Seriously? You need that armored vehicle? It costs $258,000. Just sayin'. What's that you say in your application? "Groups such as the Sovereign Citizens, Free Staters and Occupy New Hampshire are active and present daily challenges," the application stated. In addition to organized groups, it cited "several homegrown clusters that are anti-government and pose problems for law enforcement agencies." Wow, … Read More
RNC Chair Threatens NBC And CNN
Demonstrating once again that laser-like focus on jobs and the economy, Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus has sent a letter to NBC and CNN threatening that if they produce a miniseries on Hillary Clinton, the GOP will boycott them in the 2016 primary debates. It's August, Congress is gone, and it's time for the silly season — which gets off … Read More
Ex-Gay Event In D.C. A Huge Disaster
From Right-Wing Watch: Yesterday, American Family Radio’s Sandy Rios spoke to Ex-Gay Pride Month organizer Christopher Doyle about today’s ex-gay lobby day on Capitol Hill. Doyle, who was organizing the since-canceled Ex-Gay Pride banquet at the Family Research Council, complained in an interview with the Christian Post that “un-American” LGBT rights advocates have “shut us out,” explaining that “because of all … Read More
Better People Than Me
Caleb Howe is a writer for the rightwing blog RedState. And he's one of those bloggers — a pure hater. Take, for example, how he laid into Roger Ebert for no apparent reason other than he disagreed with Ebert. That's only a small sample. Howe loves being that way. He prides himself being that way. True, he did eventually apologize (sort of) for … Read More
RIP Doghouse Riley
Douglas Case aka "Doghouse Riley" is dead at the age of 59. No, you probably never heard of him. He was a blogger, and a damned good one at that. A must-read for may bloggers who write about politics. A touch of Twain in that one.
Smackdown Video Of The IRS “Scandel”
The smackdown video above was released Wednesday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Message: What IRS scandal? Not that the failure of Republicans, particularly Rep. Darrell Issa of California and the puppets in the right-wing media noise machine, will ever shut up about this no matter what is learned about the reality. We've had months of "investigations" and allegations that … Read More
Four Graphs: What’s Wrong With America Today
Corporate profits and profit margins are at an all-time high. American companies are making more money and more per dollar of sales than they ever have before. Wages as a percent of the economy are at all-time low. Why are corporate profits so high? One reason is that companies are paying employees less than they ever have as a share of GDP. … Read More
XKeyscore: Greenwald Hypes The Scare
Yesterday, in The Guardian, Glenn Greenwald (the journalistic associate of NSA-leaker Edward Snowden) revealed another big reveal. This time it was something called XKeyscore, a top secret National Security Agency program allows analysts to search with no prior authorization through vast databases containing emails, online chats and the browsing histories of millions of individuals, according to document leaked by Snowden. Boom! … Read More