You know, I really wonder about people like Judith Warner, how they can look themselves in the mirror every morning and not throw up: … [Read more...] about The Redemptive Value of Living in Your Car
Running and Hiding
Oregon will chose a new governor in November. The race is between former governor, Democrat John Kitzhaber, and former NBA center, Chris Dudley. When he was in the NBA Dudley's claim to fame was that he missed nearly all of his free throws. Dudley has so far said nothing about what policies he might implement. Kitzhaber has been asking for debates and … [Read more...] about Running and Hiding
Live Cat Found Marinating In NY Car Trunk
Here's a story that won't raise a smile for us cat lovers: police in Buffalo, NY found a live cat "marinating" in a car trunk. The owner reportedly wanted to punish it and planned to cook it. I have two cats (15 1/2 year old Clawdette and 9 week old Boxer) so this caught my eye. According to the report, the cat was marinating in ingredients that included oil and … [Read more...] about Live Cat Found Marinating In NY Car Trunk
Road Rage, Shopping Cart Rage, Flight Attendent Rage and Now McNugget Rage
These days rage is all the...er..rage....in political "debate," many blog posts, talk radio and cable screamfests, on the highways (in California if your middle finger is broken you have a "driving disability"), in airplanes with a new apparent national-hero flight attendents and now: among fast food customers. Let's call this one McNugget Rage. Just watch this customer's … [Read more...] about Road Rage, Shopping Cart Rage, Flight Attendent Rage and Now McNugget Rage
Chinese Opinion More Powerful than Any U.S. Aircraft Carrier: Global Times, People’s Republic of China
By taking part in military exercises in the Yellow Sea with its ally South Korea, is the United States 'deliberately provoking' China's people and the People's Liberation Army? According to this strongly-worded article from the state-controlled Global Times, America needs to learn respect for the feelings of people in other nations, and if it goes ahead with its plans, it will … [Read more...] about Chinese Opinion More Powerful than Any U.S. Aircraft Carrier: Global Times, People’s Republic of China
Investors Business Daily’s Monica Showalter Featured Guest on The Rick Moran Show
You won’t want to miss tonight’s Rick Moran Show, one of the most popular conservative talk shows on Blog Talk Radio. Tonight, I welcome Dan Riehl of Riehl World View, Monica Showalter of Investors Business Daily, and Fausta Wertz of Fausta’s Blog for a discussion of the hot topics making news today The show will air from 7:00 - 8:00 PM Central time. You can access the … [Read more...] about Investors Business Daily’s Monica Showalter Featured Guest on The Rick Moran Show
Discredit, Discredit, Discredit…
If someone dares to make someone in your party look bad, demonize and/or discredit them. That's one of the most popular techiques as American speeds into the 21st century where the mix of journalism, commentary and the ease of the Internet publishing mean that trench partisan trench warefare can be started on the web and be literally shoved into the mainstream media due to a … [Read more...] about Discredit, Discredit, Discredit…
UPDATE: Rand Paul The Pot Smoking Kidnapper? Woman Denies Kidnap
Straight up from me to you: I don’t know if this is true or a hoax or political gamesmanship, but it’s starting to get a lot of play. An article at GQ reports that as a college student at Baylor, Rand Paul was a member of a secret society known as the NoZe, a group officially banned by the university. The article goes on to report from an anonymous source (saying she doesn’t … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Rand Paul The Pot Smoking Kidnapper? Woman Denies Kidnap
Defiant Rangel Dares Critics to Expel Him: Swipes at Obama
Go ahead. I just dare you to expel me. And you said you wanted me to go with "dignity?" Well, I may view "dignity differently than you do." That's the gist of embattled New York Rep. Charlie Rangel's comments to critics including President Barack Obama who are either not supporting him in his ethics violations battle or suggesting with varying degrees of delicacy and/or … [Read more...] about Defiant Rangel Dares Critics to Expel Him: Swipes at Obama
Thoughts On The Ted Stevens Story (updated)
Update: 11.53 am Pacific: CBS: Spokesman confirms Stevens has died in crash In a world saturated with instant news, the fact that 16 hours after an airplane crash we still didn't know whether or not former Sen. Ted Stevens had died is remarkable. When I noted this on Twitter, the responses were immediate and predictable: the area is remote, the weather is bad. True and … [Read more...] about Thoughts On The Ted Stevens Story (updated)
Taliban Murders Christians
This copyrighted cartoon is licensed to run on TMV. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. All rights reserved. … [Read more...] about Taliban Murders Christians
Former Senator Stevens In Plane Crash (UPDATED)
UPDATE: News media in Alaska is reporting Stevens was killed in the crash A plane carrying former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has crashed with at least 5 reported dead. Also on board was former NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe. At this point it is unclear if Stevens or O'Keefe were one of the fatalities though the two survivors are reported to have 'serious injuries'. … [Read more...] about Former Senator Stevens In Plane Crash (UPDATED)
Chalk One Up For Liberty
Do you know who Nicholas Merrill is? You should. He’s an American hero. Not the kind who died on a battlefield for his country. The kind who, as an average citizen, fought for his rights, and yours, against the full weight of the United States government, and won. Nicholas Merrill is an Internet entrepreneur who, in 2004 ran a startup company called Calyx. He is also the … [Read more...] about Chalk One Up For Liberty
The Curious Case For And Against Maxine Waters
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, may or may not be innocent of House ethics violations but she certainly did not enrich herself or her husband. The minority-owned bank she ran interference for is still in financial trouble but at least now has a pulse. The primary ethics charge is Waters influenced Treasury to secure $12 million in TARP funds to One United Bank where … [Read more...] about The Curious Case For And Against Maxine Waters
The Equality Ideology
Ross Douthat has an amazingly dumb piece in his New York Times column space today about why all the usual arguments against same-sex marriage are wrong but it shouldn't be allowed anyway. TBogg has the shorter version. Andrew Sullivan and Glenn Greenwald have the best substantive responses (Andrew's is more personal and reflective; Glenn's is the legal analysis of Douthat's … [Read more...] about The Equality Ideology
Lessons from the Oil Spill (Guest Voice)
Lessons from the Oil Spill by Eugene Robinson Washington Post Writers Group Columnist WASHINGTON -- Flying back to Washington from Pensacola, Fla., on June 15, President Obama and the man he put in charge of handling the Gulf oil spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, had a come-to-Jesus talk. The administration was getting hammered for a slow and disorganized … [Read more...] about Lessons from the Oil Spill (Guest Voice)
A Bad Day At Work
And you thought your flight attendant was a bit moody.... To be clear, I know many flight attendants and to a person they are very hard working. … [Read more...] about A Bad Day At Work
Independent Report on Nonpartisan Elections from New York City: The Media, the Mayor and the Message
Local Time Warner Cable tv station NY1 ran an "exclusive" (that's media talk for high market value spin) today saying that sources say that Mayor Bloomberg's people say that the Mayor won't push the Charter Revision Commission to put nonpartisan elections on the ballot. Some sources told the NY Daily News something similar (they got the same spin but got it an hour … [Read more...] about Independent Report on Nonpartisan Elections from New York City: The Media, the Mayor and the Message
‘Michelle Effect’ Brings Spain $25 Million Media Windfall: Publico, Spain
Under fire from Republicans at home for vacationing in Spain, according to this article from that nation's Publico newspaper, first lady Michelle Obama's visit to the country has done wonders for Spain's media and tourism industries. From Publico, this news item says in part: According to media company Kantar Media, foreign media coverage brought about by the visit of the … [Read more...] about ‘Michelle Effect’ Brings Spain $25 Million Media Windfall: Publico, Spain
Wall Street Reform is a Victory for Global Civil Society (Le Monde, France)
According to this article from France's Le Monde praising U.S. lawmakers, the Wall Street reform package recently passed by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Obama includes elements likely to help people in countries that have great oil and mineral wealth - but equally great corruption - finally reap some of the benefits of mining and oil drilling. For Le Monde, the … [Read more...] about Wall Street Reform is a Victory for Global Civil Society (Le Monde, France)