11/10/2008
Washing the Bush slime off our society (in politics)
The Washington Post reports that Obama's been preparing for months to roll back BushCo "initiatives" as soon as he got into office. Is this great or what? "A team of four dozen advisers, working for months in virtual solitude, set out to i ... Read More
Read it and... think (in politics)
Bob Somerby of The Daily Howler goes off on the current state of political punditry and BS, as revealed by coverage of McCain: ... we actually weren't surprised to see Obama elected. Nor are we "proud" when voters do sensible things; as in th ... Read More
In the Minnesota Senate race, there's a reason the count is so close (in politics)
The voting machines are not so technically sophisticated as loaded dice. On Monday, Threat Level published a letter written by a Michigan election clerk to the chairwoman of the federal Election Assistance Commission asserting that optical-sc ... Read More
11/08/2008
A pleasant reminder that we're waking up from 8 long years of Republican nightmare (in politics)
Seen Change.gov? Imagine - a government that actually uses the internets to communicate with the constituents. Thanks to Barrie for the reminder. Read More
11/07/2008
Bush administration prepares to screw us one last time (in politics)
Emissions? Phooey! Labor protection? Ha! Mining? See ya later! Hazardous material? Sorry! I believe the word on rattlesnakes is that they'll bite you even after the head is severed from the body. I hope someone is preparing to prosecute Bu ... Read More
11/06/2008
Randomness (in politics)
"Tomorrow when you go to the polls, make my life difficult. Make the next four years really hard, so that every morning all we can do is come in and go, 'Madonna is doing some Kaballah thing, you wanna do that?' I'd like that. I'm tired." - Jon ... Read More
11/05/2008
YES! (in politics)
YES! "His triumph was decisive and sweeping, because he saw what is wrong with this country: the utter failure of government to protect its citizens. He offered a government that does not try to solve every problem but will do those things be ... Read More
11/03/2008
Voting chaos guide (in politics)
From ProPublica, both nationally and by state, covering machine malfunctions, paper ballot shortage, inadequate facilities, illegal challenges, menacing poll watchers, etc. Threat Level is doing a pretty good job on this as well; especially t ... Read More
A short explanatory article for our foreign readers (in politics)
What's it like when your society not only doesn't have universal health care, the government and corporate interest actively discourage such a radical notion? If you lose your job, you lose your health insurance. A problem that looms for m ... Read More
A footnote to the McCain/Palin slimeball express (in politics)
Juan Cole at Informed Comment has a great post on the trashing of renowned scholar Rashid Khalidi by the Republican troglodytes. Khalidi's bad because he writes books, teaches in Ivy League schools, advocates for the Palestinians, and apparently ... Read More