Get down and par-tay!

Rico here. We’re wrapping up the decade tonight in style.  RD’s BFF brought some nice champagne and if we can drag him off the wii, maybe he can have a glass.  But you can order whatever you like. Stateofdisbelief says this is a good time to let go of whatever’s been harshing your mellow.  She [...]

In defense of Jane Hamsher, Democratic party loyalist

Jane Hamsher has taken a lot of heat lately from the likes of Booman, whoever the hell he is (we never read him).  Apparently, he wrote a post directed at the disillusioned party faithful who are now disappointed in President Barack Obama and the Democratic majorities in Congress.  We know he must be talking about [...]

Federal Judge Dismisses All Charges Against Blackwater Guards in 2007 Shootings of 17 Iraquis

Just a short time ago, Federal Judge Ricard Urbina dismissed all charges against five Blackwater contractors who opened fire in a crowded square in Bagdad on September 16, 2007. From the BBC News service: District Judge Ricardo Urbina said the US justice department had used evidence prosecutors were not supposed to have. The five had [...]

And now, A MidMorning News Break

Can they do this? And would the Senate care if they did? Would ANYONE care? 13 state AGs threaten suit over health care deal Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska’s political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to [...]

Movement Inertia

There’s more noise in the lefty blogosphere about how disappointing Democrats are, as well as how Obama failed to measure up.   Natasha Chart is so sick of the pyrrhic victories that she is begging Democrats to just sit on their hands and do nothing for the rest of their terms.  Max Blumenthal’s piece, Obama, [...]

Wintry Wednesday Wake-up

In military time it is “zero-dark-thirty” and it’s freakin’cold too. The bad news is there is no good news: Obama team more closely linking al Qaeda to terror attempt In a marked shift from previous positions, senior Obama administration officials now say they are starting to see an al Qaeda connection to the attempted terror [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good morning, Conflucians! The top story in the news today is the turmoil in Iran. BBC News: Iran opposition figures arrested after protests Those detained include senior aides to opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. His nephew Seyed Ali Mousavi was among those killed in Sunday’s violence, the worst since June’s contested elections. Family members say [...]

The BFF’s Boxing Day Challenge

The BFF was half awake this morning but he still remembered what he wanted to do today.  His first words this morning were, “Boxing Day”.  In UK countries, the day after Christmas is known as Boxing Day.  This is the day when those of us with stuff give some of it away to our favorite [...]

Saturday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!!! What’s happening out there in the world? The big story of this slow news day seems to be the attempted “terrorist attack” in Detroit. ABC News: Man Attempts to Set Off Explosives on Detroit-Bound Airplane Federal officials and police are interviewing a Nigerian man, who allegedly tried to “explode” a powdery substance [...]

A Christmas Carol

This version with Alistair Sim is the best one ever made and is faithful to the original story by Charles Dickens.  The tale is more than just an entertaining story of one man’s redemption, it is an indictment of 19th Century industrial capitalism.  Modern corporatists have taken the lesson to heart and eschewed somberness and [...]