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Let's ditch "fiscally conservative"
Sorry but this is BS NOTE: I posted this diary yesterday, when the servers were a little screwy I thought I'd put it up again. I added some good comments I got yesterday.
View ArticleUpdated:Appeals Court Says Feds Need Warrants to Search E-Mail
I found this interesting post on slashdot with a link to wired There was a a 6th circuit court decision today which extended 4th amendment expectation of privacy rights to email.
View ArticleHow Edwards can get past the $400 haircut
Times are tough for John Edwards. He's behind Hillary and Obama in the polls. When you google John Edwards haircut, you can't even find Rush Limbaugh's take on the matter, but you do get a report from...
View ArticleChetry/Roberts/CNN give Ann Coulter time of Day - WHY????
I'm on a business trip right now, and I don't have a hell of alot of time, but I'm watching TV and there is smoke coming out of my ears. Kieren Chetry - as hot as she is, is making me sick right now.
View ArticleHealth care terrorism - Paul Krugman nails it...... oh yeah and IMPEACH!
The impeach part is just a nod to Jeff Lieber's current diary This is about Paul Krugman's Op Ed in the NY Times today Health Care Terror
View ArticleUpdated:House FISA Debate over Dems Cave Again
Updated Its over, dems cave again. Yeah Charlie Brown, I'll hold the ball, and you kick it. This time I PROMISE I won't pull it away.... DEBATE is on CSPAN now. They don't have it labeled but you can...
View ArticleMining Disaster-Questions CEO Bob Murray doesn't want to answer
While browsing FDL I came across this story Coal Mine Disaster: An Act of God, But NEVER an Act of Greedy Corporations It gives a good background of the disaster that is Bob Murray. However the real...
View ArticleRep Shays to blogger:Enjoy the food, but don't ask questions
As if I wasn't already embarrassed to have Chris Shays R CT-04 as my congressman. Now I've got some more grievances. In a recent news conference at a local hotel Shays had the press introduce...
View ArticleWithdrawl from Iraq - The IT/Supply Chain perspective
In my recent copy of baseline magazine a magazine targeted at chief information officers (CIOs). I saw an article called "How to leave Iraq" I always like to read diaries that take a non-political...
View ArticleJohn Boehner stars in really creepy video
At first I thought this video might have been a joke. Like one of those fake commericials on Saturday Night Live... but then I realized the people weren't actors.... they were actual republicans....
View ArticleAccording to AP the surge is working - Updated
I just saw this story hit Yahoo from AP. I'd like to believe it, but I just think its got to be BS. http://news.yahoo.com/...
View ArticleAshcroft supports Telecom immunity
I should wait 3 hours after my breakfast to read the NY Times. Ashcroft, after threatening to quit the Bush administration over its illegal wiretapping policies just came out with this gem in the NYT...
View ArticleKurt Andersen slams Kossacks in NY Magazine
On the cover of this weeks New York Magazine (NYM) there is a teaser that says "Kurt Andersen on why liberals hate good news." Here is a link to the article La Vie en Morose While I enjoy NYM I often...
View ArticleThe Real GOP Factions
Markos recently wrote a diary about the various factions of the GOP. He defined. Corporate Cons These are Wall Street Republicans. Paleocons This are the old-school anti-communist, anti-immigrant, John...
View ArticleMatt Bai on Clintonism
I got my NY Times this morning and I saw this on the front cover of the magazine section Clintonism a. It's a poltical philosophy that steered the Democratic Party back to the center, brought about...
View ArticleGo Edwards!!!! Capitulation to GOP not enough for some Dems in Congress
One would think with the various democratic capitulations to the President on everything from Iraq War Funding to warrantless wiretapping to habeas corpus would be enough to ensure that freshman...
View ArticleGOP uses the Clemens Investigation for Partisan Advantage
The democrats in congress just got screwed by the GOP again. It hasn't been in the headlines, but there has been a partisan bent to the hearings in congress today. Democrats seem to want to press the...
View ArticleBush to get Booed on National TV Tonight! Don't Miss This (with poll)
Where are you going to be at 8:05 EDT tonight? Better be in front of the TV tuned to ESPN because its going to be a blast. The commander guy, Chimpy McFlightsuit, the Decider himself is going to throw...
View ArticleAll 3 Candidates on Monday Night Raw!!!!
Why bother going through all of this primary, convention and caucus nonsense. Lets settle the nomination the right way.... in the ring.
View ArticleIMPORTANT - Fidelity (and others) want your money in Sudan - Don't throw away...
I usually just throw away those proxy forms that come in the mail from my mutual fund Fidelity - not anymore. I got a call from a company who said they were working for Fidelity to try to get people to...
View ArticleWho says Obama should write off the South
I know this is kind of a short diary, but I smell some BS. I'm curious if there isn't a lot of BS behind it. Regarding todays NY Times Op Ed The South will Fall Again
View ArticleFavre Traded to Jets! What juicy stories will be "dumped"?
Jets acquire Brett Favre This is a story of unprecedented importance. The Favre era has now begun. Just like Broadway Joe, Brett will lead Gang Green to the promised land. Joe's deal with the devil has...
View ArticleNews - Court to Cheney: STFU
Cheney has been making the ridiculous claim that he is not actually a part of the Executve Branch The reason for this was to help skirt record keeping requirements such as those secret meetings with...
View ArticleUPDATED CT-04 NYT Endorses Shays WTF???
What are they smoking at the New York Times??? http://www.dailykos.com/... 4th District: The incumbent, Christopher Shays, stands as a rare champion these days of Republican moderation. He faces Jim...
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Watch Football on Election Night
Tomorrow night is going to be tough. Do you really want to spend it with the talking heads? Everything you need to know about the election results will be available here or on lots of other web sites....
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Shameless promotion of my dog diary
Please vote for my "TRUE" progressive dog Chloe for the Bissell Most Valuable Pet Contest. http://www.bissell.com/... This is the picture we entered.
View ArticleReject Torture - Become a fan of Baltasar Garzon on Facebook
By now most of us have heard about this story Spanish judge to hear torture case against six Bush officials "Criminal proceedings have begun in Spain against six senior officials in the Bush...
View ArticleUpdated: Not letting wingers f*&k around anymore w/ video + rant
I know I have some wingers among my facebook friends. When they post their crap I just leave it alone. I thought I would post some of my own stuff to see what would happen. I posted this gem.
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David Gregory's Let them Eat Cake moment
My eyes almost popped out of my head while reading this New York Times Article this morning. By now most of us have heard about the fact that ABCs "This Week" has started the radical practice of...
View ArticleQuote of the Day (Pobrecitos del Wall Street)
Yeah Yeah this isn't a diary... shoot me. .... but this one needs to be read. From todays NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/... This Bonus Season on Wall Street, Many See Zeros Zeros, as they have come...
View ArticleA link Mr. Ailes????
Same crap different day...False Equivalence... http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/... Russell Simmons interview with Roger Ailes. “I told all of our guys, shut up, tone it down, make your argument...
View ArticleRight wing doubles down despite ACORN vindication
More right wing BS. I found this link from one of my right wing nutjob highschool friends on facebook this morning. Obama Gives New Grant to ACORN Violating Federal Law Why is President Obama...
View ArticleMr. President listen to James Hoffa. Take the Tea Party Out.
Get out the fainting couch. The wingnuts are in outrage over James Hoffa's remarks to day. These are the key words. But everybody here’s got to vote. If we go back, and keep the eye on the prize,...
View ArticleNYPD defiant over pepper spray Updated:Lawrence O'Donnell Video MUST WATCH!!!
Via the New York Times dead tree edition in my house this morning on page A21 below some article about smartphones: (oh yeah on the internets too) http://www.nytimes.com/... Starts out OK. The Times...
View ArticleGOP False Flag?? Robocall Hillary for President
OK I just got a really weird call here in the Nutmeg state. It came from "Unknown Caller" on my caller ID. (Likely illegal) This is the transcript. Hello this is a message from run Hillary2012.net...
View ArticleBloombergism comes to Occupy Danbury
Well not quite Bloombergism, but fear and loathing of the Occupy movement has moved north up here in the Nutmeg State. For the past few weeks a group calling itself Occupy Danbury has met up in the...
View ArticleReligion under attack in Texas
OK, that may be a bit of hyperbole. The story is in todays NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/... The Robert M. Beren Academy, an Orthodox Jewish day school in Houston, won its regional championship to...
View ArticleThere are no tax breaks for just for oil companies.... another lie.
I just got into a facebook scuffle with a known wingnut. I spent about an hour trying to research why he was wrong. I'm posting it for a few reasons. 1. To find out if I got it right (so tell me if...
View ArticleDid Yahoo just publish a 3 year old story about GM?
I got a boast from a wingnut friend on facebook this morning. More bad news for BHO....one of his signature "accomplishments" http://finance.yahoo.com/... The story starts out: A week into his new job...
View ArticlePush back on new GOP Lie about Obamacare 75% of costs paid for by those...
There is a new distortion out there and we need to fight it quickly. This is the source. http://www.theblaze.com/... Though Barack Obama assured the middle class he would not raise taxes on those...
View ArticleRomney Reboot #35. Hire Bill Belichick as Campaign Manager
Its been a tough time for team Romney. The candidate is not likeable. Seems somewhat secretive. Engages in odd behavior. It may not be possible to make him loveable overnight, but perhaps they can......
View ArticleTraining the next generation of wingnuts
Help! I need to share this with the community so I'm not the only one who is sick to their stomach over a letter to the editor in my local newspaper, The Ridgefield Press (Ridgefield, CT).This LTE is...
View ArticleWhy not a National Gun Registry?
With all the hyperventilating on the right about the lie that Obama and the democrats trying to get us to a national gun registry, I have a question... Why not?I'm linking to a Huffpo Comment that...
View ArticleWhen Fox News isn't enough nuttery - One America News Network Debuts
I just turned on my TV this morning getting ready for "not Chris Hayes" Up with Steve Kornacki.On my ATT Uverse I came across a channel called One America News NetworkI had a feeling this wasnt going...
View ArticleNYPD afraid of "Black Guerilla Family"
Seriously....Check this out from the Daily News. Saw it as a link on a facebook wingnut friend.http://m.nydailynews.com/...Its also making the rounds among the usual right wing echo chamber outlets.A...
View ArticleIs America a Judeochristlamic Nation?
No of course America isn't a Christian Nation, a JudeoChristian Nation, or a JudeoChristlamic Nation.This diary is just an opportunity for me to pimp the term Judeo-Christlamic.Now we could just use...
View ArticleMcCain’s Surgery May Be More Serious Than Thought
It looks like McCain may be unable to work for longer than initially thought… The condition for which Senator John McCain had surgery on Friday may be more serious than initial descriptions have...
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Ro Khanna (D)-CA17 thinks Dems are being too mean to Trump
xIt is unreasonable for @SenSchumer to demand complete denuclearization for the presidentâÂÂs summit with North Korea. After 68 years of hostilities, the opportunity to make peace with North Korea...
View ArticleMaybe there is hope. Actual Trump Voter Facebook Comment
Comment on a facebook thread in response to some crazy Trump supporters. NOT MADE UP. Maybe the Times can find him. Crazy Trumper: Lol Polly want a cracker? We all know you guys just mad that we...
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