Oh noes!

Expect huge ratings for the Teen Choice Awards tonight: In what could be perceived as an attempt to be edgy or an homage to ice cream distributors (they probably don’t get enough credit), Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus pole danced on top of an ice cream cart at the Teen Choice Awards Sunday afternoon (the [...]

Entitlements and Smoke Filled Rooms

I recently received an email from someone I worked on a campaign with a couple of years ago.  I’ll call her Daisy.  Daisy is one of the most talented campaign volunteers you wlll ever want to meet.  I hope someone pays her big someday. Anyway, Daisy and I had an email exchange that eventually boiled [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Politics Can politicians and talking heads involved in hotly debated issues avoid pernicious hyperbole, if only to spare the rest of us fake over-the-top outrage pomposity pontification like this? Ergh! Will he finally make the case more convincingly and show some passion? Obama to Push Health-Care Plan in New Hampshire After Town Hall Protests President [...]

CDS never dies

Sometimes you read stuff that makes you want to go townhall on the author.  From Political Punch: ABC News’ Kirit Radia reports: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost her cool Monday after a Congolese student, speaking through a translator, asked her what “Mr. Clinton” thought about a Chinese trade deal with the Democratic Republic of [...]

This guy has a great idea

Too bad he’s not President. (h/t RedDragon62 via Cannonfire) Please Digg!!! Tweet!!! Share!!! Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Furl | Newsvine

Power in the USA: political string theory in US politics

How are power relations shaping the U.S. political sphere? From the primary campaign to the tea parties and the raucous healthcare forums, Americans are out in force. Regardless of their political stripe, are their actions in their own best interest or are they being played? What influences are determining how people perceive the issues, what [...]

Rise and Shine: your continental breakfast is served.

Dark clouds foreshadow the week as your gentle toe-poke into the Monday marinade is not being lead by the master, MaBlue. I shall endeavor to offer some synapse triggering tidbits, while galumphing about like a drunken clown in shoes much too large to fill. I hope the image did not cause you a fright. SCIENCE [...]

Our sincere congratulations

On behalf of The Confluence I would like to extend our congratulations to the Blogstalker Online Forum for passing the epic milestone of 10,000 comments. Our pathetic little blog has been around three times longer and has only managed 358,000+ comments and 6,800,000+ hits. In our defense the BOF is a spin-off from an award-winning [...]

I have problems with this story

The above video was posted on YouTube by Mike Ditto: Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-CO), a first-term Congressman I like very much, held a townhall meeting on health care today outside a King Soopers grocery store in Brighton, CO, which is about 1/2 hour northeast of Denver. Some of the signs these protesters carry are just [...]

Sunday Brunch at the Confluence: A brief respite

And now for the rest of the paper… Good morning and soon to be afternoon Conflucians!  Now that you’ve had time to absorb the top news stories, it’s on to the supplemental sections of our virtual Sunday newspaper. This morning’s special is French Toast with warm maple syrup.  Load up your plate, grab a fork, [...]