Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor of New York for patronizing prostitutes, will soon be seen on CNN weekday nights pontificating alongside a Foxy conservative co-anchor. Meanwhile, the contest for his old job is making Spitzer look like a choirboy as the Republican candidate declares "off limits" any discussion of a daughter with another woman while married to the … [Read more...] about That Bedfellows Thing
NY Crazy Carl and the Media
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Gay-Bashing Michigan Asst AG Suspended
Updated -- In a correction we learn Shirvell was not suspended, rather, he's taken a leave of absence. ====================== On Wednesday Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox defended Assistant AG Andrew Shirvell's constitutional right to wage an Internet campaign against an openly gay college student, even though he admitted Shirvell was a "bully." Yesterday he changed … [Read more...] about Gay-Bashing Michigan Asst AG Suspended
What I Did For Love
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Donkey Evolution
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China is quietly seeping into the Af-Pak power vacuum
Afghanistan’s woes, Pakistan’s chaotic internal affairs and America’s discomfiture in the Af-Pak region are creating a power vacuum that Beijing is working diligently and with quiet focus to fill. As Chinese power seeps in, Delhi is watching nervously to assess whether Beijing will be a menace or a friend. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is very keen to use President … [Read more...] about China is quietly seeping into the Af-Pak power vacuum
Linda McMahon Suggests Reviewing the Minimum Wage
It's becoming increasingly clear that if you had assumptions about "givens" about the way the country operates, you may as well un-assumption yourself because some GOPers running for office say things that suddenly come out of left right field that suggest that these supposedly shared assumptions are not shared by all. One "given" is fact that the U.S. has a minimum … [Read more...] about Linda McMahon Suggests Reviewing the Minimum Wage
Political Climate Science
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Christine O’Donnell at the ‘Oral Stage’: Liberation, France
It's fair to say that most of Europe looks askance at America's newest Tea Party - and this article from France's Liberation by Didier Péron does nothing to dispel that impression. Focusing on what is now a somewhat famed photo of Tea Party darling Christine O'Donnell's facial expression after winning the Republican Senate primary, Péron likens her to a sitcom comedian … [Read more...] about Christine O’Donnell at the ‘Oral Stage’: Liberation, France
HousekeeperGate Bedevils Meg Whitman
Before we jump to conclusions and say “Gotcha” that California gubernatorial Republican candidate Meg Whitman didn’t know she hired an illegal worker as housekeeper, there is an element to her story that rings true. That is she hired the woman through an employment agency which verified the domestic helper was indeed a legal resident. I can relate to that. As a landscape … [Read more...] about HousekeeperGate Bedevils Meg Whitman
Race to the Bottom: Nix the Mixed Ethnicities?
Are biracial people too ambiguous to be identifiable? Or are they the greatest thing to happen to the human melting pot? … [Read more...] about Race to the Bottom: Nix the Mixed Ethnicities?
So What?
The Wall Street Journal headline reads: McDonald's May Drop Health Plan. Of course it turns out not to be true but even if it was - so what? Let's look at what the McDonald's employees might lose. This is not health insurance it's a scam. The Basic and Medium plans are no better than no insurance at all. As you may recall my short ride in an ambulance and 13 hours in … [Read more...] about So What?
Apple TV Reviewed
Endgaget'ts review of the $99 box concludes: [N]one of the other options we've tested have felt as simple, solid, and easy to use as the new Apple TV. Putting content concerns aside (which admittedly is difficult to do), the Apple TV has a lot going for it. The video and audio quality of the Apple TV is to be lauded, the company is making a lot of high quality titles available … [Read more...] about Apple TV Reviewed
Portugal’s Decriminalization of Drugs
Marijuana has a good chance of being legalized in California on election day -- and that influx of young or younger voters could even help Democrats at the ballot box. It's also on the ballot in Colorado. Portugal decriminalized recreational drugs 10 years ago. Are there lessons there for American lawmakers? GO HERE for more on Portugal and its experience. … [Read more...] about Portugal’s Decriminalization of Drugs
Elmo in Congress
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Obama and the Progressive Paradox
WASHINGTON -- A couple of hours before President Obama offered a boffo revival of his 2008 campaign persona during a boisterous rally at the University of Wisconsin, Sen. Bernie Sanders was analyzing why the president was in a political pickle in the first place. Sanders, the independent from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats, speaks warmly of Obama. But unlike … [Read more...] about Obama and the Progressive Paradox
Torch Passed
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Student Kills Self After Webcast Of Sexual Encounter
This is a truly tragic story and one that demonstrates just how cruel some people can be. An 18 year old student at Rutgers college reportedly killed himself after some fellow students recorded him having sex with a man and broadcast it on the internet. Tyler Clementi was by all accounts a gentle, kind and talented music student, one who was very sensitive about things … [Read more...] about Student Kills Self After Webcast Of Sexual Encounter
The Tea Party Demographic
Over at Rolling Stone the great Matt Taibbi has a great article on an old fashion Tea Party revival in Kentucky. And what's a revival without a goddess? It's taken three trips to Kentucky, but I'm finally getting my Tea Party epiphany exactly where you'd expect: at a Sarah Palin rally. The red-hot mama of American exceptionalism has flown in to speak at something called the … [Read more...] about The Tea Party Demographic
EDITORIAL: By Helping America, Pakistan Kills Itself – The Nation, Pakistan
It's not news to say that Pakistan is a nation in crisis. But recent U.S. drone attacks and 'hot pursuit' attacks by helicopter gunships into Pakistani territory, combined with some of the worst flooding in history, have raised tempers among Pakistanis to a fever pitch. Two editorials we posted today, one from The Nation and the other from The Frontier Post, reflect such … [Read more...] about EDITORIAL: By Helping America, Pakistan Kills Itself – The Nation, Pakistan