During Netroots Nation, a conservative blogger was arrested for harrassing a couple of women because they were wearing Muslim hijabs (headscarves). From Minnesota Public Radio: A St. Paul blogger faces misdemeanor charges after he allegedly harassed two Muslim women last week in downtown Minneapolis. Minneapolis police say John Hugh Gilmore, 52, who writes a blog […]
President Obama is pushing his administration about what is being done for Haiti and what more can be done: Meeting with officials from his National Security Staff in the last hour, President Obama was direct. He’d just gotten off the phone with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to […]
Dave Waldman has a great rundown of what lies ahead for the health care bill as both chambers of Congress attempt to merge two very different bills into one. Sadly the quickest path is once again meeting Republican obstructionism, this time by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) objecting to the appointment of conferees and forcing a […]
Republicans in the Senate have so far offered 27 amendments to the health care bill. The Wonk Room has a rundown of all these crazy changes and they will only make healthcare less affordable. Ironically even if all these amendments were added the Republicans still wouldn’t support the bill. Hopefully Democrats will show enough spine […]
Common sense is prevailing in the media war over Electronic Cigarettes. Slate has published a great rundown on the coverage in the mainstream. Talking about the current import ban on electronic cigarettes, Slate asks this (h/t OsborneInk): Governments seem to be buying this view. The FDA has officially barred importation of e-cigarettes. “These appear to […]
Since the assassination of Dr. Tiller the right has been on a rampage. They are even taking to public airwaves to praise the assassination and, in some cases, promote more. Rachel did a great rundown of this lunacy last night. I really hope the feds are listening to these idiots out there and end up […]
Then the special election held in Louisiana yesterday for the state senate district 16 seat, had to be a test for Bobby Jindhal. And guess what? He lost – big time: Baton Rouge lawyer Dan Claitor beat businessman and fellow Republican Lee Domingue — the candidate with Gov. Bobby Jindal’s backing — to win the […]
Wow did McCain bomb tonight. Holy shit! HuffPo has the rundown of the news networks, who all gave it to Obama (even FOX). Instead of spending time writing out my words on this, I am going to let Andrew Sullivan speak for me: This was, I think, a mauling: a devastating and possibly electorally fatal […]
And the . Why does MSNBC continue to employ this sack of shit?
So here we go with another “foiled terror plot”. You can tell mid-terms are getting close. Anyways here is the rundown of headlines covering it: Britain says it foils “mass murder” plane bomb plot US raises air security alert to red for first time Airline plot involved liquid explosives Terror concerns seen pressuring markets BA […]