Monthly Archives: November 2010

The Republican Party Defined in One Sentence

Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:42 pm by Bob Cesca

During a broader post about the Republican pie fight for the 2012 nomination, DougJ at Balloon Juice nailed the intent and tactics of the modern GOP in one concise sentence: The Republican party of today is built on winning elections … Continue reading →

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Wow! The Senate Did Something Today.

Posted on November 30, 2010 at 3:27 pm by Bob Cesca

They passed the food safety bill. Remarkable! WASHINGTON — The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food-safety system, after recalls of tainted eggs, peanut butter and spinach that sickened thousands and led major food makers to … Continue reading →

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Doof Quote of the Day

Posted on November 30, 2010 at 10:00 am by Bob Cesca

“What we’ve learned over the last 19, 20 months now of the Obama administration is that you cannot grow this economy, you can’t stimulate the economy through government handouts. You’ve got to do it through the private sector.” Dick Cheney … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks to Target a Big Bank

Posted on November 30, 2010 at 8:11 am by Bob Cesca

Next up for Wikileaks: Early next year, Julian Assange says, a major American bank will suddenly find itself turned inside out. Tens of thousands of its internal documents will be exposed on Wikileaks.org with no polite requests for executives’ response … Continue reading →

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Morning Awesome

Posted on November 30, 2010 at 6:04 am by Bob Cesca

Big Star – “Thirteen”

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Sarah Palin's Dumbstupid

Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:24 pm by Bob Cesca

Usually, SarahPalinUSAFuckYeah has one phenomenally dumbstupid error per tweet. Most recently, she’s proven herself entirely clueless about the First Amendment. But this new one about Wikileaks has at least three: Inexplicable: I recently won in court to stop my book … Continue reading →

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Palling Around With Terrorists

Posted on November 29, 2010 at 5:48 pm by Bob Cesca

Staffers for the forthcoming Speaker of the House John Boehner met with confirmed and current domestic terrorists immediately following the midterm election. Digby has the photographic evidence of the meeting with Randall Terry and his cabal of evildoers. And, yes, … Continue reading →

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Scary, Scary Wikileaks — BOO!

Posted on November 29, 2010 at 3:54 pm by Bob Cesca

One of the two congressional Wingnut “Kings” has weighed in on the latest Wikileaks dump with some predictable hyperbole. Here’s Rep. Peter King (the other Wingnut King is Steve King): “I am calling on the attorney general and supporting his … Continue reading →

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Is This Really Something We Should Cut?

Posted on November 29, 2010 at 1:16 pm by Bob Cesca

The answer is “nope.” WASHINGTON — President Obama announced a two-year pay freeze for civilian federal workers on Monday as he sought to address concerns over sky-high deficit spending and appeal to Republican leaders to find a common approach to … Continue reading →

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White Trash Reagan

Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:49 am by Bob Cesca

It’s subtle but it’s there. The effort to paint Sarah Palin as the reincarnated Ronald Reagan. Here’s McCain playing along: “I think anybody that has the visibility that Sarah has is obviously going to have some divisiveness,” McCain said on … Continue reading →

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