“We have a new ‘border czar.’ His job is to make sure nobody sneaks into the United States from Texas.” – Jay Leno “Do you know about this? Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax tea party this week by saying that Texas has the right to secede from the Union if it wants […]
I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture and in undertaking to prevent other cruel and unusual punishment. – Official Proclamation by President Bush, June 26 2003 And as an added bonus, Cheney’s claim that the torture […]
Jon Stewart nails it on the head again. Best quote is: “Apparently everyone’s not upset about the fact that we torture. They’re upset about the fact that we know about it.” I do want to point out one little thing. When joking about how one prisoner was waterboarded 183 times in one month, Stewart thinks […]
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
“The mayor of New York City, Mayor Bloomberg, is going to outlaw cab drivers talking on cell phones. And are you like me? Do you hate it when you are in a taxicab and the driver is twittering the Taliban? Awful.” – David Letterman “Here’s something that caught my attention as I was leafing through […]
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
© Matt Wuerker UPDATE: What’s even more bizarre about the right-wingnuts freaking out about Obama shaking hands with Hugo Chavez, is that they keep referring to Chavez as a dictator, even though he is a three-time democratically elected president. As for shaking hands with dictators, watch this video:
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Last week, Sarah Palin’s nominee to be the Alaska Attorney General, Wayne Ross, was denied by the Legislature. It was the first time in Alaska’s (short) history that a nominee was not confirmed for any state agency. A new Attorney General was needed because her last one resigned because of the Troopergate scandal. But in […]
A year ago, David Barstow reported in the NY Times reported on how the Pentagon was manipulating the news by planting retired generals into major networks as independent analysts, and that in many cases the networks themselves were complicit. What made this even worse was that this story was completely suppressed by the networks in question, including […]
“It’s important not to personally attack the new president. I’ve never done that.” -Dick Cheney on Fox News Meanwhile, in a galaxy far, far away, but in the very same interview, Cheney criticized Obama for shaking hands with Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez: I think you have to be very careful. The world outside there — […]
CQ Politics has a must-read article about Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA) being caught on tape telling a suspected Israeli agent (i.e., a spy) that she would try to get the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC. In return, the (suspected) agent promised to lobby Nancy Pelosi to […]
An interesting article in the Washington Post discusses a speech that Sarah Palin gave at a right-to-life fundraising dinner. Palin talked about how twice in her life she considered getting an abortion, but decided against it. But she did gain sympathy for women who have abortions; “I do understand what these women, what these girls go through […]
“Whew! Last night, I had that great new drink, the Navy Seal. Three shots — boom — and you’re done.” – Jay Leno “How about those Navy Seals, though? They rescued Captain Stubing, Gopher, Doc and guest star Charo.” – David Letterman “Well, you know, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Somali pirates were all […]
