March 23, 2008 – 2:54 pm
Exactly how do liberals/progressives go about discussion of stories that do not bode well for them? (cross posted at Right Wing News) 1. Ignore the story – pretend it is not happening, or deflect like crazy. 2. Find some sort of moral equivalence or a story from 30 years ago saying a Conservative did something […]
March 23, 2008 – 11:26 am
The Australian Last Monday – on ABC Radio National, of all places – there was a tipping point of a different kind in the debate on climate change. It was a remarkable interview involving the co-host of Counterpoint, Michael Duffy and Jennifer Marohasy, a biologist and senior fellow of Melbourne-based think tank the Institute of […]
March 23, 2008 – 9:26 am
Happy Easter to all. This one is by Edward Runci, with some help And, yes, bunnies really have nothing to do with what is considered the most Holy of days to Christians, but having a patriotic Jesus would have seemed, well, blasphemous, as well as just plain wrong. Easter Sunday is the Resurrection Day of […]
March 22, 2008 – 8:01 am
Will Starbucks get the WalMart treatment? Starbucks got caught with its hand in the tip jar and was ordered Thursday to pay California baristas more than $100 million. In a San Diego County class-action lawsuit, a judge ordered the coffee giant to pay back tips, with interest, that the company had handed over to shift […]
March 22, 2008 – 7:49 am
Over on Anderson Cooper’s blog at CNN, Roland Martin was trying to put Jeremiah Wrights “chickens coming home to roost” comment in context, and went and listened to the whole speech As this whole sordid episode regarding the sermons of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has played out over the last week, I wanted to understand what he […]
March 22, 2008 – 7:11 am
More hysterical idiocy, in an article on man made global warming (seattlepi.com) Starting around 500 years ago, when the prominent thinkers of the day (Copernicus, Galileo) were ridiculed for claiming the Earth was round and the planets rotated around the sun, a pattern has followed: Conservatives have lost most of the major battles where they […]
March 21, 2008 – 7:21 pm
I supposed I could use the phrase “jumps the shark,” but, as often as it has been used, I truly despise it, particularly since it was meant for TV shows, not politics. I am not a big fan of “thrown under the bus,” as well as a few others, such as “dropped the ball,” but, […]
March 21, 2008 – 5:14 pm
Cao brings us a nauseating story of teh ghey terrorists.
March 21, 2008 – 8:57 am
No, no, do not say they aren’t peaceful, cause that would be mean Palestinian terror groups launched three Qassam rockets from northern Gaza towards Israel on Friday afternoon, as residents of southern Israel celebrated the Purim holiday in street shows and fairs. Fortunately, no one was injured or killed In Kibbutz Alumim a panic broke […]
March 21, 2008 – 8:37 am
I can usually count on National Geographic to at least be fair and honest, as well as discuss all sides of an issue, but, with their reprint of an AP article on global warming, they have lost it Washington, D.C.’s famous cherry trees are primed to burst in a perfect pink peak about the end […]
