As anyone who reads this blog somewhat regularly knows, I feel there is a big risk of a President Bachmann in 2013. I have given plenty of reasons previously, but the biggest one that scares me is the enthusiasm gap on the left. A new Public Policy Polling poll verifies that fear: There’s been plenty […]
It must be a day ending in ‘Y’. Today we find out about the new big cancer threat: Swimming in chlorinated pools can cause an increased risk of cancer in bathers, Spanish researchers said on Monday. Researchers from the Barcelona-based Centre of Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) and Research Institute Hospital del Mar studied changes […]
Looks like the Rev. Terry Jones got an unexpected visit today: A few men entered the Dove World Outreach Center building today who identified themselves as FBI, they did not make any comments to the press. Both Pastor Terry Jones and his associate pastor are saying they are carrying weapons because of death threats. I […]
From TPM: Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander of the Afghanistan War, said today the planned burning of Korans by a Florida church could put American troops in danger. “It could endanger troops and it could endanger the overall effort,” Petraeus told the Wall Street Journal. “It is precisely the kind of action the […]
That’s what leading economists are saying (via Cesca): The recovery is shaping up to be stronger than expected and there is little risk the economy will slip back into a recession, according to USA TODAY’s quarterly survey of 46 leading economists. Yet most still say the rebound will fall short of the sharp, V-shaped upturns […]
This is some good news, but I’m sure the wingnuts will explode over it: Responding to the devastation from the Haiti earthquake, Obama administration officials on Wednesday temporarily suspended deportations of illegal immigrants from that country. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Haitian deportations would be halted “for the time being,” without specifying a time […]
You take something highly contagious like H1N1, add a bad economy and throw in the employer practice of not giving sick days, or giving too few to employees: Public health experts worried about the spread of the H1N1 flu are raising concerns that workers who deal with the public, like waiters and child care employees, […]
People don’t like Cheney and they don’t support his baseless claims either: Seventy-two percent of those questioned in the poll released Monday disagree with Cheney’s view that some of Obama’s actions have put the country at greater risk, with 26 percent agreeing with the former vice president. Dick Cheney is like the old guy on […]
You know, these guys should watch it. Obama is soon to be running the country, along with his own party. He might decide to suddenly enforce the law and that could mean churches violating their separation from stat could suddenly end up owing a bunch in taxes. Here’s the latest: Parishioners of St. Joseph’s Catholic […]
Following the hoax that is now known as Ashley Todd, Keith Olbermann offers a sobering campaign comment asking John McCain to finally speak out on all this racism coming from his supporters and show he is a leader: John McCain does need to do this, not only for the country, but for John McCain. He […]