|
Latest Articles: The Water Cooler
RUMOR: Levi Johnston Knocked Up Another Girl
Post Date: 2010-07-30 19:47:04 by Skip Intro
17 Comments
Levi Johnston Knocked Up Another Girl
Levi Johnston is the new K-Fed. Not only did he knock up Bristol Palin, he's reportedly gotten another girl pregnant.
Last year during his brief break-up with Bristol, Levi hooked up with his ex girlfriend Lanesia Garcia and now we're hearing she's expecting his baby. And needless to say, the Palin's aren't happy!
“Levi insists the baby isn’t his, but no one really knows for sure,” a source told Radaronline. “Levi is one of three possible fathers who were with Lanesia during the pro bable week of conception.”
Bristol is now having second thoughts about marrying this douchebag. How many times do you think Sarah told her "I told you so!?" But ...
Islamophobia Threatens Tea-Party's Ties To It's Origins & Future
Post Date: 2010-07-30 15:25:54 by Brian S
2 Comments
One can't get much further from the site of the original Boston Tea Party than the city of Temecula in Southwest Riverside County's wine country. Yet, it is being connected philosophically to a contentious and disturbing dispute over the construction of a large mosque in this Inland Southern California city of 60,000 residents along Interstate 15 about 75 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The website of a splinter group of Conservative "Tea-Party" activists, called "We The People-Citizens in Action" have called for a protest today at the site with dogs around the time of Friday prayers. Dogs near a holy place is considered an affront in Islam. An Islamic Mosque ...
The Bush Book Bomb; Memoir 'Selfish And Stupid'
Post Date: 2010-07-30 11:49:16 by Brian S
3 Comments
Charles Dharapak / AP Photo While 43's memoir isn't due in stores until after the 2010 midterm voting is over, Republicans are increasingly anxious about its impact. Former Bush aide Matt Latimer on the Dems' last best hope. Faced with festering political controversies, frustration within the ranks, an ongoing war in Afghanistan, and a stubbornly stagnant economy, the Obama administration has no other choice. The team that once promised to rid us of old-style politics is clinging to that well-worn Washington tactic: Blame the other guy. "The other guy" is about to re-enter the fray—and the timing is making many Republicans nervous. Just as their ...
As Tennesseans Desperately Search For Work, Wamp Suggests Unemployed Are ‘Just Sitting Back Waiting’
Post Date: 2010-07-30 11:40:17 by Brian S
1 Comments
As Tennesseans Desperately Search For Work, Wamp Suggests Unemployed Are ‘Just Sitting Back Waiting’
This past Tuesday, Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN), who is also a leading candidate for the GOP nomination for governor, joined a conference call with the right-wing National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). When the subject of extending unemployment benefits arose, Wamp complained that giving people unemployment insurance was “creating a culture of dependence which we do not need.” He then said that he wants “people out there scraping and clawing and looking for work and not just sitting back waiting”:
Wamp [...] said small business, the NFIB and he as governor “must resist… any ...
Dems label GOP as 'Republican-Tea Party'
Post Date: 2010-07-28 14:10:26 by Brian S
1 Comments
Washington (CNN) - The Democratic National Committee Wednesday is expected to roll out what they term a "major initiative" that will try to define Republicans as outside the political mainstream. A DNC source tells CNN that committee chairman Tim Kaine and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC's vice-chairman, as well as several other members of Congress, will introduce what they call the "Republican-Tea Party Contract With America." It's part of a strategy by the White House and the Democratic party to define the upcoming midterm elections a choice for voters, between what they say are the polices of President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats that are ...
Anti-Abortion Group Beat, Hang Lindsey Graham Effigy In Charleston
Post Date: 2010-07-27 15:18:38 by Brian S
1 Comments
Mount Pleasant -- A group of 10 rallied Monday morning on Johnnie Dodds Boulevard to denounce Sen. Lindsey Graham for his support of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Staff members from Operation Rescue-Insurrecta Nex, an organization that wants to make abortion illegal, stood outside in the heat for the "Beating, Burning and Hanging Lindsey 'Benedict Arnold' Graham in Effigy" protest. Derek Legette Staff Gary Boisclair holds a noose hanging a dummy with Sen. Lindsey Graham's picture on it. Boisclair was among a group in Mount Pleasant protesting Graham's support of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. "Lindsey Graham claims he's a ...
Neocons Ready Fall Campaign to "Pearl Harbor" Iran
Post Date: 2010-07-27 11:09:41 by Brian S
2 Comments
It's still summer but the word in Washington is that, come fall, the neocon crowd that helped lie us into Iraq will be out trying to do the same thing with Iran. Commentary, the magazine which invented neoconservatism, is already announcing that sanctions have failed and it's time for the next step. And this neocon manifesto argues that war is bad, but a lot better than no war. Of course, nobody takes Commentary seriously (it is too open about its "Greater Israel first" agenda). But it still is valuable because of what it tells you about neocon thinking. But Jeff Goldberg of the Atlantic is something else. He writes for Atlantic and Atlantic (both the magazine and ...
Oliver Stone: Jewish Control Of The Media Is Preventing Free Holocaust Debate
Post Date: 2010-07-26 19:47:46 by Brian S
5 Comments
Outspoken Hollywood director says new film aims to put Adolf Hitler, who he has called an 'easy scapegoat' in the past, in his due historical context. Jewish control of the media is preventing an open discussion of the Holocaust, prominent Hollywood director Oliver Stone told the Sunday Times, adding that the U.S. Jewish lobby was controlling Washington's foreign policy for years. In the Sunday interview, Stone reportedly said U.S. public opinion was focused on the Holocaust as a result of the "Jewish domination of the media," adding that an upcoming film of him aims to put Adolf Hitler and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin "in context." "There's a ...
Franken: Republicans ‘Don’t Want People To Get Jobs Before The Election’
Post Date: 2010-07-26 19:41:29 by Brian S
1 Comments
Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) fired up progressive activists as the closing speaker at the fifth annual Netroots Nation conference on Saturday evening. He jokingly called the gathering “the most exciting political gathering of the year without guns” and told the gathering to keep fighting and pushing elected officials. A few hours before the event, ThinkProgress sat down with Franken and asked him about the public’s frustration with the Senate’s gridlock. Franken told us that the new Senate will likely take up filibuster reform next year, an effort that he supports. He also discussed the need for other procedural reforms: TP: Is there any other ideas that aren’t being ...
Tea Party’s Threat Comes From Within
Post Date: 2010-07-26 12:59:07 by Brian S
0 Comments
Reno — When thousands of angry conservatives launched themselves off their couches and into the Tea Party movement last year, some Republicans viewed them as an untapped well of motivated voters who could help them oust Democratic incumbents at all levels of government. The results at the ballot box were mixed. Many Tea Party candidates across the country won Republican primaries. Nevada, however, has been a different story, with the Tea Party movement remaining an amorphous collection of activists. They often clash with their national counterparts and have yet to become an electoral powerhouse. Although GOP U.S. Senate nominee Sharron Angle successfully cultivated Tea Party voters ...
Colorado Tea Partyers Say Tancredo Betrayed Them
Post Date: 2010-07-26 11:46:00 by Brian S
0 Comments
Leaders of 21 state Tea Party groups, representing about 10,000 people, said Sunday they have been betrayed by Tom Tancredo and in an open letter beseeched the former congressman not to run for governor as a third-party candidate. Tancredo has given Republican gubernatorial candidates until noon today to commit to pulling out of the governor's race after the primary if polls show the winner trailing Democrat John Hickenlooper. If that doesn't happen, Tancredo says, he'll run for governor as the American Constitution Party candidate. Tancredo's declaration last week — the most recent drama to plague the state's GOP gubernatorial primary — sparked anger among ...
Glenn Beck and Byron Williams: What the Fox News Host Has to Do With the Oakland Highway Shooter
Post Date: 2010-07-25 13:11:09 by Brian S
1 Comments
Byron Williams, the California man who engaged police in a RoboCop-style shootout on Oakland's I-580 last Sunday, was an unemployed carpenter, multiple felon and big fan of Glenn Beck. According to TPM, before Williams, a former West Seattle resident, was stopped by police for swerving, he was on his way to the offices of the ACLU and the Tides Foundation, an obscure group that often found itself in Beck's cross hairs. What the Tides Foundation actually does is hard to pin down. But considering its mission statement talks about promoting economic justice, it's understandable that Beck would try to lump it in with his other favorite whipping boys, like ACORN. Byron Williams is ...
Bachmann: 'All We Should Do' Is Issue Subpoenas And Hold Hearings
Post Date: 2010-07-23 13:17:10 by Brian S
12 Comments
Should Republicans take back the House in November, Rep. Michele Bachmann said she wants the GOP to focus all of its attention on issuing subpoenas and holding hearings investigating the Obama administration and Democrats. “I think that’s all we should do,” Bachmann said at the GOP Youth Convention in Washington on Thursday. “I think all we should do is issue subpoenas and have one hearing after another and expose all the nonsense that has gone on." Bachmann said that Republicans have all their chips on the table in November. “This is the year — this is it,” she said. Republicans need to gain 39 seats in November in order to retake the House, which ...
Independent Group Takes On Fiorina's Ties To Palin And 'Tea Party' Groups
Post Date: 2010-07-23 11:41:18 by Brian S
1 Comments
In 2008, the Culver City-based Brave New Films used viral videos to take on then-presidential candidate John McCain’s health, his numerous homes and his shifting rhetoric. The company’s new target is Republican U.S. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina, who is locked in a tight race with Sen. Barbara Boxer(D-Calif). In one of the first independent expenditures of the general election campaign, Brave New Films has released a viral video that plays up Fiorina’s association with “tea party” groups in California and shows an image of her face morphing into that of Sarah Palin, who gave Fiorina a boost by endorsing her during the hard-fought Republican primary. ...
Boehner: Some 'Anarchists' In Tea Party 'Want To Kill All Of Us'
Post Date: 2010-07-23 11:19:38 by Brian S
5 Comments
For the most part, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) defended tea partiers at a Christian Science Monitor luncheon Thursday, however, he noted that there were some "anarchists" in the movement that wanted to destroy government.The Ohio Republican said that Michele Bachmann (R-MN) had not gotten his permission before starting her new "Tea Party caucus" and indicated that he had no intention to join."I haven't joined caucuses for a long time," said Boehner. "It's just a policy we decided. You get labeled and I have just not been in any caucus. I don't know how many years it's been. At least 10, maybe longer."The Minority Leader ...
Founder Says Tea Party Caucus To Be 'Receptacle' For Grass-Roots Movement
Post Date: 2010-07-21 13:49:56 by Brian S
4 Comments
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the brand new Tea Party Caucus in Congress said Wednesday the organization won't be a mouthpiece for the movement but will serve as a listening board for average Americans. The just-formed caucus had a coming out party of sorts as its chairwoman, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., some six lawmakers and a handful of self-professed Tea Party members answered reporters' question after the group's first meeting. "We are not going to be the mouthpiece of the tea party," Bachmann said. "The people are the head of the Tea Party. We are here to listen, to be a receptacle." Bachmann said the caucus now has 24 members, including the ...
Rep. Pete Hoekstra joins Michele Bachmann in House Tea Party Caucus
Post Date: 2010-07-21 11:37:40 by Brian S
0 Comments
Rep. Pete Hoekstra is joining Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann as a founding member of the House Tea Party Caucus in a move he hopes will help him win Michigan's GOP governor's race. Most of Michigan's Republican gubernatorial candidates have been scrambling to get into the good graces of tea partiers, who could play a role in deciding who wins the Aug. 3 GOP primary election. Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard recently participated in a Clarkston event with The Independent Tea Party Patriots, and Hoekstra, Attorney General Mike Cox and state Sen. Tom George have courted tea partiers. Only moderate businessman Rick Snyder has not tried for their support. With Hoekstra and Cox ...
McCain Rebounds To Score Big With Hayworth ‘Huckster’ Campaign Ad
Post Date: 2010-07-21 11:30:45 by Brian S
2 Comments
Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) “danged fence” ad was widely panned earlier this year, but his more recent “huckster” television spot is attracting rave reviews. McCain’s ad labeled former Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R-Ariz.) a “huckster” for appearing in an infomercial for a company that promised customers “free money” grants from the government. McCain’s ad was rated the most effective in a survey of political insiders Wilson Research Strategies conducted for The Hill. “The McCain campaign’s ad attacking J.D. Hayworth was the strongest across the board,” said Alexander Brunk, who directed the survey for Wilson Research ...
Boehner to GOP: Stop Partying And Keep Distance From The Female Lobbyists
Post Date: 2010-07-21 11:05:28 by Brian S
1 Comments
Some Republican congressmen have been warned to keep their distance from the female lobbyists who prowl Capitol Hill. Sources say House Minority Leader John Boehner has told GOP congressmen who partied with lobbyists "to knock it off." His spokesperson said, "Boehner has always told all our members that they will be held to the highest ethical standards." While there's no evidence of anything more than friendly flirtatious behavior, the lawmakers have been told to keep partying to a minimum in this midterm election year. GOP Rep. Lee Terry of Nebraska -- who's in a tough race against Democratic opponent Tom White -- was witnessed by Page Six in close ...
Ben Stein: Most Unemployed Have 'Poor Work Habits, Poor Personalities.'
Post Date: 2010-07-20 17:29:04 by Brian S
3 Comments
Ben Stein, writing at American Spectator, claims to know why many of the unemployed are without work, stating they did not realistically look at the job market and economy and "lived in a dream world." In the piece titled 'The End of Wishful Thinking,' Stein declares: The people who have been laid off and cannot find work are generally people with poor work habits and poor personalities. I say 'generally' because there are exceptions. But in general, as I survey the ranks of those who are unemployed, I see people who have overbearing and unpleasant personalities and/or who do not know how to do a day's work. They are people who create either little utility ...
CONSERVATIVE WEBSITE (FR) AMONG 3 SUED OVER R-J COPYRIGHTS – LAS VEGAS SUN
Post Date: 2010-07-20 14:24:29 by Skip Intro
15 Comments
CONSERVATIVE WEBSITE AMONG 3 SUED OVER R-J COPYRIGHTS – LAS VEGAS SUN Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 | 9:12 a.m. A regressive news-sharing website with copiousness of knowledge in traffic with copyright issues has been sued for copyright transgression after Las Vegas Review-Journal stories allegedly were posted upon a site. Free Republic LLC, James C. Robinson as well as John Robinson, who have been compared with a website www.freerepublic.com in Fresno, Calif., were sued in sovereign justice in Las Vegas upon Monday over a postings. Court annals prove users of which website this year posted a dozen R-J stories, columns as well as editorials, with a R-J being credited as a source of a ...
GOP Family Feud: Tensions Over Tea Party
Post Date: 2010-07-20 12:04:47 by Brian S
14 Comments
Further evidence of the mounting tensions between Tea Party-style conservatives and the Republican Party establishment just flew over the transom:It arrived in the form of an email from the Club for Growth -- a political group that espouses many of the same anti-tax, small government ideas as the Tea Party. Chris Chocola, a former Republican congressman who heads the club, is blasting former Senate Republican leader Trent Lott for comments in yesterday's Washington Post"which disparaged both the Tea Party movement and U.S. Senator Jim DeMint."The key quote: "We don't need a lot of Jim DeMint disciples," Lott told the Post.DeMint is a Republican from South ...
Religious Group Calls Out Glenn Beck’s ‘Warped Gospel’, Launches Ad Campaign
Post Date: 2010-07-20 11:15:16 by Brian S
2 Comments
When Glenn Beck attacks Christianity, some just see red. Others -- they spy opportunity.Dan Nejfelt, a communications associate with advocacy group Faith in Public Life, has been high on Beck's smear-list ever since his group began running Christian radio ads quoting scripture as a way of encouraging believers to stop paying attention to the right-wing Fox News personality.The group, which says their ads are sponsored by over 100,000 members nation-wide, has gone so far as to target their ads for every city Beck is visiting this summer.RELATED: Long-time Glenn Beck advertiser Goldline under investigationTheir efforts have been getting Beck's goat in a big way. In recent days ...
Tea Party Express Does Damage Control After Spokesman Posts Blog Satirizing NAACP
Post Date: 2010-07-19 20:18:07 by Brian S
0 Comments
An official with the Tea Party Express on Monday blasted its expulsion from a national coalition over its refusal to oust a former chairman who satirized the NAACP in a controversial blog posting. Bryan Schroyer, political director of the Tea Party Express, speaks at a news conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on Monday, July 19, 2010. Tea Party Express was expelled from the National Tea Party Federation, a coalition of grass-roots political groups, for refusing to publicly rebuke and oust spokesman Mark Williams. The political action committee that raises money for Republican candidates was booted from the National Tea Party Federation for refusing to rebuke spokesman Mark Williams, whose ...
Tea Party Leader Says He's Done Talking About Race Controversy
Post Date: 2010-07-19 12:36:13 by Brian S
1 Comments
(CNN) -- Tea Party activist Mark Williams says he's done discussing the controversy stirred up by his attack on the NAACP, accusing a fellow movement leader of turning the debate into "a World Wrestling style personality conflict." The National Tea Party Federation, an organization that seeks to represent the Tea Party political movement around the country, has expelled Williams and his Tea Party Express organization because of the inflammatory blog post Williams wrote last week, federation spokesman David Webb said Sunday. In response, Williams announced in another statement on his blog that, "I am refusing all media requests on this" and canceled a scheduled ...
Latest [Newer] 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 [End]
|
