Archive for October, 2010
Steal One for the Obamessiah!
If they can’t win it, they’ll steal it. The Yuma Sun is reporting that two organizations — Mi Familia Vota and One Vote Arizona — submitted more than 3000 voter registrations in Yuma County, and more than 20,000 voters statewide. Even more, they have signed up 43,000 people statewide for the permanent early voter list. [...]
The Real Argument for Anonymous Donors? Freedom, Baby!
While I appreciate that both Karl Rove and Michael Steele have punched back twice as hard in response to the White House’s unfounded “foreign money are THE DEBBIL!” charges, I can’t help but think that they’re making the wrong argument. The only argument I’ve ever heard against anonymous donors is that it allows mysterious and powerful [...]
Wikileaks Leak Backfires, Reveals How Iran Killed Our Soldiers
I’m betting you won’t hear very much of this revelation from the Wikileaks weekend document dump. The largest unauthorized disclosure of classified government documents in U.S. history confirms a long-standing assertion of President George W. Bush at the start of the 2007 troop surge: Iran was orchestrating one side of the Iraqi insurgency. Field reports [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Wasn’t There a Boomtown Rats Song About Today?
Did you have a good weekend? Good. I’m glad. It’s important that you have a bit of fun before you get back to breaking big rocks into smaller rocks, or whatever soul-embiggening thing you do that you call work. For me, it’s moving papers. I move papers better than any paper-mover who’s moved a pile [...]
Iran Joins the “Our Schools Love the West Too Much” Club
Iran has a problem with its schools that might seem familiar to some of us. Its curricula are not in line with the religion of the ruling class and so the schools must change what they teach. Iran will not allow its universities to begin teaching certain disciplines it deems too “Western,” and existing courses [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Sunday, Sunday
The weather forecast predicts a lovely Sunday around chez Sundries Shack, so blogging might be light today as I soak up a little fall sunshine and some lovely breezes. Who knows? I might even break out the grill. But that’s for later. Right now, here are some tasty links to help you through your bagel [...]
Victory Comes to Texas At Last
Big congratulations to the Texas Rangers for slaying the Evil Empire and reaching the World Series for the first time in club history. I admit I’ve always had a soft spot for the Rangers, back when Pete O’Brien, Buddy Bell, and Larry Parrish were thumping the ball around the park and Charlie Hough was slinging [...]
Cowardly Republicans and the Media Whores Who Love Them
On Thursday, Jonathan Martin at The Politico published what I can only describe as a hit piece on Sarah Palin. Armed with a handful of anonymous sources eager to trash Palin, Martin wove a narrative of the former Governor and current Presidential nemesis that claimed “…the former Alaska governor wreaks havoc on campaign logistics and [...]
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