I was all set to embrace Joe Wilson's apology.

Joe, you are a complete asswipe if you think we are going to take you at face value when less than 24 hours after you apologize you go on Sean Hannity to get your ego stroked and post videos about how you're going to "keep fighting ( Read more... )

Completely oblivious to our own simultaneously hilarious and horrifying stumbling and staggering around, unable to keep basic facts straight, ready to do anything-even, and especially, to lie-to get some mean little satisfaction. Madness. Every president talks to kids. Bush I made an address to the schools. Bush II liked to read them stories. Come ( Read more... )

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The MinnPost listed this address in an article recently where they said "He even said there's the public to advise him: People can send their thoughts on what should be cut to budgetideas@state.mn.us." So I did. Here's what I just sent to the address in question ( Read more... )

Streaming footage of the canvassing board

This is awesome. Truly amazing to listen to.

UPDATE: Observe how they handle the votes on these. It's really quite a remarkable example of how "motion-second-discussion-vote" can work as the mechanism of considering the actions of a board or voting organization. It moves the whole process into a realm of ( Read more... )

Streaming footage of the canvassing board

This is awesome. Truly amazing to listen to.

Go take a look at the map at the Strib. Do you see it? The cities, the suburbs, the out state areas? Seven words for Minnesota Republicans:

Before you die, you see the ring.

I only know one person who goes by the moniker "bitwise" and so do you. So imagine my delight to see his name mentioned on the belle of the ball site-of-the-moment fivethirtyeight.com! His dailykos diary has been noticed by everybody's new best friend Nate Silver.

I mean, come on. Math, graphs, Minnesota? This is totally the same bitwise. Now we ( Read more... )

"Well, I don't know what will happen now. We've got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me now. Because I've been to the mountaintop. And I don't mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about that now. I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the ( Read more... )

Subject says it all.

That's it.

There's no other detail needed, except I'll include a link (or two). But really. It just comes down to that simple fact:

Sarah. Palin. Doesn't. Understand. How. the First Amendment. Works.

VOTE TUESDAY, MOTHERFUCKERS