Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
Senate GOP Crosses Its Arms and Pouts
According to Politico, Senate Republicans won’t be engaging in too much badmouthing of Obama’s Supreme Court pick:
GOP officials say they realize the party needs to improve its standing among Hispanic voters in order to have any hope of winning a national election, and they admit that trashing the first Latina nominee to the court could [...]
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Oh Bernie.
The big news story for the day is of course Bernie Madoff’s trial. I think the anger and vitriol directed at him by his victims is somewhat grotesque. They’re perfectly justified in being upset, of course he deserves the punishment he’s going to get, but the victims should really direct their ire at themselves. It [...]
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Thursday, January 15th, 2009
Snarky Commentary on the News: 1-15-09
Apparently a plane crashed in New York Harbour. I mean, I know it’s evocative of September 11th, but c’mon. It wasn’t even that slow a news day! Glad everyone’s safe, but really, it’s not that big a deal. And why is no one lamenting the lives of the geese that the plain thoughtlessly ran into? [...]
