Based on reported import licenses, US flat products imports increased 8% in January to 514,000 short tonnes compared to December actuals of 474,000 tons. Licenses reported up to 17 February reached 347,000 tons, which indicates that full-month imports for February should climb significantly. Reporte...

GQ has a new interview with Michael Steele, in which the embattled RNC chairman says that he is pro-choice: GQ: Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion? STEELE: Yeah. I mean, again, I think that’s an individual choice. […] GQ: Are you saying you don’t want to overt...

South Carolina slaveholder Katon Dawson was this close to becoming the new RNC chairman, but the yankees rallied ’round Maryland black person Michael Steele, who has since brought disgrace to the white party by talking about hip hop and websites. THIS WON’T STAND. Dawson is now orchestra...

David Vitter, who has racked up nearly a billion frequent whore miles, is On The Defensive, as Democrats are criticizing him for his earlier botched attempt to smuggle a bomb in his sneaker on an airplane. [CNN Political Ticker] Despite rumors and, arguably, logic to the contrary, embattled RNC Chai...

Katon Dawson, one time contender for the top Republican post, is quietly coordinating a vote of no confidence in newly-elected RNC Chairman Michael Steele after the NY 20 special election on March 31 – “regardless of whether Republicans win the seat or not,� reports Taegan Goddard. After an ex...

One of the many, many middle-aged couples who own socialist sex boutiques in LA—a demographic that’s actually the plurality of Andrew Sullivan’s readers—would like a business/pleasure bailout please. [Daily Dish] At this thing called a “Defending the American Dream Summit”...

With RNC chairman Michael Steele already a laughingstock inside the Beltway, he seems determined to cement that reputation nationwide. Techies will roll their eyes over a proposal Steele sent out for a new GOP website. It's understandable that the Republicans want to get hip to this Internet thing. ...

Michael Steele's Republican National Committee is circulating a Request-for-Proposal (pdf) to rebuild the RNC website. The sketchiness of the document is raising speculation that Chairman Steele is simply going through the motions, having already picked out a consultant for the job -- despite his pl...

On Wednesday, Columbia University’s Center on African American Politics and Society will sponsor a public lecture, “Studying Race in the Age of Obama.� I had planned to attend the lecture; instead, I’ll be in DC. President Barack Obama, a Columbia grad, had this to say about race in, well, t...

This is a little gallery of scary-ass robots that want to kill you so they can mate with your computer. This particular model is called "My Spoon" and was designed to help people with no arms or really sucky arms to eat. As you can see, it's about to choke out Japanese Health Minister Yoichi Masuzoe...