Author - Bob Cesca

Economy

Headline of the Day

Thank you, President Obama, for this: Credit Card Law Will Curb FreeCreditReport.com Ads Now, hopefully this will mean these awful commercials will go away. But there's always a shot that we'll get...

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Blogging

Slight Name Change

After many weeks of deliberating, I've decided to adjust the rather obnoxious nickname of this blog (the actual name being, simply, "bobcesca.com"). So you'll notice that the "goddamn" has been...

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Supreme Court

Sonia Sotomayor

MSNBC is reporting that Sonia Sotomayor is apparently the president's nominee for the Supreme Court. Official announcement at 10:15 a.m. EDT. The wingnuts are gonna crap their cages. UPDATE: Her...

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Torture

Note to Scarborough

Via a Sullivan reader: But, as many are noting, this was friendly waterboarding experimental extra-lite, with Mancow in almost complete control. Let's see him--or anyone else--take the real thing...

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Quote

Quote of the Day

"The concern I've had about Guantanamo in these wars is it has been a symbol, and one which has been a recruiting symbol for those extremists and jihadists who would fight us. So I think that centers...

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Environment

Super Stupid

Via Cory Doctorow, the plastic grocery bag people (who are blighting the land with their awfulness) are pushing back against reusable cloth bags: The Canadian Plastic Industry Association...

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Torture

Memorial Day

4,300 reported American military casualties in Iraq so far -- a war that was largely sold to the world using false information gathered by means of torture. The Cheneys are certainly allowed to do...

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