With the onset of the Republican Convention now rained-out by Tropical Storm Isaac, we are all forced to bate our collective breaths one more day before being regaled by the biggest pep-rally Super-Pac dollars can buy. Of course, the RNC will put on a polished, meticulously organized show as always, and has a big-name lineup planned with speakers ranging from Chris Christie to … [Read more...] about Shark Jumping! – A Conventional Strategy for the Side with Stomach
Rush Limbaugh Suggests Hurricane Center’s Forecast is Intentionally Politically Working With Obama
Rush Limbaugh's latest example of political looniness and highly lucrative, political Obama hatred comes...well, let me just quote The Politico: Rush Limbaugh, while repeatedly insisting he is “not alleging a conspiracy,” suggested Monday that the National Hurricane Center’s forecast models for Tropical Storm Isaac were altered to help President Barack Obama and “cast a pall” … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh Suggests Hurricane Center’s Forecast is Intentionally Politically Working With Obama
Taliban Reportedly Beheads 17 Civilians For Loud Party
And you thought you had trouble with neighbors when you had a noisy party. Think again: … [Read more...] about Taliban Reportedly Beheads 17 Civilians For Loud Party
Romney and the Media Parrot (Cartoon)
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Playing the Racism Card and Probably Winning
[NOTE: Due to a system glitch, this first went on TMV with the wrong byline. This post is written by Prairie Weather] Over at the Plum Line, they're saying that Romney is channeling Lee Atwater. Lee Atwater is one of the nasty playground bullies who adhered to the Republican party like a piece of used toilet paper, lowering its reputation and making way for … [Read more...] about Playing the Racism Card and Probably Winning
Isaac Disrupts Republican Convention, Bolaven Threatens U.S. Military in Okinawa (Updated)
27 Aug. 7:00 p.m. EST. A GOES-13 infrared satellite image of Tropical Storm Isaac provided by the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Monterey, Calif., shows the storm at 7:00 p.m. EST. Isaac is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and impact the Gulf Coast of the United States Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. (U.S. Navy photo/Released) And, hopefully, the last … [Read more...] about Isaac Disrupts Republican Convention, Bolaven Threatens U.S. Military in Okinawa (Updated)
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Accuses RNC Chairman Reince Priebus of Playing “The Race Card”
MSNBC's Chris Matthews let it all hang out and accused RNC Reince Priebus of playing the race card. Priebus' defense will not play with the skeptical for one reason: the laugh line in the joke wasn't Romney being born in Michigan but on the birther aspect. But judge for yourself (and leave your reaction in comments). Matthews also jumped on the "Europe" cliche as well: Visit … [Read more...] about MSNBC’s Chris Matthews Accuses RNC Chairman Reince Priebus of Playing “The Race Card”
Your Air Force Will Be ‘Protecting the Skies’ During Republican Convention
The North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Northern Command have issued the following news release: "TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Aug. 27, 2012 – Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region fighters are protecting the skies during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Air Force fighter jets will be on alert during the … [Read more...] about Your Air Force Will Be ‘Protecting the Skies’ During Republican Convention
Shark Jumping! – A Conventional Strategy for the Side with Stomach (Guest Voice)
Shark Jumping! – a conventional strategy for the side with stomach by Kip Zimmerman With the onset of the Republican Convention now rained-out by Tropical Storm Isaac, we are all forced to bate our collective breaths one more day before being regaled by the biggest pep-rally Super-Pac dollars can buy. Of course, the RNC will put on a polished, meticulously organized show … [Read more...] about Shark Jumping! – A Conventional Strategy for the Side with Stomach (Guest Voice)
Washington Post-ABC News Poll: Romney Leads Obama By One Point
The latest Washington Post-ABC News poll underscores two realities: (1) the race is neck and neck with the Republican nominee to be Mitt Romney one point ahead, and that's before he gets any expected convention "bump, (2) this is an acutely tight race the Democrats who keep implying that in the end voters will never vote for Mitt Romney are making as unwise an assumption as … [Read more...] about Washington Post-ABC News Poll: Romney Leads Obama By One Point
R and R (Romney and Ryan)’s Vision For America
When I was in the Army in Vietnam during the war, we used to look forward to R and R, a period of Rest and Relaxation, either in or out of the country. R and R now, Romney and Ryan, will provide anything but rest and relaxation for the next three months until the election, as they explain their plans for the nation’s future. By choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Romney … [Read more...] about R and R (Romney and Ryan)’s Vision For America
Wanted: People Who Will Believe Anything
Here's a simple test for true believers in absurd but popular notions. Do you believe that: A Republican Party that governed us into the 2008 crash will produce prosperity if given control of government again in 2012. A Democratic president who ran as populist in 2008, then turned into a moderate Republican-like compromiser after being elected, will be any different if … [Read more...] about Wanted: People Who Will Believe Anything
Akin and the GOP Convention (Cartoon)
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The Astounding Financial Cost of Lance Armstrong’s Downfall (Challenges, France)
Although Lance Armstrong says he's through with the whole issue of whether he used performance enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France seven times, according to reporter Laure-Emmanuelle Husson of the French business journal Challenges, Armstrong's troubles may have only just begun. French sport, doping and legal experts say Armstrong may have to repay all the money he has … [Read more...] about The Astounding Financial Cost of Lance Armstrong’s Downfall (Challenges, France)
Wanted: A Smoking Gun To Prove That Romney Knowingly Profited From Fraud: Report From 20 Paws Ranch
Did soon to be Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney profit from healthcare companies that committed massive Medicare fraud? Absolutely, as the record shows that was the case in at least two instances. What is less clear is whether he was aware of these criminal activities. In this regard the record suggests that it would have been difficult for Romney to miss the … [Read more...] about Wanted: A Smoking Gun To Prove That Romney Knowingly Profited From Fraud: Report From 20 Paws Ranch
I Tol’ You & Tol’ You, Orwell’s 1984 has Gone Retrograde
Dick Cheney, Rummie, all the rest, will no longer need their loolie of waterboarding, along with the morally challenged clinical psychologists who signed on to assess and say whether a man being tortured at any US 'terrorist' facility was at the edge of madness or not. (My father spits and makes the sign of the cross to hear of such inhumane 'professionals.' But then, his … [Read more...] about I Tol’ You & Tol’ You, Orwell’s 1984 has Gone Retrograde
Beyond America’s Smart/Dumb Divide
On a weekend lull before new political storms, what poet Randall Jarrell called “the sad heart at the supermarket” is filled with mixed emotions over American life, a tangle of instinctive knowing and willed ignorance he evoked 50 years ago. “If we meet an honest and intelligent politician,” Jarrell wrote, “a dozen, a hundred, we say that they aren't like politicians at all, … [Read more...] about Beyond America’s Smart/Dumb Divide
Once and for All, Amongst Mormons, It’s Called ‘Temple Garment’
Responding to commenter's comment earlier about Mormon "magic underwear"... here's what it actually is. It is called Temple Garment and it is worn by Mormons. Many Jews wear tefillin [phylacteries] for ceremony (straps with sacred symbols and ceremonial meaning tied around arm and forehead.) Many from many different systems of religiousity and spirituality, also place a special … [Read more...] about Once and for All, Amongst Mormons, It’s Called ‘Temple Garment’
Hurricane Isaac Delays GOP Convention (Cartoon)
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GOP Ghosts in Tampa
TAMPA, Fla. -- In 1964, George Romney, then the governor of Michigan, walked out of the Republican National Convention during Barry Goldwater's acceptance speech. He was protesting his party's sharp turn rightward and its weak platform plank on civil rights. This week, 48 years on, Mitt Romney is set to achieve what his father never could. But this great family triumph … [Read more...] about GOP Ghosts in Tampa