Nothing but pork. It almost makes you wonder if they know something we don’t - that is, do we still have to worry about terrorist attacks? Because they certainly aren’t distributing the money to the likely targets:
The two cities attacked on Sept. 11, 2001, will receive far less antiterrorism money under plans unveiled today by […]

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By the way, I still have lots of free Gmail accounts left. If you want one, send me your name and email address, and I’ll get an invitation out to you.
Yes, I know all the privacy issues. But I have no expectation of privacy anymore, so I’m willing to settle for convenience. I just love […]

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It’s not as if the people I know who work at the Inky and the Daily News had much choice about who was going to own the paper, and I know they’re relieved just to have jobs. (That’s what happens in a shitty economy: principles are a luxury few can afford.)
But I’ve always thought Brian […]

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The shit’s hitting the fan:
A damning and detailed feature article, written by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for Rolling Stone and documenting evidence of the theft of the 2004 Presidential Election is set to hit newstands this Friday, The BRAD BLOG can now confirm. The online version of the article will be posted tomorrow (Thursday) morning.
The […]

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That smear against Harry Reid gets more interesting by the day:
One more detail that the AP’s John Solomon left out in his piece on Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).
The crux of Solomon’s story was that Reid acted wrongly by accepting free boxing tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission. In particular, Solomon focused on […]

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They lie because if people really knew what they intended to do, they’d never support them:
SEATTLE — The Bush administration — having made it hard for federal scientists to talk publicly about global warming — appears to have decided that loose lips are also bad when they talk about salmon.
The Washington office of the […]

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Duncan sums it up nicely:
The proliferation of unpaid jobs as the entryway into important political and journalistic institutions makes such institutions extraordinarily exclusive and perpetuates a huge class bias. Not everyone has parents who can subsidize their summers. Not everyone can afford to forego making real money during the summer.
Wonderful opportunities for […]

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Riverbend writes about a friend who was threatened by a cleric after displaying a Brazilian flag to show his support for his World Cup favorites:
I listened to the fatwa, with him getting emotional about playing football, and I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Foreign occupation and being a part of a puppet government- […]

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Try us, you’ll like us!

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It’s amazing how these wingnuts just shed their former skins like snakes. Pretty common, though - every time I read about a “new” conservative activist, they invariably turn out to be a member of the same old (paid) gang.

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Go read Digby about our new top domestic policy advisor. As you might expect, he’s perfectly suited for the job: He hates journalists (thinks they’re whiny and soft) and writes combat comic books! Woo hoo! Old Bubble Boy’s hit the jackpot on this one.

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Guess we’ll just have to change his mind:
Al Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush presidency, describing the current US administration as “a renegade band of rightwing extremists”.
In an interview with the Guardian today, the former vice-president calls himself a “recovering politician”, but launches into the political fray more explicitly than […]

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Charlie Cook:
GOP pollsters, media consultants, and other operatives privately concede that the drumbeat of bad numbers coming in — but not publicly released — has become depressing and alarming. What most concerns GOP strategists is that these congressional polls may not fully capture the extent of their party’s problems, because other polling shows that Republican […]

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Apple iBooks bursting into flames. No, really.

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Ezra Klein:
If you’re ever confused about the GOP’s puzzling determination to eliminate the broadly supportable estate tax, this report showing that George Bush, Dick Cheney, and their cabinet will personally gain between $90 and $340 million dollars from the tax’s repeal clarifies things considerably. As for amassing the political will for the battle, a recent […]

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I mentioned this last week and got some response, but not enough to cover my costs. I’d really like to attend this conference on behalf of you all. If you can afford to help, please hit the Amazon or Paypal button.

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Steve Soto:
John Snow resigned today as Treasury Secretary, to be replaced by Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson, whom the White House thinks can sell Wall Street on how well the economy is doing. Why Paulson would take a job and humongous pay cut to be a hood ornament on an Edsel is beyond me, especially […]

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Duncan points out the obvious - again.

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Today’s Times:
In a country that spends so much time extolling the glories of democracy, it’s amazing how many elected officials go out of their way to discourage voting. States are adopting rules that make it hard, and financially perilous, for nonpartisan groups to register new voters. They have adopted new rules for maintaining voter rolls […]

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They’ve convinced themselves the economy is doing well, and now they’ll try to hypnotize the rest of us:
May 30 (Bloomberg) — Karl Rove, President George W. Bush’s top political adviser, laid out a plan to win the 2002 congressional elections by stressing national security. For 2006, Rove is framing a strategy for Republicans to sell […]

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Why don’t people acknowledge how great this economy is?
Foreclosures on home mortgages are on the way up.
In Illinois during the first three months of 2006 nearly 13,700 properties entered foreclosure, up 32 percent from the fourth quarter of 2005, according to an analysis by property tracker RealtyTrac Inc.
The numbers are grimmer elsewhere in the Midwest. […]

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Come say goodbye to Will, our local Drinking Liberally organizer, as he prepares to move back to Chicago. See you at Tangier, 18th & Lombard, 6-9 p.m. And remember, free wings for the early birds!

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So Republican Diane Irey is running against Congressman John Murtha because he had the audacity to express his concern about the massacre at Haditha. Once you read about her husband, you can understand why. From Daily Kos:
If Robert Irey, CEO of CLI is the Bob who is Diane’s husband, we now have Diane Irey running […]

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Oh good, I was worried:
The already-cantankerous debate over high-tech voting machines, which have been installed in great numbers in recent years, is growing more intense and convoluted as primaries get underway and the midterm election nears.
A coalition of voting rights activists and prominent computer scientists argues that some of the machines are not sufficiently secure […]

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Order a home chemistry set for your kid, and expect a raid from the Department of Homeland Security. Wired describes how official paranoia is scaring kids away from science. Via TalkLeft.

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