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“Liberal gene” has now been isolated
It sounds either ridiculous or ripped from the pages of a futuristic sci-fi dystopia – but apparently it’s true. Scientists from UC-San Diego and Harvard are claiming that they have isolated a so-called “liberal gene.” The technical explanation is that those who have a specific variant of a dopamine receptor called DRD4 are likely to […]
Joy Behar doubles down on ugly in the war on women of the right
October 27, 2010
A minor firestorm erupted yesterday when Joy Behar, co-host of The View, criticized a campaign ad by Nevada Republican Sharron Angle, implying the ad was racist. She then fired off a tirade that included the following lovely statements: “You know what I’d like to see her do? I’d like to see her do this ad […]
One last look at the Juan Williams/NPR fiasco
October 25, 2010
I have purposefully refrained from commenting on the dust-up over Juan Williams’ firing from NPR after comments he made on Bill O’Reilly’s show on Fox News – mainly to just get a little space from the emotional reactions from both sides. A brief refresher on the statements that earned Williams the ax: Appearing Monday on […]
Plouffe plays the expectation game
October 11, 2010
After first claiming that Democrats were beginning to make a comeback and could be expected to fare better on November 2nd, it seems that the new strategy is to hype up massive and unrealistic GOP gains with the goal of ridiculing the failure to achieve that level as somehow a massive repudiation. President Obama’s 2008 […]
Obama admin gives companies health care waivers
October 8, 2010
Faced with the prospects of rising costs for providing mandated increases in health care coverage, some companies have floated the possibility of dropping employee coverage altogether, most notably McDonald’s. In response, the Obama administration has granted 30 one-year waivers to McDonald’s and other businesses and insurance companies, exempting them from regulatory changes that will affect […]
NJ Dem planted Tea Party candidate as spoiler
October 8, 2010
Incumbent Democratic Rep. John Adler is facing a tough reelection battle against Republican Jon Runyan in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District – RealClearPolitics shows the freshman Congressman with a narrow 4-point lead. What complicates the picture is the campaign of a third-party candidate Peter DeStefano under the Tea Party banner, currently pulling between 4 and 7 points to […]
Health care an albatross around Dem election hopes
October 6, 2010
A slew of factors are influencing voter disapproval and anemic Democratic poll numbers this 2010 election season – the weak economy and high unemployment after a massive stimulus was promised to bail us out, the rise of the vigorous Tea Party movement, and dissatisfaction among citizens of all stripes over a feeling that government is […]
CA decriminalizes marijuana possession
October 2, 2010
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took the bold step yesterday of reducing the crime of marijuana possession from a misdemeanor to a standard fine, moving it from an almost mandatory court case into a ticketable offense on the level of speeding. This comes in the face of an upcoming ballot proposition that would completely legalize and tax […]
Sick green ad blows up schoolkids
October 1, 2010
Content warning for those squeamish about gore (Heads-up from Hot Air): The video is intended to be a hip and snarky piece of a campaign called 10:10 intending for cities to cut back on their carbon emissions. But it results in disturbing propaganda eerily fascistic and mildly offensive. The shtick here is that people who are […]
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