder Bill
Withholding treatment is murder, in my book.
“Parents would have to give their teenagers permission before they could receive birth control or be treated for sexually transmitted diseases, substance abuse or mental illness, under a bill approved in a House committee on Tuesday.”
Heaven forbid they should get treated for life-threatening conditions without permission! Supporters say the aim of the bill is to restore parental control over teenagers lives. I say the aim is to kill teenagers who have sex or use drugs, and maybe if they’re bullied and harassed for being gay, they can commit suicide rather than get counseling for depression. Remember, these same people want to make sure their teenagers have easy access to (and training with) their gun collections (or be able to buy them online if their hippie parents don’t have any). The life of the child was never their concern.
Fox News Dumps Dick Morris
In a victory for reality and a defeat for bullshit, Fox News won’t be renewing its contract with Dick Morris, the world’s worst political pundit. Morris, AKA the King of Wrong Mountain, was last seen predicting a Mitt Romney landslide in November, a prediction not even Rasmussen’s polling hype supported. Fox could have saved themselves some money by listening to me in 2008; it shouldn’t take over a decade for a network to fire someone who makes nothing but wrong predictions. My all time favorite Morris prediction was that Hillary Clinton would beat Obama in the Hawaii caucuses because of “the Asian vote”. Yes, Obama won his home state by a landslide, of course.
Combined with Chris Wallace sticking it to Wayne LaPierre, this news suggests that reality-based discourse is on the rise.
Wednesday Open Thread [12.26.12]
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Happy Boxing Day, everybody! I hope everyone got what they wanted this year, and if they didn’t, may the New Year treat them (and all of us) kindly. How’s your family?
The Six Day Coup at FreedomWorks shows that wingnuts really are crazy, greedy, destructive SOBs, even behind the closed doors of their own organizations.
Expedia / Hotels.com / Hotwire: The Big, Ugly Rip-Off
How do you feel about a corporation that tries to destroy the small businesses that it is partnered with? Which lies and claims small hotels are completely booked in order to route customers to more expensive ones?
Expedia, which owns Hotels.com, Hotwire, and Venere, is a big, fat rip-off:
Boehner: If my taxes go up, so will yours.
House Speaker John Boehner today rejected a proposal from former NRCC head Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) to extend existing tax cuts for middle class Americans, primarily because Boehner (and other wealthy Americans whose incomes have been going up while everyone else’s has been going down) doesn’t get a piece of the tax cut action.
Superblogger: Clark Kent leaving the Daily Planet for online journalism
In the latest issue of Superman, Clark Kent quits. And delivers a stinging rebuke of the modern media that nails it as well as anyone could:
Late Night Video 2: We Built This City On Public Dough (Rachel Schain & Todd Chappelle)
Using the parody lyrics to Starship’s “We Built This City (On Rock’N'Roll)” I wrote on last Friday’s thread on the RNC’s ‘We Built This’ theme, Delaware musicians Rachel Schain and Todd Chappelle recorded the following video:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeOoF50YaRw[/youtube]
Frameshopping: Sharpen Up
Here are a few sharp barbs I thought up; in the comments, offer your own punchy one liners that you’d like to see injected into the mix.
Spending, Taxes, Deficit: Lower Now Than Inauguration Day
The facts, as laid out by Think Progress. Reality, as we all know, has a liberal bias.
New Hampshire Primary Open Thread
Post your predictions and reactions here! The expectation game: Romney’s hoping to break 40%, Huntsman and Paul are jockeying for second, and Santorum could lose momentum if he fails to beat Gingrich (and vice versa). As for Rick Perry, if he beats anyone, it’ll be a surprise.
Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Liveblog
John Daniello gave the introduction, noting the Union hall we are in has a roster of out of work members – and that jobs would be the key agenda of the night. Gov. Jack Markell gave the key note, with an early acknowledgement of the Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Union. He then reviewed the Democratic Party’s electoral successes, and how many office we control now vs. in decades past (noting that John Burris was in attendance). This was followed by a comparison of politics and policies in Delaware vs. other states (and DC) – noting our bond rating, atmosphere of cooperation, teacher hiring, civil unions, etc. He generated significant applause inviting those who want to fight for something (jobs, equality, etc) rather than against someone to come to Delaware. He thanked his family and the attendees for all the work they do.
AP Appoints Liz “Sprinkles” Sidoti As Political Editor
HuffPo notes that AP’s chief political writer Liz Sidoti has been promoted to the position of political editor, putting her fully in charge of AP’s reporting on politics as the 2012 race gathers steam. HuffPo’s article reads much like a Sidoti article – deferential to its subject’s vast sway in Washington. It reads like an [...]
Quote of the Day 5/17/11
“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be maintained.” – President James A. Garfield
Question of the Day 5/14/2011
How is it possible that the same people who think the words of Jesus should be the law of the land also think that billionaires deserve tax cuts and the poor should not be fed?
PolitiFact’s most-read fact-checks of 2010
PolitiFact.com revealed today the top ten most-read fact-checks of 2010, and they overwhelmingly confirm one thing we already know: Republicans are filthy liars. Six out of the top ten were Republican statements, and all of them were rated “False” or “Pants on Fire”. Out of the four Democratic statements, two were true, one was “Barely [...]
Texas GOP: Keep the Supreme Court away from the Bill of Rights!
The Republican Party is crazy. But no one, and I mean no one, out-crazies Texas. The new platform of the Texas Republican Party is so full of crazy it should have its own entry in the DSM, but this part takes the cake for me: Further, we urge Congress to withhold Supreme Court jurisdiction in [...]
Terrorist attacks Jacksonville congregation
Yes, this is real. It happened 10 days ago, and the national media didn’t report it – only local media did. On May 10th, a man brought a pipe bomb and a can of gasoline to a Jacksonville congregation during prayers and detonated it. Thank God no one was injured, but it’s still a rather [...]
Liveblogging the primaries, 5/18
This is a liveblog to track the results from today’s primary results in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oregon, and the special elections in Hawaii and PA-12. My bets: Pennsylvania – Sestak, Onorato, Critz, Pike (ugh) Kentucky – Paul, Conway Oregon – Kitzhaber, Dudley Arkansas – Lincoln (with runoff needed, I hope), Boozman (ditto) Hawaii – [...]
The Oceans Will Run Out Of Fish In 40 Years
The greed of the developed world will be the tombstone of the planet. From AFP: The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned. “If the various estimates we have received… come true, then we are in the situation where [...]
Republican policies in 3 words
Republican Energy Policy: Spill, Baby, Spill! Republican Regulatory Policy: For Bedrooms Only Republican Finance Policy: Crash and Bubble Republican Foreign Policy: Loot and Holler Republican Education Policy: Cash for Flunkers Republican Tax Policy: Big Billionaire Bonanza Think up some more in the comments.
Health Care Plan Comparison
Comparison between the Democratic plan and the GOP plan: Mike Castle voted against the Democratic plan and for the GOP plan. Yet another reason why Mike Castle must not be allowed to represent us in the US Senate.
Late Night Music Video: Henrietta, by the Fratellis
Glaswegian Rawk. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Bs9_k3kVc[/youtube] give us a kiss and maybe we can go out, it’s hard to miss you when you follow us abou-ou-ou-out
Late Night Music Video: This Too Shall Pass, by OK Go
Featuring the Notre Dame marching band. [vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/8718627[/vimeo] let it gothis too shall pass
Pop Friday Music Video: Hollywood, by Marina and the Diamonds
Conservatives hate things that are unpatriotic, except that they also hate our president and want America to fail. This is what happens when your entire political philosophy is purely emotional rather than rational. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1VTcJfL7RE[/youtube] i’m obsessed with the mess that’s America
Late Night Music Video: De-Luxe, by Lush
Yes, I discovered this song on Rock Band 2. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCvhc2gRBM4[/youtube] drink in your eyes, drink in your sighs grass in my thighs, my aching legs
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