Fascinating comment at CiF
On Brad Friedman’s piece about how Fox News is faux news: I am so sick and tired of hearing the Publicans moan about the “liberal media”. They keep using this as an excuse for the existence of FOX...
View ArticleThe Tale of the American hoon
Let’s talk about Cass Sunstein. For those of you out of the know, Sunstein is head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, a part of the Executive Office of the president of the US. He is...
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Scott Brown, the Republican candidate, appears to have won the special Senate election in Massachusetts. Predictably, there is over-hype from the right (‘Healthcare reform is dead! Yay, woo, a victory...
View ArticleNancy Pelosi: dumb
From the Telegraph: Republican leaders in Congress called for a reworking of the bill, which would provide near universal coverage and aimed to bring down long-term costs. But Nancy Pelosi, the...
View ArticleObama SOTU Drinking Game
Find it here. Joe Wilson yells something –> Do two shots Obama yells back –> Finish the bottle Etc.
View ArticleContentious rants
I’m feeling bitchy today regarding the following subjects. Feel free to have a go at me in the comments if you like, as this will soothe and satisfy the argument-demon that’s taken up residence in my...
View ArticleThe curious rage against Barack Obama
[I wanted to leave this as a comment over at John Demetriou's original post, but his implementation of Blogger rejects comments of more than 4,096 characters.] JD, unlike your usual rants, this post is...
View ArticleRepeal thyself
It appears that the House of Representatives has voted to repeal last year’s bloated healthcare act and has put committees together to draft new legislation to replace it—without a timetable. As you...
View ArticlePredictions for the US presidential election
(1) Obama will win. Not even Romney’s own party likes Romney all that much, so any vote for Romney is essentially a vote against Obama. And while there are a lot of people out there who would enjoy...
View ArticleWell, I was right
Last time we spoke, I had some predictions for ye olde election, and they all came true. Just call me Cassandra. Allow me to refresh your memory. (1) Obama will win.* He did. (2) It won’t matter that...
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