Dead dolphins. HORN ISLAND, Miss. — Federal wildlife officials are treating the deaths of six dolphins on the Gulf Coast as oil-related even though other factors may be to blame. As the oil spill...
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Balls of the Day
FireDogLake blogger, and one of my favorite writers, TBogg for this post. He'll be booted from the site in 5... 4... 3...
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
If you're wondering why television news coverage of the oil spill is dwindling, you can thank the chemical dispersants that are pushing the oil to the bottom of the Gulf. No oil-covered birds on the...
Re-electehhhhhd
While I'm posting about campaign ads, this Joe Sestak ad is running around the clock on television here. This is easily one of the most effective political commercials I've ever seen. Since it began...
Oh McCain You've Done It Again
That new McCain commercial in which he's walking along a border fence being assured by a sheriff that he's "one of us" is a little creepy as it stands. "One of us" is just a terrible phrase to use in...
Morning Awesome
White Zombie - "More Human Than Human"
Erick Erickson Is A What?!
At this point, I really shouldn't care any more, but holy frijoles: Jane Hamsher, the publisher of the liberal blog FireDogLake, said that many bloggers like Mr. Erickson test rhetorical limits, but...
He Did WHAT?!
Holy crap! A Republican primary candidate in Alabama once supported teaching evolution in school! EVOLUTION! Liberal quackery, I know. And no, the following commercial is not a joke. I believe this...
So Why All the Loud Noises?
Taxes are at their lowest level since the 1950s. Amid complaints about high taxes and calls for a smaller government, Americans paid their lowest level of taxes last year since Harry Truman's...
WTF?
Backwards crazy people: 28% of Republicans said the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico made them more likely to support drilling off the coast. They're not just staying the course in the face of...
Predictable Republican Backlash
The Republicans, as predicted, are attacking Elena Kagan on the ROTC at Harvard thing. Why oh why does Elena Kagan hate the troops?! Can you imagine the talk radio and Fox News Channel freakout when...
Morning Awesome
U2 - "Until The End of the World" Live at ZooTV in Sydney Will U2 ever again be this awesome?
Sarah Palin Keeps on Lying
She tweeted today that the Obama administration wants a "soldier pay decrease." The more elegant word choice would be "pay reduction," but whatever. This is a complete lie regardless of her remedial...
Quote of the Day
"I was going to speak in Arizona, but I thought I’d be deported." Arnold Schwarzenegger at Emory University Good joke, but of course he wouldn't be deported. Too white. Via
A Small Bit of Good News
There's not much of anything positive to say about the Deepwater Horizon situation. But the public reaction to the oil spill has changed a few minds on energy and pollution legislation. * Overall...
Worst Person
RedState.com blogger and teabagger Caleb Howe for this. The back story. Ebert defended that California high school's decision to stop four students from wearing American flag t-shirts on Cinco de...
Kagan and Indefinite Detentions
Fellow progressives are attacking Kagan for evidently supporting indefinite detentions. Though, as SCOTUSblog points out, Dawn Johnsen, the embattled (and ultimately withdrawn) progressive favorite...
Giuliani Is A Know-Nothing Hack
Tapper's question yesterday: Can you point to any time when a U.S. citizen was interrogated as an enemy combatant as opposed to in the criminal system where the result, the interrogation was more...
The Real Scale of the Oil Spill
Here's the BP oil spill superimposed over the New York City metro region. And it continues to grow. For reference, the Exxon Valdez spill was just over 10 million gallons. Based on the most...
It's Elena Kagan
The big political news today: WASHINGTON — President Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan as the nation’s 112th justice, choosing his own chief advocate before the Supreme Court to join...