Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?

Blue Gal is hauling herself and crew to bluer pastures (no, not Kentucky).  With just weeks to go before she puts Alabama in her past, she used the New York Times Election Guide to see how red her neighbors are when it comes to campaign contributions. In my town, it wasn’t so bleak: Barack Obama-30 [...]

Lincoln-Douglas Debate According to Fox News

OMG! Hillary Clinton grabbed headlines trying to lure Barack Obama into what she called a “Lincoln-Douglas style” debate. She was talking about the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas during their Illinois Senate race. You’ve just seen Fox’s interpretation. MSNBC’s Dan Abrams noticed, too. h/t The Maxim’s Patriot

China Poison Medicine Prescribed to Americans

A contaminated blood thinner from China has been found in drug supplies in 11 countries, and federal officials said Monday they had discovered a clear link between the contaminant and severe reactions now associated with 81 deaths in the United States. The CEO of Baxter told Congress the Heparin may have been intentionally contaminated, but [...]

The Bush Recession

“Bush rhetoric on energy strays from the facts” reads the AP headline.  If the Associated Press noticed, you know Keith Olbermann did.  The MSNBC news anchor breaks down Bush’s lying.  Most strangely, Bush blamed the Democratic Congress for the recession even though economic alarms were sounding off long before the 110th Congress was sworn in.

Amnesty’s Anti-Torture Message for the Olympics

Amnesty International’s ‘Torchure’ is the first in a series of four animated films highlighting China’s human rights record in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. AI’s campaign specifically has in mind Beijing resident Ye Guozhu who was imprisoned and tortured with electroshock batons after he protested at forced evictions. Ye Guozhu’s home and family restaurant [...]

Congressman Conyers, Impeach!

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has threatened to subpoena several former officials in the Bush administration if they refuse to testify about their roles in the preparation of the “torture memos.” Additionally, Dick Cheney’s lawyer claims Congress lacks the authority to conduct oversight over the Vice President. Is such an assertion any better than [...]

Pentagon Propaganda Plants

h/t to Buelahman for the awesome editing Max and the Marginalized do what CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, CNN did not that is cover the Pentagon propoganda plants at the networks. Whose Face Can You Save? They’re retired, still spitting in the feed The doctored up analysis mapped out to mislead Get creative with the facts [...]

The Republican Erosion of America

By Angel Of Mercy 26/04/08 “Daily Kos” — – There is, it seems to me, an area in the political discussion which has been woefully ignored for much, much too long. Historical fact: Prior to the rise of the radical right some 30 years ago, America was the most innovative, most prosperous, most vital nation [...]

Obama and Chris Wallace

Fox News’ Chris Wallace did not have to watch Senator Barack Obama this time around.  The Fox anchor got to conduct his long awaited interview.  Obama sidelined the Republican network for two years after its misinformation campaign against the candidate. Brave New Films shows Fox News versus Reality:

Soldiers Live in Squalor at Fort Bragg

The father of a soldier documents the mold problem and sewage flowing across floors at barracks in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.  I found this video at the Daily Kos: From DS and via Digby and I warn you, this is going to piss you off: The Fayetteville (NC) Observer reported on this today. The video [...]