Boehner just announced that they will agree to the two month extension, while he held back tears (seriously – it looked like they were ready to come out!). Here’s what it is: The House will agree to the Senate bill by anonymous consent The Senate will immediately appoint conferees to hammer out the differences towards […]
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 […]
One can only hope so: Amid mounting signs that Rahm Emanuel will leave the White House to run for mayor in Chicago, Democratic insiders say President Barack Obama is likely to choose a new chief of staff who’s already in his orbit but has experience with previous administrations. The goal: to keep a comfort level […]
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 […]
Happy new year everyone. I hope all have a fun night and remain safe. If you get too bored I hear the golfing is really nice in Hawaii right now. One less asshole hitting the links.
FOX let people text in messages to appear on their ticker New Year’s Eve. If the message was approved by their “moderators”, then it would appear on live, national teevee. WooHoo. So what kind of messages did they approve? This kind: A new year and a new low for Rupert and his merry pact of […]
That’s the news for the U.K.: Britain’s six-year occupation of south Iraq will begin drawing to a close in March, and the last troops will leave Basra by June, a senior defence source disclosed yesterday. But instead of handing over to Iraqi authorities, the British will be replaced at their Basra airport base by a […]
The last year of the Bush regime! That is reason right there for celebration. Also these damn holidays are finally over. Time to recuperate and get ready to face the tax man. For a new year blessing from the Pope, he decided to say how gay marriage is threatening world peace. I guess that means […]
So the families of the nearly 3,000 lost soldiers and rest of the American and Iraqi people need to understand that: President Bush worked nearly three hours at his Texas ranch on Thursday to design a new U.S. policy in Iraq, then emerged to say that he and his advisers need more time to craft […]