By Scott Crass It happened just the way I figured. On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed cloture on the nomination of Michael Shipp, a candidate for a U.S. District Court judgeship for New Jersey. It was a totally non-controversial nomination which meant that, had a filibuster been held, would’ve been broken easily. But the GOP decided to vitiated a filibuster … [Read more...] about Senate Blinks on Judge Shipp, Onus Now On Reid For More Confirmtions
Romney Foreign Policy Tour Turns Into Gaffe Watch
WASHINGTON - THE POLITICAL MALPRACTICE of the Romney campaign continues at breathtaking speed. The political incompetence is mounting on multiple fronts, so you'll have to game up to keep up. Now, not only did Mitt Romney insult Great Britain on the Olympic games, but he also appeared to have forgotten Labour Party leader's Ed Miliband's name. We also had the Anglo-Saxon … [Read more...] about Romney Foreign Policy Tour Turns Into Gaffe Watch
Issue Won’t Go Away: Conservative Union-Leader Newspapers Calls On Romney to Release Tax Returns
I've often said that 21st century political mantras are repeated over and over and over again and oftentimes the repetition of them turns in into accepting something as fact. Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney's talking point suggesting that Democrats want more of his tax returns released so they can find things to "lie" about increasingly doesn't hold water due to all … [Read more...] about Issue Won’t Go Away: Conservative Union-Leader Newspapers Calls On Romney to Release Tax Returns
Delayed Gratfication and Wall Street’s Skewed Priorities
Apple’s earnings came out two days ago and the stock price dived. Wall Street analysts were upset that Apple’s earnings had fallen below their estimates. The company sold 26 million iPhones last quarter, 28% more than it had done a year earlier. Analysts had predicted that 29 million would be sold. Apple also sold 17 million iPads last quarter, compared to 9 million a year … [Read more...] about Delayed Gratfication and Wall Street’s Skewed Priorities
How in the West and East, Mass Murderers are Bred (Elsevier, The Netherlands)
Is the world churning out more mass killers than usual? For Elsevier of the Netherlands, columnist Leon de Winter writes that Western societies, thanks to an odd combination of 'extreme individualism' and the growing capacity of people to live without human contact, are breeding a new type of mass murderer, able to nurture his madness in isolation. Meanwhile, an ancient form … [Read more...] about How in the West and East, Mass Murderers are Bred (Elsevier, The Netherlands)
Rationalizing Gutlessness on Guns (UPDATED)
WASHINGTON -- Talk about power: The gun lobby barely had to say a word before the media sent advocates of saner gun regulation shuffling off in defeat. In a political version of Stockholm syndrome, even those who claim to disagree with the National Rifle Association's absolutist permissiveness on firearms lulled themselves into accepting the status quo by reciting a … [Read more...] about Rationalizing Gutlessness on Guns (UPDATED)
No This Is Not A Joke
No this is not from The Onion: A Republican state legislator in Missouri is holding a campaign fundraiser where he will raffle off one of the same types of weapons used in the Aurora movie theater shooting. Rep. John McCaherty (R-High Ridge) planned the fundraiser prior to last week's shooting that left 12 people at a midnight showing of the new Batman movie dead. … [Read more...] about No This Is Not A Joke
Rush Limbaugh’s Compliment to Ice T Is Not Reciprocated
Top conservative talk show host and top polarizer Rush Limbaugh paid a compliment to actor-rapper Ice T recently, but it wasn't reciprocated. I suspect from this Ice T is not a Rush Limbaugh listener. (On the other hand, perhaps this shows he is.) … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh’s Compliment to Ice T Is Not Reciprocated
NRA and Congress
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James Holmes, Alleged Slaughterer, High I.Q. Didnt Take Into Account Human Nature: His Mailed Notebook that Did Not Arrive At Holmes Intended Target
The FBI recovered a package that is said to have been mailed by James Eagan Holmes, after the shooting suspect told investigators to look for it at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. A senior law enforcement officer told NBC that the package contained writings about killing people, but could not go into more detail. Holmes had been in a doctoral program … [Read more...] about James Holmes, Alleged Slaughterer, High I.Q. Didnt Take Into Account Human Nature: His Mailed Notebook that Did Not Arrive At Holmes Intended Target
Mitt Romney Unfamiliar With Details of Colorado Shooting, Falsely Claims Shooter Got Weapons Illegally
I am amazed at the brazenness of the Romney campaign in criticizing Obama on foreign policy and just about everything else, yet they are prone to so many gaffes and have a problem with the facts. Romney had the nerve imply to Brian Williams, according to the transcript of his exclusive NBC interview, that he is unfamiliar with the details of the Colorado shooting that left 12 … [Read more...] about Mitt Romney Unfamiliar With Details of Colorado Shooting, Falsely Claims Shooter Got Weapons Illegally
Sloth-Brained Democrats Take On The Tax Issue
It would be wrong to call the guys and girls who set Democratic Party election themes "brain-dead." A more accurate description would "sloth-brained." They devise just the right policies, but a year or two (or more) after the same themes would have been far more effective. Like those generals who are always brilliantly fighting the last war. Consider taxes. A huge issue … [Read more...] about Sloth-Brained Democrats Take On The Tax Issue
Germans React to the Colorado Massacre (Multiple Newspapers)
Since yesterday, Worldmeets.US has posted articles from two more German newspapers about the Colorado attacks. 1) The NRA: America's ‘Deadliest’ Lobby (Die Tageszeitung, Germany) Is there any sense to the logic of the National Rifle Association, which asserts 'If private gun ownership were restricted, it would be more difficult for law-abiding citizens to obtain guns; but … [Read more...] about Germans React to the Colorado Massacre (Multiple Newspapers)
Romney Campaign Adviser: President Obama Doesn’t Understand Depth of Anglo-Saxon Heritage
The UK Telegraph has an interesting conversation with two unnamed advisers to Mitt Romney, in which one explained President Obama's so-called coolness to Great Britain by saying he doesn't understand the Anglo-Saxon heritage like Romney does and that his father was from Africa. Um, newsflash to the Romney campaign, Kenya was colonized by the British. Of course, Mitt Romney … [Read more...] about Romney Campaign Adviser: President Obama Doesn’t Understand Depth of Anglo-Saxon Heritage
George Jefferson, African American Sit-com Star Dies, Age 74
Sherman Hemsley, known to many for his starring role on The Jeffersons has died at 74, and is remembered by many as the peevish, nervous, reactive funny man playing George Jefferson, a 'movin' on up' patriarch of a newly affluent black family who also, much like Ralph Cramden of The Honeymooners, was a sometimes schemer. In the sit-com, George owned a dry cleaning business, … [Read more...] about George Jefferson, African American Sit-com Star Dies, Age 74
Madonna: A Singing Agent of Russian Imperialism! (Rzeczpospolita, Russia)
What is behind the dates Madonna chooses for her concerts? Could she have an ulterior motive? In this lampooning of the Polish right - which is apparently hysterical over Madonna's impending arrival in the country for a series of performances - columnist Bartosz Weglarczyk of Poland's Rzeczpospolita offers a humorous history lesson while explaining what the 53-year-old music … [Read more...] about Madonna: A Singing Agent of Russian Imperialism! (Rzeczpospolita, Russia)
Report: Romney Advisor Who Hit Obama On Leaks Was Involved In Scooter Libby Scandal
I'm a life long political junkie, a former Political Science major, a lover of political history -- but in all of my life I have never ever seen a campaign like this. With things such as this, if Mitt Romney loses his bid for the Oval Office registered Republicans might consider a class action lawsuit for political negligence: Mitt Romney's campaign might have chosen the … [Read more...] about Report: Romney Advisor Who Hit Obama On Leaks Was Involved In Scooter Libby Scandal
Gun Control is Dead For Now
What do conservative news baron Rupert Murdoch, The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and actor Jason Alexander have in common? They're among the majority of Americans who want tougher gun control --an issue that has resurfaced in the wake of the Aurora, Colo. movie theater massacre. But don't hold your breath. It ain't gonna happen. So expect … [Read more...] about Gun Control is Dead For Now
Empty Platitudes – Romney At The VFW Convention
The Romneybot spoke to the crowd at the VFW convention today. More empty platitudes and criticism of Obama. It reminds me of my favorite lines from the 1923 novel, by one of the best wordsmiths Aldous Huxley, Antic Hay, where the main character finds himself "floundering in a quagmire of hypocritical platitudes" - that's Romney's life story. Daniel Larison: It was mostly a … [Read more...] about Empty Platitudes – Romney At The VFW Convention
Romney Takes London
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