Peek behind the curtain

There has been a whole lotta hoopla about this Wikileaks thingie and it’s founder. But you may have noticed that I haven’t said much about it. Besides being distracted by things in real life (I do have a life, honestly I do) I have been deeply skeptical about the whole kit and kaboodle. IOW – [...]

Thursday: It’s just too much

This is wildly late I know but, I’ve been bogged down catching up with Glenn Greenwald’s posts and getting more and more depressed with every word: The inhumane conditions of Bradley Manning’s detention Since his arrest in May, Manning has been a model detainee, without any episodes of violence or disciplinary problems. He nonetheless was [...]

Wednesday News

Good Morning Conflucians!! A few interesting things happening in the news. First up, we have a cure for HIV infection, at least in one patient: Doctors believe that they may have found one of the largest breakthroughs in the battle against HIV, the virus which leads to AIDS. The news broke today (December 14) out [...]

A one-way ticket to Palookaville

Not too shabby (read the whole thing… it’s pretty cool):  Tom in Paine Democrats: It wasn’t the Republicans, Barrack It was you! You remember that night in on the senate floor you came down to the cloak room and said: ‘Kids, this ain’t your night. We’re going for the price on the insurance companies and [...]

Tuesday: Dash Away All!

Your American Dream, that is. I’m running late so I’ll keep this short… In the News: Mike Bloomberg who is richer than Jesus, thinks he can buy his way to the presidency with his new schtick, No Labels.  As if we need yet another centrist group teaching us how to speak softly to Republicans. A [...]

Monday: Planes, Trains and the Obama-McConnell deal

Yesterday, I went to NYC to see the Rockettes at Radio City for the first time.  They’re every bit as good as you would expect.  The show is glitzy and, as Brooke would say, “kinda cheezy”.  But if you are looking for a pick-me-up during the Christmas season, you can’t beat the Rockettes. In fact, [...]

It’s cuz he’s black

Ishmael Reed explains: What Progressives Don’t Understand About Obama NOT all of my white teachers viewed me as a discipline problem. To the annoyance of my fellow students, one teacher selected me regularly to lead assembly programs. A high school teacher insisted that I learn about the theater. She was an America-firster who supplied me [...]

Support Obama or else!

Colbert I. King says if we allow a primary challenge to our post-racial POTUS then black people will walk out on the Democratic party. Seriously, I’m not making this stuff up: Warning: If the Democratic left does to Obama in 2012 what it did to incumbent President Carter in 1980 via Ted Kennedy’s damaging Democratic [...]

Sunday News

Good Morning Conflucians!! What a week we’ve had with our Democratic majority in both houses and a Democratic president. With an initial super majority and later with a near super majority, most of their accomplishments would be great successes if they were Republicans. Here’s a quote from Jay Leno from last week that sums things [...]

Afternoon open thread

Okay, I got my Christmas lights up. All 250 strands. You should be able to see them from space tonight. What are you doing today? This is an . . . oh, you already know.