Posts in December 2009

2009 Dukes Winners

By ToPhOrN on December 31, 2009
2009 Dukes Winners

Over at TPM: TPM is pleased to announce the winners of the Third Annual Golden Dukes! The Golden Dukes are given in recognition of great accomplishments in muckiness including acts of venal corruption, outstanding self-inflicted losses of dignity, crimes against the republic, bribery, exposed hypocrisy... [+]

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31Dec

Wingnuts of the Year

By ToPhOrN on December 31, 2009
Wingnuts of the Year

2009 was the year American politics went crazy. From Glenn Beck to the preacher who prayed for Obama’s death, VIEW OUR GALLERY of the most polarizing, deranged—and dangerous—wingnuts. History will show that 2009 was the year that hope turned to hate. In the three-ring circus... [+]

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Obama Palin Shoe Shining Email Could...

By ToPhOrN on December 31, 2009
Obama Palin Shoe Shining Email Could Get Colorado State Worker In Trouble

A Colorado state employee could be disciplined for sending an e-mail showing President Barack Obama shining the shoes of former Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. The 73-year-old Colorado Department of Transportation worker forwarded the e-mail to at least four co-workers and others on Dec. 22... [+]

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Obama's probe findings

By ToPhOrN on December 31, 2009
Obama’s probe findings

From Politico so the normal bias is there: Information that would have kept a bomb off Northwest’s Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam to Detroit was “vague but available” to intelligence agencies, according to officials involved in reviews ordered by President Barack Obama. If the dots... [+]

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Oops! Wikipedia Pronounced Rush...

By ToPhOrN on December 31, 2009
Oops! Wikipedia Pronounced Rush Limbaugh Dead

Looks like the folks at Wikipedia were prepared for the worst when it came to Rush Limbaugh. Actually they were a little too well prepared. Shortly after the news broke that the conservative political radio talk show host was hospitalized, Wikipedia updated his page –... [+]

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Rush Limbaugh admitted to Honolulu...

By ToPhOrN on December 31, 2009
Rush Limbaugh admitted to Honolulu hospital

HONOLULU (AP) – Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital after suffering chest pains and was resting comfortably Wednesday, his radio program said in a statement.”Rush was admitted to and is resting comfortably in a Honolulu hospital today after suffering chest... [+]

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Report: Limbaugh hospitalized with...

By ToPhOrN on December 30, 2009
Report: Limbaugh hospitalized with chest pains

VIA AP A Honolulu television station was reporting Wednesday night that radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains. KITV reported that paramedics responded to a call at 2:41 p.m. from the Kahala Hotel and Resort where he is... [+]

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30Dec

The Terrorists' Secret Weapon

By ToPhOrN on December 30, 2009
The Terrorists’ Secret Weapon

Intelligence experts have heard chatter for months about the explosive allegedly used by the underwear bomber. So why has the U.S. cut back on machines that detect it? U.S. security officials had become increasingly worried in the months leading up to the attempted airplane bombing... [+]

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AGs Cycle Through Constitutional...

By ToPhOrN on December 29, 2009
AGs Cycle Through Constitutional Arguments Against Health Bill

The group of Republican state attorneys general waging a public campaign against the Nebraska Medicaid provision in the Senate health bill appear to be scrambling to come up with a valid constitutional argument, already discarding one obscure objection and coming up with two new arguments... [+]

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29Dec

Orly Taitz Seems To Suggest Call To...

By ToPhOrN on December 29, 2009
Orly Taitz Seems To Suggest Call To Arms Against Obama

In a blog post on her website titled “It might be time now,” birther queen Orly Taitz seemed to suggest today a call to arms against President Obama. What is the real intention of this Kenyan, Indonesian communist usurper? Is it to provide security for... [+]

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