A quick update on the personal state of affairs in the land of Boztopia:

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While everyone's attention has been focused on the Potomac Primaries and their ramifications, the Senate took it upon itself to weaken the Constitution a bit more and give the Bush regime more expansive surveillance powers--as well as failing to block immunity from prosecution for telecoms that aided in said surveillance ( Read more... )

The Potomac Primary is upon us, and although Obama is in the lead with more delegates, the media narrative is already shifting to how much clout Clinton has with the superdelegate insiders. As m3rkvry astutely notes, this is part of a larger push to maintain the horse race aspect of the primaries and keep the generally retarded, ADHD-addled, and accuracy- ( Read more... )

From the AFP:

The move has hit seven percent of Egg's two million credit card holders. It is not asking for immediate balance repayments or changing terms and conditions. One angry customer is Gillian Cox of Farnham, who told the BBC that she and her husband have always paid off their balance in full each month. "We are retired, no mortgage, no ( Read more... )

More details from The Nation and Open Left.

m3rkvry believes that this endorsement will hurt Obama by enticing Faux News and the like to slap him with the dreaded "Liberal" tag. Good, I say. For one thing, anyone who still takes Faux News seriously as an unbiased source of information and reporting is probably someone who isn't going to vote for Obama ( Read more... )

In lieu of getting me a present for my upcoming date of birth, I ask you to take five minutes of your day and write a letter telling our Presidential candidates to get back to D.C. and do their part to stop illegal surveillance and telecom immunity from becoming the law of the land.

It's time to lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way. If you ( Read more... )

Find out more about how we can do this over at Scholars & RoguesOn a personal note, I'm probably better disposed to handle a recession than some. I no longer have debt of any kind, and my retirement investments are a good mix between Treasury bonds, overseas markets, and small/mid-cap companies. I took a look at my agency's retirement plan ( Read more... )

Iowa Democratic Caucus Results:

Senator Barack Obama : 34.06%
Senator John Edwards : 31.71%
Senator Hillary Clinton : 31.45%
Governor Bill Richardson : 1.76%
Senator Joe Biden : 0.94%
Senator Chris Dodd : 0.05%
Uncommitted : 0.03%
Precincts Reporting: 923 of 1781
(Percentages are State Delegate Equivalents.)

According to Kos, the Huckster is ( Read more... )

For those who don't know, today is the Iowa caucus, which will begin the process of deciding who our next President is going to be. If you need a primer as to what a caucus is and how it works, I recommend this AP article and this MyDD series outlining the process in gory detail.

Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake has some early predictions as to who ( Read more... )

My esteemed colleague lullabypit over at Scholars & Rogues has just posted what is, for me, the best summation of why Ron Paul is not your friend, and why he is, in fact, a piss-poor example of a leader, and a danger to anyone who believes in true progressive thought ( Read more... )