This made me laugh: The USS Green Bay deploys on her maiden voyage.
Archives for February 2011
A Question About DOMA
Sorry if this has already been addressed elsewhere, but I don’t know where to look. I thought that one of the key reasons that the DOJ was defending DOMA was not because Obama is some kind of bigot, but because it is the role of the DOJ to defend laws written and lawfully passed. It …
Don’t roll out the lifeline til they’re clean out of reach
Steve Benen on Republican governors turning down federal money for infrastructure projects: Keep in mind, it’s ideology, not practical concerns, that lie at the heart of these governors’ reactionary moves. The states turning down investments for high-speed rail, for example, were effectively handed a gift — jobs, economic development, improved infrastructure — but Republicans like …
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Solidarity rallies
Use this thread to talk about solidarity rallies. Also send me any pictures (or link to pictures in the thread) and I will post some if I get them before 1 today (I am going off the grid at around 1 pm today til about 10 pm tomorrow).
First They Came for Rock and We Were Silent
What the fuck could be “Christian” about a big band and, more importantly, what’s next? A Christian klezmer band? The Jesus Christ Chamber Orchestra?
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The Reagan Mythology
The good folks at Think Progress have some startling news for wingnuts: As the Main Street Movement of students, workers, and other middle class Americans erupts across America, many conservatives have invoked the legacy of former president Ronald Reagan to demand that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) not back down from his push to end …
I Don’t Understand These Humans
Chris Lee, the Congressman who used his real name to respond to a Craigslist ad, and resigned because of it, was also apparently using his real name when posting an ad on Craigslist for a “passable TS/CD (transexual/cross-dresser)”. Lee, who represented NY-26, and Eric Massa, who represented neighboring NY-29, were both married with children, and …