Yesterday’s big sell off wasn’t due to the recent down-grading of the U.S. credit rating. Sure it played a very minor part in it, but if you look at the markets yesterday there is something very interesting the sticks out. Investors still rushed to buy treasury bonds, which drove the 10 year interest rate below […]
For someone who is always out campaigning against federal spending, Rick Perry sure seems hell bent on seeing some federal money: Texas officials filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Department of Education, seeking to overturn the federal agency’s rejection of the state’s application for more than $830 million in aid that has been tied […]
Just go this: Sure he’ll pay it back, but that doesn’t excuse the fact that he did it to begin with. While this asshole was out showboating over his rejection of the stimulus funds, he knew damn good and well that he was abusing taxpayers dollars. This guy is a major fraud and shouldn’t be […]
PETA submitted an AD to be aired during the Super Bowl, which NBC rejected. Here is the ad in question: ‘Veggie Love’: PETA’s Banned Super Bowl Ad Actually I love this ad. I think it sells great, and it’s nothing more than we would see in any other ad. But it turns out there might […]
Now that McCain has rejected the support of two big televangelists, where does it leave him? I have a couple thoughts on it. First off, it takes Jeremiah Wright off the table. If McCain starts using that, then does he really want the Obama campaign and their vast resources making sure the entire population know […]
McCain is in it knee deep when Klein is even going after him: Hagee is a loose cannon Revelation literalist who believes that a Greater Israel–including the Palestinian territorities–will presage Armeggedon and the Rapture. He isn’t a big fan of Roman Catholicism. This is an interesting political situation for McCain, who angered wingnuts by–honorably–dissing Cincinnati […]
Five more soldiers were killed in Iraq today, bringing the October’s toll to 96 soldiers lost. The last time we had this many soldiers killed in Iraq in one month was last October, and that number is certain to go higher. Sidney Blumenthal also has an interesting piece up at Salon regarding Bush and the […]