The Zombie Tribe

What’s so hard about condemning sexism and misogyny?  Does it really matter who the victim is?  John Cole gets it: You know, I have no idea what the hell David Letterman is thinking or what he thinks he is accomplishing with crap like this, but this was inexcusable. He should be ashamed of himself. And [...]

H1N1 Flu Update: WHO at Level 6 today

Hiya, guys.  there’s breaking news on the flu front today.  The World Health Organization has elevated the pandemic alert system to level 6.  Basically, this means that we are at a pandemic level of flu and governments around the world will start putting their pandemic flu plans into action. Vaccine manufacturers are being instructed to [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Anti-Semitic Hate Crime At a Monument of Sorrow, A Burst of Deadly Violence the attack inside the famed Holocaust museum turned the crowded building and Washington’s nearby tourist-thronged Mall into a scene of fear and chaos, with black-clad SWAT teams, hovering helicopters and racing emergency vehicles. Stunned witnesses described a fusillade of gunfire — five [...]

Difficult Questions: When Freedom and Law Collide – Parental Rights and Medical Choices

I’ve decided to start a series on complex questions that are fodder for interesting discussion and debate.  Several issues have arisen lately that raise questions about the role of government and the courts in regulating the behavior of society.  Where the lines are drawn are certainly not cut and dry.  When do our personal rights [...]

Yahoo Bans Flickr User for Criticizing Obama

Don’t store your photos on Flickr. You could lose everything just like Shephard Johnson did. Via Truthdig, Johnson’s paid Flickr-Pro account and more than 1,000 of his photos suddenly disappeared after he posted critical comments about Obama’s support for a bill to prevent release of torture photos. According to Gawker, Johnson was browsing the official [...]

Breaking News – Campaign 2012

CHICAGO (AP)  Seymour Johnson, director of Symbolism and Subliminal Advertising for the Obama Permanent Campaign, announced today that they had leased the rights to the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile from Kraft Foods. Johnson stated that Obama wants to use the renamed “Obama Wienermobile” to arrive at fundraisers and enter campaign rallies (from both the front and [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Health Care Battle Dems advance proposals to spread health coverage Democrats at both ends of the Capitol accelerated their drive to enact health care legislation on Tuesday, outlining proposals to extend coverage to uninsured millions but omitting most details on plans for raising more than $1 trillion needed to cover costs. The Difference Between Socialized [...]

Grandma Got Run Over By A Taser

The cops said it was reasonable and necessary.  What do you think?

Did Hank Paulson Use TARP as a “Ruse” to Rescue Citigroup?

Be sure you’re sitting down before you read this, Okay? Barry Rithholtz speculates in his forthcoming book, Bailout Nation that the entire multi-trillion dollar boondoggle was a giant ruse, a Hank Paulson engineered scam to cover up the simple fact that CitiGroup (C) was teetering on the brink of implosion. A loan just to Citi [...]

Palin Derangement Syndrome

From Real Clear Politics: While reading his top ten list Monday night, “Late Show” host David Letterman said Gov. Sarah Palin bought makeup from Bloomingdale’s to update her “slutty flight attendant” look. Palin was in New York over the weekend. It gets worse: VH1 comedian Chuck Nice appeared on Tuesday’s “Today” show and compared Alaska [...]