By Carl (I promise, that's the only dick joke in the post.)Anthony Weiner has officially announced his candidacy for mayor of the city of New York, to replace three term gadabout-with-nothing-better-to-do-than-trash-my-city Michael Bloomberg.I'll probably...
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By Mustang Bobby The Supreme Court will hear a case deciding whether or not a town council in upstate New York can open its meetings with a prayer:For more than a decade starting in 1999, the Town Board began its public meetings with a prayer from a...
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By Frank MoraesYesterday, Ed Kilgore wrote, "Please Listen Up, Political Reporters: What Ted Cruz Means When He Says He Mistrusts Both Parties." In it, he took on Ted Cruz and his habit of claiming that he doesn't trust either political party. As Kilgore...
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By Frank MoraesMatt Yglesias is very insightful about the Federal Reserve. Last year, he asked an incredibly important question, "If the unemployment and inflation rates were reversed, would the Fed do something about it?" The point is that the Federal...
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By Mustang BobbyFed Chair Ben Bernanke knows why the economy isn’t doing better: Congress screwed it up.Of course, Bernanke is too polite to phrase things quite so bluntly. But to anyone versed in Fedspeak, that’s the gist of his message. Even as...
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By Richard K. BarryWho: The Gabriel Gomez U.S. Senate campaignWhere: MassachusettsWhat's going on: I hate this kind of ad. It's the worst. In it, GOP Mass. Senate nominee Gabriel Gomez complains that Democratic nominee Ed Markey has run ads comparing...
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By Frank Moraes After reading John Dean's take on the recent scandals, I noticed that another of my favorite conservatives, Ramesh Ponnuru had waded into these waters with "'Obama Scandals' Could Actually Hurt Republicans." I love those scare quotes...
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By Richard K. Barry (Another installment in our extensive "Behind the Ad" series.) Who: House Majority PAC.Where: Minnesota.What's going on: The House Majority PAC is working to help Democrats retake a majority in the House. In a new video, they say...
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By Capt. FoggPerhaps Fred Phelps Jr. is getting slow, or perhaps he has to type with one hand because he's so exited at God's wrath being inflicted on Moore, Oklahoma. The very thought of little children being crushed or torn to pieces as they scream...
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By Michael J.W. Stickings Okay, here's what we know about this crazy guy so far: -- He thinks President Obama sees the world from "a Muslim perspective" and is anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. -- He thinks gays are "very sick people psychologically." --...
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By Richard K. Barry (Another installment in our extensive "Behind the Ad" series.) Who: The Mitch McConnell Senate campaign. Where: Kentucky / web ad. What's going on: Tip O'Neill is famous for having said that all politics is local, and this ad proves...
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By Michael J.W. Stickings Inhofe and Coburn, Oklahoma's finest.First it was Tom Coburn, the junior senator, who said that he would "only support relief aid if it's offset by cuts elsewhere." As I wrote, "disaster relief is apparently one of those things...
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By Michael J.W. StickingsWhat the hell's the matter with Texas? It's not just that it's batshit crazy, or at least in the hands of batshit crazy Republicans, it's that the craziness is deeply anti-American:Christmas may be seven months away, but Texas...
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By Carl Inside this rather boring if frightening story about the problems at hedge fund SAC Capital, lies this sentence (bolded):A legal deadline looms for prosecutors to bring a criminal case against Mr. Cohen related to charges against Mathew Martoma,...
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By Richard K. Barry Wendy Greuel and Eric Garcetti wrapped up their campaigns yesterday in the race to be the next mayor of Los Angeles. As a local newspaper put it, they have been campaigning furiously in an attempt to "avoid the potential lowest turnout...
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By Mustang Bobby It's a right-wing tactic to attack the messenger, but in the case of Jonathan Karl, he does have a resume that suggests he might be a tad inclined to see things from a right-wing point of view:Karl came to mainstream journalism via the...
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By Richard K. Barry (Another installment in our extensive "Behind the Ad" series.) Who: The Barbara Buono campaign for governor.Where: New Jersey.What's going on: The ad starts out having fun with the fact that some people have a hard time pronouncing...
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By Frank MoraesI hate to find myself in the position of being an apologist for the government. But there is an important issue: by focusing on minor and even meaningless stories, we distract from very real issues. We have yet more news about our government's...
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By Michael J.W. StickingsSurely you've all heard by now, all seen the images coming from the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore:A giant tornado, a mile wide or more, killed at least 51 people, 20 of them children, as it tore across parts of Oklahoma City...
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