Advice for a US Attorney
Are you one of the seventy or so US Attorneys who isn't yet directly implicated in USAGate?Guess what? The rules have changed. Between here and January '09, you have nothing to worry about. Want to...
View ArticleHey Reporter-Guy: He's insulting something, but it isn't your intelligence
At today's White House press conference, Tony Snow spun the usual bullshit tales. Apparently, according to huffpo, some heckler got so frustrated that he yelled out that Snow was "insulting our...
View ArticleThe truth about the secrets
Is it just me, or is there a rising flood of highly classified political vomit oozing about our ankles, lapping at our knees and spreading over the entire public discourse to the extent that no idea or...
View ArticleAn hour with Joe Biden
I feel kind of like the folks at NewHounds (we watch FOX so you don't have to). I wouldn't have done it by choice, but I was loading brick and the radio was tuned to NPR when On Point's hour with Joe...
View ArticleCoconut Road
Well the latest outrage of the 109th Congress has been revealed, and this one's a doozy. It's called Coconut Road, and if you haven't heard of it yet, get thee over to TPM where it's just starting to...
View ArticleCA-11: McNerney mouths talking point at FDL live chat
It's kinda sad. He's got his story and he's sticking to it.Congressman Jerry McNerney did a live chat over at FDL in response to the firestorm of criticism he's brought down on himself with his...
View ArticleMy father's best day
On his way out the door, and in a speech less than two minutes in length, Alberto Gonzales managed to complete his degradation showing a rare competence in that task that escaped him in all others in...
View ArticleProfile of a Capitulator: Rep. Bill Delahunt, MA-10
Yesterday BarbinMD called out the Capitulation Caucus, those Democratic reps who've already given in to the Republicans by signing on to HR3087, aka Abercrombie/Tanner or The Cover My Deep Red...
View ArticleHow long does it take a diary to reach Google?
Ever wonder what kind of effect DailyKos has out in the wide-wide-world beyond the great orange choir hall? Well I do, and yesterday I stumbled across a bit of evidence that stopped me in my...
View ArticleWho Makes Senate Strategy ...
... and why are they still in charge?Here in the nuthouse, we have all been puzzled by the erratic performance of Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). He's had his moments, like this one, or more...
View ArticleCry of the Red Meat Democrat
When politicians do something enormously pleasing to their supporters, the MSM typically describes the move as "red meat for the base". Well, I don't know about you, but, as a red-meat loving Dem, I'm...
View ArticleLifetime subs now get ads?
Dumb diary, but one way to get attention. I thought the lifetime subscription got me out of ads but they're back. What's up sysadmins? 5:23 PM PT: And the winner is ... Claude in the comments...
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