While the nation is distracted by Super Tuesday elections tomorrow, the Senate will finally take up telecom immunity, which is expected to pass. Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall | Cat’s Away, Mice Play Really bad news on this one. Wondering if the administration would have the chutzpah to ask for immunity for bad… Continue reading telecom immunity
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Kerry Endorses Obama
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the 2004 Democratic presidential nominee, endorsed Sen. Barack Obama for the White House Thursday in a timely slap at Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as well as his own vice presidential running mate. From The Associated Press: 2004 Dem Nominee Kerry Endorses Obama I predict Gore will endorse… Continue reading Kerry Endorses Obama
David Brooks on McCain and Obama
I was writing columns criticizing the Republican Congress, but each time I’d throw in a few sentences slamming the Democrats, subconsciously trying to make myself feel good. One morning I got an e-mail message from Obama that roughly said: David, if you want to critique us, fine. But you’re just throwing in those stray sentences… Continue reading David Brooks on McCain and Obama
U.S. to launch criminal probe of CIA tapes
The U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday it will launch a criminal investigation intothe CIA’s destruction of videotapes depicting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects. From Talking Points Memo | U.S. to launch criminal probe of CIA tapes Yet another personality test from the White House. When you read this, are you happy there is a… Continue reading U.S. to launch criminal probe of CIA tapes
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
88% Barack Obama86% John Edwards86% Chris Dodd84% Bill Richardson82% Mike Gravel81% Hillary Clinton81% Dennis Kucinich79% Joe Biden42% Rudy Giuliani36% John McCain30% Mike Huckabee28% Mitt Romney24% Ron Paul22% Tom Tancredo19% Fred Thompson2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz No surprise here.
A Vast Right-Wing Hypocrisy
Richard Mellon Scaife, billionaire bankroller of conservative crusades, spent heavily to expose Bill Clinton’s “Troopergate" misbehavior. Now Scaife’s divorce from his second wife, Ritchie, is providing another unsavory saga…adultery! addiction! assault! dognapping!?! From A Vast Right-Wing Hypocrisy: Politics & Power: vanityfair.com I used to joke that there is no vast right wing conspiracy, but there… Continue reading A Vast Right-Wing Hypocrisy
The Burger King and The Tomato Serfs
In 2005, Florida tomato pickers gained their first significant pay raise since the late 1970s when Taco Bell ended a consumer boycott by agreeing to pay an extra penny per pound for its tomatoes, with the extra cent going directly to the farm workers. Last April, McDonald’s agreed to a similar arrangement, increasing the wages… Continue reading The Burger King and The Tomato Serfs
The tax cut ratchet
notice that everything that happens is good for tax cuts. If the economy is growing, and tax receipts are rising, then it shows that past tax cuts achieved wonders, plus the Laffer curve is right so let’s cut taxes some more! If the economy is shrinking, well, it needs a boost and what… Continue reading The tax cut ratchet
Carbon Socialists
Yeah, OK, OK. Well, I think – I mean, I think Gore would have been a disaster as president. We’d have been living in the Dark Ages. I think he’s fundamentally hostile to human civilization. And a phony. From Media Matters – Carlson: If Al Gore were president, “[w]e’d … be living in yurts in… Continue reading Carbon Socialists
stem-cell research breakthrough
Stemming the controversy: Scientists announced Tuesday that they’ve discovered a way to cultivate stem cells using skin cells instead of embryos. This could mean that potential cures for everything from Parkinson’s disease to Alzheimer’s might circumvent the morally fraught debate over whether stem-cell research is a handmaid to infanticide, as many critics have claimed. From… Continue reading stem-cell research breakthrough