A Moderate, Corporatist Republican: Man Bites Dog? Former US Treasury official in the Bush II era, Neel Kashkari, is attme0ting to run as a Republican candidate in California. Kaskari, an Indian-American. was the architect of the bank bailout during the 2008 financial crisis. Last year, he qu[...]
Posts Tagged ‘rhetoric’
February 6th, 2014 - 2:07 pm § in Uncategorized
Can the Republicans still run rational candidates for office?
January 28th, 2014 - 5:38 am § in Misc.
Public Academics Paid to Defend Wall Street
University of Houston: Paid to Support Wall Street While this University’s financial ties to speculators have been the subject of scrutiny by the news media and others, it was not until last month, after repeated requests by The Times under the Freedom of Information Act, that the University of Ho[...]
January 25th, 2014 - 11:33 am § in Misc.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Bring Your gun to McD’s!
(TANews: CHARLESTON, South Carolina) – Governor Nikki Haley, a gun toting member of the Tea Party, is expected to sign it a measure allowing people with concealed-weapons permits in South Carolina to carry firearms into restaurants and bars. Asked whether she had bought her ticket for Senator [...]
January 24th, 2014 - 3:37 pm § in Misc.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Win an assult rifle while supporting your candidate!
JOIN ME IN SUPPORTING Lee Bright, Win an AK 15! AR-15! “one lucky Second Amendment Supporter will be the winner,” If you want to receive campaign emails from South Carolina state Senator Lee Bright, then the Tea Party U.S. Senate candidate in South Carolina has a contest for yo[...]
January 19th, 2014 - 9:14 am § in Misc.
Pope to visit “holy land”
Pope to visit Middle East in May, will meet Israelis, Palestinians and Orthodox. Would this be a chance for Francis to move beyond his impressive public relations effort and bureaucratic reshuffling? What if he played a role in bringing peace?[...]
January 12th, 2014 - 8:00 am § in The Ave Scene
THE Ave Scene: Plagiarism in Seattle’s Own Fundamentalist Church?
Will Christian Publishers Stand Behind Mars Hill’s Sketchy Legacy? By Becky Garrison at Religion Digest Update 12/30/31: NavPress just issued the following statement via e-mail. “We have chosen to respond to Mark Driscoll and Mars Hill Church directly and will keep the conversation pri[...]
Helping Real Veterans: Democrats Lead Effort to Recognize Heroism
Republican Cowardice One of the weirdest think about the Reprican party is the number of faux heroes .. from Reagan who landed on D Day in the movies to Bush who went AWOL during Vietnam to the FAUX (and Fox) fed outrage when Reprican cuts forced Obama to close the WWII monument during tCruz led [&h[...]
December 10th, 2013 - 2:48 am § in Misc.
Republican Recommends Violent Overthrow of Government
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Husky PR:Time to do a better job!
This is what passes for UW Advertising. Nothing terrible about it but let me ask this …. who would send their kid to the school in this ad? This annual UW ad comes across as the product of 1950s Mad Ave folks selling a a party school, The UW here looks like a fun place […][...]