Monthly Archives: February 2010
Idiot Quote of the Day
I don’t usually like to post these, but this one from Mary Matalin just floored me: The majority vote is tyranny of the minority. I agree that context is everything, so please, go ahead and read the whole bit. (You’ll … Continue reading
Our Broken Senate
Update: Also, news comes that Senator Richard Shelby has placed a blanket hold on Obama administration appointments, apparently as part of a plan to extort pork for his state. With Scott Brown having been seated, the Is the Senate broken? … Continue reading
Shouting in the wind
I know I’m not going to convince anybody, and this is far from the most important place to make this point, but I feel like I have to weigh in: Record snowfall does not “disprove” global warming. To advance the … Continue reading
Our (Even More) Broken Senate
News comes that Senator Richard Shelby has placed a blanket hold on Obama administration appointments, apparently as part of a plan to extort pork for his state. With Scott Brown having been seated, the chance of cloture on these holds … Continue reading
A well-deserved smack-down on trials of terrorists
Adam Serwer at TAPPED has a nice response to Richard Cohen’s latest hyperventilating bed-wetting over the upcoming trial of several terrorists. I’m disappointed that NYC has successfully lobbied to have the trials held elsewhere, though I’m glad that the main … Continue reading