Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

27 Mar 2010 19:53

tags

U.S.: Obama conspiracy theorists: Here’s some proof he may be Jewish

That’s right, Obama has a yearly presidential Seder, a tradition he started with his staff in 2008. No other president has had one. Get your tinfoil hats, boys. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

27 Mar 2010 17:38

tags

U.S.: Obama leaps over Senate’s head, issues 15 recess appointments

  • I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government.
  • President Barack Obama • Regarding the recess appointments that he pushed through today. The appointments are only temporary – they can only serve through the end of 2011. But he was at the point where he needed to do something, due to the immense amount of gridlock in the Senate right now. 217 of his nominees are currently waiting for confirmation, 34 of them over six months. The Republicans fought against this, but it’s not exactly an uncommon thing he’s doing – George W. Bush also had 15 recess appointments at this point of his presidency. At the end of their eight-year terms, both Bush and his wipe buddy Bill Clinton had over 130 each – Bush more than Clinton. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

27 Mar 2010 16:48

tags

U.S.: Security fail: A year later, Obama still doesn’t have a TSA head

  • 2 TSA leader nominees have withdrawn their names so far source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Mar 2010 15:36

tags

Politics: What, me political? Alfred E. Neuman marks down his opinions

  • Alfred E. Neuman drew something on his shirt on the cover of this month’s Mad Magazine that sort of speaks to the cultural zeitgeist at the moment. Curious about what it is? Well, you’ll just have to click the link to find out. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

26 Mar 2010 15:20

tags

Politics: Would Obama win in 2012? It’s a statistical dead heat

  • 47% of people would vote for Obama in 2012, versus 44 percent for a hypothetical Republican candidate
  • 15% amount Bill Clinton was down in a similar poll in 1994; we all know what happened there (he lost, we think)
  • 75% of Dems want to see Obama reelected; the GOP wants to see LMFAO fan Mitt Romney take him on source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

24 Mar 2010 11:01

tags

Politics: Polling drama: One pollster calls out another, calls for a duel

  • Using all negative statements, rather than a mix of negative and positive ones, reflects another non-standard approach, one that can further bias responses.
  • ABC Director of Polling Gary Langer • Regarding the problems he found with a Harris Interactive survey on “wingnuts” who dislike President Obama. The survey, which suggests as many as 40 percent of people think Obama is a socialist (among other things), also uses the leading phrase “here are some things people have said about President Obama,” with Langer finds particularly troublesome. He calls it “a highly manipulative approach to questionnaire design,” the kind of thing that persuades many respondents into biases. Harris Interactive must be smartin’ about this. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

24 Mar 2010 10:34

tags

U.S.: Get yo popcorn ready! Obama nominates liberal to appeals court

Goodwin Liu could be an appeals court judge. One Repbulican Senator calls the Berkeley professor a liberal “beyond the mainstream.” A huge fight is coming. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 2 Comments • Permalink
 

24 Mar 2010 09:22

tags

Politics: Best way to thank Dems who voted for health care? Advertising

  • $5 million in thank-you political
    ads are coming source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

23 Mar 2010 20:41

tags

Biz: Obama’s pay czar to bailed-out firms: Time for another pay cut!

  • 15% average pay cuts for highly-paid workers at bailed-out firms
  • 33% average pay cuts for their non-stock cash payments source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

23 Mar 2010 20:28

tags

Politics: Joe Biden is f(#@ing right, isn’t he? Yeah, he really is.

  • And yes Mr. Vice President,
    you’re right …
  • White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs • On handling a major political gaffe with a little bit of levity. Joe Biden told Obama that signing the health care bill was a “big ducking deal.” Except he wasn’t ducking. The video is here. We have to say, Joe Biden amuses the spit out of us. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
<< newer 
top tags
older >>