Here’s yesterday’s Tea Party GOP debate on CNN summarized into 75 seconds, if you’re feeling like a hankering shot of terror juice with a chaser of incredulity. Did the herd really just cheer to let the uninsured die? Read more »
Jesus-Reagan cradling little lamb Glen Beck, oh so snug and smug in his bosom of “Christian religious kitsch?” That looks about right. There’s still time to see Canadian expatriate/proud Brooklynite Michael Caines’ “altered 18th century paintings” at Mulherin Pollard Projects — portraits of those who will one day “fall into the shadow of history.” For something different, check his series Purgastoria. “Perfect Happiness,” Michael Caines, Dec 1 – Dec 31, Mulherin Pollard Projects, NYC
Illegal immigrants can now qualify for in-state tuition in California, after a court deemed it so. Your grouchy, xenophobic old uncle is SO going to bitch about this next week at the Thanksgiving dinner table, probably. Read more »
House Speaker-to-be Rep. John Boehner of Ohio and Tears told the incoming psycho/Tea Partying freshmen class of Congressional Republican House reps that “it’s about the people.” Then he laughed maniacally and bit the head off a dove. |NY Times| Read more »
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- Alaska Republican Joe Miller and his blue ox, Babe, are suing in federal court to uphold the senate election ballot count and something something, etc. You knew this was going to happen. |Joe Miller campaign|
Looks like President Obama’s trip to India isn’t going to cost $200 million a day and he won’t be taking 1/10 of the U.S. Navy with him, those figures are part of a right wing smear campaign based on an erroneous news report.
The votes haven’t been counted, but I’m gonna predict that our mad-as-hell friend Carl Paladino is not going to become the governor of New York today. Aw, don’t cry! (Seriously, no waterworks.) Read more »
Bathroom-going hug monster Carl Paladino told the New York Times that if he were governor, and the legislature couldn’t settle on a budget after 60 days, he’d just shut down the goddamned government, all vaffanculo-like. Read more »
Now that Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said he’ll step down before the end of Obama’s first term, the Republicans are gearing up for a future fight. Sen Jon Kyl of Arizona fired the first shots, appearing on Fox News Sunday to warn the president that a nominee’s qualifications won’t be nearly as important as their ideology: Read more »
All the crazy anti-government stuff conservatives have been spewing could have negative consequences for Republicans when the 2010 Census numbers are tallied. With right wing politicians like Michele Bachmann basically characterizing the census as internment papers to future FEMA camps, the GOP is worried that their paranoid constituency won’t fill out the forms and will be underrepresented when congressional districts are modified. |WSJ|
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