I got a link today in the email to a report about Bernie Sanders putting a hold on one of Obama’s nominees from a website that I can’t remember if I have heard of or linked to before, but one that I know I never really examined closely. At any rate, here is the link …
Archives for April 2009
Open Thread
I think my favorite part of the President traveling to England is getting to see a lot of Richard Quest on CNN. The guy always cracks me up. Now for some pet pics- I’ve really been slacking on this front: A shiny new thread for a Thursday night. BTW- I have really grown to like …
More Republican Fail
Remember during the campaign when the Republicans collectively decided that the Obama Achilles heel was his wife, Michelle. Remember when we heard loads of nonsense about her “proud” remarks and the Neanderthals in the Tennessee GOP cut a couple ads going after her? And McCain trotted out his wife to tell us she has always …
Ain’t No Molehill Small Enough
Yesterday we were treated to endless pontificating about the appropriateness of the gift the Queen herself suggested and whether or not the President and the First Lady breached etiquette through inappropriate touch and an insufficient bow, today we are treated to the daily wingnut fauxtrage du jour, which centers around how inappropriate it is to …
Matt Yglesias Had Better Not Find Out About This
This has not been a good twelve months for people concerned that Ray Kurtzweil’s singularity will look less like the Jetsons and more like the Terminator franchise, or that creepy film from the Animatrix. Big dog was bad enough before some joker put horns on it. Then I had to read about the guy in …
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Alaska Republicans are pretty funny: The Alaska Republican Party further believes that current Senator Mark Begich should resign his position to allow for a new, special election, so Alaskans may have the chance to vote for a Senator without the improper influence of the corrupt Department of Justice. Gary Condit called. He said to SUCK. …
A Random Burst of Crankiness
You know who probably deserves some scorn but isn’t receiving it? HGTV. How many episodes of House Hunters or Property Virgins or whatever the show du jour was at the time did they have with twenty-somethings, just out of college, touring houses and turning them down because they only had two bathrooms or there was …