From Mashable: As the snow piled up on New Year’s Eve, Jersey resident Ravie Rave didn’t call a snow plow service to take care of her 65-year-old father’s walk — she tweeted at Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who showed up shortly with shovels and salt. Booker, who has more than a million Twitter followers, is […]
When it came time for Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) to respond to claims by Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) that health care reform was socialism, the FOX satellite decided to act up: Given the history of FOX News and their extreme bias reporting, it does leave one wondering if this was by total accident. A quick […]
If you are in D.C. and interested in the open government directive President Obama has put forward, as well as one of the key technologies pushing it, Drupal (same technology powering IntoxiNation), then this might be of interest to you: How to Achieve the Open Government Directive Requirements Using Open Source Drupal Willard Intercontinental Washington […]
Now this is the kind of change we believe in: The US has lifted a 22-year immigration ban which has stopped anyone with HIV/Aids from entering the country. President Obama said the ban was not compatible with US plans to be a leader in the fight against the disease. The new rules come into force […]
People are absolute idiots: The US Secret Service says it is investigating after an effigy of Barack Obama was found hanging in the home town of former President Jimmy Carter. TV footage showed the doll hanging by a noose in front of a red, white and blue sign that reads “Plains, Georgia. Home of Jimmy […]
This is a very bad idea: (from TNR) According to a pair of senior Capitol Hill staffers, one from each chamber, House and Senate Democrats are “almost certain” to negotiate informally rather than convene a formal conference committee. Doing so would allow Democrats to avoid a series of procedural steps–not least among them, a series […]
With all the debate going on about the full body scanners, I think I have come up with a great solution. Why don’t we just waterboard all airline passengers? Think about it: Waterboarding provides accurate and reliable intel Waterboarding isn’t torture. Waterboarding is nothing but a “dip in the pool”. So let’s drop the body […]
I noticed a general message giving birth today – that we should have started focusing on Yemen back in the beginning of the whole war on terror. I can’t say I entirely disagree with that, but what makes it post-worthy is that I am hearing this argument from a lot of GOPers, the same ones […]
Oh this is just priceless: Fox News’ Brit Hume gave Tiger Woods some personal advice Sunday morning, telling the scandal-plagued (and Buddhist) golfer to ‘turn to Christianity’ to make a full recovery. On “Fox News Sunday,” Hume — the former leader of Fox News’ political reporting and host of “Special Report” who now serves as […]
I been meaning to post about the whole notion the wingnuts (including Lieberman) have been pushing; that we should go to war in Syria. Let’s think about this for a minute. The war started in Afghanistan. That then pushed the terrorists in Pakistan. We are fighting some in Pakistan and now they are moving to […]