James Randi on Katherine Harris
Article Katherine Harris, Florida's Secretary of State back in 2001, was quite enchanted with a miracle product named, "Celestial Drops" - which name should have been enough of a warning in itself. Ms....
View ArticleSo I was listening to Rush Limbaugh...
...why, I don't know. I rarely listen to anything he says, but I was flipping through the radio stations and something on the wingnut station caught my attention. Rush started predictably enough... "I...
View ArticleMoveOn - would someone please clarify for me
We're being inundated here (Philadelphia area) with commercials that inevitably bring up "that radical group MoveOn.org" that was opposed to a "military response to 9-11". Over, and over, and over...
View ArticleFox News is turning liberal!
At least that's what the nutjobs at Accuracy In Media are saying.
View ArticleSupreme Court Presidential Election Betting Pool (blast from the past)
I just ran across this old classic from Crooked Timber while cleaning old files from my hard drive and I thought some of you might enjoy seeing it (again):
View ArticlePA-SEN DirtyTrick? Seems like it to me.
Just got home from Connecticut. In my mailbox was an extra large size postcard, with a return address of PO Box 12029, Arlington, VA 22219. There was also a website address of...
View ArticlePA-SEN Dirty Trick - followup
This is a follow up to my diary from last night. http://www.dailykos.com/... regarding this mailer which can be viewed here: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/... The fine folks at TPM Muckraker have...
View ArticleAnother mailer from the "Progressive Policy Council"
Looks like the "Progressive Policy Council" is at it again. The new mailer looks very much like the Gay Marriage mailer. Only on this one, it's "On Gun Control, There's No Difference."
View ArticleHillary speaks to the "netroots"
Not wanting to face the "angry left" here on dkos and elsewhere, and not getting a lot of reach with her new website, Hillary has a new approach to "reaching out" to the "netroots": (drumroll) Yahoo...
View ArticleFilibuster Liveblogging XXIII: Espresso Edition
The Senate is debating the Levin-Reed Amendment to the defense appropriations bill which requires redeployment of troops out of Iraq within 120 days of enactment. Harry Reid has requested a standard...
View ArticleLet's do the Time Warp again
Thanks at least in part to the candy lobby, we got an extended week of Daylight Saving this year and are scheduled to get our extra hour this Sunday at 2 am. "First time I've ever been early for work!...
View ArticleHe paid his mortgage in full, his bank foreclosed anyway
Kwaku Atta Poku was living the "American Dream" - emigrated from Ghana, drove a cab, started a small cab company, bought a townhouse and paid it off quickly. And then one day some investors showed up...
View ArticleNFL accommodates GOP
http://www.reuters.com/... Just a quickie piece of news... I wonder if the NFL would have been this accommodating to the Democrats? The National Football League and NBC will likely move up the time of...
View ArticleWhat a Hillary Presidency would look like (Carl Bernstein)
Some interesting insight from Carl Bernstein in the AC360 blog: Carl Bernstein's View: What a Hillary Presidency Would Look Like The answer by now seems obvious: It will look like her presidential...
View ArticleQuestion re: Netroots Nation / Glenn Greenwald
Arianna Huffington has been taking questions at firedoglake today and I was just catching up with some of the discussion. Glenn Greenwald was also there and answered a question: Arianna and Glenn, Are...
View ArticleNon-Christians should 'sit down and shut up'
A California Ford dealership has been running an ad against non-Christians and those in favor of separation of church and state, etc: Did you know that there are people in this country who want...
View ArticleMcCain Picture Dump (last updated 8/29)
Just wanted to post and maintain an archive of funny McCain-oriented pics and photoshops I've "borrowed" from around the Interwebs. This one is my favorite, featured in Top Comments a couple of days...
View ArticleFormer NRCC treasurer ripped off 500K from NRCC
Christopher Ward, once the highly respected former treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee, allegedly improperly diverted more than $500,000 in GOP campaign donations during a...
View ArticleMcCain's ex
The Daily Mail has a feature article this morning entitled The wife U.S. Republican John McCain callously left behind. Guess what former Presidential candidate said this: ‘McCain is the classic...
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