Steve Schippert of Threatswatch, Matt of Blackfive, John of Op-For, and Ace (of Spades) and I have been chatting in email regarding the fallout of Secretary Shinseki's testimony before Congress that ignited the shite-storm that is spreading around.  Steve made a nice "wrap-it-all-up" ...

Glancing at memeorandum, it appears the wingnut tour de farce shows no sign of letting up: Soon after President Barack Obama signed an executive order lifting the ban on the use federal funding of embryonic stem cells in medical research, the wizards behind the White House web site posted the photo ...

This little security breach and its cause are disturbing (italics mine): Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post......

Jackson Diehl in the Washington Post today: So Obama hasn’t strayed far from Karl Rove’s playbook for routing the opposition. But surely, you say, he’s planning nothing as divisive or as risky as the Iraq war? Well, that’s where the health-care plan comes in: a $634 billion (...

I had my annual visit to my OB/GYN yesterday. (Cue shudders among my male reader(s).) On the plus side, my diminutive Asian doc told me that I should lose 25 pounds instead of the usual 40. So, the Wii Fit and the reduction of the amount of crap I shovel into my maw are having the intended effect. I...

Michelle Obama served food at a food bank, and a picture accompanying the write-up has caused outrage among the usual suspects. Take it away, K-Lo: Robert Rector has been pointing out for longer than I can remember that America has the wealthiest poor people in the world. And here seems to be a phot...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown just visited The Teleprompted One here in DC.  Brown gave Obama “an ornamental desk pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet, once named HMS President.”  Gannet’s sister ship was the HMS Resolute, which from its...

Who knew Warren Buffett had his own special tax bracket? With reporting like this, who needs Republicans? From a NY Times story about limiting the tax break for charitable donations by the rich (italics mine): Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post......

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See, kids who grew up with children's books like King & King, And Tango Makes Three, My Two Uncles, etc ... would never do dumb shit like this. Gay people live under terror in this country, have no... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...