Category: US Politics

Domestic terrorism at the GOP convention

Domestic terrorism at the GOP convention

| September 10, 2008 | Reply

The mainstream media gave little or no coverage to the various attempts to disrupt the RNC in St. Paul, but the investigators at Stratfor make it clear just how serious these attempts were: On Sept. 5, two men from Austin, Texas, were charged in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis in connection with a plot to […]

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Hell, yeah!

Hell, yeah!

| September 10, 2008 | Reply

I don’t know if the writers on the Jimmy Kimmel show thought they were mocking Palin; I am pretty sure they simply increased her votes in November: Hat tip to Rand Simberg at Transterrestrial Musings. ..bruce w..

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Videos o’ the day [updated]

Videos o’ the day [updated]

| September 10, 2008 | Reply

I remember this ad (and remember wanting this gun): On the other hand, my parents did get me both a BB rifle and an air pistol that shot BBs, pellets, and pointed metal darts (I kid you not; I think this is it here). So it all evens out. Hat tip to the Borderline Sociopathic […]

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Sarah Palin images of the day [updated]

Sarah Palin images of the day [updated]

| September 8, 2008 | Reply

Both of these via Rachel Lucas (though hat tip to The Line is Here for pointing me over there): And another take on the same photo: And, shameless stealing from S. Weasel again: Sarah Palin at the October 2nd Debate: Any questions?  (I’ll replace this with the color version when Stoaty releases it.) ..bruce w..

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Willie Brown weighs in on Sarah Palin

Willie Brown weighs in on Sarah Palin

| September 7, 2008 | 1 Reply

For those of you who did not live in California at some point during the last 25 years or so, you probably don’t know who Willie Brown is. He is probably the most colorful political figure of that quarter century, beating out Jerry Brown and even the Terminator himself. Willie is about as staunch a […]

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The fall of Fannie Mae

The fall of Fannie Mae

| September 6, 2008 | 1 Reply

Today’s New York Times reports that the US government plans to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac: WASHINGTON — Senior officials from the Bush administration and the Federal Reserve on Friday called in top executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage finance giants, and told them that the government was preparing to […]

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Daily Palin image

Daily Palin image

| September 5, 2008 | Reply

Courtesy of the ever-wonderful American Digest: As Gerard Van der Leun says, “Any questions?”   ..bruce w..

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Sarah Palin image of the day

Sarah Palin image of the day

| September 4, 2008 | Reply

From Stubborn Facts: ..bruce w..

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The best quote on Palin’s speech last night…

The best quote on Palin’s speech last night…

| September 4, 2008 | Reply

…comes from someone who doesn’t think highly of her: It was that good. No, she’s not qualified, and the substance was thin, but my God — that was perhaps the greatest bit of political theatre I have ever witnessed. Her critics in the media and in the opposition may regret having piled on quite so […]

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“US Weekly” editor gets shredded by Megyn Kelly

“US Weekly” editor gets shredded by Megyn Kelly

| September 3, 2008 | Reply

US Magazine of course had its infamous cover story this week on Sarah Palin, titled “Babies, Lies, and Scandal”. Bradley Jacobs, the senior editor for US Weekly, has his head handed to him by Megyn Kelly at Fox News by virtue of the fact that she actually read the story: Hat tip to The Jawa […]

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