Category Archives: 2012 election
Mitt Proposes Different Debate Club Rules
October 10, 2012 Mitt is lucky. In his debate performance he was held to some odd standard, seemingly universally agreed upon by pundits beforehand, that looking smooth and using forceful diction mattered most. This was the Likeability portion of the … Continue reading
Update: Libya
What’s Happening in Libya: A Guide to the Best Coverage ProPublica, Sept. 12, 2012 Here’s the best reporting we’ve found not only on yesterday’s killings but also on post-war Libya. What are we missing? Please leave your favorite stories in … Continue reading
Mitt Romney…Confessed Tax Criminal?
An interesting theory is circulating about why Mitt Romney won’t release any more tax returns: in 2009, after his failed Presidential bid of 2008, he took a one-time government amnesty available to approximately 4,000 Americans with secret Swiss bank accounts. Slate … Continue reading
Newt Gingrich Loves Medical Marijuana…in 1982
Newt Gingrich wrote a long letter to the American Medical Association in 1982, praising medical marijuana. A few years later, he offered up legislation guaranteeing the death penalty for anyone importing such a thing. The full letter, and the ridiculousness … Continue reading
Click Here to ‘Like’ Your Privacy: Part 2
Is CISPA SOPA 2.0? We Explain the Cybersecurity Bill by Megha Rajagopalan ProPublica, April 26, 2012 Update (4/26): An earlier version of this story said a proposed amendment by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., had helped gain support for CISPA. Schiff’s … Continue reading
CREEP Rises From the Dead, Joe Six-PAC in Hot Pursuit!
by Kim Barker, ProPublica, April 12, 2012 With 300-plus super PACs and counting, it would be easy to miss CREEP. But last Thursday, a new super PAC ingeniously named the Committee for the Re-Election of the President registered with … Continue reading
Stories I Almost Missed: Fukushima, San Onofre, SuperPACs
Some news stories that I stumbled across. I am not shocked that the mainstream media is missing these, but color me mildly disappointed. Fukushima Fukushima power plant is worse than anyone thought; and everyone thought it was really, really, really … Continue reading
Would you like one America with your coffee, or two?
Pregnant with Ignorance
Why is it that pregnant women are the only ones with a deep education about pregnancy? The rest of the populace remains blissfully unaware of trimesters, preeclampsia, hyperemesis gravidarum, episiotomies and meconium. Pundits in particular, having bypassed the apple from … Continue reading
Vagzilla Attacks! GOP Fights Back!
Republicans need a boogeyman. And what better Boogeyman than Vagzilla?(credit to Lizz Winstead for the term). Hey, if you’re going to set up a straw man, might as well double down and alienate 50% of the electorate! Good commentary here, … Continue reading
