Neocons in TX change school books.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts…except in TX evidently. From the NYT:
After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, [...]
Rallyfication…
Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
Yesterday, President Obama came to town to pitch health care reform in St. Charles.
Opponents to reform staged their own rally to rally support for…um, well…to rally support for not doing anything to reform health care.
Basically, the St. Louis metropolitan area was awash in rallyfication.
This [...]
RIP Jon Swift
Found this during a google search for something..don’t remember what exactly. I have missed Jon Swift and wondered what was up with his lack of blogging over the last year. From the FireDogLake link:
Jon Swift’s mother broke the news to us in the only way she knew how to: Buried deeply in the comments section [...]
Congrats D.C. – ‘Tis Your Marriage Equality Day!
Congrats to all y’all in Washington, D.C. on this first day of marriage equality for our nation’s capital!
Happiness and joy to all the couples lining up to get your marriage on.
Several D.C. based couples have already asked this bitch to preside over their marriage ceremony, but…although I am a goddess and the High Priestess of [...]
An outbreak of verbal malfunctions and home training fails…
Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
A bitch has noticed a rise in verbal malfunctions and home training fails from politicians surrounding the issue of children and people with developmental disabilities.
#1 – The “Punishment from God” argument…
I’ll be publishing a more detailed exploration of this one over at Feministing later today, but this bullshit [...]
Remembering Vernon Hunter…
Shall we?
When I watched footage of the massive fire consuming an office building in Austin Texas last week after a domestic terrorist flew a plane into it, my first thought was to hope no one other than the pilot was hurt.
That was, tragically, not the case.
Vernon Hunter, a Vietnam veteran who served two tours of [...]
Illegal immigrant population declined last year.
Why this is a fucking surprise I don’t know. We are going through a recession that shows few signs of abating for Joe and Jill Public. That also includes Joe and Jill Immigrant. We have a major water shortage in California, which means the farmers aren’t planting much because their water rations have been cut [...]
No Wonder That Book Is Such a “Hot” Item
You all know that I’ve called Caribou Barbie stupid many, many times. And I stand by that, but I think I’m going to have to amend it just a little. She IS, in fact, a savant of sorts.
I have to hand it to Caribou Barbie-there are no equals to her when it comes to thinking [...]
Lobbyists invited to the Republican retreat?
Oh yes, of course they are! From ABC:
The day after President Barack Obama urged members of Congress to be more transparent about their interactions with lobbyists, the House Republican Caucus headed up Interstate 95 for a retreat where they will be able to mingle privately with… lobbyists.
The annual retreat, sponsored by a non-profit group called [...]
Howard Zinn has died.
Howard Zinn died yesterday at the age of 87 of a heart attack in Santa Monica, California. Mr. Zinn was a wonderful voice, and activist, for the left and he will be missed. From The Nation:
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and [...]
It’s about time!
This asshole, has finally been jailed.
Sadly, it wasn’t for his fuckery regarding ACORN, where the white guy played a pimp of all things.
Trying to bug a senator’s office is a federal offense right? I can’t wait to see how the DOJ deals with James O’Keefe and his co-conspirators. One of his buddies sure has some [...]
From our Dept of WTF?
SCOTUS has ruled that corporations now have civil rights. I shit you not. SCOTUS just opened up a huge can of vile, carpetbagging, worms.
You can read the ruling here (pdf). This decision is total crap. Corporations are not human, they are always money-making operations.
I am pretty sure the First Amendment was not created to protect [...]
Is This Any Surprise?
If there is no way to use something to attack the President, FOX “News” is most often not interested in it. They are not, and never have been, a news channel; they are the propaganda arm of the Rushpubliscum Party. They exist to either cover over the dishonesty and incompetence of Rushpubliscum politicians, or to [...]
Iraq to go after the Blackwater murderers.
I don’t see anything happening with the US suit..but the Iraqi courts would have a field day with these fuckers. Remember, the SOFA that Bush signed keeps contractors from being immune from Iraqi law prosecution. From Jurist:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Monday that Iraq will file lawsuits in both US and Iraqi courts against [...]
Fed Judge lets Blackwater murderers off the hook.
From the NYT via Crooks and Liars:
In a significant blow to the Justice Department, a federal judge on Thursday threw out the indictment of five former Blackwater security guards over a shooting in Baghdad in 2007 that left 17 Iraqis dead and about 20 wounded.
The judge cited misuse of statements made by the guards in [...]
