Clik here to view.
Thursday Reads: Is It Finally Time for Some Hope and Change?
Good Morning!!! Rachel Maddow is such an optimist. After I listened to her show last night, I began to have real hope for change (pun intended) on the gun control front. Rachel talked about President...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saturday Reads: Hillary’s Glasses, Neanderthal DNA, Violence Against Women,...
Good Morning!! Every Friday, Chris Cillizza names the winner of the “Who had the worst week in Washington” award. This week’s winner was Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson for claiming that Hillary Clinton...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fox News Replaces “Princess Dumbass of the Northwoods” With Cosmo Centerfold
I have exciting news this morning! Former great Republican hope Scott Brown has been hired as a Fox News contributor! You just knew Fox had to find another pretty face to replace Princess Dumbass of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tuesday Reads: The Poor Pitiful Press Corps
Good Morning!! Yesterday Politico published one of their bizarre pieces about the trials and tribulations of the whiny Village media. According to Dylan Byers, the White House press corps experienced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Super-Lightweight Open Thread: NBC Offers Matt Lauer’s Job to Anderson Cooper
I don’t usually follow media gossip, but I’ve been seeing a lot of bashing of Matt Lauer out of the corner of my eye lately; so this is kind of interesting. It’s all over Twitter that NBC has offered...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunday Reads: Friday Lite Make-Up Cartoon Post
Pin-up by Bill Medcalf Good Morning <——– Isn’t she beautiful? Doesn’t she look happy and fancy free? Enjoying a Sunday drive in a damn cool convertible on a fabulous sunny day. Something that we...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Koch Brothers and The One Dollar Bet? Open Thread
Good Evening… AAEC – Political Cartoon by David Horsey, Los Angeles Times – 04/30/2013 I wonder if the Koch Brothers have a bet going on between them about their proposed deal to buy up some big...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Afternoon News Reads: Quick Round-up
Good Late Afternoon! Dakinikat is boarding a plane and heading home, take care Dak….we hope you have a safe and uneventful flight back to the Big Easy! (Damn, just got a text from Dak that the plane...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thursday Reads: Villagers Turn On Obama, Texas Tornadoes, West TX...
Good Morning!! It’s beginning to look like Obama’s second term is pretty much over before it begins. We’re facing years of Republican scandalmongering and “investigations” of a president who won’t...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glenn Greenwald’s NSA Source, Edward Snowden, Outs Himself
Edward Snowden Another “bombshell” from Glenn Greenwald and The Guardian: the NSA whistleblower reveals his name, his reasons for copying classified material, and his plans for the future. He has had...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glenn Greenwald: If anything happens to Edward Snowden US will be gravely harmed
Dead man’s switch It may be time for Edward Snowden to look for another spokesman/PR flack. Then again, it might already be too late. Today Snowden’s designated media mouthpiece Glenn Greenwald gave an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tuesday Reads
Good Morning!! I have a varied selection of stories for you today. I’ll begin with one that doesn’t involve politics, racism, murder, woman-hating, or any other depressing topics. A new study released...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tuesday Reads: The End of an Era
Katherine Graham meets with Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Howard Simons and Ben Bradlee. Good Morning!! The big news today is of course the Graham family’s shocking sale of The Washington Post to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wednesday Reads: Election Results, Smoking Crack and Dueling Plagiarisms
Good Morning Well…Election Day is over, and here are the results…in link dump format: Ally of Clintons Narrowly Wins Election as Virginia Governor – NYTimes.com Terry McAuliffe, a longtime Democratic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thursday Reads: A Mixed Bag of Stories
Good Morning!! Dakinikat has arrived safely in Seattle, where she’ll be visiting with her father, her sister, and her elder daughter Jean. I’m going to fill in for her tomorrow morning, but she’ll be...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thursday Reads
Good Morning!! Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds is apparently recovering from stab wounds inflicted by his son Gus on Tuesday. The young man shot himself after attacking his father. But state...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tuesday Reads: Larry Klayman v. NSA; CBS’ 60 Minutes v. Truth; and Police v....
Out of Town News, Harvard Square, 1957 Good Morning!! Our weird winter weather is continuing. This morning’s temperature outside my house is zero degrees! And we’re expecting five more inches of snow...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Year’s Eve Reads
First Night fireworks, Boston Good Morning!! Today is the last day of 2013. Tonight at midnight, we’ll bid adieu to another year. I can’t say I’m sorry to see this one go. There will be lots of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Kitty Genovese Case 50 Years Later
Today is the 50th anniversary of the murder of Kitty Genovese in Queens, New York. This was a crime that shocked and outraged America and the world, and still horrifies and fascinates people to this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wednesday Reads: Frankie and Olive…Cowboys and Indians
Good Morning After suffering with a migraine the last four days, I really do not know what the hell has been going on in the world…that is, other than the few interesting stories Boston Boomer wrote...
View Article