More News on the gaffe and truly awful political style/book sales front. The first was actually a bit shocking: Michele Bachmann is proving herself to be a very talented and in some areas quite nimble politician, one willing to try and expand her constituency and take advice from a seasoned political pro like Republican consultant Ed Rollings. Yet she keeps making the same … [Read more...] about Michele Bachmann and Christine O’Donnell Keep Stumbling Along (UPDATED)
Your Week In Republican Politics: If You Plant Ice You’re Gonna Harvest Wind
With all the subtlety of a cartoon anvil hurtling down on Wile E. Coyote, it has dawned on Karl Rove and what is left of the mainstream Republican leadership that unless Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann can be muscled aside, President Obama could cakewalk to a second term despite a sucky economy. Even if Mitt Romney, the one-time putative front runner, grows a spine and … [Read more...] about Your Week In Republican Politics: If You Plant Ice You’re Gonna Harvest Wind
SEC Appears To Be Whitewashing Wall Street Indiscretions
Rolling Stone reports on claims from an SEC whistleblower that suggest that for almost 20 years the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been deep-sixing public records. Darcy Flynn, a 13-year veteran SEC attorney responsible for records management, has presented evidence to the SEC inspector general and three congressional committees. Under a deal the SEC worked … [Read more...] about SEC Appears To Be Whitewashing Wall Street Indiscretions
“What Does a Woman Want?”
Freud’s perplexity comes back in a bizarre juxtaposition between a GOP debate question about Michele Bachmann’s vow of wifely “submission” and a new HBO profile of Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, my colleague and friend half a century ago. Bachmann fudges her religious stance into mutual respect, but it recalls those “Mad Men” days when wives kept house and shopped in the … [Read more...] about “What Does a Woman Want?”
Misguided Economic Priorities in U.S. Endanger Mexico and World (La Jornada, Mexico)
Is it time for a full-throated reform of our 'current economic model'? This editorial from Mexico's La Jornada expresses just as much derision for America's current economic policies as any Tea Party member - but comes to dramatically different conclusions. The La Jornada editorial says in part: In the best case, warnings by economic specialists about the beginning of a … [Read more...] about Misguided Economic Priorities in U.S. Endanger Mexico and World (La Jornada, Mexico)
Our Sick Politics: Ad Asks “Have you ever had sex with Rick Perry?”
How sick has our politics gotten? This sick: An Austin Ron Paul supporter has taken out a full-page ad in the local alt weekly newspaper seeking any "stripper ... escort ... or 'young hottie'" who has slept with Rick Perry, part of his single-minded jihad against the presidential candidate. Robert Morrow describes himself as a "self-employed investor and political … [Read more...] about Our Sick Politics: Ad Asks “Have you ever had sex with Rick Perry?”
Romney, Perry and the GOP’s Summer of Discontent
WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's presidential campaign is a cross between the Little Engine That Could and the big chain store fending off attacks from upstart rivals. Romney gets little love from his fellow Republicans. He's always confronting rumors spread by people who ought to support him that the existence of such a "weak field" will soon encourage new and better … [Read more...] about Romney, Perry and the GOP’s Summer of Discontent
NBC: Libya’s Gadhafi Is Getting Ready to Leave Country
NBC News reports that Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi is getting ready to leave the country: Moammar Gadhafi is making preparations for a departure from Libya with his family for possible exile in Tunisia, U.S. officials have told NBC News, citing intelligence reports. One official suggested it was possible that Gadhafi would leave within days, NBC News … [Read more...] about NBC: Libya’s Gadhafi Is Getting Ready to Leave Country
The Great Fukashima Coverup
Since the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan a few months ago information has been at best misleading and at worst out right lies. We don't hear about it the US media or in fact the media of most western media or in Japan. It's not only still going on it's actually getting worse. We were told from the beginning that it was the tsunami that knocked out the power to the … [Read more...] about The Great Fukashima Coverup
HP TouchPad Joins MSFT Kin On Shoals Of Abandoned Products
HP is "[discontinuing] operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones." The company slid this into its press announcement regarding possible purchase of Autonomy Corp (AU.L); with a market cap of $7 billion, it is the second largest pure software company in Europe. The HP TouchPad tablet went on sale on July 1, 2011 and the Veer smartphone earlier … [Read more...] about HP TouchPad Joins MSFT Kin On Shoals Of Abandoned Products
Insurance Company ‘Totals’ Dog
Sounds like they are backing off the original statement. And in fairness, technically a dog is property not a person (and I say this as a die hard dog person so don't call me a dog hater). … [Read more...] about Insurance Company ‘Totals’ Dog
Rush Limbaugh Lowers the Bar Again: Undadulterated Racism
I now pledge not to do more posts on Rush Limbaugh lowering the bar on our political discourse again. His latest descent doesn't lower the bar, since he is so underground now that the bar is several miles up. His defenders will go through all kinds of rhetorical and lets-attack-his-critics modes but THIS is an example of unadulterated racism. The truth? If he was a local radio … [Read more...] about Rush Limbaugh Lowers the Bar Again: Undadulterated Racism
Gerard Depardieu Pissed Off On Plane: Anderson Cooper Reports (and Delightfully) Loses it (VIDEO of Cooper)
I LOVE puns and who could resist not doing a pun-filled report ont he news that French actor Gerard Depardieu couldn't hold it on a plane so he answered his call of nature for all to see? Anderson Cooper couldn't. And he reported the news in a pun-filled report that caused to go into a laughing fit. His report (the way it is written) and delivery is now a classic. … [Read more...] about Gerard Depardieu Pissed Off On Plane: Anderson Cooper Reports (and Delightfully) Loses it (VIDEO of Cooper)
Obama: ‘Give me my little 10 percent’
WASHINGTON - Maureen Dowd used the perfect quote that explains why Democrats now find themselves on Republican turf: In Cannon Falls, Minn., the president compared negotiating with House Republicans to negotiating with his wife. “In my house,” Obama noted, “if I said, ‘You know, Michelle, honey, we got to cut back, so we’re going to have you stop shopping completely. You … [Read more...] about Obama: ‘Give me my little 10 percent’
Why the US is Not Greece (Guest Voice)
Why the US is Not Greece by Steve Suranovic For over a year now we have been hearing about the government debt problems in Europe; especially in Greece, but also in the larger economies of Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Italy and even France. Greece’s outstanding public debt is now about 150% of its annual GDP. In Italy it is over 120%, in Ireland about 95%, France 85%, Portugal … [Read more...] about Why the US is Not Greece (Guest Voice)
VIDEO: Christine O’Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan Interview
As the saying goes, "if you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen." Tea Party favorite Christine O'Donnell clearly couldn't stand the heat and she walked out of the kitchen -- suggesting as she exited that it was a privilege for her to be in the kitchen and she was wanted elsewhere. The kitchen was CNN's Piers Morgan Show where the unsuccessful Republican candidate for … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Christine O’Donnell Walks Off Piers Morgan Interview
He Likes To See Fear In Their Eyes
When Wickileaks dumped those American diplomatic cables onto the Internet, we learned that Stephen Harper "likes to see fear in [the] eyes" of his employees. How disconcerting it must be, then, for him to encounter Michaela Keyserlingk, who is neither an employee or -- in Harper's universe -- an important person. In 2009, Mrs. Keyserlink's husband of forty-seven years died … [Read more...] about He Likes To See Fear In Their Eyes
Texas Miracle
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Double Dose of Politically Bad Gallup Poll News For Barack Obama
President Barack Obama has over the past two days gotten a double dose of bad polling news from Gallup: only 26% approve of the way he is handling the economy and only 11% of Americans are satisfied with national conditions. On the economy Obama hits a new polling low: A new low of 26% of Americans approve of President Barack Obama's handling of the economy, down 11 … [Read more...] about Double Dose of Politically Bad Gallup Poll News For Barack Obama
Obama Is Still Whistling in the Dark
If there were a color-coded warning system for the national mood, it would be turning deep grey, verging on black. Approval ratings for Congress and the President hit long-time lows. Karl Rove publicly prays for new GOP candidates to emerge as Rick Perry revs up a hoof-in-mouth campaign that Bill Clinton calls “crazy” but nonetheless jumps ahead in a poll of Republican … [Read more...] about Obama Is Still Whistling in the Dark