On Halloween weekend, Americans apparently are tired of all-tricks, no-treats on Capitol Hill, sending approval ratings down to the GOP’s favorite single digit while the President sees a slight gain in public favor. Gallup attributes the Obama bump to Iraq troop withdrawal, a rising stock market and that golden oldie, the death of a Mideast tyrant, reflecting Gadhafi’s … [Read more...] about Obama 43, Congress 9
Walking Dead
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Jon Huntsman’s Daughters Spoof Viral-hit Cain Ad
Jon Huntsman's daughters have spoofed the now famous -- or infamous depending on how agitated you were about the ad (I personally can't see what all the fuss and pundit time spent on it was all about) -- Herman Cain "smoking man" ad featuring. His daughters wear fake mustaches for part of the take off on Cain campaign manager Mark Block's talking head ad and instead of blowing … [Read more...] about Jon Huntsman’s Daughters Spoof Viral-hit Cain Ad
Happy 125th Birthday Statue Of Liberty
Today marks the 125th 'birthday' of the Statue of Liberty. For all our disagreements and debates here on TMV I think we can all agree liberty and freedom is worth celebrating. Here is an amazing video (it is 10 min long) of the finale of the 1986 celebrations. Hopefully we can keep the political debates in other threads and use this one to celebrate our common love of … [Read more...] about Happy 125th Birthday Statue Of Liberty
This Halloween the World Welcomes its 7 Billionth Person
If Halloween by itself wasn’t frightening enough, this Oct. 31 has been set by U.N. demographers as the official day when the 7 billionth person will be born, as TIME says, “on a planet already strapped for resources.” No one knows where this 7 billionth person will “officially” be born, albeit TIME says he or she may be born in India, “which will be the world’s most … [Read more...] about This Halloween the World Welcomes its 7 Billionth Person
OWS: The Connections are Wide and Deep
WASHINGTON - The video above is of Sgt. Shamar Thomas. It went viral and now has over 2 million hits. After Scott Olsen's assault, it seems even more relevant. Interestingly, Olsen is reportedly from Wisconsin, the state that Gov. Scott Walker ignited with his anti-democratic view of economic equality. As a reminder, Pres. Obama and the Democrats did not mount any … [Read more...] about OWS: The Connections are Wide and Deep
The National Rifle Association Shoots The Moon — And Literally Would If It Could
America is a gun-sick country, a place where people can legally possess and in some cases carry weapons specifically designed to kill large numbers of people. Pennsylvania is Philadelphia and Pittsburgh with Alabama in between, as James Carville famously remarked, and the Dixie-like legislature is so in love with guns that they are easier to obtain in the Keystone State than a … [Read more...] about The National Rifle Association Shoots The Moon — And Literally Would If It Could
Royal Shazam: The Biggest Shakeup In The Rules Of Succession For British Royalty
Monarchy and equality have always been incompatible in Great Britain, as well as in most of the world's remaining monarchies, but that is about to change in a radical way as Commonwealth leaders today pledged to amend legislation dating back to the 17th century to allow daughters of the monarch to take precedence over younger sons in the line of succession. Prime Minister … [Read more...] about Royal Shazam: The Biggest Shakeup In The Rules Of Succession For British Royalty
Tea Party Group Tells Bachmann Bluntly to Drop Out of GOP Presidential Nomination Race (UPDTATE)
The move to find a strong Anti-Romney -- let alone a strong anti-Obama -- has moved into full gear in the Republican Party: a Tea Party group has strongly suggested Rep. Michele Bachmann to drop out of the Presidential race: A tea party group has a surprising and harsh urging for long-time tea party favorite Michele Bachmann: Quit the presidential race. "It's time for … [Read more...] about Tea Party Group Tells Bachmann Bluntly to Drop Out of GOP Presidential Nomination Race (UPDTATE)
Unemployment Rising in Spain
Amid good (guarded) news from Europe and good (guarded) news from the United States on the economic front, there's bad news coming from Spain: unemployment is continuing to rise. One of the protest movements (The Indignants movement) there is believed to have partially inspired Occupy Wall Street: Note that in Spain as in the United States they are now talking about a … [Read more...] about Unemployment Rising in Spain
Just How Insecure Are Some Men ?
I had heard this story before but now that the ads are airing it was brought to my mind again. Dr. Pepper has this new ad campaign talking about how their new soda "isn't for women". It seems that this new soda is part of a whole new segment of the soda market. When i saw products like Coke Zero or Pepsi Max I just assumed it was some sort of branding thing, trying to get … [Read more...] about Just How Insecure Are Some Men ?
Numbers Show Growing Economy So Worst Case Predictions Among New Recession Shrink
Now there's (guarded) good news on the economic front -- good enough so it's causing the growing pessimism and emerging pessimism about the economy to shrink. And another tidbit of good news within this good news: the good news is coming from not just the United States and from Europe. The U.S. economy grew at its fastest clip in a year during late summer as consumers … [Read more...] about Numbers Show Growing Economy So Worst Case Predictions Among New Recession Shrink
Supercommittee in the Sandbox
Democrats offer a $3 trillion debt reduction of tax increases and spending cuts, including as much as $500 billion in savings from Medicare, Medicaid and other social programs to revive the Obama-Boehner Grand Bargain on the debt ceiling that Eric Cantor and his Tea Party House cohorts torpedoed last summer. The proposal would include as much as $300 billion to stimulate the … [Read more...] about Supercommittee in the Sandbox
Waiting for Someone
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Double Standard For Tea Party vs OWS ?
When it comes to the Tea Party and OWS, I have been both sympathetic with the goals of both groups and critical of some elements of the movements. But it does sound like a double standard is in play. Obviously we need to wait and find out the facts, but if the Tea Party is required to pay fees and provide porta potties, insurance, etc to stage a protest and OWS is allowed … [Read more...] about Double Standard For Tea Party vs OWS ?
ACLU Sues LA County Sheriff’s Department For Harassing Photographers
Carlos Miller: One photographer was detained for photographing a subway turnstile and accused of being in cahoots with Al-Qaeda. Another photographer was detained for photographing a courthouse and investigated for terrorist activity. And another photographer was detained for photographing refineries at night and placed in the back of a police car for 45 minutes. Now all … [Read more...] about ACLU Sues LA County Sheriff’s Department For Harassing Photographers
EU Leaders Meet. Ordinary Europeans Weep. Bankers Celebrate.
The leaders of EU countries have successfully confronted the Greek Crisis. The crisis of 11 million Greeks being ground down into national penury, their economic futures taken away? Oh, no. Why bother about that? The crisis that EU leaders successfully confronted was the possible lose of a lot of money by banks that had loaned money to Greece. It was important that this … [Read more...] about EU Leaders Meet. Ordinary Europeans Weep. Bankers Celebrate.
Nayef Named Crown Prince
Not a big surprise but now it is official … [Read more...] about Nayef Named Crown Prince
The New Libya Is Not Off To A Good Start
You know that the going is going to be tough for the new Libya when the first thing the liberators do is sodomize the deposed dictator with a knife in a kind of revenge fantasy, when their leaders promise accountability and then refuse to fess up about the circumstances of the deposed dictators death, let alone where he was buried. If in fact he was buried. And so while I … [Read more...] about The New Libya Is Not Off To A Good Start
Wall Street threatens to become a productive member of society
Someone has been dropping a flyer around the Occupy Wall Street protests that recycles a rant first circulated over a year ago. It reads: “We are Wall Street. It’s our job to make money. Whether it’s a commodity, stock, bond, or some hypothetical piece of fake paper, it doesn’t matter. We would trade baseball cards if it were profitable. I didn’t hear America complaining … [Read more...] about Wall Street threatens to become a productive member of society