The 2012 Likely Conundrum: Empty Armani Obama vs. Empty Mittens Romney (or another GOP empty suit)

We’ve speculated a lot about the 2012 primaries lately at TC. I am in the pessimistic camp. I do not think any Democratic pol currently is willing or has the guts to primary Obama. Yesterday Kucinich announced he will not be primarying Obama, instead calling for party unity, and I am not the least bit [...]

Friday Fast: Give a kid a backpack

Back in 2008, we featured a Friday post to raise funds for our favorite candidates or their causes.  But with this Mother of All Recessions, the funds might be better spent on something a little more tangible and close to home. So, I am reviving the Friday Fast. Here’s how it goes:  Give up a [...]

The Terror Babies are Coming: Run for Your Lives!!

Is this the silly season or what? On Anderson Cooper 360 last night and tonight there are have been discussions about the latest scare rumor out of Texas: terror babies. See, what happens is that foreign women come to the U.S. just before their babies are born. That way they get an American citizen in [...]

Thursday: The Gibbs Gambit

Good Morning Conflucians!! Obama Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ attack on liberals is still a big story on cable and in many DC news outlets. Worse, the nonsensical term “professional liberals” seems to be taking hold. When I first woke up this morning this was the main topic on Morning Joe, and at the moment it’s [...]

Wednesday News

Good Day Conflucians!! It’s another hot day in the foothills of the Blue Ridge. I’m hearing weather-wise we may be over the summer/heat hump in the next few days and headed for fall type weather. It can’t come too soon for me. Let’s see what we can dig up in the news today. It’s Slater [...]

Primary Prognostication by the Deeply Unqualified

Riverdaughter has already said what needs to be said: floating Hillary as Veep is a cheap distraction. She’d be better off running on her own. But I’ve been wondering, how would that work out? I think I’ll engage in a little political analysis. Sure, I don’t really have any qualifications or relevant expertise, but neither [...]

Big Tent Democrat should come down from his cloud

Once again, Big Tent Democrat has deigned to tell us mere mortals what is sane and insane as far as electoral politics are concerned. This was prompted by the persistent rumor that Hillary would be replacing Joe Biden as VP. Let me say for the record my own thoughts about this rumor: clearly it is [...]

They’re Baaack! Google, Verizon’s Proposal for “Net Neutrality”

Just one week ago, Google and Verizon denied they were having any discussions involving net neutrality. Of course everyone knew they were lying using weasel words. Now they’re back with a fully developed plan. Under the proposal, broadband providers could not block or degrade Web traffic, although they could provide “differentiated online” services apart from [...]

Monday Morning News: Bradley Manning, BP Gusher

Good Morning Conflucians!! Two big stories are dominating the news so far this morning. OFFICIAL EFFORTS TO PERSONALLY DESTROY BRADLEY MANNING It looks to me like the mainstream press, probably pushed by the government, is trying to try to undermine the credibility of the material on Afghanistan released by Wikileaks by destroying Bradley Manning and [...]

Sunday News Roundup

I had a small mishap with WordPress this morning. WordPress won. But you can’t keep a good (or bad) pirate down. Also I’m trying out a new way to create/edit WordPress posts. Anyway, let’s see what fun things we can find in the news this evening. Anne Rice quit Christianity the other day, and apparently [...]