07/05/2007
Rich Republicans find a new charity: Arnold Schwarzenegger (in politics)
Taking a page from scumbag Tom Delay's playbook, wealthy Republicans and various lobbying groups are contributing unlimited, untraceable amounts of tax deductible cash to a "charity" whose only purpose is to pay for Arnold Schwarzenegger's hote ... Read More
07/04/2007
A deft summation of the Bush/Libby scandal (in politics)
This sums up my feelings rather well; Ron Fournier kicks ass in all directions in this short but blistering AP opinion piece. The hypocrisy is unpardonable. President Bush's decision to commute the sentence of a convicted liar brought out th ... Read More
07/03/2007
Why webcams were invented (continued) (in politics)
Thanks to James The Advocate for the tipoff. Read More
Dummies Guide to Buying Legislators and Public Opinion (in politics)
How is it that op-ed pieces in favor of dictatiorial governments become featured in national newspapers? How do "Congressional fact-finding tours" wind up in Stalinist hellholes like Turkmenistan? Ken Silverstein decided to find out. He print ... Read More
06/19/2007
What does a real hero look like? (in politics)
In a time when Bush thugs are hailed as heroes for lying to Congress, and bimbo babes are heroes for getting a makeover on Rachael Ray, it's rare to meet the real thing. Meet Army Major General Antonio M. Taguba. He led the high-level investi ... Read More
06/18/2007
Republicans shocked - shocked! - to find that recipients of religious "grants" are thieves (updated) (in politics)
So here's the way it works: In order to reinforce their position with right-wing religious voters, the Republicans decided to "dismantle big government programs" that did dumb stuff like distributing tax money to poor people for health care a ... Read More
06/08/2007
The Republicans hate "big government" for a very good reason... (in politics)
...they're completely incompetent when it comes to administration. From Katrina, to FDA food screening, to the all new, super-duper, Homeland Security passport regulations, if there's no bribery, campaign contributions, lying, or illegal politic ... Read More
06/05/2007
Why the right wing keeps lying; Lou Dobbs & "Leprosy" (in politics)
Mark Twain once wrote: "A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." Here we have a convenient illustration of this truism. Lou Dobbs - one of the conservative bloviators appearing regularly on CNN ... Read More
Torture For Dummies (in politics)
When it comes to torture, it turns out that the U.S. Army wrote the book. From Time, which apparently still does actual reporting occasionally. Originally developed as training for elite special forces at Fort Bragg under the "Survival, E ... Read More
05/29/2007
Telecom companies working harder to serve you better (by keeping internet access limited, slow, and expensive) (in politics)
Unaccustomed as I am to haranguing people to take direct action about anything other than downloading cute cat videos, I heartily recommend signing this petition being run by ActForChange about the upcoming airwave grab by Verizon and AT&T. S ... Read More