Dragyn's Breath

Democratic Women Boycott House Contraception Hearing After Republicans Prevent Women From Testifying | AlterNet

2012-02-16T11:47:00.000-08:00

My neighbor, Darrell, the World's Worst Repug, is holding a hearing concerning the 'raging' birth control debate (hey, it's raging in their heads, if no where else!) How many women were invited to testify? You got it. ZERO. When asked to include one, Mr. Issa declined the opportunity to hear from the horse's ummmm mouth... ;)

Democratic Women Boycott House Contraception Hearing After Republicans Prevent Women From Testifying | AlterNet

Conservatism Thrives on Low Intelligence and Poor Information | | AlterNet

2012-02-16T11:42:00.000-08:00

rI tend to agree with John Stuart Mill: "Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."

Conservatism Thrives on Low Intelligence and Poor Information | | AlterNet

President Obama Touts ‘Onshoring’: Is Made in America Back? | Daily Ticker - Yahoo! Finance

2012-02-15T23:59:00.000-08:00

President Obama Touts ‘Onshoring’: Is Made in America Back? | Daily Ticker - Yahoo! Finance

Private Prison Corporation Offers Cash In Exchange For State Prisons

2012-02-14T09:54:00.000-08:00

Privatizing prisons makes as much sense to me as privatizing military support functions or espionage functions or.... wait... what? we did what?

Private Prison Corporation Offers Cash In Exchange For State Prisons

Republican Women Senators Breaking Ranks With Party, Come Out In Favor Of Obama Contraception Rule | ThinkProgress

2012-02-13T15:01:00.000-08:00

Great news.... apparently, they're not completely crazy!

Republican Women Senators Breaking Ranks With Party, Come Out In Favor Of Obama Contraception Rule | ThinkProgress

Bill Maher on the Right's 'Real America' Fantasy | Lauren Lipsay | Rolling Stone

2012-02-13T14:59:00.000-08:00

Bill Maher on the Right's 'Real America' Fantasy | Lauren Lipsay | Rolling Stone

If You Push It, They WIll Cave

2012-02-13T14:51:00.000-08:00

Why The GOP’s Payroll Tax Cut Cave Is An Even Bigger Deal Than You Think | TPMDC:

But the key is that when Republicans recognized that the public was wise to them — that their tactics were putting a popular policy in jeopardy — they backed off.

Daily Kos: Grover Norquist on the GOP candidates: All we need is someone who can 'handle a pen'

2012-02-13T14:45:00.000-08:00

Refreshing honesty from a guy who wouldn't know honesty if it kicked his balls up between his ears, which sounds like a resoundingly good idea! :)

Daily Kos: Grover Norquist on the GOP candidates: All we need is someone who can 'handle a pen'

Let's "Santorum" Romney

2012-02-13T14:31:00.000-08:00

‘Spreading Romney’ satire leaks into candidate’s top Google results | The Raw Story

Let's Get This Straight

2012-02-13T14:27:00.000-08:00

Why ‘Small Government’ In One State Actually Cost Taxpayers $178 Million | MoveOn.Org

2012-02-13T14:23:00.000-08:00

Why ‘Small Government’ In One State Actually Cost Taxpayers $178 Million | MoveOn.Org

Hypocrites on SOOOO Many Levels

2012-02-13T13:49:00.000-08:00

Daily Kos: Rick Warren, please report to jail

Projection?

2012-02-13T13:46:00.000-08:00

They'd do it, so we must have done it :)

The GOP Accuses the Department of Labor of Cooking the Books | Addicting Info

Daily Kos: House Republicans cave on payroll tax cut?

2012-02-13T13:35:00.000-08:00

Nothing like a pending execution (say, in November....) to refocus your priorities.... :)

Daily Kos: House Republicans cave on payroll tax cut?

Washington Gay Marriage Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Chris Gregoire

2012-02-13T13:31:00.000-08:00

You reading this, Gov. Christie?

Washington Gay Marriage Bill Signed Into Law By Governor Chris Gregoire

Pressure to Build in OK :)

2012-02-13T13:27:00.000-08:00

This is priceless. I don't know enough about the participants to know if it's a subversive attempt to destroy the bill or a serious amendment. Either way, I love it. No more self-love in Oklahoma! The place will explode.

Awesome Amendment to "Personhood": the "Spilled Semen" Clause | AlterNet

From Facebook

2012-02-13T13:23:00.000-08:00

Maybe Crazy DOESN'T Pay?

2012-02-13T13:18:00.000-08:00

Daily Kos: Mitt Romney turns off even more independent voters

Fox Pundit Says Women In The Military Should 'Expect' To Be Raped | ThinkProgress

2012-02-13T13:16:00.000-08:00

At what point does Fox go so far as to put itself out of business? If this doesn't hit that mark, what the hell does?

Fox Pundit Says Women In The Military Should 'Expect' To Be Raped | ThinkProgress

New Jersey Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill: Equality In The Garden State Now In The Hands Of GOP Governor Chris Christie | Addicting Info

2012-02-13T13:07:00.000-08:00

What will Gov. Jumbo do? Veto and referendum? Or the right thing? Anyone wanna lay odds?

New Jersey Senate Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill: Equality In The Garden State Now In The Hands Of GOP Governor Chris Christie | Addicting Info

Krugman on Conservative 'Reality Aversion'

2012-02-13T13:03:00.000-08:00

Severe Conservative Syndrome - NYTimes.com:

How did American conservatism end up so detached from, indeed at odds with, facts and rationality? For it was not always thus. After all, that health reform Mr. Romney wants us to forget followed a blueprint originally laid out at the Heritage Foundation!

My short answer is that the long-running con game of economic conservatives and the wealthy supporters they serve finally went bad.

Romney 'Wins' In Iowa

2012-01-04T00:56:00.000-08:00

Romney eked a frothy 8 vote win over anal-sex obsessed Rick (google me) Santorum, with Ron (I am NOT an Elf, goddammit!) Paul finishing a close third. Repugs are really screwed if these three are the best they can do... and the scary thing is, these three ARE the best they can do.....

Keynes Was Right - NYTimes.com

2011-12-31T00:06:00.000-08:00

The Krugster nails austerity to the wall.

Keynes Was Right - NYTimes.com

Absurd: Tea Party Mayor Rejects Federally Funded, Job-Creating Amtrak Line

2011-12-23T15:30:00.000-08:00

At least, unlike Gov. Rick "Why, yes, I've been convicted of fraud" Scott in Florida, he isn't screwing an entire state!

The 10 Craziest Economic Policy Ideas Of 2011

2011-12-23T15:28:00.000-08:00

From Alternet: The 10 Craziest Economic Policy Ideas Of 2011

Bozell is a Boz-o

2011-12-23T15:25:00.000-08:00

Fox News' Latest Racist Attack: "Obama Looks Like a Skinny, Ghetto Crackhead"

A Look Inside the Crazy Cult of Ayn Rand

2011-12-23T15:23:00.000-08:00

From Alternet: "Here's a great read about the Ayn Rand cult which discusses not just the pernicious effect of its adolescent philosophy but the soap opera of Rand's personal life"

STOP THE MADNESS! OR CENSORED SITES LIKE THIS IS ALL YOU'LL SEE!

2011-11-28T23:28:00.000-08:00

Congress is close to destroying the Internet as we know it. Stop them now!

Plutocracy: If Corporations and the Rich Paid 1960s-Level Taxes, the Debt Would Vanish | | AlterNet

2011-07-25T09:17:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty sure I dont want to go back to a 90+ percent marginal tax rate, but just getting rid of the Bush tax cuts and getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan would eliminate most of the deficit. With some tweaks, we could maintain the security net AND start reducing the debt. Or we can shovel money at Murdoch ($4.8 billion in tax refunds over the last decade) and the Koch bros (too damned much over their slimy lifetimes!) :)

Plutocracy: If Corporations and the Rich Paid 1960s-Level Taxes, the Debt Would Vanish | | AlterNet

How Obama Squandered the High Hopes of Those Who Elected Him | | AlterNet

2011-07-25T09:11:00.000-07:00

I think that tease summarizes it very well; for me, at least, and I'm sure for most progressives. Given the rhetoric, we expected a visionary activist and all we got were these lousy t-shirts :)

How Obama Squandered the High Hopes of Those Who Elected Him | | AlterNet:

"Barack Obama has not been the leader progressives expected. He is competent but not transformational. He is responsible but not a visionary."

Kiss News Corp Goodbye

2011-07-17T11:08:00.000-07:00

Well, probably not, but a boy can dream, can't he?

Report: Murdoch paper may have hacked Jude Law’s phone on American soil

Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques | ThinkProgress

2011-07-17T11:01:00.000-07:00

Another Repug picking and choosing which amendments 'really' count.... You'd think a minority candidate might have a little more realistic worldview, but not in today's Repug Party.

Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques | ThinkProgress

Oh god! They're gonna clog all the Intertubes!

2011-06-30T20:25:00.000-07:00

Daily Kos: Toomey: Private protections could 'break the Internet'

Does this mean Jessica Yellin is a dick?

2011-06-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

Daily Kos: Unbelievable! CNN asks "Why doesn't the White House just cave?"

5 Outrageous Examples of FBI Intimidation and Entrapment | | AlterNet

2011-06-30T11:55:00.000-07:00

This is why it should ALWAYS be possible to sue the government- sometimes it NEEDS to be done....

5 Outrageous Examples of FBI Intimidation and Entrapment | | AlterNet

Alabama Latinos Flee Immigration Law, Leaving Insufficient Workforce for Tuscaloosa Tornado Cleanup | AlterNet

2011-06-30T11:52:00.000-07:00

This follows on the same situation in Georgia, where an absurd (and probably illegal) immigration law has disrupted (MASSIVELY) the ag business, particularly the early harvest. It's one thing for Alabama cleanup efforts to be messed up (will anyone really be able to tell if Tuscaloosa gets repaired or not?), but goddammit, I NEED my Visalia onions!!!!! :)

Alabama Latinos Flee Immigration Law, Leaving Insufficient Workforce for Tuscaloosa Tornado Cleanup | AlterNet

Fundy Movie Critic Ted Beahr Wants NY Legislature Arrested

2011-06-29T23:48:00.000-07:00

WOW this guy takes stupidity to new depths of hilarity :)

Fundy Movie Critic Ted Beahr Wants NY Legislature Arrested

Jon Stewart Explains How Fox News Misinforms Through Editorial Bias

2011-06-29T23:43:00.000-07:00

Jon Stewart Explains How Fox News Misinforms Through Editorial Bias

She's Crazy :)

2011-06-29T23:36:00.000-07:00

I think it must be a rhetorical question :)

Poll: Are Celebrities Really Trying to Kill Sarah Palin's Children Or Is She Crazy?

Back On Line

2011-06-29T23:35:00.001-07:00

Back..... was down for a couple of days with a brain dead computer WHEE

From My Cold, Dead Hands.... or Some Such Crap

2011-06-26T14:38:00.000-07:00

We can apparently take all their other constitutional rights, but the Second Amendment is as holy today as when Jesus first handed it to George Washington with the other Comamendments at Mt Sinusitis!

When a Terrorist Wants to Buy a Gun - NYTimes.com

Jon Stewart Was Right About Fox 'News' Viewers Being the Most Misinformed Citizens | | AlterNet

2011-06-25T15:26:00.000-07:00

In refuting Stewart's claim, Fox naturally went ahead and misinformed its viewers.

Jon Stewart Was Right About Fox 'News' Viewers Being the Most Misinformed Citizens | | AlterNet

The racist Facebook rants of Netanayhu’s son ~ Window Into Palestine

2011-06-25T09:40:00.000-07:00

By their children (and perhaps their fathers?), you shall know them :)

"Which leaves us wondering: In what age is a member of the Netanyahu clan responsible for his actions?"

The racist Facebook rants of Netanayhu’s son ~ Window Into Palestine:

TSA spreads coverage including NY subway

2011-06-25T08:54:00.000-07:00

Well named program.... this constitutional violation is indeed a poisonous viper clutched to our national bosom.

TSA spreads coverage including NY subway

U.S. Jews Not Able To Fly On Delta Flights To Saudi Arabia

2011-06-24T10:13:00.000-07:00

I cant imagine any way this is legal but I also cant imagine any way the Roberts' Court doesnt let them get away with it. They are a corporation after all, so their rights count more than an individual's.

U.S. Jews Not Able To Fly On Delta Flights To Saudi Arabia

4 Hopeful Signs in the Fight Against Disastrous Drug War, Including a New Bill to End Federal Pot Prohibition | | AlterNet

2011-06-23T12:09:00.000-07:00

4 Hopeful Signs in the Fight Against Disastrous Drug War, Including a New Bill to End Federal Pot Prohibition | | AlterNet

Shocking Development: Palin Quits Something (Again) | AlterNet

2011-06-22T17:03:00.000-07:00

She's a serious quitter!

Shocking Development: Palin Quits Something (Again) | AlterNet

Beyond the Supreme Court: Other Strategies Needed to Fight Discrimination at Wal-Mart (and Other Corporations) | | AlterNet

2011-06-22T11:18:00.000-07:00

It can be done. We can break the backs of the oligarchs, but it won't be easy if we have to fight the Supreme Court too.

Beyond the Supreme Court: Other Strategies Needed to Fight Discrimination at Wal-Mart (and Other Corporations) | | AlterNet

Ugh!

2011-06-22T11:13:00.000-07:00

5 WikiLeaks Revelations Exposing the Rapidly Growing Corporatism Dominating American Diplomacy Abroad | | AlterNet

I think this is every year since 2000.....

2011-06-21T22:56:00.000-07:00

Meet MSNBC's Next New Host, Christopher Hayes | | AlterNet

2011-06-21T01:56:00.000-07:00

Let's hope... I like Chris a lot and he's been good at 'fill in' duties

Meet MSNBC's Next New Host, Christopher Hayes | | AlterNet

The Title Alone Makes Me Sick....

2011-06-21T01:55:00.000-07:00

CEO of Walmart Makes in One Hour What the Average Employee Makes In a Year: How Skyrocketing Inequality Is Hurting America | | AlterNet

Now is the Winter of our Discontent......

2011-06-21T01:50:00.000-07:00

The 3 Wings of the Republican Party: The Crazies, the Corporatists ... and Democrats | | AlterNet

Can We Finally Put A Stop to this Lie?

2011-06-17T17:42:00.000-07:00

The fact that David Brooks espouses it pretty much guarantees it's both false and stupid and the facts on the ground show that, indeed, it is both.

David Brooks Rewrites the History of the Financial Crisis -- Blames Middle Class Homeowners | AlterNet

Political Animal - CIA vet: Bush White House targeted blogging critic

2011-06-16T23:25:00.000-07:00

"Now, I suspect some folks might hear this and think, “C’mon. Bush, Cheney, Rove, and their team were awful, but they weren’t this awful.

Except, they were."

Political Animal - CIA vet: Bush White House targeted blogging critic:

Perry’s Texas Has Highest Percentage Of Minimum Wage Jobs In The Nation | ThinkProgress

2011-06-16T17:11:00.000-07:00

Makes me embarrassed to be a Texan and incredibly glad to be living somewhere else!

Perry’s Texas Has Highest Percentage Of Minimum Wage Jobs In The Nation | ThinkProgress

Daily Kos: Medicare patients can't afford many life-saving drugs

2011-06-16T00:10:00.000-07:00

This is what happens when you let the Repugs revamp Medicare and 'negotiate' with drug companies (or pass laws PROHIBITING negotiation.....)

Daily Kos: Medicare patients can't afford many life-saving drugs

Chart Of The Day: For American Workers, No Economic Recovery | TPMDC

2011-06-13T23:37:00.000-07:00

This is AMAZING!

Chart Of The Day: For American Workers, No Economic Recovery | TPMDC

Anthony Weiner, Anti-Hero | Talking Points Memo

2011-06-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

As usual, Josh adds some thoughtfulness to a debate that's really about nothing. It matters not a whit in the on-going battle to save the America we grew up in from becoming the corporatist state that the Kochs and their big money brethren want it to be. Weiner was a great voice in that struggle, and THAT is what matters; not who showed what to whom. I still think he should resign and stand for election; I bet he'd win.

Anthony Weiner, Anti-Hero | Talking Points Memo

Amen!

2011-06-11T22:10:00.000-07:00

The War on Drugs Has Failed -- the World Agrees on It | World | AlterNet

Very Good Question!

2011-06-11T16:57:00.000-07:00

At What Point Do the GOP’s Shenanigans Become Treason? | Progress 'Zine

Ugh!

2011-06-11T16:54:00.000-07:00

Just fucking ugh!

Bush Tax Cuts, a Decade Later: How They Helped Break the Economy | AlterNet

100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears | | AlterNet

2011-06-11T16:40:00.000-07:00

We have nothing to fear except the fear that fear itself may make us crazy (crazier?)

100% Scared: How the National Security Complex Grows on Terrorism Fears | | AlterNet

American Banks 'High' On Drug Money: How a Whistleblower Blew the Lid Off Wachovia-Drug Cartel Money Laundering Scheme | | AlterNet

2011-06-11T16:37:00.000-07:00

Explain to me again why the government is bailing these banksters out when they have their 'real' gangster friends to do it for them?

American Banks 'High' On Drug Money: How a Whistleblower Blew the Lid Off Wachovia-Drug Cartel Money Laundering Scheme | | AlterNet

Bye Bye, Newtie

2011-06-09T13:03:00.000-07:00

I get the feeling we're missing a piece here. This was a 'long-planned' trip, so it can't have come as a surprise. So why wait until he actually hits the trip to quit if it's so offensive? Something is missing.

Daily Kos: Senior aides resign from Gingrich campaign en masse

People Are Really Fucking Stupid

2011-06-08T23:13:00.000-07:00

America the Fanciful | Mother Jones

Not Even the Right Deadbeat :)

2011-06-08T13:51:00.000-07:00

Storm troopers arresting debtors? What's next? Debtor's prisons?

S.W.A.T. Team Breaks Down Doors Looking For Student Loan Defaulters | AlterNet

Iz are chiddren lernin?

2011-06-06T12:46:00.000-07:00

Our schools may need help, but blowing them up, teaching kids the world is 6000 years old, and that Paul Revere warned the British to keep their limey hands off our semi-automatic muskets is NOT the way to go!

The Religious Right and GOP Escalate Battle to Destroy Public Schools | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Pens Not Swords?

2011-06-06T12:05:00.000-07:00

If, indeed, government spending in a recession is the right thing to do, and most non-ideological economists agree it is, we could spend about the amount of one month of the wars in the Middle East and balance all the state budgets for the year. Seems to me this would be a much a better use of the funds, and even if we have to put it on the tab, the economic (and psychic) benefits would be more than worth the additional interest in the long run.

More Pink Slips Coming for Public Employees: Is Austerity the Right Rx for a Weak Jobs Market? - Yahoo! Finance

UK austerity economy "not working"

2011-06-05T02:53:00.000-07:00

Gee! Cutting spending in the middle of a recession and the economy isn't responding? Wow! How unusual! How odd. How... what's the word I'm looking for.... oh yeah, TEXTBOOK!

UK austerity economy "not working"

Motivational Speaker

2011-06-04T23:29:00.000-07:00

We should all have this kid's enthusiasm!

AMERICAblog News: Video: Kid's wonderful motivational speech after first successful bike ride

Five Eye-Opening Facts About Our Bloated Post-9/11 'Defense' Spending | | AlterNet

2011-06-04T14:15:00.000-07:00

I'm not one of those liberals who say that we should gut the Pentagon budget. I want us to spend enough to be able to defend ourselves and beat anything we have to beat (emphasis on the HAVE TO!) But our military budget has always been stupidly designed and stupidly administered (to the point that retiring President Eisenhower (retired GENERAL Eisenhower) warned us about it.)

We need to have some serious policy debates about what we want from the military and some serious oversight as to how it gets done. Just by eliminating the waste in the military budget (talk about your Cadillac welfare queens!) we could fund most of what we've had to cut over the last few years and then move on to rebalancing the tax system and paying for some of the things we really need (education and universal healthcare, anyone?)

Five Eye-Opening Facts About Our Bloated Post-9/11 'Defense' Spending | | AlterNet

Bill Maher's New Rules

2011-06-04T10:10:00.000-07:00

As always, Bill is spot on and brilliantly funny:

This Makes Me Smile So Hard

2011-06-03T23:51:00.000-07:00

... my face hurts.

Bank of America Gets Pad Locked After Homeowner Forecloses On It | digtriad.com

Act Now: Tell Software Companies to Remove Anti-LGBT Web Filters From Schools » Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union

2011-06-03T15:07:00.000-07:00

I say let them block LGBT stuff as long they also block Tennessee stuff :)

Act Now: Tell Software Companies to Remove Anti-LGBT Web Filters From Schools » Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union

Cult Monkeys!

2011-06-02T23:23:00.000-07:00

The phrase of the decade! :)

The Provocateur Behind WeinerGate Terrified He Will Be Exposed

The Mind Boggles

2011-06-02T23:15:00.000-07:00

She is so fucking ignorant it scares me. What if a fact enters her head and we get a amtter/anti-matter explosion that destroys the planet

Sarah Palin Gets The 2nd Amendment And Paul Revere's Ride Wrong

Another Repug Pol Headed for a Fall?

2011-06-02T10:41:00.000-07:00

This guy is headed for a fall onto his own hubristic sword. He's too wrong too often and too bombastic about it for a relatively balanced state like NJ

Gov. Christie refuses to reimburse state for private helicopter ride

Asleep at the Switch?

2011-06-02T08:55:00.000-07:00

If you ever find yourself wondering, "How stupid are these guys?", here's your answer! :)

Wis. GOPer: 'Tons' Of Govt. Workers In My District -- And I Hope They're Asleep On Recall Day | TPMDC

Voter Fraud Laws and Voter ID

2011-06-01T23:50:00.000-07:00

Andy brings up an important point but doesn't run with it. Think of all the recent voter 'fraud' cases. Most turned out to be nothing, but the majority that were either Repugs lying about their precincts for whatever purpose or Repug hired contractors faking signatures on proposition or const. amendment petitions. There aren't hordes of un-ID-ed people storming the precincts to vote for Dems, but to the Repugs, any vote for the Dems is suspect. :)

Don't Forget to Vote

Palin's Bus Vandalized With 'Media Whore' Sign - Gawker

2011-06-01T19:24:00.000-07:00

Palin's Bus Vandalized With 'Media Whore' Sign - Gawker

Colombians sue Chiquita over paramilitary payments - CNN.com

2011-06-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

Senor, where's the trigger on my banana?

Colombians sue Chiquita over paramilitary payments - CNN.com

Debunking the myth of Prop.13 - latimes.com

2011-06-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

I'm glad to see anything approaching a public debate on undoing Prop 13, however preliminary and nascent. This abortion of the early Reagan movement has destroyed the tax bases of most cities and completely changed the face of California by forcing cities to favor commercial development (sales taxes) vs residential (property taxes). How many mini-malls were there in CA before Prop 13? Hell, there are two in my driveway right now! :)

The myth of Prop. 13: Debunking the myth of Prop.13 - latimes.com

PLEASE DO THIS!

2011-05-31T23:48:00.000-07:00

Democrats: No pay for lawmakers if U.S. defaults - May. 31, 2011

How do her glasses stay on with the explosive growth of her nose?

2011-05-31T23:36:00.000-07:00

The $7 Trillion Lie: Palin Falsely Claims Debt Has Grown More Under Obama Than ‘All Other Presidents Combined’ | ThinkProgress

YouTube - Why Homosexuality Should Be Banned

2011-05-31T12:15:00.000-07:00

YouTube - Why Homosexuality Should Be Banned

Why "security" keeps winning out over privacy - Privacy - Salon.com

2011-05-31T11:43:00.000-07:00

To quote that Philadelphian I share a birthday with, "Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither."

Why "security" keeps winning out over privacy - Privacy - Salon.com

Nice Day for Trick or Treat?

2011-05-31T11:33:00.000-07:00

My disdain for the 'Blue Dogs' is boundless. I hope they surprise us all and fuck the Repugs today.

First Debt Limit Vote Today As GOP Looks To Divide Dems | TPMDC

More Depth on the the Ashcroft Decision

2011-05-31T11:29:00.000-07:00

ACLU Lens: Supreme Court Finds Ashcroft Cannot Be Held Responsible for Illegal Detention of U.S. Citizen » Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union

WTF Is Wrong with the Supremes?

2011-05-31T11:27:00.000-07:00

John Ashcroft: Supreme Court tosses out lawsuit against John Ashcroft - latimes.com

Why the Family Research Center is a hate group, in their own words

2011-05-31T11:16:00.000-07:00

Why the Family Research Center is a hate group, in their own words

In Shift, Feds Target Top Execs For Health Fraud

2011-05-31T11:12:00.000-07:00

While possibly unfair to the peripherally involved, this is a positive step. We need to make it EXPENSIVE for companies that violate the law, particular those that do it knowingly and willingly (in some cases, joyfully!) At some point, we need to break a big company and put it out of business. Until the execs, and particularly, the shareholders, feel the pain, nothing will change. If your wildman executive team could wipe out your investment, you're a lot more likely to hold them a lot more accountable.

In Shift, Feds Target Top Execs For Health Fraud

Really, Does This Surprise Anyone?

2011-05-31T11:05:00.000-07:00

Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: An Insider Exposes How Palin Is Focused on Riches, Not Governing | | AlterNet

Republicans Plan To Pay Off The Deficit By Literally Selling America

2011-05-30T17:24:00.000-07:00

And... proof that the American electorate is crazy:

"Despite refusing to elaborate on their plan to accomplish the campaign promises, voters swept Republicans into power in the House and many governor’s mansions and state legislatures with high hopes the GOP was telling the truth for once and would begin serious legislation on the first day in session."

Republicans Plan To Pay Off The Deficit By Literally Selling America

Jim DeMint Gets His Delusions on With Bryan Fischer

2011-05-30T17:23:00.000-07:00

Really good article on why the Repugs are crazy :)

Jim DeMint Gets His Delusions on With Bryan Fischer

Republican Congressman Freaks Out Because the TSA Didn't Racially Profile | AlterNet

2011-05-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

I may have mentioned this before, but Dr Broun is a moron. And this slug is a member of Congress. I grieve for the Republic.

Republican Congressman Freaks Out Because the TSA Didn't Racially Profile | AlterNet

Kleptocracy Uber Alles

2011-05-30T10:29:00.000-07:00

Is this OUR future? Sure looks like we're heading that way.....

(yes, it's German, not Russian... but I don't know a) the equivalent Russian translation and b) a Russian phrase with the same 'impact' )

Life in a kleptocracy: How Mikhail Khodorkovsky came to own the giant oil company Yukos

Caring and Not Caring

2011-05-28T21:35:00.000-07:00

Great analysis of the major weakness of the Repugs. They don't care, and people realize they don't care, and while the people used not to care, now they're starting to care. Don't care? The Repugs better care, or they can kiss it all goodbye. Take care! ;)

Newt Gingrich | Femme Fatale | Alex Castellanos | The Daily Caller

Fox on Fox Women Bashing As Fox Boys Go After Megyn Kelly

2011-05-28T21:27:00.000-07:00

They really are Pigs at Fox :)

Fox on Fox Women Bashing As Fox Boys Go After Megyn Kelly

Ahhh....

2011-05-28T18:32:00.000-07:00

Reminds me of Dallas in the good old days :)

US gay rights activist Dan Choi, others, beaten by police at Moscow gay pride. Choi publishes open letter to Sec. Clinton, asks others to sign on.