Kos:OB-Gyn's are doctors, not "abortion providers"
!@#$%^&&&* and that doesn't adequately express my anger.....This diary is directed mainly at the "overlords" who decide where freedom of speech is limited on this site, because that is,...
View ArticleTancredo, Krikorian: Ricardo Montalban killed Chrysler
From his post in a tall guard tower somewhere in southern Arizona, former draft dodger representative Tom Tancredo(Bigot R-CO) has issued a research paper created at Stanford University's phallic...
View ArticleLuke Cole, R.I.P.; environmental lawyer and birder
Luke Cole, co-founder of the Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment in San Francisco, has died in a vehicular accident in Uganda. Known to many as a birder.Cole graduated from Stanford undergrad...
View ArticleMinnesota says it's time for Coleman to pay Franken
Via TPM: The Minnesota election court has now commanded Norm Coleman to pay Al Franken $94,783.15 in itemized costs from the trial.The Franken legal team had originally asked for $161,000, but the...
View ArticleFBI? Hello? Holocaust museum shooter links UPDATE
Washington police and the FBI said the shooting appeared to have been the work of a single gunman, and there was no prior indication of the attack. linkIf James von Brunn is critically injured, how did...
View Article'Rabbit' Sanford phones in; who's behind GOP trainwrecks?
[cross-posted at Over the Line, Smokey!]Jake Tapper is now tweeting that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has called in after going missing for 4 days. His staff's story about the A. Trail is pretty...
View ArticleGuiness Book denies Sanford new record for break-up sex
[crossposted at Over the Line, Smokey!] Laura: Uh, oh. That couple is breaking up.George: They're breaking up? How do you know? George: I don't understand things were going so great. What happened?...
View ArticleSanford: if King David could stay on, so can I.
Speaking to his cabinet today, Part-time Gov. Mark Sanford of SC said that King David "fell mightily, fell in very, very significant ways, but then picked up the pieces and built from there."linkthe...
View ArticleBP claim: capturing 5,000 bbl per day!!
Hmmm. Let's subtract 5,000 from 5,000 and ....Hey, they got it all, amirite? Associated Press:Mark Proegler, a spokesman for oil giant BP PLC, said a mile-long tube inserted into a leaking pipe over...
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How the top kill would (hopefully) work (with animation)
This is a brief diary which is more of a pictorial explanation than anything else.To me, not an engineer but with a science background, the top kill idea didn't make any sense, with that riser kinked...
View ArticleThe late Stephen Schneider and harassment of climate scientists
The death of climate scientist Stephen Schneider seems to have attracted little attention here. I do not know the particulars of his passing, but it was reportedly due to a heart attack while...
View ArticleJudge quashes VA AG's subpoena of UVA/Michael Mann
The University of Virginia was given a was given a subpoena by VA Attorney General Cuccinelli, who wanted to investigate/imtimidate climate scientist Michael Mann (he of "hockey stick" fame) for...
View ArticleVA AG re-files against UVA/Mann: Climate-change McCarthyism
VA AG Ken Cuccinelli has re-filed a subpoena alleging fraud and demanding documents from University of Virginia regarding Michael Mann's research prior to his leaving in 2005, the most notable of which...
View ArticleHelp Michael Mann's book at Amazon
My first diary in a very long time. Joe Romm at Think Progressalerts us regarding more smearing of Michael Mann. The climate deniers could hardly have thought up a better way to prove that they are...
View ArticleNew Koch-funded study will say warming is real AND anthropogenic!!
Reason.com, a libertarian website, has an advance copy of a New York Times op/ed piece to be published ?tomorrow? laying out the results of a Charles Koch Foundation-funded study at Berkeley (you may...
View ArticleUVA, Michael Mann win case, keep emails from climate deniers
From Climate Progress:Today a Virginia judge ruled that the University of Virginia (UVA) doesn’t have to release the emails of climate scientists like Michael Mann to the anti-science American...
View ArticleMichael Mann sues NRO, Mark Steyn, Rand Stimberg
From T. Bogg: Dr. Michael Mann, Professor of Meteorology with Joint Appointment with the Department of Geosciences and Director, Earth System Science Center, at Penn State University, has filed suit...
View ArticleObama's cynical XL statement
For those dreamers who think that Obama's statement today means he will not approve the XL pipeline: prepare to be bitterly disappointed. He's going to approve it. He as much as said so.The pre-speech...
View ArticleThe New Yorker comments on Texas book banning
The New Yorker has a fine essay by Annie Julia Wyman, a graduate of Highland Park High School in Dallas (and now a Ph.D candidate at Harvard) reflecting on the "book-banning" there, the conservative...
View ArticleSF Giants vs Washington Nats Open Thread
The post-season baseball clash between the most beautiful and liberal city and the seat of dysfunctional government, now stands at 2 games to none in favor of the good guys. Giant ace lefty Madison...
View ArticleYes, you should tip your Uber driver
Uber is a great service, which, in part, became popular by suggesting to riders that the tip was included in the price. Further, Uber recruited (and still recruits) drivers stating that they can make...
View ArticleChicago McDonald video released
NEws outlets are releasing the dash cam video of Chicago PD Officer Van Dyke shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times last October subsequent to a ruling of an Illinois judge. The victim was...
View ArticleBenighted Bundists Dwindle to Four
The little Bundyl of Bundists still snacking and lubing has dwindled to four benighted souls including a husband and wife. OregonLive:Among the four left at the refuge was Sandy Anderson, a 48-year-old...
View ArticlePatRioters stalk the streets of Burns, OR.
Like a gang of bikers, an angry but not quite so brave contingent of PatRioters-come-lately have decided they are more able to intimidate and less likely to get shot if they just parade around the...
View ArticleMalheur PatRioters indicted by federal grand jury
A federal grand jury Wednesday returned indictments against the Malheur PatRioters: A federal grand jury Wednesday issued indictments against Ammon Bundy, his brother and at least nine other...
View ArticleAmmon Bundy used faked anti-BLM video to instigate Malheur takeover; video...
Q: How do you get bunches of dimwits to commit felonies, forfeit their lives and freedom for a cause that has no actual impact on their lives, i.e. anti-abortion whacks, the Malheur PatRioters,etc ?A:...
View ArticleTrump deposed in suit vs TV's "Chopped" Chef
The Donald claims his businesses are going south because two famous chefs pulled out of a deal, because of Trump’s remarks about Mexicans. One of the chefs is Geoffrey Zakarian, famous for his role on...
View ArticleTrump delegate sues for "conscientious objector" relief
Some rube publicans are deciding they don’t wanna be pirates. One has filed suit to gain the freedom to vote his “conscience” (wut?) at the GOP conflagration oops I mean convention.In other news,...
View ArticleTrump and ISIS: He's their candidate
The Don-key should reach out to ISIS for campaign donations. They loves them some Trump.This is what Obama, HRC and others have been saying right along. He is becoming ISIS’s best recruiter. They are...
View ArticleClinton leads by double digits, says new Ipsos poll
The new Reuters/Ipsos poll over the weekend says The Don-key is digging a bigger hole for himself. 13 points behind Clinton!The July 1-5 poll included responses gathered mostly over the holiday...
View ArticleClinton picks Kaine for VP
The announcement was just aired and Sec. Clinton has chosen Sen. Tim Kaine of VA as her running mate. Unfortunately, he is a defensive choice, apparently chosen to help Clinton with the battleground...
View ArticleShould Mylan be boycotted?
Mylan and its CEO Heather Bresch are making worse than a mockery out of business and pharma ethics, not to mention putting lives at risk. The development of the EpiPen was supported 100% by the gov....
View Article"Healther" Dr. Drew canned by CNN
In what might be a sign that the media are wise to and tired of “truthers”, CNN has canned Dr. Drew a week after he did his“healther” spew regarding the health of Hillary Clinton: On a radio show this...
View ArticleWall St. Journal Op-Ed calls Trump unstable, uninformed and unfit
The piece is entitled Hillary-Hatred Derangement Syndrome. It’s not exactly an editorial, but the author, Dorothy Rabinowitz, is a member of the Journal’s editorial board. A Pulitzer Prize winner, she...
View ArticleIndiana parade float shows Trump executing Clinton
Just having some laughs, these ole country boys...did a black-face Obama, just for some more laughs. Good clean fun, right? xYouTube Video America the Beautiful.
View ArticleJunior Dionne gets up his courage, writes something of substance about Trump....
This story is now old, but I haven’t seen it mentioned here. WaPo columnist EJ Dionne Jr. must have had something extra in his coffee, as he finally decided that Donald J. Trump is actually a weirdo...
View ArticleWaPo reports Trump retweets Clinton rape story
In the face of even more revelations of Trump’s predatory nature, Aaron Blake at the Washington Post reports that the PussyGrabber has resumed his old ways Saturday night, retweeting two tweets from...
View ArticleEmailerism: soon to be the new birtherism, to delegitimize the Hillary...
“Lock her up!” Don’t think you have heard the last of this. Trump last night: I’ll tell you one other thing: she shouldn’t be allowed to run. She’s guilty of a very, very serious crime. She should not...
View ArticleTrumpland: you HAVE to see this movie
Went to see Michael Moore’s Trumpland film last night with my better half, and it was surprisingly great and funny, and inspiring. We expected to see the usual gotcha interviews with people on the...
View ArticleHave we seen our last presidential election?
This is dark, but it’s not a conspiracy theory diary. Nor is it a hand-wringing or a “goodbye cruel world” diary. It is an attempt at a clear-thinking, realistically- and historically-based assessment...
View ArticleBreaking: Comey meets with Senate Intelligence Committee re RussiaGate.
CNN reports FBI chief Comey had a sit-down with Rubio’s Senate Intel committee for 3 hours regarding the Trump administration/campaign’s contacts with Russians. No details available. The FBI has...
View ArticleWag the Donald begins
Wikipedia:Wag the Dog is a 1997 black comedy film ….The film follows a Washington D.C. spin doctor (De Niro) who, mere days before a presidential election, distracts the electorate from a sex scandal...
View ArticleTrump: "wire tapping""info" came from an old NYT piece and Fox News rumor...
Lawrence O’Donnell running with this….On Fox News today, Trump said that he got the idea that Obama ‘wire-tapped’ him from only 2 named sources: 1. A weeks old NYTimes story, which appeared in two...
View ArticleWho will be Trump's lawyer, when will the FBI interview the "president" and...
Let’s assume for the moment that there is some modicum of honesty and appropriate investigation. The FBI has to interview Trump. Not to mention grabbing his cell phone. Not to mention J. Beauregard. Of...
View ArticleSean Spicer mic drop, blames media for Brady jersey theft
In case you missed it, punk Sean Spicer made an effort at a mic-drop yesterday, then ran away like a little coward. At the very end of his press conference, in a few words, Spicer cited the story of...
View ArticleNunes'"secret squirrel" info came from National Enquirer?!
Via Huffington Post: On Wednesday, March 22,….. Nunes said he was alarmed after seeing intelligence reports disseminated within the Obama administration after November 8 that apparently were records of...
View ArticleIdiot exposed: Assad poison-gasses his people, the world looks to President...
“I’m flexible.” (What courage! What a beacon!)ah, but there is SO much more:“Bill O’Reilly did nothing wrong.”“Susan Rice committed a crime.”(and other comments on potential, pending or settled cases...
View ArticleGOP pols say if Trump has "tape" of Comey, they will get it, by subpoena if...
Washington Post (subscription) says GOP congress-critters are saying they will require Trump to turn over any tapes of conversations with Comey. Raw Story says: On NBC’s Meet the Press, Republican...
View ArticleTrump will be isolated; what could go wrong? and when?
When even the lawyers (and the son in law) lawyer up, the environment in which Trump finds himself is really quite strange, with the result that he inevitably becomes isolated. Think about this: since...
View ArticleCNN videos suggest Russians are arming the Taliban, to kill American troops.
CNN has the story:The Taliban have received improved weaponry in Afghanistan that appears to have been supplied by the Russian government, according to exclusive videos obtained by CNN, adding weight...
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