This week has been totally dominated by fake outrage and a total silence on the issues from the McCain campaign. We’ve heard about lipstick, fish, teaching sex-ed to six year olds, and a plethora of lies from McCain and Palin. At the same time Obama has been talking about education, the economy, Iraq, the war […]
Glenn Greenwald has an excellent timeline put together highlighting the growth of this whole lipstick bullshit. It really shows you how an innocent analogy gets turned into the most talked about controversy, with the help of the media and internets.
If you missed Morning Joe, Mort Zuckerman was on and had a very grim outlook for our financial future. The Freddie and Fannie bailout, while necessary, will cost tax payers millions. Detroit is worse off. He is predicting GM and some other manufacturers like Chrysler to merge, and maybe a foreign automaker to buy out […]