Check out this headline from the AP: Democrats block GOP bid to extend DC vouchers Hmmm – really sounds like some parliamentary move to stop the vote, like a filibuster or something. But read on: The Senate voted 50-39 along mostly party lines to reject a bid by Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign to extend […]
From Bush’s buddies: The sentencing of a widow to 40 lashes for mingling with two young men has sparked new criticism of Saudi Arabia. Khamisa Sawadi, who is Syrian but was married to a Saudi, was convicted and sentenced last week for meeting with men who were not her immediate relatives. The two men, including […]
Is Citigroup becoming viable? Citigroup Inc. Chief Executive Officer Vikram Pandit said his bank is having the best quarter since 2007, when it last posted a profit. The shares rose as much as 27 percent and helped spur gains for finance company stocks. “I am most encouraged with the strength of our business so far […]
Ok this is getting good. Yesterday Newt Gingrich had the audacity to go against core conservative values and state that he wants the president to succeed and “you’re irrational if you don’t want him to”: Now we are on today, and Limbaugh isn’t happy about that: “I’m frankly getting tired of talking about Newt. I […]
Well if you ask Hot Air readers, then it’s Sarah Palin, who comes in a distant second to “no one”: Please, oh please promote the Wassilla-billy Palin to reins of Republican Leader.
That’s how much they are saying we lost in global financial assets in 2008. I wonder how quickly the right tries to pin that number on Obama.
Bill Maher had a great “New Rule” at the end of his show this past Friday. He took on the Republican argument that your healthcare decisions should be between you and your doctor. Of course it never happens that way. Your healthcare decisions are made by the insurance company.
I found this story via Andrew Sullivan, who is going after Belief Net’s Rod Dreher. Terry Caffey can still taste the blood and gunpowder. He can hear the staccato gunfire, the shrieks of terror and the plaintive wail of his 13-year-old son – “Why? Why?” He can feel the heat and suffocating smoke from the […]
A 9 year old girl gets raped by her step-father. The girl ends up pregnant and the doctors determine that giving birth at such a young age would end up costing the girl her life. Now the religion of the girl has decided to punish the mother and doctors, but not the step-father. If you […]