The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Boehlert vs. ‘Neocons’? (Nudge, Nudge)

Ed Schultz and Eric Boehlert on MSNBC Two weeks ago, Jeff Dunetz took note of M.J. Rosenberg’s departure from Media Matters (which I blogged about April 8 and April 10), and it’s kind of funny how sometimes when you pull a dangling thread, the whole sweater starts to unravel. Was Dunetz onto something? Was Rosenberg […]

Roxanne Doesn’t Have To Turn On The Red Lights. She Does Anyway; Dad Didn’t Teach Her Otherwise

by Smitty No, I don’t mean Roxeanne de Luca specifically. Or prostitution in the Secret Service sense. I mean, emphasis mine: Now, let’s cut through the drivel: play-acting at being married with someone to whom you have not committed will delay that commitment, or finding the person you really want to commit to. Acting like […]

That Amazing Right Wing!

Is there anything it can’t do? Not according to Jay Parmley, who was recently forced to resign as executive director of the North Carolina Democratic Party after being accused of sexually harassing a 26-year-old male staffer. Parmley, who served less than a year at the helm of the party, denied harassing any employee and blamed right-wing […]

LIVE AT FIVEEIGHT – 04.19.12

— compiled by Wombat-socho TOP NEWS Were Those Colombian Prostitutes Spies? Three agents given bum’s rush; separate inquiries by Congress, Defense, Treasury Departments underway India Tests Agni V ICBM Nuke-capable missile can hit anywhere in PRC UN Secretary-General Says Syria Failing At Peace Assad hasn’t pulled back troops or allowed humanitarian aid POLITICS Mitt Gets […]

OPRA: Only Problematic in
Republican Administrations

by Smitty We need a good tag for situations like the following, in which we have a DOE flunky getting to look like a organ grinder’s pet in front of a Congressman, confessing that, well, they just couldn’t manage the flood o’ cash adequately: A mere 300-350 investigations. So at least it’s not in the […]

The 1866 Civil Rights Act

by Smitty Thanks to Republicans beginning to appreciate the heritage of our Grand Old Party, it has become better known that Republicans in Congress supported the 1964 Civil Rights Act much more than did the Democrats. Indeed, the legislator most responsible for breaking the Democrat filibuster was a Republican senator, Everett Dirksen. And now, the […]

What I Needed Today …

. . . was a plausible excuse to run a picture of smokin’ hot Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli taking off her bikini top.

‘We’re Here! We’re Queer! And Now, Unfortunately, We’re Unemployed!’

Bend over and take it, influential gay journalists! The editorial staff of the influential gay lifestyle magazine Out is being laid off with one month’s severance as of Friday, Capital has learned. But according to Out editor-in-chief Aaron Hicklin, it’s more complicated than that. Hicklin said he will hire back an unspecified number of editors […]

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