At the 2011 Michigan Democratic Convention this past Saturday, attendees got to watch their party leadership punch itself in the face with not just their right hand, but also their left. State Party Chairman Mark Brewer faced a challenge to his seat from only one other candidate, Detroit TV producer Ron Scott. I sat in on the 8:30 a.m. (ugh) […]

Its been a fine week, hasn’t it? In the space of less than three weeks, Egyptians managed a non-violent transition of power that has the promise of a true democracy forming in the coming year. Other countries, inspired by the Egyptians’ magnificent accomplishment, are moving in a similar way, hopefully in the same non-violent fashion. We had an amazingly warm […]

…that even the stick-penis snow monkeys were out. My wife took the photo. I have no idea whose stick-penis snow monkey it is. I’m just sayin’…

Just chillin’ with my crew, listenin’ to some Radio Paradise, readin’ and drinkin’ a High Seas IPA. Did St. Francis like IPAs? I’m just askin’…

Unless he says something next Monday when the Supreme Court is hearing cases, Tuesday will be a special day for Justice Clarence Thomas. A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument. If […]

Ah, this is rich. Jan Brewer, the Arizona governor who cried bloody murder when the federal government intruded on her state’s right to pass the “Papers, Please” law, is suing the federal government for failing to protect Arizonians from an “invasion” of undocumented immigrants. In other words, she wants the federal government to stay out of her state’s business except […]

I was reading Reddit’s politics page this morning when I came across this Self Reddit: Thank you unemployment benefits. Because of you I was able to pay my rent wash my clothes, eat, and today was offered a job for over 100k. I’ve been unemployed for almost 2 years. I will happily pay my taxes, and not cry about it […]

President Obama is in the far northern reaches of Michigan today to kick off his drive to extend high-speed internet to 98% of the country. President Barack Obama’s visit to Marquette today is intended to highlight the benefits of widespread access to broadband service and promote his plan for a National Wireless Initiative to make high-speed wireless Internet services available […]

If you’re looking for a little comic relief on your glide path to Friday, bop over and read Ted Nugent’s latest drivel at the Washington Times, “Mourning in America”. Honestly, who gave this guy a megaphone? What he knows about politics and history wouldn’t fill a thimble. President Obama has been trying to saddle up next to former President Ronald […]

Congressman Steve King, Republican conservative from Iowa, has spent an enormous amount of time casting doubt on President Obama’s religion. Tonight, on Lawrence O’Donnell’s Last Word, O’Donnell played a clip where Representative King said that the President doesn’t have an “American experience”. Then, during the interview, King dropped this unbelievable bit of insulting idiocy: “The President stood in Cairo and […]

As I blogged about before, the pragmati website Blue Wave News was hacked and taken down. Leanne from BWN has this update: No, the site isn’t dead – it’s resting. ;) Seriously, though, we are indeed working on getting back up and running, which should happen very soon. We may not have all the bells and whistles functioning at first, […]