Ed Rendell, Other Democratic Bosses In Scheme To Buy The Philadelphia Inquirer, In Time for the 2012 Elections

“Scheme.” Why not. The Inquirer is, as far as I know, an in-the-bag liberal rag, so I guess who cares. If these guys are getting all the benefit from the media, they might as well have to bear the costs… [...]

What? Dell Thinks It’s Got A Winner of a Commercial

I still think I’m being punked, but it seems (superficially) to check out. If the branding on this website is to be believed, Dell is pushing a “Visual Innovators” ad series, focusing on photographers and videographers who use Dell computers… [...]

A "Positive Case For Romney"

People say there’s no positive case for Romney. Well, apart from his high personal morality and integrity, there’s also the story of how he shut down Bain to help find a partner’s missing daughter. “In July 1996, the 14-year-old daughter… [...]

"If We Started Drilling In ANWR Today, We Wouldn’t Have Oil Until Ten Years from Now." — All Liberals, Ten Years Ago

Would be nice to have ANWR operating “at its peak” right about now, as Barack Obama discussed. I hate to root for high gas prices but how else is this cretin going to be held accountable for his anti-energy policies?… [...]

Remember When ‘Nixonian’ Was Bad?

Obama promises unilateral action. In keeping with his “We Can’t Wait” initiative, President Barack Obama has once again asserted that if Congress does not enact his policies in the future, he will continue to forge ahead on his own. “When… [...]

Top Headline Comments 2-Ash Wednesday-12

Happy Wednesday. Hey, that was fast. Google employees say the company plans to offer HUD glasses by the end of the year. The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an affirmative action case out of the University of Texas. The… [...]

Overnight Open Thread (2-21-2012)

Drinking: It Really, Really Works Good news for you: It’s not just your drunken imagination, drinking really does make you wittier. Well, now a new study shows having a drink might not just give you the courage to start a… [...]

Starbucks Made Me a Bacon Latte (Open Thread)

Keep your Santorums, Romneys, Pauls, Gingrichs, Generic Republicans, SMODs. I’m aiming for congestive heart failure by mid-October. Open Thread…. [...]

Santorum’s Idolatrous View of the Past

I know, I know, ya’ll are tired of the Santorum pile-on and Ace already wrote about the Satan remarks. I’m not so bothered by the idea that Satan works evil in the world or that a GOP candidate for president… [...]

Rush Limbaugh: Bloggers Who Disagree With Their Audience Are Cowardly, Whereas Those Who Pander Incessantly To Their Audiences are Brave

Yeah, I’m tired of Rush Limbaugh’s schtick. He doesn’t avoid endorsements in a primary for any high-fallutin’ reason; he avoids it because it’s controversial and causes a great deal of discord, and generates anger at the host. That’s prudent. That’s… [...]

OWS Letter To The Editor In USAToday: If Necessary, We’ll Resort To Our Second Amendment Rights And Storm Wall Street and the Nation’s Capitals With…

Vowing a coup. A mostly peaceful coup, as JWF might say. Quote: “USA TODAY’s editorial is right to say that Occupy might lack clear goals on how to move forward, but the movement has accomplished its main original goal: to… [...]

ESPN Writer Fired For Referring To Hugo Chavez’ Newest Tumor As a "Eggroll-Stuffing Inscrutable Confucian"

I don’t even know what that means. But the actual news is that Hugo Chevez has another tumor. Hugo Chávez confirmed Tuesday that he traveled to Cuba for medical tests, where doctors found a new lesion that will require surgery… [...]

Jay Carney: Actually, President Obama Didn’t Cancel the Keystone Pipeline.Republicans Cancelled the Keystone Pipeline.

Orwell wept. But today’s media cheers. It’s “tough” and manly to like like a little child. “In terms of Keystone, as you all know, the history here is pretty clear. And the fact is because Republicans decided to play political… [...]

Good God: Supreme Court May Not Decide Constitutionality of ObamaCare Mandate Until… 2016

Are you kidding me? This morning’s newspapers report an ominous development in the ObamaCare litigation, now pending in the U.S. Supreme Court: The Court posted a seemingly minor but potentially portentous administrative change, which suggests it might postpone delivering a… [...]

Conservative Texas Radio Talk Show Host Michael Berry Responds to Accusations He Was Involved In Hit-and-Run Incident Outside of Gay Bar

Background. Houston radio host Michael Berry spoke out against allegations that he was involved in a hit-and-run accident outside of a gay night club, slamming the media and saying he has been treated like “a member of Al Qaeda.” Berry… [...]

Dominique Strauss Kahn: Sure, I Participated In Group Orgies With Strangers, But Sacred Honor Compels Me To Declare I Never Suspected Some Of The…

Scandals are just plain better in France. There, I said it. Our scandals are pretty lame. The French? C’est magnifique [...]

Want To Stop The Walker Recall Dead In Its Tracks? Flood The Polling Places And Write In "Scott Walker" as Scott Walker’s Challenger, Once…

Corrected: This is a great idea, but today may not be the day — although today is a Democratic Primary voting day, a Twitter guy says the recall vote isn’t today. Drew confirms that — they haven’t even certified that… [...]

Santorum, 2008: Satan’s Main Goal Is To Undermine The United States

Kind of a mixed bag. Few on the right could dispute this, if taken as metaphor; most of this is standard (and true) recitation of the left’s assault on conventional values. The odd thing is that Satan is literally tempting… [...]

Santorum: The Founders Didn’t Intend "The Pursuit of Happiness" to Be About "Stuff" or "Pleasure;" The Definition of…

Once again, Santorum does not merely not have a libertarian streak, but speaks about liberty in a hostile and disparaging manner. Apparently the Pursuit of Happiness just means that I’m free to live my life according to religious doctrine. I’m… [...]

Left’s Attempt At Their Own ClimateGate Based on Forged Document?

Megan McArdle was, to my knowledge, the first to raise red flags over the authenticity of documents from the Heartland Institute, supposedly showing them acting all evil and stuff about the climate. Most of the documents are real and are… [...]

Gallup: Unemployment Rose To 9% in February

Have you recovered? Unemployment in the U.S. rose to nine percent in mid-February, up from 8.3 percent a month earlier, according to a new Gallup survey. The polling company said this suggests that it is “premature” to assume the economy… [...]

Sparkly New Chart

Who doesn’t like charts? You love charts, I love charts, we all love ‘em. Charts beat a lot of blather and talk-talk every time! This devastating little number was cooked up by semi-retired cob Geoff, with further refinements by longtime… [...]

Top Headline Comments 2-21-12

Happy Tuesday. Former IMF head Dominic Strauss-Kahn was arrested in France in connection with sex parties in Washington and Paris involving prostitutes. I can’t decide whether this tweet from a Guardian reporter is accurate or not: “Lawyer for Dominique Strauss-Kahn,… [...]

Overnight open Thread (2-20-2012)

The Man Who Loves His Car – Way Too Much and Too Often So you’ve met the bow f*cker and the dolphin f*cker – well here’s the car f*cker: A father is stunned as his son confesses that he’s in… [...]

Overnight open Thread (2-20-2012)

The Man Who Loves His Car – Way Too Much and Too Often So you’ve met the bow f*cker and the dolphin f*cker – well here’s the car f*cker: A father is stunned as his son confesses that he’s in… [...]