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Finally it comes to an end - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 03 Jan 2012 09:30
Today is the day all these months of suffering will come to an end for us Iowans. It's bad enough we cannot escape their television commercials but Mitt Romney has even invaded Hulu

Republican Rabbit's Foot - Whiskey Fire
by M. Bouffant at 03 Jan 2012 08:52
The Constitution as talisman:

It's gonna take a lotta love, but at least you're white - Whiskey Fire
by Ripley at 03 Jan 2012 08:31
by Ripley Breathless. You are, aren't you? Waiting, drinking, pacing the floor, drinking again, your skin folding over to scratch its own itches as you wait for this moment

Nobody Understands Dumb, or, Krugman's Heresies - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 03 Jan 2012 07:44
Why is Paul Krugman the KRUGMANATOR? He's not even that far to the left, frankly. Keynes was not, as it happens, a socialist

ABSOLUTE CONFIRMATION - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 03 Jan 2012 07:09
I noted before that GOP pundit Mary Matalin thinks the American people are fed up with wars and tonight I heard the greatest War Whore, Laura Ingraham, admit the same thing. This can only be more bad news for Santorum

Blogger Ethics Panel - First Draft
by Athenae at 03 Jan 2012 07:04
"We found it on The YouTube" turns out to be not perhaps the world's best attribution. I've said for a long time that bloggers have been, by and large, better about this stuff than the "professional" journalists who spend all

TWO MORE REASONS TO DESPISE SANTORUM - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 03 Jan 2012 06:28
1) Santorum: 'I'll Die' to Stop Same Sex MarriagesDavid Neiwert2) For no reason, Santorum ‘singled out blacks’January 02, 2012 12:40 PM By Steve Benen

Twitter thou hast become Evil - Rising Hegemon
by DeDurkheim at 03 Jan 2012 06:14

Protect the Queen! - Bouphonia
by Phila at 03 Jan 2012 05:14
Many years ago, someone published some racially insensitive commentary under Dr. Ron Paul's name while he was out defending the Constitution

THE OTHER BIRTHER WACKOS - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 03 Jan 2012 05:12
The Duggars and Rick Santorum have a morbid fascination with dead fetuses. The Duggars posted pictures of their miscarriage on the Internet, including this one:Back in 1996, the Santorums did something even stranger:The childbirth in 1996 was a source of terrible heartbreak — the couple were told by doctors early in the pregnancy that the baby Karen was carrying had a fatal defect and would survive only for a short time outside the womb

Thank You - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by echidne at 03 Jan 2012 04:31
Thank you for your company during the last year. Thank you for your donations in the last week

The Last Days of a Christmas Tree - Spocko's Brain
by spocko at 03 Jan 2012 04:11
The last days of a Christmas tree.

ANDREA MITCHELL IS CORRECT ABOUT IOWA - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 03 Jan 2012 03:42
She laid on some truth about Iowa:“The rap on Iowa,” she said. “It doesn’t represent the rest of the country… too white, too evangelical, too rural

ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE FAIL - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 03 Jan 2012 03:27
You may recall that back in 2009, the American Seniors Association was supposed to be the conservative alternative to AARP. This didn't work out very well so the wingnuts are trying again with the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC)

I See His Spot - presto change-o!
by Jeffraham Prestonian at 02 Jan 2012 23:00
Here's the Cover Boy, from around noon, today.

Dang That Sally Jo Sorensen! - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Phoenix Woman at 02 Jan 2012 22:47
Just when I thought I didn’t need to update the RPM Field Guide for awhile, she comes along with some news about the 2010 recount slush fund Count Them All Properly, they of the $719,000 legal bills the MN GOP doesn’t want to acknowledge because of the dodgy way Tony Sutton stuck the party with said bills: According to December 20, 2011 annual filing, the new CEO is Maple Grove’s Jon Richard Schroeder, owner of Maple Grove firm that represents manufacturers of heating and plumbing supplies. Schroeder has no record of large giving to the Republican Party on the state or federal level, according to databases at the Minnesotan Campaign Finance Board and the FEC

It's What's For Dinner - A Spork in the Drawer
by spork_incident at 02 Jan 2012 22:24
"Santorum Salad": Bon appétit! .

Blessing for a New Beginning - hecatedemeter
by Hecate Demeter at 02 Jan 2012 22:23
In out-of-the-way places of the heart, Where your thoughts never think to wander, This beginning has been quietly forming, Waiting until you were ready to emerge. For a long time it has watched your desire, Feeling the emptiness growing inside you, Noticing how you willed yourself on, Still unable to leave what you had outgrown

Making Deals With The Devil. Should Liberals and Progressives Vote For Ron Paul? - ECHIDNE of the snakes
by echidne at 02 Jan 2012 21:58
Matt Stoller has written a piece called "Why Ron Paul Challenges Liberals." The beginning and also the summary of Stoller's argument:The most perplexing character in Congress, ideologically speaking, is Ron Paul

Question for the Afternoon - Rising Hegemon
by DeDurkheim at 02 Jan 2012 21:49
Okay folks, who is wackier? Any why? A. Ron Paul B

That Which Isn’t Flint Is Tinder - hecatedemeter
by Hecate Demeter at 02 Jan 2012 21:49
If the landscape reveals one certainty, it is that the extravagant gesture is the very stuff of creation. After the one extravagant gesture of creation in the first place, the universe has continued to deal exclusively in extravagances, flinging intricacies and colossi down aeons of emptiness, heaping profusion on profligacies with ever-fresh vigor

Ron Paul did not Disvow - Rising Hegemon
by DeDurkheim at 02 Jan 2012 21:27
Fifteen years ago Ron Paul did not disvow his newsletters… anyone surprised? Anyone? Perhaps that is the reason that few followers show up at his events for the Iowa caucus. In fact, there are more media at his campaign stops then actual supporters

Tomorrow: Crack Van - First Draft
by Athenae at 02 Jan 2012 20:05
We will have a crack van for the Iowa caucus results, starting from probably about 7 CST or so. I can promise I'll put up with two hours of Tweety, but probably not much more than that

Resolutions my ass! Found on Street Jan 2, 2012 - Spocko's Brain
by spocko at 02 Jan 2012 19:47
Clearly someone had enought with the New Year’s resolution to lose weight.

We Have Officially Solved Everything Else - First Draft
by Athenae at 02 Jan 2012 18:47
That's the only explanation I can find for an actual grown-ass lawmaker using up valuable oxygen for something like this. A

Last Day - presto change-o!
by Jeffraham Prestonian at 02 Jan 2012 18:04
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Monday Media Blogging - Multi Medium
by Eli at 02 Jan 2012 17:45
IT Crowd edition. Anti-piracy warnings raise the stakes: Roy and Moss tell their computer-clueless boss that she can borrow The Internet for her Employee Of The Month speech to the shareholders, which they have written for her:

Sensible Centrism! - A Spork in the Drawer
by spork_incident at 02 Jan 2012 16:35
Shorter Kevin A. Sabet, former "senior adviser in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy from 2009 to 2011": Those who would legalize drugs are not Sensible

Rep. Ron Paul Will Not Be President - Progressive Eruptions
by Shaw Kenawe at 02 Jan 2012 15:14
I still don't understand the admiration people feel for Rep. Ron Paul

Playing with fire - Adventus
by Rmj at 02 Jan 2012 14:50
Bouphonia moves me to want to say something about the late Christoper Hitchens, though I am mindful of the admonition never to speak ill of the dead, as they cannot respond. I am also mindful that I can't do better than this:As you can see, things even out nicely

Facts Are Stupid Things - A Spork in the Drawer
by spork_incident at 02 Jan 2012 14:23
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and his staff deny that St. Ronald ever raised taxes

That's entertainment - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 02 Jan 2012 14:10
There's little in politics more entertaining than Newt Gingrich's belief he is an expert on all things.“I’m an amateur paleontologist,” Gingrich said

The casualties - The Ptarmigan Nest
by yoh-there at 02 Jan 2012 13:47
I have no idea how “hot” Iraq is in the US after the withdrawal of the troops. Notwithstanding, IraqBodyCount published the latest data, all in interactive, informative graphs

And now officially Happy New Year - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 02 Jan 2012 13:31
Since yesterday it was made apparent that the NFL is now so strong it can systematically delay traditional New Year's Events by its very existence.And apparently make Green Bay backup QBs millions of dollars

Mental Health Day - cab drollery
by Diane at 02 Jan 2012 13:05
(Just taking a day off from blogging to enjoy the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game and the gorgeous weather.)

Today on Tommy T's Obsession with the Freeperati - "You're the last one, Mr. Gingrinch" edition - First Draft
by Tommy T at 02 Jan 2012 12:01
Good morning, sleepyheads - let me get all the party favours and confetti swept out of the airlock, and we'll get to the more recent stuff. First up - Jim Rob is still throwing a hissy fit about Romney

Monday Poll - A Spork in the Drawer
by spork_incident at 02 Jan 2012 11:32
Who Should Win? .

Joining the cutting edge...three years after it was the cutting edge - Rising Hegemon
by Attaturk at 02 Jan 2012 09:30
Look who has joined the Twitterati: Yes, and he has a lovely phone manner. The thing that is telling is that everything that comes out of Santorum's mouth, including the "and" and "the" is full-on nutter

More Freedom, More Listeria - Whiskey Fire
by Thers at 02 Jan 2012 07:14
If we have learned nothing from the GOP primaries, and who could argue otherwise, we have learned that the reason the economy sucks is that Job Creators are Shackled by Government Regulation. If we could only end Government Regulation, Job Creators would be Free at Last, Sweet Lord, Free at Last, and they would Job Create, and Santa would pop down all our chimneys to give us stock options, plum pudding, low-deductible health insurance, & thoroughly memorable oral sex

A SMALL VICTORY - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 02 Jan 2012 06:18
The Daily Beast does not describe Douglas Schoen as a "Democratic" anything.

Everybody's a Critic - PowerPop
by steve simels at 02 Jan 2012 05:33
Troubling news from Friday's edition of The Indiana Star: INDIANAPOLIS — Oh, say can you .

RADIO TIDBITS - RADAMISTO
by Steve J. at 02 Jan 2012 04:49
The Gingrich radio ads on KNST are being paid for by American Solutions for Winning the Future, a group that Gingrich started.Doc Thompson subbed for Billy Cunningham and slammed Rick Perry and the other GOP whiners for suing Virginia to allow them to appear on the primary ballot

Target - presto change-o!
by Jeffraham Prestonian at 02 Jan 2012 03:37
I love this tabby pattern, with the bull's eye on the sides. L

Charles Taylor Stumps For Obama 2012, Calls It A Book Review - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Phoenix Woman at 02 Jan 2012 02:34
So I’m reading a review of Stephen King’s new novel 11/22/63 by a guy, Charles Taylor, who I know from past experience of his work to usually be honest almost to a fault and therefore trustworthy as a reviewer. And it’s going good so far — Stephen King, underappreciated: check

The Year of the Water Dragon - Mercury Rising 鳯女
by Charles II at 02 Jan 2012 00:37
(Photo by wili_hybrid of Viele Miettine dragon in Vic, Ljubljana, Ljubljana, SloveniaCreative Commons 2.0 License) First, to ‘fess up to last year’s predictions: * US markets have a decent first half and a bad second half

Sunday Poetry: ee cummings - cab drollery
by Diane at 02 Jan 2012 00:00
pity this busy monster, manunkindpity this busy monster, manunkind,not. Progress is a comfortable disease:your victim (death and life safely beyond)plays with the bigness of his littleness--- electrons deify one razorbladeinto a mountainrange; lenses extendunwish through curving wherewhen till unwishreturns on its unself

Papers, Please - cab drollery
by Diane at 01 Jan 2012 19:00
It was fairly predictable at Watching America yesterday. There were lots of articles on the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and lots of articles on the Iowa caucus and the sorry state of the GOP's candidates

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