North Carolina has a couple of interesting statewide elections of its own going on this year, particularly the race for U.S. Senate (Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole faces an unexpected level of challenge from NC General Assembly member Kay Hagan, a Democrat). I'm also happy to report that both major party candidates for U.S. Senate are women, ( Read more... )

Woohoo! Obama has won handily in my state. I felt it in the air when I voted on Friday. The place was packed with Obama voters and 9 out of every 10 Democratic Party bumper stickers I've seen are for Obama.

I love how state Rep. Brad Miller uses basketball as a metaphor in this article. It's quite fitting for North Carolina. ;)

Keith Olbermann blogs that US Attorney General Mukasey has a portrait of Eric Blair, aka George fuckin' Orwell in his office.Is this meta-meta-meta-irony of the highest order? Is it a blatant middle finger to the citizens of the US? Is it a coded message that says "get out now, while you still can ( Read more... )

Keith Olbermann addresses Dubya on the topic of 9/11 blame-shifting.Has he always used Edward R. Murrow's old sign-off? Well, he's the only one fit to be in the same room with the ghost of Murrow, as far as I'm concerned, so I don't mind that he's using it (heh, I say that like I would have some right to complain, but hopefully you know what I ( Read more... )

The text below is from Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic Party, former Vermont governor, and 2004 US presidential candidate. I'm not putting it behind a cut; sorry, non-USian friends, but you know I normally don't do this sort of thing and make all of you read it. This is important, though. I hope some of you will add your names.
By now you ( Read more... )

Because we desperately needed more evidence of his evil, I share with you the news that Samuel Alito helped write a 1980s Department Of Justice opinion that employers could legally fire people living with AIDS. I don't care that it was early in the epidemic, because that doesn't excuse it.

...and why I hope you do, too ( Read more... )

Call me insane, but I don't think the name "Environmental Protection Agency" was meant to be ironic. And by the way? The White House doesn't want people to know that one of the EPA's own top officials says the environmental damage from Katrina is "a crisis waiting to happen". (He has a history of blowing the whistle when he sees misinformation -- ( Read more... )