On Morning Joe, Rudy Giuliani took a shot at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie for being at Disney World during the post-Christmas blizzard. Said Giuliani: “Chris should’ve come back. I mean, if he asked me my advice, I would’ve said ‘They elected you governor, they’ve got an emergency, they expect you to be there.’ You […]
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DNC ad takes on House GOP over spending pledge
Friday, January 7, 2011
Washington (CNN) – The Democratic National Committee is firing away at House Republicans for what appears to be a backtracking of a pledge they made during the midterm election campaign. The DNC is out with a new web video Friday morning that attacks GOP lawmakers for now saying that the $ 100 billion in spending […]
Janine Turner: Our Founding Fathers Were Clapping From Heaven Over Constitution
Friday, January 7, 2011
It turns out actress Janine Turner is kind of a nut. Subscribe to Joe.My.God. Joe. My. God.
Islamic group sues Debbie Schlussel over website
Friday, January 7, 2011
The Michigan Council on American-Islamic Relations is suing right-wing political commentator and lawyer Debbie Schlussel for trademark infringement. In a federal lawsuit filed this week the Muslim civil rights group claims that Schlussel hijacked the organizations name when she registered the website www.cairmichigan.com. The Detroit Free Press reports: “There are people in our community who […]
God May Have an Excellent Answer to our Financial Mess: Start Over With a Clean Slate
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Across the globe, we have accumulated mountains of public and private debts. Many of the debts are effectively unsecured since the underlying assets have fallen steeply in value and will unlikely return to inflated (bubble) values. Furthermore, remaining incomes for most of humanity are insufficient to pay off those debts, now or for the foreseeable […]
NFL has lost its mind over Harbaugh-mania – CBSSports.com
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Globe and Mail NFL has lost its mind over Harbaugh-maniaCBSSports.comIn the minutes before last week's Orange Bowl, the most coveted coach on the planet emerged from the team bus. It was Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh. In hot pursuit was sideline reporter Michele Tafoya. Tafoya, doing her job, …Report: Jim Harbaugh likely to accept Dolphins' offerSportingNews.comDolphins […]
Repealing health-care reform would cost $230 billion over 10 years — and more after that
Thursday, January 6, 2011
The Congressional Budget Office took a look at the Republican repeal bill and came back with some numbers (pdf) the GOP isn’t going to like. Jon Cohn summarizes: The news from the CBO is exactly what you would have thought: Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act will mean higher deficits. The CBO is projecting […]
New CBO Analysis: GOP’s Push For Health Law Repeal Would Increase Deficit By $230 Billion Over 10 Years
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Moments ago, the Congressional Budget Office released its cost estimate for the GOP’s health care repeal bill — H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, introduced yesterday in the House by the new Republican majority: – 32 million Americans will lose coverage compared to current law: “Under H.R. 2, about 32 million […]
CBO: Repealing Health Law Would Increase Deficit By $230 Billion Over 10 Years
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Moments ago, the Congressional Budget Office released its cost estimate for the GOP’s health care repeal bill — H.R. 2, the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act, introduced yesterday in the House by the new Republican majority: – 32 million Americans will lose coverage compared to current law: “Under H.R. 2, about 32 million […]
Florida Cop Suspended Over Ominous ‘Obama Prayer’
Thursday, January 6, 2011
A Manatee County sergeant was suspended without pay after he highlighted an ominous verse in the Bible and dubbed it the “Obama Prayer.” According to the police report, Matthew Neu circled “Let his days be few, and let another take his office” — from Psalm 109 — and placed the “Obama Prayer” note in a […]
Conservative Groups Split Over Participation Of GOProud At Annual CPAC Conference
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
The Family Research Council and a few other social conservative organizations like Concerned Women for America, American Principles Project and American Values are refusing to attend next month’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to protest the participation GOProud, a gay rights group. But Focus on Family is staying put, at least for now: “They made […]
NY Times has a hissy fit over GOP-run House
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Just when you thought the Times couldn’t get any worse. American Thinker Blog
NAACP Disses Black Bloggers over Scott Sisters and Haley Barbour?
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
A few days ago, I saw this story over on African-American Political Pundit. I’ve heard from others in the black netroots some concern and frustration of possible NAACP attention-grabbing over an issue around which black bloggers worked hard online. Plus there’s the whole concept of getting in bed with Gov. Haley Barbour who, just before […]
Navy Captain Officially Fired From Command Over Videos
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Navy announced this afternoon that it has fired Capt. Owen Honors from his post as commander of the USS Enterprise over crude videos he made in 2006 and 2007. Honors has been re-assigned to administrative duties. “The responsibility of the commanding officer for his or her command is absolute,” Adm. John Harvey, commander of […]
Judith Miller Responds To Backlash Over Assange Comments
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
After getting attention for calling Julian Assange a “bad journalist” this weekend on Fox News, former New York Times reporter Judith Miller sent an email to The Cutline defending her point. Miller, whose own reporting on weapons of mass destruction in the lead-up to the Iraq War has been criticized, reproached Assange for not verifying […]
