Tea Party Nation has just blasted out an email blaming Obama for the rising gas prices (login required): As we close out 2010, gas prices in much of the country crept about the $3 a gallon mark. In an interview a couple of days ago, the ex-president of Shell oil predicted $5 a gallon gas […]
As we get ready to roll into 2011 the fringe wingnuts have decided it’s time to come up with some brand new conspiracy theories about the President: The good news is that the right-wing isn’t talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they’re now concerned that he’s […]
Atlanta sees their first white Christmas since 1882 As the country and most of world experiences below average temperatures and record snow falls, the wingnuts are starting their annual cry of “global warming is a lie!” This piece in the New York Times sparked this year’s season of denial: THE earth continues to get warmer, […]
The Senate has just ratified the START treaty by a 71-26 vote. All Democrats voted for the bill and 13 Republicans, 1/4 of the Republican caucus, broke with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to ratify the new treaty. (On a side note, sorry for the lack of posting. With the holidays, a bad cold and massive […]
This is how the GOP cuts government spending: For a guy who insists that federal bureaucrats make too much money, incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor sure doesn’t mind handing out handsome government raises of his own. Cantor, the Virginia Republican who has led the GOP charge this year to freeze federal salaries, has boosted […]
The ever growing Dynus scandal that has plagued the GOP in my home of Butler County, Ohio saw another one fall yesterday: A federal grand jury has indicted West Chester Twp. Trustee George Lang for allegedly lying while under oath. According to the indictment released just after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Lang “knowingly made a false […]
For years law enforcement used court orders to obtain the emails of suspects. Court orders are much simpler to get than an actual warrant. Well that practice is coming to an end: The government must obtain a court warrant to require internet service providers to turn over stored e-mail to the authorities, a federal appeals […]
From Jake Tapper: ABC News has learned that Richard Holbrooke, the US Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, has died. On Friday, Holbrooke was rushed to the hospital with a torn aorta. He went through more than 20 hours of surgery. Earlier this evening, speaking at the US State Department, President Obama sang Holbrooke’s praises […]
Can’t say I’m surprised by this: A federal judge in Virginia ruled Monday that the individual mandate contained in the health care law passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama this year is unconstitutional. The judge found in favor of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who brought this suit separately from the other […]
A new report [pdf] by the FCC gives a real wake-up call to U.S. internet customers: A recent report by the FCC shows that more than two-thirds of so-called broadband internet connections in the U.S. don’t actually meet the minimum speed requirements of 4Mbps downtream and 1Mbps upstream to be considered broadband. In real terms, […]