Angle continues to outdo herself. The Las Vegas Sun's Jon Ralston has the latest -- and it's a doozy of a whopper: If this isn't Sharron Angle, the great revisionist historian, in a nutshell, I'm not sure what is. In the video clip at right [ed. note: click on the link above to see the clip], you not only can see the GOP U.S. Senate nominee telling a group of Hispanic … [Read more...] about Sharron Angle Blames Canada
A Weird Year for Women in Politics
Since Hillary Clinton came thisclose to winning the White House, the gender wars have taken a right turn and gone internecine, but could all the conflict energize a huge traditional Democratic base--women? Not likely, but still possible. The latest all-female mud fight has Bush spokesperson Dana Perino taking on Maureen Dowd for a "stereotypical and uncalled for" attack on … [Read more...] about A Weird Year for Women in Politics
A Monarchy Of Money
Around the country, candidates with few if any qualifications for high public office other than a willingness to 'self-fund' their own campaigns seem on the verge of winning a fair number of elections — a process that moves us yet another step toward... A Monarchy Of Money In days of yore the rich would seek a needy candidate, And legally (though … [Read more...] about A Monarchy Of Money
Seattle Weekly: Would You Have Put Ted Stevens in a Pork Speedo?
Lucky for someone, Lady Gaga's meatdress didn't make it's appearance until just last month at the MTV Video Music Awards. But the subject line tease here is for this post, A Vision in Pork: Illustrator Gives Patty Murray the Lady Gaga Meatsuit Treatment (with images of course) at my gig through Election Day blogging for the Women's Campaign Forum's Woman and Politics blog. … [Read more...] about Seattle Weekly: Would You Have Put Ted Stevens in a Pork Speedo?
Evernote Becoming A “Global Platform For Human Memory”
The company is making tech news today for a $20 million round of venture funding from Sequoia Capital. Evernote has earned 5 million users worldwide in less than two and a half years (up from 4 million mid-August 2010). They still have over $9 million raised last year, and promise: We’ll build more features, fix more bugs, add more devices, expand into more countries, and make … [Read more...] about Evernote Becoming A “Global Platform For Human Memory”
It’s Carl Paladino (NOT) On Imus
Imus interviews Carl Paladino (comedian Rob Bartlett as Carl Paladino). WARNING: Some adult topics. … [Read more...] about It’s Carl Paladino (NOT) On Imus
Top 6 tense debate moments of 2010
A great roundup with VIDEOS. … [Read more...] about Top 6 tense debate moments of 2010
Breathtaking Footage: A Family Launches a Space Balloon
A family launches a space balloon...it goes all the way up there...they get it back. And there is this INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE. … [Read more...] about Breathtaking Footage: A Family Launches a Space Balloon
Joe Miller Video Bonanza: Handcuffed Editor, East German Border Guards & More
Joe Miller sure stirred up a media meme-fest when his private security guards handcuffed a local reporter. First up, must see video from the Anchorage Daily News reporter Richard Mauer shot just moments after Alaska Dispatch editor Tony Hopfinger was handcuffed and detained: Meanwhile, it turns out that during the event Miller praised East German border control in … [Read more...] about Joe Miller Video Bonanza: Handcuffed Editor, East German Border Guards & More
Obama: Voters aren’t “thinking clearly”
With prospects of electoral losses looming, President Obama has taken to the campaign trail in the final weeks of the midterm election cycle to push hard for Democratic candidates in states he won just two years ago. Speaking at a Massachusetts fundraiser on Saturday, the President made remarks that at once speak to a political tone-deafness and a refusal to take sober stock of … [Read more...] about Obama: Voters aren’t “thinking clearly”
Trapped
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The Head-Spinning Rate of Change in American Politics: Die Zeit, Germany
For many people around the world, American politics is as unfathomable as the Byzantine machinations of North Korean politics. To assist his German readers, columnist Josef Joffe of Die Zeit explains why an entity like the Tea Party can emerge so suddenly in the United States to take over a major party, whereas in Germany, groups on the extremes have hardly a prayer of doing … [Read more...] about The Head-Spinning Rate of Change in American Politics: Die Zeit, Germany
Tea Party Candidate Driving the (Rich) Peoples’ Car
A Tea Party Senate candidate shows up at an interview driving a $138,000 Mercedes. (He sure must understand how most Americans live..) … [Read more...] about Tea Party Candidate Driving the (Rich) Peoples’ Car
Scary Funny
If I had not been in the library when I read this, I would have fallen on the floor laughing. … [Read more...] about Scary Funny
Oh, Mommy Make Her Stop…
...PLEASE, MOMMY! … [Read more...] about Oh, Mommy Make Her Stop…
A Rogues Gallery of the Most Extreme House Members and Candidates
Must-read independent and centrist writer and CNN analyst John Avlon has put together a gallery of the most extreme house members and candidates. Here's part of his intro: Ah, Congress: where demagogues enter our democracy if they decide not to pursue careers in media or religion. This week, the Wingnut Index, our attempt to use semi-scientific process to measure … [Read more...] about A Rogues Gallery of the Most Extreme House Members and Candidates
Quote of the Day: When a Candidate’s Security Handcuffs a Tough Question Asking Reporter
Our political and media-related Quote of the Day comes via a Huffington Post interview with Tom Hopfinger, who talks about his being handcuffed by Tea Party movement hero and GOP candidate Joe Miller's security forces after he would not stop asking unwelcome questions at an event on public property: "Getting handcuffed by somebody you don't know at a public school, no one … [Read more...] about Quote of the Day: When a Candidate’s Security Handcuffs a Tough Question Asking Reporter
Paladino and Pals
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West ‘Inhibits Political Diversity’ Among Nations: Global Times, People’s Republic of China
Apparently bewildered by global applause at the decision to award imprisoned democracy dissident Liu Xiaobo the Nobel Peace Prize, this very defensive editorial from China's state-controlled Global Times argues that the United States and the West 'prohibits political diversity among countries.' Later, in apparent defense of its own authoritarianism, it continues, 'in some … [Read more...] about West ‘Inhibits Political Diversity’ Among Nations: Global Times, People’s Republic of China
Order From Chaos
The man who found order in the chaos of the universe, Benoit Mandelbrot, has died. Mandelbrot, who had joint French and US nationality, developed fractals as a mathematical way of understanding the infinite complexity of nature. The concept has been used to measure coastlines, clouds and other natural phenomena and had far-reaching effects in physics, biology and … [Read more...] about Order From Chaos