Last November a document got leaked out, which outlined a new Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) being authored by the Obama administration. The internet part of this is really infuriating: * That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be impossible to run a service like Flickr or YouTube […]
That’s the meme the wingnuts are trying to spin right now, following the lead of Byron York: Vice President Joe Biden’s favorable rating has fallen to 42 percent in a new Gallup poll, down from a high of 59 percent just after last year’s election. Biden’s unfavorable rating in the new poll is 40 percent, […]
That’s the news catching on like wildfire this morning – that President Obama has dropped his support for a public option in the healthcare bill. Like most on our side I was at first really upset over this, but instead of starting my screams of anguish, I sat here and thought about it. When you […]
There are a couple strong theories behind Palin’s resignation right now. One is that she got fed up with the media attention and the other is that she is being indicted. I want to focus on the first. Let’s go with that first reason. If Palin thinks the media spotlight is too bright now, then […]
Watching Meet the Press I can’t help but think that these news organizations go out and hire the biggest flunkies from basic government classes. It’s that or they think that their viewers are total idiots. Let me explain. They are talking about Nancy Pelosi’s approval rating dropping, so that means she might not be reelected. […]
Gallup released a poll today that the right is in love with: A new Gallup Poll, conducted May 7-10, finds 51% of Americans calling themselves “pro-life” on the issue of abortion and 42% “pro-choice.” This is the first time a majority of U.S. adults have identified themselves as pro-life since Gallup began asking this question […]
The fact that the stimulus isn’t seeing any Republican votes in the House and only three in the Senate isn’t a sign that it’s a bad bill, it’s a sign that it’s something against a far-right ideology that has plagued this country for too long. A perfect example of this is from the mouth of […]
Pope Benedict tries to deepen his ties with Nazi-Germany: The Vatican stirred a diplomatic maelstrom yesterday when it announced that it had lifted the excommunication of four rebel bishops, including the British Holocaust-denier Richard Williamson. The decree repealing the 20-year-old Vatican punishment, imposed after the traditionalist French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre consecrated the four as bishops […]
The chatter around the blogosphere right now is about this: Greg Sargent, blogging from his new digs, notes this: Update: NRCC spokesperson Ken Spain sends over a response: “The site is currently under construction. We are looking forward to relaunching the site and fostering a discussion on how Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic colleagues’ proposal […]
