Posts Tagged ‘politics’
A comment on today’s top news story
I know the final final final results aren't in just yet, and I'm not 100% sure who I'm voting for (and at the moment I can't recall if I'm even registered with a party, though I think I am), but I'm glad to be living in a time where the battle over who won the…
Read MoreBald, scary — and in charge
Australia's new government is looking up already. From the BBC: Australia's prime minister-elect, Kevin Rudd, has announced the make-up of his new government. He appointed his deputy leader, Julia Gillard, as education minister, and a former rock star, Midnight Oil singer Peter Garrett, as environment minister. Methinks he'll be having Midnight Oil's 1984 album cover…
Read MoreHopeful Independence Day
Once again, Keith Olbermann hits it on the nose. “And for you, Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney, there is a lesser task. You need to achieve a very low threshold indeed. Display that iota of patriotism Richard Nixon showed on August 9, 1974. And give us someone, anyone, about whom all of us might yet…
Read MoreI Mess With Texas, Part 19
The Mess With Texas Sign They're at it again…. NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas legislator has proposed that pregnant women considering abortion be offered $500 not to end their pregnancies. Republican State Sen. Dan Patrick, who also is a conservative radio talk show host, said on Friday the money might convince the women…
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