This caught my eye on one fine New England Monday morning (snark, for those of you not enjoying our rain/wind/grim a.m.). (h/t Midwest Energy News). Money quote on the rash of GOP cancellations/dissings of transportation projects: The $810 million from Wisconsin, $400 million from Ohio, and $3 billion from New Jersey will come back to …
How The Founding Fathers Taxed The Country (and/or I Would Seriously Have Ben Franklin’s Baby)
I’ve been too slow to post these last couple of days. The Olberman fiasco is getting its dues, and I’ve nothing to add there. DougJ and ABL have masterly handled the white bigot/self delusion-defeat theme, and so on. Gotta be quick in this game. So as we gird for the coming Wolverine v. Magneto duel …
So That Was His Secret…
John Kerry, on Harry Reid’s back-from-the-dead triumph yesterday: “Politico was wrong, Huffington Post was wrong, hell, all the pundits were wrong. Harry Reid isn’t just Dracula, he isn’t just Lazarus, he’s our Leader and our whole caucus is thrilled that he’s unbreakable and unbeatable.” What’s scary about this is that Kerry isn”t talking off the …
Move To Massachusetts, Dawgs
It wasn’t a disaster everywhere, and out of such crumbs must we nourish our hopes till we get our whup-ass mojo going again (Monday, dudes…we’ve got work coming). So, with that, smile on the results from my home state: Democratic sweep Governor — check (Go Deval!) All 10 House seats — check (yay Barney!) All …
A Moment’s (Bitter) Comic Relief — Or Why We Must All Bow Down to Our New Ailuropoda melanoleucae Masters
Via Fallows (you know — the actual reporter over at Atlantic.com) comes this momentary antidote to the grim despair that is driving me towards that last bottle of Old Overshoes tucked into the hole in the sheetrock behind the commode. watch?v=LCD5gzG511c&feature=player_embedded __ The key thing to note here: this is a bit of Taiwanese comedy, …
How We Love A Man In A Uniform….
Lost in the general haze of stupid/evil that hangs over Sarah Palin was a grace note in her recent speech supporting indictment-in-waiting Joe Miller, her cherished anti-Murkowski senatorial candidate. In a sparsely attended rally for the fading Teabagger senatorial candidate, Palin recalled Miller’s military background, and asked “are we even fit to tie his combat …
Voting While Black Is Fraud
Just a quick update while working on something longer — but this from TPM caught my eye as the Republican campaign in microcosm: Two middle-aged white Republican activists in Texas allegedly harassed and intimidated at least seven elderly African-American voters at their homes in eastern Texas, according to a complaint filed with the Justice Department …