Daily Archives: July 6, 2011

Okay, she didn’t say “shit.” From her Facebook page: Media Making Things Up: “Tears” and “Rages” During “The Undefeated”? Really? by Sarah Palin on Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 12:08pm Obviously we’ve seen our share of media lies, but the … Continue reading →

WaPo: In debt talks, Obama offers Social Security cuts President Obama is pressing congressional leaders to consider a far-reaching debt-reduction plan that would force Democrats to accept major changes to Social Security and Medicare in exchange for Republican support for … Continue reading →

WaPo: Tea party Democrats do exist Is there such a thing as a tea party Democrat? The answer, it seems, is yes. Polls show the group exists, but determining its impact is difficult. What role the group could play in … Continue reading →

It must be an odd-numbered month because Paul Krugman is being shrill again. Via Riverdaughter: The Obama-Keynes Mystery I’m not alone in marveling at the extent to which Obama has thrown his rhetorical weight behind anti-Keynesian economics; Ryan Avent is … Continue reading →

Powerline: “Fast and Furious” Blows Sky-High This morning, there was a stunning development in Congress’s investigation of the Justice Department’s “Fast and Furious” gun-running program: it was revealed that on July 4, Kenneth Melson, the acting director of the Bureau … Continue reading →

Media Decoder: CNN Cancels ‘In the Arena’ With Eliot Spitzer CNN on Wednesday cancelled Eliot Spitzer’s 8 p.m. political talk show, “In The Arena,” after only nine months, and said it would shift Anderson Cooper’s 10 p.m. nightly newscast into … Continue reading →

Via Hot Air: In reversal, federal court orders immediate end to ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ policy A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. government on Wednesday to immediately cease enforcing the ban on openly gay members of the military, a … Continue reading →

Real Clear Politics: Devoted Volunteers Build Foundation for Palin in Iowa PELLA, Iowa — Last December, Michelle McCormick penned a letter to Sarah Palin, addressed it to her political action committee, and dropped it in the mail. An unassuming 28-year-old … Continue reading →

Remember that woman who was arrested in Rochester, New York for the heinous offense of recording the cops during a traffic stop in front of her home? Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Charge against Emily Good dismissed At the start of … Continue reading →

The Daily Beast: White Supremacist Stampede Add to the growing list of candidates considering a bid for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012 America’s most famous white-power advocate: David Duke. A former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, member … Continue reading →

Maybe she’ll get her day in court after all. The Guardian: The hotel maid at the centre of the attempted rape case against the former head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is suing the New York Post for libel after … Continue reading →