Are we really over race? By: devona walker Watching the Inauguration on Tuesday, I fell prey to my more naive urges. I watched and listened to broadcast commentators fawn over the First Family and our collective diversity, brave the frigid … [Read more...]
Obama May Nominate First Gay Navy Secretary
hat tip Ed Brayton. Newsweek is is reporting: ... that the president-elect is considering the appointment of the first openly gay chief of a military branch. Bill White, president of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York, is … [Read more...]
Hundreds in Mass kick off campaign for passage of Employee Free Choice Act
"Management constantly threatened our livelihood and our retirement security if we were to form a union," said Kevin Simoneau, a former Comcast field technician who experienced employer intimidation. "Giving us a choice about how to … [Read more...]
Theocratic Legislation
Kentucky elected a baptist minister to their House and he sneaks in an amendment mandating that a state agency acknowledge God in it's official duties. From the Lexington News: (h/t Ed Brayton) The 2006 law organizing the state … [Read more...]
This is why I think Bush and his cabinet should resign
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27... Hank Paulson is little more then a fox, a pirate, a frat boy, a scoundrel like his counter parts responsible for the collapse of the financial sector and should be removed as Treasury Secretary immediately. … [Read more...]
Voting YES on Question 1 AND Voting McCain-Palin
I am eagerly voting YES on Question 1 AND FOR McCain-Palin. A vote FOR Question 1 is a very small step in the right direction of putting government back on the side of the people. There are other measures to be taken: eliminate prevailing … [Read more...]
Comedy Against Evil. Sunday Night – Baratunde Thurston, Myq Kaplan, Jeff Kreisler
quotes about the show... "A welcome reminder of a time when comedy cut a lot closer to the issues of the day than most comics now dare." - Dallas Morning News "A highlight." - The New York Times Event on Facebook: … [Read more...]
Palin’s police chief: Charge rape victims for forensic tests
Bryson continues: A May 23, 2000, article in Wasilla's newspaper, The Frontiersman, noted that Alaska State Troopers and most municipal police agencies regularly pay for such exams, which cost between $300 and $1,200 apiece. "[But] the … [Read more...]
“This is political aikido”
Ed Brayton comments on a political maneuver in South Carolina: In South Carolina, the state legislature recently considered a bill to allow one such display, called the Foundations of American Law and Government, to be displayed in public … [Read more...]
Vote for Your Favorite Cartoon
Cross-posted at Left in Lowell The Union of Concerned Scientists recently had asked for submissions for Science Idol: the Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest. The challenge was to submit an editorial cartoon highlighting … [Read more...]
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