BREAKING NEWS – Souter to retire

From MSNBC: Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire, after more than 19 years on the court, once the current term ends in late June, NBC News reported Thursday night. A retirement by Souter, 69, would give President Barack Obama his first chance to nominate a justice and the next few months would bring [...]

Conflucians Say: The first 100 days and the pandemic panic of 2009

How has Obama done in his first 100 days? Did he meet or fail to meet your expectations?  What is his overall grade?  How about individual performance on the economy, health care, foreign policy, constitutional issues, balance beam and uneven parallel bars? And for your homework, study this image: There will be a quiz on [...]

Not Ready To Make Nice

Approval ratings and turncoat Republicans aren’t gonna change my mind. If Obama wants my support he’s gotta do a lot better than he has so far. Forgive, sounds good Forget, I’m not sure I could They say time heals everything But I’m still waiting I’m through with doubt There’s nothing left for me to figure [...]

Rewriting History

Sometimes you start reading an article and you see something that says “Stop here – no need to read further” because the author is obviously full of shit. From “The Myth of 100 Days” by Mark Schmitt at The American Prospect: But Barack Obama is one of the great mythbusters in American history. The misleading [...]

Two-Faced TOTUS

Last night Teh Precious said this in response to a question by Ed Henry: QUESTION: Thank you, Mr. President. In a couple of weeks, you’re going to be giving the commencement at Notre Dame, and as you know, this has caused a lot of controversy among Catholics who are opposed to your position on abortion. [...]

Thursday: Chrysler, Cytokine Storms and Crowd Control

Eight years of the Bushies have left me paranoid.  I suspect there is a dosier on me in the Department of Homeland Security, I worry about being able to get on planes, and periodically I say “Hi!” to the NSA when I’m on the phone.  It’s hard for me to see myself as a threat [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

100-Days-Palooza Obama ‘pleased, not satisfied’ Obama Emphasizes Sharp Departures From Bush Policies The Instant American Revolution David Rothkopf identifies the clear winner of Obama’s first 100 days. I agree with him Hillary is ‘suprise winner’ of first 100 days, Rothkopf says FP blogger David Rothkopf has picked his surprise winners and losers of Obama’s first [...]

The First 100 Days of…

TOTUS Today is the day when the world waits with baited breath to hear all about the accomplishments of the leader of the free world.  We here at the Confluence are no different.  We anxiously await the spectacular run down.  So let us begin by reminiscing about some of TOTUS’s phenomenal moments. So,…what has TOTUS done in [...]

Coming Soon – Bad Commercials

This Saturday at 8pm Eastern – bring out your worst We’re having a bad commercial contest. Multiple categories (foreign, domestic, sexist, stupid, classic, etc) Pick yer brains and scour YouTube. (no comments, this is just an ad)

War Porn

YEE-haw! Videos like this one are the kind of thing that makes war look fun and exciting, so impressionable kids enlist to be John Wayne and come home in body bags. The video was edited down from approximately one hour. This is an open thread.