President Obama delivers his annual State of the Union (SOTU) speech to Congress tonight. Unlike previous presidents, he and his aides have leaked what he’ll propose. Thus, we won’t be surprised by what we hear, just stuff that has zero chance of passing this GOP-controlled Congress. Wha[...]
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January 18th, 2015 - 10:52 am § in Politics
What secrets lurk in Mitt Romney’s tax returns?
Now that Mitt Romney is making guttural noises about running for president again, Mother Jones magazine is again asking what he’s hiding in the tax returns he doesn’t want anyone to see. Here’s what we know from what he disclosed: His income is more than $20 million a year, mostly [...]
Radical Republicans: Attack on the General Accounting Office
Why the House GOP wants a new accountant (MSNBC Steve Benin) Imagine your family puts together a budget. Once you and your loved ones have made financial plans for various expenses and long-term needs, you show it to your family accountant to see if you’re on the right track. The accountant, much [...]
January 9th, 2015 - 3:24 pm § in Politics
How rightwingers talk to themselves
One of my conservative acquaintances emailed this cartoon to me. He doesn’t read newspapers, so he’s probably unaware that ISIS is being bombed by American jets dispatched by President Obama. Do you wonder how conservatives manage to be so oblivious to reality? I’m struck by how th[...]
January 8th, 2015 - 10:37 pm § in Politics
5 Georgia militia members charged with domestic terrorism
Three members of a Georgia rightwing militia charged Monday with domestic terrorism could get life if convicted of conspiring to bomb an Atlanta police station and other government offices. They also allegedly tried to recruit others to carry out similar attacks in other states. They were arrested l[...]
Radical Republican Racism
Republican Politician Suggests Detroit Become An Indian Reservation For Black People L. Brooks Patterson said he’d turn Detroit into an ‘Indian Reservation’ for black people, then ‘herd them in’ and ‘build a fence.’ And he’s not apologizing. addictingi[...]
January 3rd, 2015 - 3:51 pm § in Politics
Palin’s word-salad Facebook response to PETA blames Obama: ‘At least Trig didn’t eat the dog’
From FACEBOOK posts: What sort of parent would let her child use the family dog as a step stool? Who would then post a picture of this on Facebook ? How about an attention-seeker who’s parlayed being a jackass into celebrity status and a multimillion-dollar income? Given that the perpetrat[...]
December 30th, 2014 - 3:26 pm § in Politics
GOP Boycotts NYC Police Funerals
“TOP REPUBLICANS ABSENT FROM NYPD FUNERAL” by BREITBART NEWS 27 Dec 2014 New York, NY “The political luminaries who attended the funeral of assassinated New York City policeman Rafael Ramos on Saturday included Vice President Joe Biden, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and New York [...]
RUSSIA .. losing Putin’s chess game
RUBLE DROPS ANOTHER 5% [...]
December 24th, 2014 - 12:27 pm § in Politics
Judge dismisses Sheriff Arpaio’s immigration lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against President Obama’s immigration policy filed by Joe Arpaia and his lawyer, Larry Klayman. This is a major legal defeat for two of America’s noisiest rightwing crackpots. But I’m sure they didn’t expect to win; this was a publicity[...]