The Confluence Demographics Survey

It has come to our attention that some of the A-list lefty bloggers think we are as dumb as a box of rocks.  Yes, we’re talking about YOU, Big Tent Democrat and Jane Hamsher.  I’m going to go out on a limb here and speculate that this is because we were right about Obama and [...]

The Sunday Selection, New Year Edition

It’s still a holiday weekend and the Confluence Bed & Breakfast is currently closed; but we wouldn’t want to leave you stranded in the cold.  So, there’s an extra large urn in the corner filled with steaming hot coffee (I think Rico may have added a few drops of something “special”) and here are a [...]

Jane said Lieberman should have abided by the results of the CT primary

Yep. She was pretty steamed when Joe Lieberman decided not to abide by the results of the CT primary back in 2006. Jane was majorly pissed off. The woman just wouldn’t let up. It was an outrage when Joe Lieberman decided to substitute his judgment for the Democratic primary voters of CT in 2006. Jane [...]

The “screaming woman” who confronted Jane Hamsher on C-Span wasn’t actually screaming

I admit I have been warming up to Jane Hamsher a bit in the past couple of weeks because of her strong fight against the abortion language in the health care bill. But apparently I got fooled again. We’ve all read and discussed Jane’s post, “Shaking Off the Hangover of the Primary Wars.” Riverdaughter did [...]

Zombie lies and the lying liars that tell them

I ran across this pile of shit over at Cinie’s place: I remember the moment when the last vestiges of the admiration I had once felt for Bill and Hillary Clinton vanished. By May 2008, Barack Obama had opened up an all-but-insurmountable lead over Hillary in the contest for the Democratic party’s presidential nomination. The [...]

Jane’s amazing powers of prophecy

I was directed to Jane Hamsher’s comment thread by Wonk the Vote who spotted this clairvoyant Monday morning quarterbacking from Jane Hamsher: In response to okanogen @ 107 The idea that Hillary would’ve done anything different about health care or anything else is pretty phantasmagorical I believe, but since we don’t know for sure people [...]

Sometimes it’s good to forget

In these times when we’re headed off a cliff, and no way of knowing whether we can fly, it’s good to see that sometimes troubles end. A guard tower on the East German border is now a summer house. (From Paul Kaye’s series on the BBC about the Iron Curtain.) A happy New Year to [...]

Lazy Friday Mid-Morning News and Views: Happy New Year Edition

Happy New Year, fellow Conflucians! I hope everyone finds a way to enjoy the first full day of 2010. I’m kind of glad the holiday season is drawing to a close. I always get a little lethargic at this time of year. I can’t believe I actually slept until 9:00 this morning! So what’s happening [...]

How’s your new year going so far?

What resolutions (if any) did you make? I resolved to drink to much, eat unhealthy and be a grouch. I figure those goals are do-able. This is an open thread.