Rolling Stone gets McChrystal to give his honest opinion of members of the Obama Administration. Gen McChrystal also appears to joke in response to a question about the vice-president. “Are you asking about Vice-President Biden?” McChrystal asks. “Who’s that?” An aide then says: “Biden? Did you say: Bite Me?” Another aide refers to a key [...]
No-Fault Divorce in NY
Posted on June 16, 2010 ·
About time. For decades, New Yorkers have been bedeviled by divorce laws that critics said prompted endless litigation and custody fights that were both unnecessary and cruel. Under current divorce law, one spouse must take the blame, even if both sides agree that a marriage cannot be saved. To get a divorce, one party must [...]
Teen Confesses to Murder of Sabina Rose O’Donnell
Posted on June 16, 2010 ·
A teenager has confessed to the brutal strangling of Sabina Rose O’Donnell, according to police sources. He is 17 or 18 years old.Tips calls came in from people who watched the surveillance video police released last week. Investigators brought the suspect in late Tuesday night. via Teen Confesses to NoLibs Murder: Sources | NBC Philadelphia. [...]
How many corners did BP cut?
Posted on June 15, 2010 ·
At least five were found by the congressional report. ‘Questionable Decisions’ BP, the biggest oil producer in the Gulf of Mexico, made five “questionable decisions” aimed at cutting costs and speeding completion of an overdue project in the days and weeks preceding the disaster, U.S. Representatives Henry Waxman of California and Bart Stupak of Michigan [...]
Where’s Mrs. Garrett from “The Facts of Life” when you need her?
Posted on June 14, 2010 ·
When two White House aides last weekend stripped off their shirts for an afternoon of drinking with friends at a Georgetown bar, there was widespread agreement that it exposed something — beyond the pectorals of speechwriter Jon Favreau and press aide Tommy Vietor — about Washington in the age of Barack Obama. There was no [...]
Breitbart Etheridge would have us believe Bob Etheridge is a maniac
Posted on June 14, 2010 ·
So says Brietbart’s hit site by way of Mediaite. I’ll believe it when they show unedited video, show the faces of his questioners and the time leading up to and from his seeming flip off the handle. Elected Democrats, don’t be fooled. Breitbart got you with edited videos at ACORN. Tried to get you with Landrieu. [...]
Salt Lake Pipeline Bursts as Utah GOP insists on “drill, baby, drill”
Posted on June 13, 2010 ·
Props to Think Progress for flagging Governor Gary Herbert (R) and Senator Bob Bennett (R) still riding the drill baby drill wave 4 days ago: “Why are we drilling in the middle of the ocean where there is extreme environmental risk when we could be meeting the demand for domestic production from on?shore development in [...]
What’s up with Alvin Greene, Democratic Candidate for US Senate in South Carolina
Posted on June 10, 2010 ·
Under suspicion of a felony obscenity charges. I hope no one put him up to this, for his own sake. It just seems too fishy. He can’t even name his campaign stops. Just odd. Clyburn is just beside himself, so we will see. If it turns out Greene is not a plant, Clyburn should be [...]
No Silver for you.
Posted on June 10, 2010 ·
Production of United States Mint American Eagle Silver Proof and Uncirculated Coins has been temporarily suspended because of unprecedented demand for American Eagle Silver Bullion Coins. Currently, all available silver bullion blanks are being allocated to the American Eagle Silver Bullion Coin Program, as the United States Mint is required by Public Law 99-61 to [...]
Happiness Poverty Line: 60K/yr and up
Posted on June 3, 2010 ·
Daniel Kahnemann, father of behavioral economics says that, below it, you have a greater chance of being miserable. This is based on a survey of 600,000 Americans: “Below 60,000 dollars a year, people are unhappy, and they get progressively unhappier the poorer they get. Above that, we get an absolutely flat line. I mean I’ve [...]
Flotilla Raid
Posted on May 31, 2010 ·
What. The. F*ck. “Israel has targeted innocent civilians,” said the foreign ministry in Ankara. “It has shown yet again that it does not care about human lives or peace initiatives.” Noting that the dawn raid occurred in international waters, Ankara hinted at demanding legal redress. The Turks convened an emergency meeting of generals and security [...]
H2Oil
Posted on May 27, 2010 ·
Key fact: 4 barrels of water to process 1 barrel of oil. H2oil animated sequences from Dale Hayward on Vimeo. (courtesy of The Daily Dish) This song is still so true:
‘Why DADT repeal now?’ is a weird question.
Posted on May 25, 2010 ·
Obama says he wants to repeal DADT during his 2008 campaign. He instructs his Pentagon to review DADT with an eye on enacting repeal of it by the end of 2010. He invites congresspeople to the White House from his party to build a compromise and legislative strategy to repeal DADT after the military finishes [...]
Is David Gregory gonna be there? I can’t go if Gregory is going to be there.
Posted on May 24, 2010 ·
Rand Paul was spooked by the Peacock after getting hammered by Maddow‘s rather simple question to Paul to state whether or not he would support the repeal of the 1964 Civil RIghts APreviewct. Asked what reason the Paul camp gave for canceling, Fischer says the Meet crew was told “that he’s had a long week, [...]