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Tony Hayward will face a stiff line of questioning from Bart Stupak’s subcommittee on investigations and oversight this Thursday, especially considering the revelations outlined in this letter sent to him by Stupak and Henry Waxman. Should be interesting viewing.
For somebody who often pauses to choose the right words, this was obviously planned. Oliver Willis opines:
I understand why President Obama is doing this, but I sure don’t like it. The press, the opposition and many in his own corner have been pushing the “get angry” meme. I mostly think when politicians do this they’re […]
Well, I must say it’s encouraging to see Congress taking steps in the direction of a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The latest move towards repeal is the House voting to allow military commanders to repeal the ban themselves, 60 days after the Pentagon completes its review process in December. Seems like a bit […]
Hat tip- Oliver Willis.
In light of all the hubbub over Republican Senate candidate Rand Paul’s permissive views on racism, I thought I’d link to a series of posts I wrote when his father Ron Paul was running for the Republican presidential nomination. Like father like son, their views and tone-deafness create breathing room for racism.
Racism in Ron Paul’s […]
So, on my walk from the el train to work yesterday, I did a double take while walking into my building. Standing right in front was none other than Alexi Giannoulias, the probably ill-fated* Democratic nominee for Obama’s old senate seat here in Illinois (pictured above, in between a staffer wearing a white shirt and […]
Okay, I’ll be upfront: I don’t know much of anything about President Obama’s second Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan. I doubt very much that anyone who doesn’t personally know her does, at least in terms of what kind of justice she would be.
I do however have some thoughts about Obama nominating another woman to the […]
Nope, not even a little bit:
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) highlighted a $121,000 grant for a fire department in his Ohio district. But the AP notes what he didn’t mention in his news release was that he voted against the spending bill that included the grants.
108 seconds from today’s hearings in the Senate.
So, the New York Times yesterday had an interesting article about how Microsoft PowerPoint, the slideshow program, is now ingrained into the military’s day to day activities.
According to a bunch of people cited in the article there’s been a substantial backlash against this, because commanders are realizing that a snappy PowerPoint presentation can lull the […]
… Why thank you, very-legitimate sounding reader who happens to be named “clear acrylic picture frames.” As an aside, that seems like an awfully specific thing to be spamming about. This one was left on my always-popular 15 most embarrassing photos of George W. Bush post, which has by itself attracted a few hundred thousand […]
Sorry, ABC News, I’m quoting in full because nobody has more than your three sentences on this breaking story:
Federal air marshals subdued a man who authorities say attempted to “light his shoes on fire” on a United flight from Washington Reagan to Denver Wednesday night, federal law enforcement officials told ABC News.
Authorities say an […]
This is a perfect example of people “voting” against their own self-interests:
exas is counting on the 2010 Census to deliver four new congressional districts, four new Electoral College votes in presidential elections, and millions of dollars in additional federal aid. But, as some elected officials are starting to worry, Uncle Sam can’t deliver anything to […]
Watching all these violent acts committed against Democratic lawmakers in the wake of health care reform’s passage reminds me of when Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano and her agency produced a report warning of an increase in right-wing terrorism last year. As you may remember, right-wingers like Matt Drudge, the Washington Times and others decried […]
That’s what they call a close margin. Thank god it passed.
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