Really, when they say who they are, believe them.
Craig McDermott captured an interesting thing Rep. Steve Smith said Tuesday about a ridonkulous bill before the Arizona Legislature, that prevents the evil Federal Government from sapping our Stately essences. Or something. Per Craig: The text of his “explanation” (emphasis added) – Mr. Speaker, I think just since we’re talking a little bit about history, [...]
Name games in the City Council 8 race
My friend Bob Lord has been taking flack from Phoenix City Council candidate Warren Stewart’s campaign over his posts about a disparaging comment that Maricopa County Supervisor and Stewart supporter Mary Rose Wilcox made about Kate Gallego, who is also running in that race. I missed this last month, not sure how. Because this is [...]
The crazy is strong in some Medicaid expansion opponents
Christine Bauserman, whose Facebook page proudly boasts all her conservative and Republican affiliations, believes that poor people getting health care in Arizona is a Marxist plot. She wrote a hilarious LTTE to the AZ Capitol Times about it. Just how desperate are Gov. Jan Brewer and political wizard Chuck Coughlin to force Obamacare on an [...]
Consequences for “sin” vary widely by one’s position in society
Today is Special Election Day in South Carolina, where Republican Mark Sanford faces off against Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch to fill a vacant Congressional seat. Sanford, of course, is the former Governor who, while he was a Governor, famously hiked the Appalachian Trail in South America with his mistress without telling anyone where he had [...]
Obligatory Kermit Gosnell post.
Right wing pundits have been furiously peddling the myth that “no one was covering Kermit Gosnell!”. Irin Carmon of Salon explains how this is nonsense but I do feel compelled to produce a post about it from my little corner of the Vast Liberal Media. In case you’re not familiar with the case, Kermit Gosnell [...]
Emergency contraception over the counter with no limits makes sense!
The FDA has issued new rules on over-the-counter sales of emergency contraception. It will now be on store shelves and available to anyone age 15 or over. Previously, it had been kept behind the pharmacy counter and you had to be at least 17 to purchase it. This ruling comes as a disappointment to many [...]
North Carolina provides a cautionary tale about “centrist” mayors
(Sorry for the lack of posts all last week. Just needed a break.) I came across this interesting press release from the North Carolina Democratic Party about their current Republican Governor Pat McCrory. McCrory: Moderate No More RALEIGH, NC—NYT Poll Analyst and data guru, Nate Silver, is out with some damning figures that erase the [...]
