The Senate’s longest serving member, Robert Byrd, died this morning at the age of 92. This really isn’t a big shocker. Byrd’s health has been deteriorating for years and given his age, it was pretty much expected that this was coming after the news of his serious condition yesterday. As far as a replacement for […]
That’s what The Office of Congressional Ethics is looking into: The Office of Congressional Ethics is investigating eight lawmakers who held fundraisers within 48 hours of a major House vote on a Wall Street reform bill or received substantial donations from business people with a financial stake in the bill, according to congressional sources and […]
Another follow-up on the fire that destroyed Touchdown Jesus in Ohio last night. Darlene Bishop, co-pastor of the statues church had this to say in response to the destruction of their 1/4 million dollar eye sore: “I think he (Jesus) couldn’t have gotten this much advertising if we had paid a billion dollars,” she said […]
Since Arizona passed their immigration law, we have heard constant sound bites about how dangerous the U.S./Mexico border is. Well it turns out that the border isn’t as dangerous as the proponents of the new law are making it out to be: It’s one of the safest parts of America, and it’s getting safer. It’s […]
The Catholic Church is so twisted in their beliefs that it is beyond scarey. Preists can rape and torture children, yet they are allowed to continue to serve, but if a nun helps save a woman’s life – well they get kicked out: From Dave at Video Cafe: A Phoenix nun along with a hospital […]
Last night Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih, was crowned Miss USA. Fakih is a Lebanese-American and the first Muslim to ever win the crown. Needless to say the right is up in arms over this. Here’s a list of responses compiled by Think Progress: – Conservative radio host Debbie Schlussel blamed Fakih’s win on a supposed […]
What an absolutely horrible news story to start the week with: Police in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday expressed “profound sorrow” at the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl in a police raid. Aiyana Jones was shot and killed by police executing a search warrant as part of a homicide investigation, Assistant Chief Ralph Godbee said […]
Courtesy of, well you guessed it – Drudge: OMG! Abandon ship! Of course it is still about 2,000 points higher than it was 2 years ago, specifically on January 20, 2009. Now who was in office until that date? And just for the record, the Dow did drop 163 points today on more European stock […]
Jane Hamsher blogging today asks: Will Salazar Let BP Wait 20 Years To Compensate Gulf Fishermen? What she is referring to is the 20 years it took for compensation to come out from the Exxon-Valdez spill. The problem is this wasn’t because of the executive branch or any administration. Jane even states the reason for […]
Mark Sanford is back in the news: Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday he spent last weekend in Florida with his Argentine lover, seeing if their relationship could be “restarted.” Sanford discussed the trip – first reported Sunday by an anonymous e-mailer to the Gawker Web site – because he said he thought the public should […]