How is this even possible, what with the vigorous and unblinkered attempts by the GOP (well, short of engaging a special prosecutor skilled in the legal maneuverings necessary to ferret out information from the morass of lies, deceit, and agency / Administration cover up, I mean; because that’s just tacky) to get to the bottom of all this? Vision to America: In a remarkable admission that is likely to rock
August 2013
August 9, 2013
“Why Obamacare always was a public option”
Keep in mind, this is in addition to his having told progressive followers before running for President that his end game was in fact single payer government health care, but that to achieve that end certain intermediate plans would must first be institutionalized — kind of as a Trojan horse to eventually compel a single-payer, government-centric system. But, you know, Harvard. Academia. And that pant crease! Plus, he’s a good
August 9, 2013
Freelance writer and stay-at-home-dad genuflects at Left-feminism, gets published at XX-Slate [Darleen Click]
Noah Berlatsky, Why am I a male feminist? But I’m also a feminist for selfish reasons. I’m the primary caretaker for our son — I stay home with him when he’s sick (there he is on the futon right now, actually, watching Doctor Who with the cat sacked out beside him). I deal with school events and playdates; I schlep him to all his activities. There was a time not
August 9, 2013
Who’s on the run? [Darleen Click]
Lahore, Pakistan The State Department has evacuated most of its diplomats from Lahore, Pakistan in response to terrorist threats against the U.S. consulate, according to senior officials. ‘We have picked up what we regard as a threat worthy of taking this action,’ a senior U.S. official told CNN. All diplomats were ordered to evacuate Thursday except for a few emergency personnel. The diplomats were reportedly moved to Islamabad. Heck of
August 8, 2013
The ultimate movie trailer [Darleen Click]
Thursday night palate cleanser … ETERNA from Behind The Epic on Vimeo. h/t David Thompson
August 8, 2013
NSA: You know it has to be really, really bad … [Darleen Click]
… to have the New York Times dragged kicking and screaming to run an article on A1 about NSA gathering the CONTENTS of emails and text messages: The N.S.A. is not just intercepting the communications of Americans who are in direct contact with foreigners targeted overseas, a practice that government officials have openly acknowledged. It is also casting a far wider net for people who cite information linked to those
August 8, 2013
Let’s play, “gauge the mood at protein wisdom”!
Your clue comes in the form of a limerick. First to correctly assess the mood wins. The prize being the satisfaction of having won. Ready? Here we go. There once was a man from Nantucket Whose face was so long he could tuck it down into his Levis — or with socks, maybe knee highs — Either way, you know what? Fuck Obama.
August 7, 2013
Obama’s been taking pointers on geography from Biden [Darleen Click]
Geography is hard! via Nobama
August 7, 2013
Cleaning up: some quick links
Stuff I missed while tending to a sick little boy with fever spikes over 106: 1) Valerie Jarrett, CiC! So, what are Senate Republicans going to do with this info? Well, I can’t speak for all of them, but John McCain and Princess Lindsey are over in Egypt attempting to get the military to release the erstwhile terrorist regime ousted in a public uprising. Which is exactly the position our
August 7, 2013
“Will Obama invoke executive privilege on the IRS documents?”
I suppose Robert Romano asks a good question. Though I think the better question would be, “Once Obama invokes executive privilege on the IRS documents, will the GOP do more than put on a pubic show of outrage?” My answer, as I’ve stated before, is no. I believe this to be all theater. And I think that because I believe any serious independent investigation into the IRS matter will show