No, dears, this is not SNL, God save and protect us.
February 2014
February 28, 2014
California Democrats refuse to oust criminal state senators [Darleen Click]
Multiple-felony conviction? Federal corruption charges? Pffffft! Why, just put ’em on paid leave of absence so we can keep our dictatorial powers. Democratic lawmakers in California deflected a Republican resolution on Thursday calling for the expulsion of a state senator who was convicted of eight felonies, a move Republicans say was aimed at preserving Democrats’ two-thirds majority. Democratic State Senator Roderick Wright, who represents parts of Los Angeles and the
February 28, 2014
Friday’s necessary open thread (or, eclectic, Bohemian newsiness, performed!)
My wife flew back in from New York early after the death of our beloved Maggie, and today we’re going to be out making lots of arrangements and running a ton of errands — from a meeting with our accountant (as the IRS continues to send refunds to prisoners and send millions to illegals using faked forms and child tax credits, it is determined to make sure my PayPal account
February 27, 2014
“Levin Tells The Tea Party to Fight Obama’s Tyranny: ‘Firewall of The Constitution Has Been Breached'”
Fifth anniversary address, given this morning:
February 27, 2014
“Connecting the Dots in the IRS Scandal”
Handy to have in one place, and certainly a nice resource to return to, but honestly? Who didn’t already know this? Certainly the people on the left denying it did, and always have. And anyone who was targeted knew. What’s left out here is that we still don’t know why there hasn’t been a proper independent committee investigation — that is, why Speaker Boehner has decided not to press the
February 27, 2014
I’m just going to put this out there:
If you are a Republican, and you believe attacking the TEA Party is a sound strategy — even if, after calling its supporters senile, drooling, bullying imbeciles, you later “correct” your statements to note that your differences with them isn’t personal, merely “tactical” — you are not only part of the problem with this country, you are one of the seminal problems with this country as it is currently trending.
February 27, 2014
Well, there goes the neighborhood! [Darleen Click]
Don’t you just feel for Spike Lee? Spike Lee had some harsh words for whites moving into predominantly black neighborhoods in New York City while speaking at a Black History Month lecture at Pratt Institute on Tuesday. As 1010 WINS’ Carol D’Auria reported Wednesday, the director and Brooklyn native said that white newcomers to neighborhoods like Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant are doing the wrong things. Lee told the audience that
February 27, 2014
University of Iowa president apologizes to precious snowflakes for mentioning reality [Darleen Click]
That Sally Mason didn’t tell them to “grow up” should be firing offense. In an interview published Feb. 18 in The Daily Iowan, President Sally Mason said she was dismayed by the reports of sexual assaults. She said “the goal would be to end that, to never have another sexual assault. That’s probably not a realistic goal just given human nature, and that’s unfortunate. …” Criticism erupted over the phrase
February 26, 2014
“Sanity” is in the eye of the beholder
And when we nurture and accept and then institutionalize the idea of a consensus-driven “truth” that in turn is born of an interpretive paradigm that grants itself permission to determine, by way of will to power, the intent of others, then ascribe it to them, it is a short step to dictating that to be sane, one must hew to the prevailing power’s orthodoxy — leaving the meaning of insane