That waddling sound you heard here this afternoon was a quick-in-and-out from Americas second lamest duck, Vice President Dick Cheney, who snuck in with little fanfare for maybe the most empty photo-op since Ronald Reagans handlers invented them. Apparently your
A new company hopes drivers will kick the oil habit by brewing ethanol at home that wont spike food prices. E-Fuel Corp unveiled on Thursday the MicroFueler touting it as the worlds first machine that allows homeowners to make their
North Korea has handed over thousands of pages of nuclear weapons documents to a U.S. diplomat visiting Pyongyang that will help verify the Norths plutonium holdings, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. The official said the documents were another
A former Alaska legislator convicted of taking bribes to push legislation for a major natural gas pipeline was sentenced Thursday to 3 1/2 years in federal prison. Former state Rep. Vic Kohring continued to proclaim his innocence and read a
A TorrentSpy lawyer vowed Thursday to appeal a 110-million-dollar legal judgment against the website for directing people to unauthorized online copies of films and television shows. Valence Media shut its TorrentSpy website down in March and filed for bankruptcy last
North Korea handed over more than 18,000 pages of nuclear weapons documents to a U.S. diplomat visiting Pyongyang on Thursday that will help verify its plutonium holdings, senior U.S. officials said. The officials said the documents were another step toward
The House today approved an ambitious plan to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them trade exotic loans with rapidly rising monthly payments for more affordable mortgages backed by the federal government. Despite a
The Rev. Al Sharpton called a videotaped police beating of three shooting suspects in Philadelphia worse than Rodney King, prompting the citys police commissioner to chide anyone fanning flames ... from afar. The civil rights activist made the comments Thursday
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, responding to fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, on Thursday said he will step down if he is indicted. Olmert said he never took illegal campaign
Two men and a juvenile are accused of digging up a corpse, decapitating the body and using the head to smoke marijuana, according to court documents. Matthew Gonzalez and Kevin Jones have been charged with the misdemeanor offense of abuse
Our McClatchy colleague who covers the White House, William Douglas, contributed the following report today to Nukes and Spooks. The vice presidents choice of reading material comes as he reportedly presses for a tougher line against Iran, while Adm. Michael
Same-sex domestic partners have the same rights as heterosexual couples in putative spouse cases, a California appeals court has ruled. On August 14, 2003, Darrin Ellis and David James Arriaga notarized a declaration of domestic partnership that they had both
Tom Levenson writing at the Inverse Square Blog identifies several ways the Bush administration has effectively reversed progress in US science policy using official denialism, direct pressure on scientists and scientific organizations, and delegitimizing by nurturing public contempt for science.
A century and a half ago in Internet time, during the first flowering of political blogging, I found myself devouring a lot of outstanding writers and thinkers. Some have now burned out, or departed the scene for sadder reasons, but
This evenings Rescue Rangers are Unitary Moonbat, watercarrier4diogenes, jennyjem, YatPundit, TruthOfAngels, and joyful with vcmvo2 as editor. The Diaries up for rescue tonight are: The Use & Abuse of Information daytonpundit examines the curious amount of hard-drive scrubbing - and
Guys, Im heading out with Eli to El Salvador tonight to bid my final farewells to my ailing grandmother. With some luck, well get there in time for her to see her 18th great-grandchild, who she still hasnt met. I
To: U.S. Representative Steny H. Hoyer U.S. Senator John D. Rockefeller Honorable Gentlemen -- I see from the news that the telecom industry efforts to receive blanket immunity for violation of this nations domestic surveillance laws are still
Time has come up with a list of the top five strategic mistakes Hillary Clinton made during her unsuccessful bid for the White House, and while in the grand scheme of things it doesnt really matter why she went from
After my previous diary on the Womens Voices Women Vote robocall/voter confusion issues in which spokesperson Sarah Johnson responded to a series of questions, I was invited earlier this week to submit additional questions to WVWV President Page Gardner. Ms.
I dont know what a search of Politicians and their Crazy Pastors on traditional media would come up with. But without seeing the results, Im willing to speculate the double standard in play on progressive Vs. conservative crazy pastor problems
Although tons of ink have been devoted to the demise of the Democratic Partys New Deal coalition, remarkably few analysts seem to have noticed that the net decline in support for Democratic presidential candidates among white voters over the past
Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 5/5-7. Likely voters. MoE 4% (9/24-26/07 results) Cornyn (R) 48 (51) Noriega (D) 44 (35) That is nothing short of astounding. And lest anyone worry that its an outlier, these numbers confirm a Rasmussen poll
Does John McCain have the experience it takes to be President of the United States? Who cares? His wife has the chutzpah it takes to piss on the little people, and thats good enough for her: Cindy McCain: Ill never
NE-Sen: Scott Kleeb now sports an endorsement from the Lincoln, NE Journal-Star. mcjoan has more on Kleeb, who is opposed by millionaire Republican-turned-Democrat Tony Raimondo in the Democratic primary. Raimondo rather cynically
The pollster calls hogwash on Hillarys claims of being the only candidate who can deliver white voters in November: PRINCETON, NJ -- Barack Obamas current level of support among white voters in a head-to-head matchup against John McCain is no
Whats the --? I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on, she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article that found how Sen. Obamas support among working, hard-working
I was googling around for something when I came across this oldie, but goodie, from June 26, 2003: Barack Obama will not be carrying the Democratic Leadership Council’s baggage in his race to become the second Black person to represent
Scott Kleeb made a great impression with the Lincoln Journal Star editorial board: Nebraska Democrats should choose Scott Kleeb as their nominee for the U.S. Senate race. Kleeb offers an appealing blend
Poblano, who has wowed Kossacks with his detailed election analyses and in-depth background Diaries like this one at Daily Kos and at his own FiveThirtyEight.com blog, got some well-deserved attention today from the National Journal. As Mark Blumenthal writes: Over
Embattled New York Congressman Vito Fossella (R)s political career has gone up in smoke in just one short week. It was bad enough when Fossella, the last remaining Republican Congressman from New York City, was arrested last week for DWI.
This doesnt sound good: Telecom companies have presented congressional Democrats with a set of proposals on how to provide immunity to the businesses that participated in a controversial government electronic surveillance program, a House Democratic aide said Wednesday.... House Majority
When last we left the Federal Election Commission, the lights were on but no one was really working. Four of the six commissioners nominations expired at the end of 2007, leaving the the Commission shy of a working quorum as
In February 2003, Gen. Eric Shinseki famously predicted that “several hundred thousand” troops would be needed for post-war hostilities in Iraq. According to documents recently released by the Pentagon in response to The New York Times’s expose on its propaganda
Last year, after it was revealed that Sen. David Vitter’s (R-LA) telephone number was part of the late D.C. Madam’s records, CREW asked the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate whether it amounted to “improper conduct which may reflect upon the
On Tuesday, 12 nuns in their 80s and 90s fell victim to Indiana’s strict voter ID law when they were turned away from the polls because they lacked a valid photo ID. Time’s Karen Tumulty notes that nuns in Missouri
On April 20, the New York Times published a blockbuster exposé revealing a secret Pentagon program that used retired military analysts to “generate favorable news coverage of the administration’s wartime performance.” Though the analysts often had “ties to military contractors
The latest in a long, long line of scandals plaguing Iraq contracting company KBR, today the Times of London reports that British employees of KBR working in the British Embassy in Iraq have been accused of sexual harassment. One Iraqi
The Boston Globe has recently revealed that two Defense Department contractors operating in Iraq — KBR and MPRI — have avoided paying hundreds of millions of dollars in federal Social Security and Medicare taxes by hiring its employees through “shell
The White House press corps gave Bush administration spokesman Gordon Johndroe a tough time in today’s press gaggle. Of the 15 total questions asked during the briefing, 10 were regarding the upcoming wedding of President Bush’s daughter Jenna. Here are
Yesterday, Karl Rove appeared on Fox News’s O’Reilly Factor where he was greeted by host Bill O’Reilly as the network’s “political guy.” O’Reilly asked Rove to help him come up with questions for his interview with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ),
Last month, the AP reported on new government guidelines advising against the use of terms like “jihadists,” “mujahedeen” and “Islamo-fascism” because “such words may actually boost support for radicals among Arab and Muslim audiences by giving them a veneer of
Conservatives love to crow that the United States has “the best health care in the world.” Yet these same conservatives overlook the fact that 47 million Americans lack any health insurance at all, leaving them shut out of access to
Mother Jones reports that conservative televangelist Rod Parsley has delivered hate-filled sermons calling Islam “the greatest religious enemy of our civilization and the world.” The historic mission of America was to see “this false religion destroyed,” he added. At a
Politico reports that telecom companies have “presented congressional Democrats with a set of proposals on how to provide immunity to the businesses that participated in a controversial government electronic surveillance program.” House leaders have not yet accepted the companies’ proposals,
Two weeks ago, controversial Pastor John Hagee reiterated his prior belief that Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans because it was “planning a sinful” “homosexual rally.” Asked about the comments, McCain — who sought Hagee’s endorsement for more than a year
The Pentagon recently released documents related to its propaganda program, first disclosed by The New York Times on April 20. Media Matters notes that the now public records reveal a meeting in April 2006 between then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Marriott International is considering opening a hotel in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone in response “to a request from U.S. government officials who are eager to help revive Iraq with foreign investment and economic activity.” The company’s chief executive, Bill Marriott,
Today, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Max Boot continued to cheerlead for the “success” of the surge in Iraq in an online debate. Boot insisted that Iraq has met two-thirds of the original 18 benchmarks, that the government’s offensive
In a Politico op-ed yesterday, Jamie Kirchick accused liberals of embracing “religious extremism.” Kirchick opened his argument by attacking the fact that some liberal bloggers call themselves the “reality-based community,” which he cast as a “direct response” to the “faith-based
Yesterday, the House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties held a hearing on the Bush administration’s use of torture. During the hearing, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) scoffed at what he called the “Oprah Winfrey methods” of interrogations
In Rochester, Michigan earlier this morning, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) delivered a speech outlining his “vision for defending the freedom and dignity of the world’s vulnerable.” During the speech, McCain noted that “the State Department estimates that between 15,000 and
Today, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled “that a 2004 ban against gay marriage also blocks governments and state universities from offering health insurance to the partners of gay workers. … Up to 20 public universities, community colleges, school districts and
Well, I left registration open all day, 8+ hours, but since I didn’t announce it there are only 51 hatchlings on the delousing deck tonight. Welcome, hatchlings, and fear my unblinking eye.Unannounced openings evidently result in fewer hatchlings.
Six Things in Expelled That Ben Stein Doesn’t Want You to Know...In the film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, narrator Ben Stein poses as a “rebel” willing to stand up to the scientific establishment in defense of freedom and honest, open
Not completely confirmed but looking good: Leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq Arrested in Mosul.BAGHDAD — The leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.Spokesman
Allen Forkum of the much-missed cartooning duo Cox & Forkum emailed to point out that he and John did a cartoon related to a subject we’ve been discussing a little bit recently at LGF.
Here’s an open thread, as I install the Microsoft Truetype “core” fonts in Ubuntu and Fedora 8.This is the font package that’s on nearly every Mac and PC, including Verdana, Arial, and Georgia, — fonts that are used on 90%+
If it isn’t civil war yet, it’s pretty close, as Hizballah flexes its muscles in a show of power: Fighting rocks Beirut, Hezbollah defiant.BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fierce clashes raged in Beirut on Thursday after the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said the
Here’s an open thread, as I install the Microsoft Truetype “core” fonts in Ubuntu and Fedora 8.This is the font package that’s on nearly every Mac and PC, including Verdana, Arial, and Georgia, — fonts that are used on 90%+
The Communist government of Vietnam would like us all to know that they are committed to counter-terrorism. They said this at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, of which they are a member.Vietnam is committed to counter-terrorism and
Things are heating up in Lebanon after the government began a crackdown on Hizballah’s illegal telecommunications network: Hezbollah says Beirut government declares war.BEIRUT, May 8 (Reuters) - The Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Thursday the U.S.-supported Beirut government had
From a glance at the PHP error logs I can see that more than a few registered lizards are having trouble uploading an image for their personal icon. The most common causes are:* Trying to upload an image that’s too
The Kos Kids are doing that lovable armchair analysis thing again, demonstrating with relentless logic that George Bush Fits Clinical Profile of a Psychopath to a Tee.The research of Dr. Hervey Cleckley and Dr. Robert Hare exploring the personality and
Today’s message comes to us from Como (a beautiful town on a lake in the Lombardia region of Italy), site of a new outbreak of the Troofer virus. The subject line of this appeal for Troof: “The evidence demonstrates that
One of CAIR’s chief propagandists has apparently split with the radical Islamic front group: The Mystery at CAIR-Tampa.The Council on American-Islamic Relations appears to have parted ways with one of its highest profile executives, but no one is saying why.Ahmed
On Israel’s 60th anniversary, the progressives at Daily Kos are letting their true feelings come out: Daily Kos: In response to ‘Progressives do not like Israel’..Notice that this diary post is by “abesilberstein.”There was a post today , Which talked
Zomblog has photos of a creationist inspired by Ben Stein’s movie Expelled, bringing Ben’s message to the heathens at UC Berkeley: Here come the pro-Expelled demonstrations.
At Huffington Post, of all places, an excellent article by Sam Harris on Western media’s self-censorship in the face of radical Islamic intimidation: Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks.And the Washington Post is among the very worst of the
Barack Obama has won the primary in North Carolina, but Hillary Clinton has a significant lead in Indiana as of this writing: Obama wins North Carolina as Clinton leads Indiana.
That Al Jazeera cameraman recently released from Guantanamo Bay was dragged out of his hospital bed and propped up in front of the cameras by the Sudanese regime yesterday in Khartoum, to say that the Gitmo facility was the absolute
Schoolhouse Rock defines a generation: this morning my third grade son had a school program, during which the students recited the Preamble to the US Constitution. Practically the entire audience of forty-something suburban parents suppressed both giggles and the urge
Eddy Arnold passed away this morning, age 89. If you’re a fan of the commercial, over-produced Nashville sound, you probably revere Arnold’s musical style and gigantic influence. The man had 28 number one hits! His first #1 was “Cattle Call”
Last night while in NYC for his appearance on The Daily Show, John McCain also made time to attend a controversial fundraiser hosted by New York Jets owner Robert Wood Johnson IV on his behalf that may not have violated
Jon Stewart proved again last night that he is one of the best, if not the best, interviewer on television. Although the first part of the interview (not included here) was very cordial and weak, the second part heated up
Sweet Jesus, I hate Tucker Carlson. And Joe Scarborough isn’t exactly far down that list either. However, this exchange between the two of them was so far outside anything that that we in the reality-based community could recognize that I
The Obamas released tax returns for both Barack and Michelle. The Clintons released returns for both Bill and Hillary. But when John McCain released his tax returns a few weeks ago, Cindy McCain’s tax documents will remain private.It’s not too
Download | Play Download | Play (h/t BillW)Stephen Colbert skewers the Terror Watchlist by speaking to Hasan Elahi, who remains on the Watchlist despite being cleared of all charges and who has resorted to an innovative way to respond to those federal watchdogs. My
No, it’s not the latest ranting of Grampa McSame, but a news item my local San Francisco news affiliate carried. The context was a new way to combat the problem of loitering in high crime areas. The answer is a
Media Matters: Following the publication of the April 20 New York Times front-page article on the hidden ties between media military analysts and the Pentagon, the Department of Defense has released to the public numerous documents regarding the analyst program.
full disclosure: I work for the Courage CampaignWe may have a situation in San Diego where two Republicans running for mayor are fighting to win the “I hate Blackwater more” competition. Seriously. It is bizarre, but great to see.Blackwater managed
George Stephanopoulos said uncommitted superdelegates supporting Barack Obama “will come three, four, five at a time, and this nomination will be locked up.” We’re still a ways from a “locked up” nomination, but there was some movement on the superdelegate
Isn’t that just like the GOP? Others hear about not letting 80 and 90 year old nuns vote and they shake their heads and say, “that’s awful.” But the GOP–in this case the Oklahoma State Senate GOP majority–see it as
Being from New York, this one kinda hits home for me — even though I’m from Long Island, not Staten Island. Congressman Vito Fossella (D R- NY) has landed himself in big, big trouble. Not only was he picked up
Kissing Suzy Kolber: Say, isn’t this election just like a football game? National Priorities Project: Local costs updated on the President’s war budget requestIraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America: Congress has a historic choice to make today. Lawmakers will go
Politico:Telecom companies have presented congressional Democrats with a set of proposals on how to provide immunity to the businesses that participated in a controversial government electronic surveillance program, a House Democratic aide said Wednesday.Congress has been wrestling for months with
The Arizona Republic explains the reality the DC media establishment tries to ignore:Over the years, Sen. John McCain has publicly condemned Republican Party leaders and occasionally voted against the GOP on selected issues.But an Arizona Republic analysis of his Senate votes
“A Message To You, Rudy” is the first track on the eponymous debut album from English’s hottest punk-ska band, The Specials. It was produced by Elvis Costello in 1979. It wasn’t a single in the U.S. but it always had
With Barack Obama on the verge of sewing up the Democrat presidential nomination, my syndicated column this morning looks at his biggest general election liability: The Missus. Read the rest »
I DO NOT THINK THAT WORD MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS....The Wall Street Journal asked its panel of economists which presidential candidate offers the most responsible fiscal policies. Only 28 answered:However, Sen. John McCain was the clear favorite of...
QUOTE OF THE DAY....From Judah Grunstein, commenting on Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmerts legal troubles:I dont know a whole lot about Israeli campaign finance laws, but I imagine that suitcases full of cash that go undeclared until a police raid...
THE 100% AUCTION....Wait a second. Via Ezra Klein, Howard Gleckman of the Tax Policy Center has this to say about cap-and-trade schemes for addressing global warming:Capn Trade would work like this. The government would require companies to obtain permits that...
PROBLEMS IN ANBAR?....Is the Anbar Awakening coming unraveled? In the last four weeks nine U.S. soldiers have been killed in Anbar province. Thats up from two in the previous six months. Something to keep an eye on. Via Robert Farley....
McCAIN CRAVENNESS WATCH....Speaking of craven pandering, Mother Jones and Brave New films have released a pretty good short video about one of John McCains newest homies, the Rev. Rod Parsley. Compare and contrast. First, heres McCain on a stage in...
MOVING ON....Hillary Clinton insists, unsurprisingly, that shes going to press on, but I wonder if the rest of us have to press on as well? Instead of continuing the internecine warfare of the past couple of months, maybe the best...
McCAIN MAVERICKINESS WATCH....Is John McCain really a maverick? His home state newspaper investigates the cases where his vote actually made a difference:Over the years, Sen. John McCain has publicly condemned Republican Party leaders and occasionally voted against the GOP on...
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE....Iraqs foreign minister says hes caught in the middle of two quarreling giants:Prospects for another round of talks between Iranian and U.S. officials soon appeared dead Wednesday after Iraqs foreign minister said tensions between Tehran...
NIXON LIBRARY UPDATE....When I blogged the other day about Matt Yglesiass talk at the Nixon Library on Wednesday, several commenters wanted to know what that was all about. The Nixon Library? Matt? Well, just for the record, it turns out...
QUOTE OF THE DAY....From James Poulos, complaining about fans of globalization:My distaste for migrant labor and the hegemony of engineers, each taken separately, is already almost incalculable because of my judgments about what ruins a healthy republic.The hegemony of engineers?...
A WEE SURVEY....If you could have only one source of news in the world, what would it be? You may pick one (1) magazine, newspaper, news broadcast, radio show, blog, or newsletter. Only one. And its the only source of...
LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS....From the Wall Street Journals Real Time Economics blog:Nearly 80% of affluent Americans believe a recession has already hit the U.S., and optimism about the U.S. is at a record low among the well-to-do, according...
CRUSHING THE BUTTERFLY....I generally try not to read Maureen Dowds columns because, you know, they just dont pay me enough for that kind of hazard duty. But todays column about Hillary Clinton was a train wreck of epic proportions. I...
DONT ASK, DONT TELL....Via ThinkProgress, here is Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a Q&A a few days ago with graduating cadets at West Point:With a national election looming, a cadet asked about the dont...
ELECTION THREAD....Was I wrong? In the end, Obama won North Carolina by 14 points and Hillary Clinton eked out only a bare 2-point win in Indiana. Gas tax pandering didnt work, the arithmetic is even more stacked against her than...
THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE....Michael Gerson today:There are few things in American politics more irrationally ideological, more fanatically faith-based, than the accusation that Republicans are conducting a war on science. ....For the most part, these accusations are a political ploy...
OIL, OIL, EVERYWHERE....The price of oil closed at $122 today. But wheres it going next? According to this AP dispatch, one analyst thinks its likely headed up to $200 while another thinks its probably headed down to $80. Yawn. This...
ELECTION THREAD....I guess Obama is going to win North Carolina by 15-20 points and Clinton is going to win Indiana by 4-5 points. In other words: no surprises, nothing game changing, and no likelihood that today will mark the end...
REQUIEM FOR A CORRUPT, PATHETIC, SHAMEFUL, DECAYING, HAS-BEEN*....Daniel Larison notes that Newt Gingrich is pimping nine acts of real change on his blog, including something he calls the more energy at lower cost with less environmental damage and greater national...
ATTENTION FELLOW ORANGE COUNTIANS....Friend o the blog Matt Yglesias will be at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda on Wednesday evening to give a talk about his new book, Heads in the Sand. Its at 7:30 pm, but if you...
The Senate Ethics Committee declined Thursday to investigate Sen. David Vitter, who was linked to an escort service whose owner was convicted in federal court and subsequently committed suicide....
A WAY FOR HILLARY TO WIN? A superdelegate in California is selling his vote for $20 Million Dollar$. He will then give the money to Mexican voters. Is this the magic math Hillary needs to succeed?...
Is this scripted? Because even if its scripted, Roberta McCain still appears to be babbling nonsense like a 96-year-old hobo, which she is. What is this about giving John McCain 27 bottles of scotch...
Some jokester is selling an air guitar owned by JFK on eBay for $5,000, and to give credit where its due, the American people have not placed any bids yet. Silly eBay merchant, the correct way to...
The national press corps has found EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT CNN footage of Obama wearing — gasp — jeans on his airplane, while talking on the phone. Watch this inflammatory CNN video here of...
WHAT IS WITH SOME PEOPLE: Another Fat Cat Clinton supporter, Harvey Weinstein, apparently had a heated conversation with Nancy Pelosi late last month where he threatened to cut off contributions to...
Cindy Cougar McCain said on this mornings Today show that she will never release her tax returns, because she is not the candidate. No, but she has all of John McCains assets (and some more,...
We are only two days away from The Wedding, and there are simply too many questions remaining! Will Jenna run off at the altar, like Julia Roberts does in all those movies? How hot will Lauren be...
The glorious Paultard Freedom Train rolls on, but without Bill Johnson, a racist nut who is running for Superior Court judge in Los Angeles. Johnson wrote the (as yet unratified) Pace Amendment to...
Hillarys election strategy is legendarily flawed, what with it making her lose and all. Look at the classic fable of New Jersey and Idaho on Super Tuesday: Hillary puts all her time into winning the...
Loser pill-head Rush Limbaugh has an AM radio show during the daytime. His audience of bitter old white retirees and home-appliance repairmen was instructed to go out en masse and vote for Hillary in...
Hillary Clinton is the worst person on Earth by at least 90 million terrible person points. In an interview with USA Today, she overtly says that white people dont like Obama:I have a much...
Harold Meyerson has lost his mind, and now he is writing insane jabber about Cronus and the swallowing of babies, and how Hillary and Bill Clinton are a two-headed Cronus while Jeremiah Wright is...
From showbiz magazine Entertainment Weekly, here is an actor named Josh Brolin just after he got the sad news that he has to play the Will Farrell character in Oliver Stones new movie about the...
THURSDAY FUN LINK: This has very little to do with politics, except maybe some vague Culture Wars undercurrent, but a Florida substitute teacher has been fired for being a wizard. ...
It has not been a very good week or so for Drunk Congressman Vito Fossella (R-NY). Last week he was arrested in Northern Virginia for drunk driving. He was in Northern Virginia to go see his family,...
You may recall how Monica Conyers, wife of ancient Congressman John Conyers and President Pro-Tem of the Detroit City Council, recently got into a comical shouting match with the Council President...
In this clip from last nights Daily Show, John McCain exhibits his fantastic sense of humor by saying he has selected a fictional paranoid TV dingus as his running mate. But because Dwight Schrute...
COUNTDOWN TO NUPTIAL BLISS:Could the last picture in Jennas unofficial wedding album be a study in normal American life? Maybe not. Her husbands Baltimore job will be with an electric utility...
TPM Reader AB is having a hard time reconciling Hillarys remarks on Obamas support among working class whites:It seems to me that every progressive voice in this country should be outraged - jumping up and down - shouting in print
Our Election Central team has been tracking developments all day in the superdelegate primary. Obama has been working them especially hard, trying to use the momentum from his Tuesday showing to peel off a few more undecideds -- with mixed
The Pentagon has now made public all the documents it turned over to the New York Times for the papers blockbuster story a few weeks ago on the cozy relationship between the Pentagon and the ostensibly independent military analysts retained
Things not going so well for the prosecution in one of the Gitmo trials:A military judge in the trial of Canadian captive Omar Khadr threatened Thursday to suspend the terror trial unless the prison camp releases a detailed log of
Cindy McCain was asked about releasing her tax returns, this morning on the Today show, and reiterated that she would never release them -- ever -- even if she becomes First Lady: Shes managed to get away with it so
Top Democratic senators want the inspectors general for the Pentagon and CIA to investigate reports that enemy combatant detainees were drugged by U.S. interrogators.
In the course of scanning the news to populate our news section to the right there, I occasionally come across items that are unrelated to our focus on politics and muck but are so cool theyre worth sharing. So indulge
Rep. Vito Fossella (R-NY) has just issued a statement confirming what the New York tabloids have been in a tizzy about since Fossellas DI arrest in suburban DC last week: He fathered a child with the woman -- not his
Hillary Clintons campaign is running primarily on the sheer defiant enthusiasm of her supporters and staff, and perhaps no one embodies that doggedness more than former Special Counsel to President Clinton, Lanny Davis. In todays episode of TPMtv we present
Time recounts the top 5 mistakes made by Hillarys campaign. This one jumps out:Clinton picked people for her team primarily for their loyalty to her, instead of their mastery of the game. That became abundantly clear in a strategy session
A couple points and then a question.Theres a good argument that Democratic losses in the 90s and the early part of this decade were due to poor showings among non-college educated white voters. And as Ive noted several times before,
Noted without comment, because what can you say ...From USATodays new interview with Sen. Clinton ...I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on, she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an
Im going to be stepping aside from my normal duties at TPM for the rest of the week for some family time. Ill be leaving you in the able hands of the rest of the TPM staff. Next week or
According to the Huffington Posts Tom Edsall and a number of others, one of the possibilities in the offing if Hillary Clinton quickly ends her presidential campaign is that the Obama campaign will not only retire the $10 to $15
Does Hillary Clinton really want the vice presidential nomination? Lets set aside whether shes owed it or deserves it or whether her place on the ticket might provide the Democrats with a crucial edge in November. Does she really want
This statement from Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is the kind of statement that signals that Sen. Clintons colleagues are telling her to wind this up. That doesnt mean they are saying she needs to drop out of the race. Im not
Oil keeps going up.Oil prices surged past $125 per barrel Friday on the eve of the U.S. driving season as a weakening U.S. dollar drove investors to snap up commodities.Light, sweet crude for June delivery rose as high as $125.12
Its true that builders made money from selling homes at inflated prices, but many of them also had a lot more in the pipeline to build. Short-term profits, yes, but at the expense of potentially bankrupting losses through carrying costs
One reason for my Obama leaning ways is that its time to get some new blood into the Washington permanent floating ruling class system. I was never bothered by the personal element of the Clinton dynasty. That is, I wasnt
Houses. Cheap.Back in 2005, If I listed a home, I would have two or three offers on it within the same day, real estate broker Susan Abdallah said.But on a recent day she showed a home, which originally sold for
Little Ricky Santorum who keeps appearing in my newspaper.Our government in this memo is teaching us a politically correct version of the truth. For example, it tells us that democracy and Islam are compatible. But Islam is less compatible with
Vitos holding on, but not for much longer.I havent mentioned this story yet because I havent had a chance to see if hes on the record as being a big family values hypocrite, or if hes just one due to
Its important to remember that none of us are above the fray, that we all have hackish tendencies to suppress information which doesnt fit our worldview and privilege information that does. Were more likely to excuse behavior from people we
As I wrote before, some of the oil price appreciation in recent months has been related to the falling dollar. But the dollar has gained recently, and oil prices continue to creep up.
Gail Collins:Has anyone else noticed how much the presidential campaign and the Olympics are starting to resemble one another?No.This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.
I have a hard time believing it.That became abundantly clear in a strategy session last year, according to two people who were there. As aides looked over the campaign calendar, chief strategist Mark Penn confidently predicted that an early win
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has convened approximately 70 researchers such as ex-Klansman David Duke to discuss their doubts about the extent of the Holocaust,
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent a letter to the American people. Here is your chance to respond.MRB:Dear President Ahmadinejad and Noble Iranians,Thank you for
Even before the election results were final, Republicans began voicing their outrage at the possibility that Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., might become Chairman of
President Bush has mainly been talking about economic and diplomatic isolation, however, the administration is also leaving open the option of military action. The
With the midterm elections behind us now, which candidates are best positioned for a Presidential run in 2008, and whose Presidential aspirations may have
McCains campaign is rife with D.C. lobbyists. Theyre running pretty much the whole operation. And, as much as McCain purports to be a guy who isnt influenced by lobbyists, he is. Todays Washington Post has a front page article examining
Good morning.So, this really was an interesting week. Didnt quite turn out the way the Clintons thought it would. Theyre still out there acting like she has a chance -- she doesnt. When does that reality set in. When do
The man is dirty. Yeah, we get it, all you mainstream media types think hes nice. Well, thats nice, but its kind of irrelevant to you doing your job. The man has a history of being crooked, and that history
Other than the last line, which wasnt necessary and is, to me at least, inappropriate (and which Ive cut), this is spot-on.The Democratic Party is sleeping peacefully when it hears its phone buzz on the night stand. It rolls over
Surprise, the networks arent covering a story about how they were duped by the Bush administration:Even with countless media outlets available these days, a Sunday New York Times cover story could always be counted on to send a jolt through
Cindy McCain has bankrolled her husbands career for decades. But, she thinks shes off limits:Now, you know, the right wing noise machine is going to be in full attack mode against Michelle Obama. Theyve already started. Thats a fight they
The whole country saw the real world implications of Indianas tough new voter ID law on Tuesday. A group of 80 and 90 year old nuns were stopped from voting. A similar bill is under consideration in Missouri -- again.
Here we go again. I thought we were promised that none of Hillarys and Bills old scandals would ever come up again because, you know, shes been vetted. Well, the conservative, Moonie-run newspaper, the Washington Times, that just so happens
One of her top aides said this only 3 days ago. Shes not going away. How many times does she have to tell our congressional leadership, the DNC, and the SuperDelegates that SHE IS NOT GOING AWAY before you people
This is getting more and more pathetic.Since Tuesdays primaries, Obama has gained six superdelegates while Clinton has picked up one. But Clinton also lost a superdelegate Wednesday — DNC member Jennifer McClellan switched her support to Obama — for a
This is why the Democratic nomination process has to end. Barack Obama has been very decent to Hillary Clinton, ostensibly, shes on his side. Not so for McCain. On CNN today, Obama, in that way of his, lambasted McCain over
Mike Barnicle in the Huffington Post:Now, faced with a mathematical mountain climb that even Stephen Hawking could not ascend, the Clintons -- and it is indeed both of them -- are just about to paste a bumper sticker on the
OuchDo you regret referring to Bill Clinton as the first black President? —Justin Dews, Cambridge, Mass.MORRISON: People misunderstood that phrase. I was deploring the way in which President Clinton
Blogger Oliver Willis, who is African-American, weighs in with a post titled Hillary White Power Clinton:Indeed, a pattern has emerged some time ago. Boy, did we dodge a bullet.“orking, hard-working Americans, white Americans.” She really said that. Wow.Congratulations, Hillary Clinton,
Do you freaking SuperDelegates need any more information about this woman? Shes now using you as human shields. But hey, you just keep sitting on your collective asses, like the DNC, watching Hillary destroy our party. Because, you know, it
Today, the Associated Press explained the state of the Democratic race for President:Nonetheless, Tuesdays results drastically reshaped the dynamic of the campaign, positioning Obama as the all-but-certain nominee and casting Clinton as a dogged but deluded also-ran.Its true, but as
John, I got home tonight from my job as finance director for a top-tier Democratic Congressional challenger and read your post regarding the negative impact of Hillarys staying in the race upon our Congressional candidates fundraising. I can say definitively
Another month of this? Why not just hang up our hoods and hand John McCain the nomination now, for all that our party leaders seem to care. From Jack and Jill Politics, a leading blog on African-American issues:Apparently not satisfied
An African-American reader weighs in on Hillarys latest race-baiting:As a hard-working black man, let me not mince words, fuck her!Enough is enough, even if she did somehow manage to steal the nomination from Obama, shes will get beaten, badly, in
Reader destor23 denounces Anne Marie Slaughters vision of a Concert of Democracies supplanting the current UN framework.ThurmanHart takes a look at The Role of Judges in a Democracy.Reader ItsNeverOver reports on L-3, the contractor responsible for providing the much-maligned contractors
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My disagreement with Michael is an important one and he states it fairly. That said, I do not believe one has to follow Robert Kagan and say that the neo-conservatives are the sole heirs to the mainstream US
Atrios:Its important to remember that none of us are above the fray, that we all have hackish tendencies to suppress information which doesnt fit our worldview and privilege information that does. Were more likely to excuse behavior from people we
Interesting piece in New Republic today proving that Obama will not have a problem with Jews in November despite his perceived sympathy for Palestinians. This whole line of argument leaves me cold. I hope Obama has sympathy for Palestinians and
Many of the most senior members of the foreign policy Illuminati assembled in London last week, and neoconservative high priest Robert Kagan and strategic class helmsman and neo-realist Kurt Campbell had a collision that simply must be recorded for posterity.The
I have written before about the seemingly unstoppable proliferation of checkpoints and obstacles to movement in the West Bank, but I thought an update was in order. After all, Secretary Rice has just devoted another round of relatively fruitless Mid-East
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