I wonder how many staffers shot themselves when they heard this: Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is afraid that the U.S. Territory of Guam is going to “tip over and capsize” due to overpopulation. Johnson expressed his worries during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget Thursday. Addressing Adm. Robert Willard, who commands …
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Open Thread
I was going to send you all to another “NO ONE HERE IS RACIST” tea party apologia at Reason magazine (Michael C. Moynihan drew the short straw this time- I wish I could find his archives from the early 90’s, but they have all gone missing), but it just gets so tiresome I figured why …
Undercover of the right
This is good: [R]ecent Tea Party people who allegedly denounced a Parkinson’s patient or spat at gay and black congressmen might well have been agents. Offensive signs might be Made in DC too. Next might come calls for violence by alleged Tea Party types, and perhaps acts, which can be used to suppress dissent. Peaceful …
Koch adds life where there isn’t any
We are all Peter Suderman now: Who’s behind a multi-million dollar campaign to seed doubt about climate change? It’s not just Exxon and Chevron—it’s also Koch Industries, an oil and gas giant that most people have never heard of, according to a new report from Greenpeace. Koch’s extensive funding of anti-climate work makes it the …
Governor Eric Massa?
I can’t say that this surprises me that much: New York politics took another unexpected turn this morning. Eric Massa announced he is running for Governor on the Republican ticket. From this morning’s press conference at the Rochester Plaza Hotel: [….] “As I look at recent occupants of the Governor’s Mansion, and the others who …
Meep My Ass
I’ve about had it with the constant “meep meep” references at Sully’s blog. Recall the basic RoadRunner plotline — it’s not that sophisticated: He’s a jack-off. All he wants to do is “run down the road all day”. Perhaps, on rare occasions, he might “leave you in a heap”, but generally he “never bothers anyone”. …
Feedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose
How long til this Althouse suggestion breaks into a full RatherGate2? The first commenter says: “I guess that’s why they call it ‘fee’-dom.” A few comments down someone asks if maybe it’s Photoshopping. Yes, it’s so easy to Photoshop errors onto people’s signs. (I wonder if there are any defamation lawsuits based on the photographic …
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