I’ve been looking at images on Flickr of protests today against Proposition 8. Wow what a movement! The one in Cincinnati is really amazing. It has been in the 30’s here all day and raining, trying to switch over to snow. They estimate about 500 people showed up at city hall to protest.
A familiar face from the Clinton years: Gregory B. Craig, a well-known Washington lawyer who quarterbacked President Bill Clinton’s impeachment defense, has been chosen White House counsel by President-elect Barack Obama, according to Democratic officials. Craig is intimately familiar with the president-elect’s record because he played the role of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) in debate […]
Pelosi is putting forward a plan that really sounds good: Pelosi said the auto industry funds would come with many strings attached, including restructuring company finances, meeting new standards for gas mileage and requiring advanced technologies “to compete in the domestic and global market.” The speaker’s office offered no specifics about what the new fuel […]
Finally we have someone to make an example of. I am sure there will be more down the road: Alie Kamara, a black Staten Island teenager, watched the results of the Nov. 4 election at a friend’s house. Soon after Barack Obama was declared the winner, he walked home alone to his house in the […]
Yesterday the Obama campaigned named two big advocates of net neutrality to his transition team. The best part is that they are heading up the review of the FCC: Susan Crawford, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and Kevin Werbach, a former FCC staffer, organizer of the annual tech conference Supernova, and […]
Well at least those gift cards are, along with your phone cards and all those other little merchant wastes of plastic. All this is compliments of our FDIC.
Just ask old Confederate Yankee, who informs us of the following from the ‘thinkin’ room’: Dear 52, It seems the man you entrusted with your vote lied about his relationship with domestic terrorist and attempted mass murderer Bill Ayers. Many of you either didn’t hear about Ayers, or accepted Obama’s evolving explanations that Ayers was […]
I just ordered mine. This will be one to save and pass down to future generations. It’s only $9.95, which includes shipping and handling, and can be ordered here. A preview is also available here, and Bob Cesca has more.
The AP has taken a big look into the ‘hundreds’ of racial threats and crimes that have occurred since Obama became our President-elect: From California to Maine, police have documented a range of alleged crimes, from vandalism and vague threats to at least one physical attack. Insults and taunts have been delivered by adults, college […]
Damn I hate when Real Time’s season ends. Here is the new rules from last night. Bill’s last new rule was golden.