the office is actually more crowded than its ever been at any time in the campaign because we have to mount this so quickly al franken source media matters for america ......
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the progress report a on nov. 4 californians approvedaprop. 8aamending the state constitution to eliminate the right of samesex couples to marry in california. responding to pleas for legal clarity from those on both sides of the issue the california supreme court said yesterday that it would take up the case of whether prop. 8 was constitutional . the court......
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world hello day day 326 of 2008 40 days left in this year hawaiian word of the day awa harbor pidgin word of the day pasis harbor hawaiian proverb of the day a heron that watches the harbor. a spy haole saying of the day i do not agree with what you have to say but ill defend to the death your right to say it.......
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in all the talk about hillary at state i have been remiss in giving presidentelect obama real credit for performing an incredibly important task for the democratic party his rebuke of clinton derangement syndrome. via digby whose post is also a must read eric boehlert wrote a great piece on the matter weve said it before but we fear were going to have to ma......
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i dont know about you but to me it feels pretty 1993 of late. the economys in the dumps a new president is headed into office that new president is taking many of the same faces from that 1993 white house with him and both republicans and the media are trying to bait democrats into a divisive fight over a corporate written trade deal . but out of all that news some good som......
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news and views for wednesday november 19th and thursday november 20th transgender day of remembrance ca usa a transsexual former california state prison inmate who claimed to have suffered repeated sexual assaults and beatings at the hands of two cellmates can pursue a negligence damage claim against prison officials an appeals court ruled on november 14 but s......
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todays guest post is by roxamox from thoughts and such who wrote this brilliant editorial sharing her feelings of the rights opinion of prop 8 . proposition 8 recently banned samesex marriage in california on november 4th 2008. today i was sitting at work trying to pay attention and stay engaged in the editing view drafts and reediting of the group report we are writing. it......
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a roundup of recent recount tidbits the strib on why republicans may claim we wuz robbed the resurgence of the ritchie8 217saco mmie attack norm colemans forced hockey metaphor and more. star tribune editorialpage editor scott gillespie says al franken just might win the race but a large number of americans will believe the recount was rigged . why because t......
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even though the lizard people ballot is pretty darn funny i think media matters catchingafox news andrew napolitano lying atakes the cake for me this week in recountnews during the november 19 edition of fox newsastudio b fox news senior judicial analyst andrew napolitano a former new jersey superior court judge baselessly claimed that minnesota secretary ......
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paul waldman author of four books on media and politics. his latest is called free ride john mccain and the media . he holds a ph.d. from the university of pennsylvania and is a senior fellow and director of special projects at media matters for america . he is also a columnist for the american prospect . you can read his blog at paulwaldma n.blogspot .com . mark fleming is chief e......
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would sarah palin like to have you visit alaska you betcha gov. sarah palin is personally inviting americans from all over the country to visit her home state. well sort of. letters bearing her picture on letterhead that reads office of the governor and encouraging people to sign up for a free alaska travel guide have begun reappearing in mailboxes around the nation as part......
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thanks to ruben for this. via media matters gingrich there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us grinch said look i think there is a gay and secular fascism in this country that wants to impose its will on the rest of us is prepared to use violence to use harassment. i think it is prepared to use the government i......
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its hardly newsworthy when bill oreilly apes gop talking points but since its local the oreilly factor namesake on nov. 18 claimed that sen. norm coleman was certified the winner of minnesotas race for u.s. senate . the coleman campaign has thrice declared victory for coleman even though the states top election official secretary of st......
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khows boyles again aired debunked claim about obamas birth certificate plus falsehood about civilian national security army on his november 19 program 630 khow ams peter boyles again promoted the discredited claim that presidentelect barack obama has not produced a valid birth ce rtificate and allowed the guest making the claim to repeat the false......
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as part of a settlement in a suit filed with new jerseys civil rights division eharmony agrees to provide samesex matches . now i wouldnt call this a landmark victory but that is most likely because of how silly i find the whole eharmony finding a perfect match program. to be honest if i go through the couples i know including me and thewife i dont think......
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absurdity day day 325 of 2008 41 days left in this year hawaiian word of the day haumia ea air pollution pidgin word of the day sit bilong paia ashes hawaiian proverb of the day observe with the eyes listen with the ears shut the mouth. haole saying of the day much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine.82......
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it probably could have been expected but the reaction on the right side of the blogosphere to kathleen parkers column about the gop and religious conservatives which i wrote about yesterday and which dennis wrote about last night has been quite blistering. jonah goldberg essentially accuses his former collegue of bigotry i dont know whats more grating the quasib......
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if you listened to john mccain sarah palin joe lieberman or any of the crazed wingnuts during the election you would have thought that osama bin laden and the rest of alqaida would have been buying townhouses in suburban washington once obama won the election. it was going to be all love and admiration with this terrorist victory. well as it turns out and of course nobody......
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greedy auto execs hitlers lone gonad and sweet mammoth rides. welcome to thursday all. world conrad black is seeking clemency from outgoing president bush. yeah right. im this is the best time to be pardoning whitecollar criminals. a man tries to pay his utility bill with a drawing of a spider . hilarity ensues. a toronto blogger has been arrested in tehran accused of ......
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boehlert writes michael hirsh for the last few days the blogosphere has been ablaze with speculation about the kind of damage hillary clinton could do to the obama presidency if she becomes secretary of state. of course for the last few days theres been comparatively little speculation within the blogosphere about what kind of damage hillary clinton could to th......
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john cole dashes off a quick list for our retrospective appreciation for those freaking out at the kathleen parker column a couple quick thoughts 1. justice just us sunday 2. schiavo legislation 3. jesus is my philosopher . 4. michael j. fox must be mocked for wanting stem cell research. 5. the neverending fake war on christmas 40......
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the bill oreilly edition echoing sen. norm colemans campaign bill oreilly falsely claimed that coleman was certified the winner in the minnesota senate race against al franken adding coleman won by a mere 215 votes. in fact the minnesota state canvassing board did not certify a winner in the senate race having authorized an automatic recount o......
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in terms of how the press has treated the last two new presidents theres the democratic model i.e. overly hostile and the republican model overly docile. eric boehlert writes in anticipation of the new administration beltway media insiders are busy laying the groundwork for how reporters and pundits will treat the new team on pennsylvania avenue. once ......
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