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X Stryker is also the proprietor of the currently-dormant poll analysis blog Election Inspection.
Texas GOP: Keep the Supreme Court away from the Bill of Rights!
The Republican Party is crazy. But no one, and I mean no one, out-crazies Texas. The new platform of the Texas Republican Party is so full of crazy it should have its own entry in the DSM, but this part takes the cake for me:
Further, we urge Congress to withhold Supreme Court jurisdiction in cases [...]
Terrorist attacks Jacksonville congregation
Yes, this is real. It happened 10 days ago, and the national media didn’t report it – only local media did.
On May 10th, a man brought a pipe bomb and a can of gasoline to a Jacksonville congregation during prayers and detonated it. Thank God no one was injured, but it’s still a rather frightening [...]
Liveblogging the primaries, 5/18
This is a liveblog to track the results from today’s primary results in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oregon, and the special elections in Hawaii and PA-12.
My bets:
Pennsylvania – Sestak, Onorato, Critz, Pike (ugh)
Kentucky – Paul, Conway
Oregon – Kitzhaber, Dudley
Arkansas – Lincoln (with runoff needed, I hope), Boozman (ditto)
Hawaii – Djou (and pundits will miss the [...]
The Oceans Will Run Out Of Fish In 40 Years
The greed of the developed world will be the tombstone of the planet.
From AFP:
The world faces the nightmare possibility of fishless oceans by 2050 unless fishing fleets are slashed and stocks allowed to recover, UN experts warned.
“If the various estimates we have received… come true, then we are in the situation where 40 years down [...]
Republican policies in 3 words
Republican Energy Policy: Spill, Baby, Spill!
Republican Regulatory Policy: For Bedrooms Only
Republican Finance Policy: Crash and Bubble
Republican Foreign Policy: Loot and Holler
Republican Education Policy: Cash for Flunkers
Republican Tax Policy: Big Billionaire Bonanza
Think up some more in the comments.
Health Care Plan Comparison
Comparison between the Democratic plan and the GOP plan:
Mike Castle voted against the Democratic plan and for the GOP plan. Yet another reason why Mike Castle must not be allowed to represent us in the US Senate.
29Jan2010 | xstryker | Comments Off | Continued
Late Night Music Video: Henrietta, by the Fratellis
Glaswegian Rawk.
give us a kiss and maybe we can go out,
it’s hard to miss you when you follow us abou-ou-ou-out
Late Night Music Video: This Too Shall Pass, by OK Go
Featuring the Notre Dame marching band.
let it gothis too shall pass
Pop Friday Music Video: Hollywood, by Marina and the Diamonds
Conservatives hate things that are unpatriotic, except that they also hate our president and want America to fail. This is what happens when your entire political philosophy is purely emotional rather than rational.
i’m obsessed with the mess that’s America
Late Night Music Video: De-Luxe, by Lush
Yes, I discovered this song on Rock Band 2.
drink in your eyes, drink in your sighs
grass in my thighs, my aching legs
Late Night Music Video: Cut Your Hair, by Pavement
Indie legends.
i don’t remember a word but i don’t care, i care, i really don’t care
did you see the drummer’s hair?
Late Night Music Video: Dig For Fire, by The Pixies
They weren’t really fans of making music videos, so they always made sure to put in as little effort as possible. They are, however, the inspiration for nearly every band that followed them.
are you looking for the mother lode? huh? no.
no, my child, this is not my desire.
Late Night Music Video: Various Disgraces, by The Blam
Heard it on an episode of The Office, and my wife immediately purchased it on iTunes. Money well spent, because I’d forgotten about it until this past weekend when I found it on her phone.
18Jan2010 | xstryker | Comments Off | Continued
Late Night Music Video: Deeper Shade Of Soul, by Urban Dance Squad
Old School.
17Jan2010 | xstryker | 1 comment | Continued
Late Night Humor: Mike Castle Shoop Da Whoop
Yeah, it’s a meme. Google “shoop da whoop”.
Original photo credit: Washington Post
I heart Cory Booker
From Newark, New Jersey mayor Cory Booker’s Twitter feed:
@kamori07 Again, sorry bout the wait. Its a busy night in the city – I wish u & your family the best & I hope u still get the laundry done
Stay there I am coming now myself. RT @kamori07 lets talk police response! I’m on NYE Ave [...]
CT-Sen: I heart Richard Blumenthal
Mother Jones tells why Senator Dodd’s retirement and likely replacement by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is awesome news for progressives:
Back in 2000, David Plotz wrote a great piece for Slate about Blumenthal, who was about to enter his second decade as Connecticut’s attorney general:
Blumenthal was supposed to be “the Jewish Kennedy.” Now the 54-year-old finds [...]
World News Roundup, 12/27
Here are the stories you probably aren’t seeing on TV tonight.
5 Ethiopian assassination plotters sentenced to death, 33 get life sentences
UN Panel says Guinean junta leader should be tried for crimes against humanity
Mortar attack on MPs in Somalia
Feature: Eritreans fleeing into Sudan
You know the situation is pretty bad when Sudan looks good. Aside from the [...]
Mike Castle: Gutless Hypocrite
Mike Castle, circa 2004:
I supported the Medicare Prescription Drug bill because it was a historic opportunity, since the inception of the program in 1965, to add a pharmaceutical discount benefit to the program. While I realize the law is not perfect, it is certainly a step in the right direction, as the costs of prescription [...]
My favorite songs of the decade
I’m not going to throw the word “best” around – when Rolling Stone declares that Radiohead’s electrosomnolent “Kid A” to be the best album of the decade, it’s time to retire the idea of telling people your favorite things are objectively better than things that you don’t like. The point of this list is that [...]
25Dec2009 | xstryker | 8 comments | Continued
A Prairie Hate Companion
Apparently, NPR’s Garrison Keillor is on Bill O’Reilly’s side regarding the War On Christmas. OK, weird, but that’s not the part that bothers me. Check out this little excerpt from his screed in Wednesday’s Baltimore Sun, whereupon he’s quite angry about a somewhat secularized version of “Silent Night” sung at a Unitarian church in Cambridge, [...]
18Dec2009 | xstryker | 31 comments | Continued
Conservative Senators Love Mike Castle
Anyone who thinks Mike Castle would be some kind of moderate thorn in the side of the conservative GOP Senate minority leadership is fooling themselves.
Among those senators who reported giving to Castle in October were Thad Cochran (Miss.), whose Senate Victory Fund PAC gave $10,000; Orrin G. Hatch (Utah), whose OrrinPAC donated $5,000; Pat Roberts [...]
Neoconservatives rail against Eritrean dictator Isaias Afewerki
Hah, just kidding. Neocons don’t even know where Eritrea is.
Afewerki announced in May 2008 that elections would be postponed for “three or four decades” or longer because they “polarize society.” All forms of media are controlled by the government. At least 10 local journalists remain in prison since their arrests in 2001.
(Link: Parade)
Remember, the Neocon [...]
The Castle Amendment – Bend Over!
Here is the amendment Mike Castle added to the GOP “Die Quickly” Health Insurance Bill.
‘‘In applying subparagraph (B), a group health plan
(or a health insurance issuer with respect to health
insurance coverage) may vary premiums and cost
sharing by up to 50 percent of the value of the benefits under the plan (or coverage) [...]
Castle to Uninsured: Die Quickly (and forces women to buy abortion insurance separately)
Mike Castle voted to prevent private insurers from covering abortions if they receive public subsidies. Under the Stupid Stupak Amendment, women would have to buy abortion “riders” from their insurers separately. Since many women are insured through their husband’s employer (especially those who choose to be stay-at-home mothers, and let’s not forget college students insured [...]
8Nov2009 | xstryker | 62 comments | ContinuedSocial Media
