So goes the old saying, punch line shortly. For now let’s note in recent history, mixing politics and religion has given us everything from the Holocaust to forced state sanctioned rape by high-tech dildos to the 9-11 terror attacks (Hey, those hijackers weren’t atheists). A new poll indicates we can add another item to the growing list: increasing nervousness among the electorate: [Read more…]
Mitt Romney has roundly laughed at across the media-scape today for claiming it was George Bush, not Barack Obama, who kept the US from collapsing into a Great Depression in late 2008. That’s not entirely wrong, but there are a few things which Mittens conveniently failed to mention. [Read more…]
I was turned on to this by my morning DJs, Jason and Deb, can’t believe I missed it yesterday when it came out.
Update: Romney 54% Santorum 28% with only 16% in, this race has been called, but it hardly matters. The delegate math in Illinois is about as confusing as it gets. But what it boils down to is your vote for Romney or Santorum doesn’t count toward the primary, your vote for their designated delegates in your district is what matters. And you can vote for more than one candidate’s delegates. It’s pretty crazy. [Read more…]
Citizens United was the landmark legal case that opened up unlimited contributions, with no requirement to disclose donors for large entities, to pools of money known colloquially as Super Pacs. A new article brings up an interesting possibility: could wealthy individuals and corporations score a lucrative two-fer? [Read more…]
Result on a recent poll asking conservative Illinois voters about the President’s citizenship and evolutionary biology tail with the same questions a week ago about Mississippi and Alabama voters. Although the results are slightly less depressing in Illinois: [Read more…]
The Atlantic reposts a graph from The Economist showing the increase in government spending in the first three years of the first term of the last seven presidents. Guess who wins Biggest Spender in Chief? [Read more…]
We’re just workin out the details of an interactive map of Illinois by district rolling out on Daily Kos this week. If you have a sec take a peek below — be sure and read the text below the image before you play with it.
Once upon a time, not that long ago, in a land far, far away, birth control and abortion were made illegal. Bearing children was the name of the game, so childless women paid penalty fines while those with many children enjoyed lavish perks. The secret police were empowered to patrol hospital exam rooms looking for any sign of the newly decreed illegal activity. The age to marry was lowered to 15, and divorce became virtually impossible. But it didn’t stop there. Over the years it got worse, much worse. [Read more…]
A week or two ago I got an email from a conservative leaning lady friend who has argued politics with me for years. It had three words in it: You Were Right.
I’d like to think my finger is on the political pulse of the nation, or at least near a major artery some of the time. But I cannot for the life of me figure out the calculus driving the recent Republican obsession with birth control, and neither can any of my otherwise well-informed peers. Any ideas? I’ll post any halfway coherent idea below the fold. [Read more…]