From Discover Magazine, of all places, here is Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen (R) packing a multiple wallop of irony into just a few seconds: Yes, she really did state (twice) that the earth is 6000 years old, and not as a claim but as a simple fact that she is using to justify mining […]
© Monte Wolverton Palin’s lawyer claims that “There is no shoe to drop”. © Matt Davies
After all the recent bad news, the Republicans must be feeling a bit defensive and embattled. Because they are trying really hard to create a scandal for Obama, which they are even helpfully calling “Carbongate“. The story started with a report authored by EPA analyst Alan Carlin that questioned the impact of carbon dioxide on […]
In an interview in the Washington Times, Newt Gingrich lays out his vision for conservatives and Republicans. He calls it “thinking outside the party-label box”. What Gingrich is saying is that the Republican brand is so damaged, that Republicans must promote conservative Democrats (!) I would urge conservatives in California to find a Democrat to […]
Allison Kilkenny has a satisfying rant about how banning lobbying might just save American democracy. The American people are now competing with a giant cash machine that pumps over a million dollars a day into preventing a public healthcare option from ever becoming a reality. … In the United States, players only get to ante […]
Whenever you see Sarah Palin complain about the “gotcha media”, just remember this video of her telling Hillary Clinton that she shouldn’t whine about her rough handling by the media: Fair or unfair—and I do think that it’s a more concentrated criticism that Hillary gets on so many fronts; I think that’s unfortunate. But fair […]
The Consumerist has a wonderful article “Top 10 Ironic Ads from History“. These are old advertisements that innocently promoted something that eventually went horribly wrong: A Union Carbide ad about how “Science helps build a new India” — before one of their plants killed 25 thousand people there. An ad for asbestos “When life depends […]
Three different judges, all of them appointed by Dubya, have now rejected arguments from the Justice Department concerning executive authority to deal with detainees. What makes this ironic is that these same arguments pretty much got a pass when Dubya was president. Legal analyist Jonathan Turley says: It took a while for the courts to […]
I’ve heard of marrying someone for their money, but this is a new twist. It turns out that back in 2004, an Securities and Exchanges lawyer warned that Bernie Madoff’s business “didn’t add up”. She even asked for further investigation. Madoff, of course, was running a massive ponzi scheme that ended up bilking investors out […]
Just about everyone was caught by Sarah Palin’s surprise announcement that she is resigning as governor of Alaska. So far, nobody has any idea why she is stepping down. She was expected to announce that she would not run for reelection — possibly to free her up for a presidential bid in 2012 — but […]
It only drug on for eight (long) months, but the results are finally in and Al Franken is now the junior Senator from Minnesota. This is the first time in history we have elected a professional comedian to the US Senate. Which begs the question … just what actor will they use to parody him […]
The Washington Post was caught flat footed selling access (for as much as $250,000) to “Obama administration officials, members of Congress”, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors. The first event was entitled “Health-Care Reform: Better or Worse for Americans? The reform and funding debate.” Who were they selling this to? Lobbyists and association […]
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