Perriello increases his lead in VA-05. Looking good for another Dem pick-up
Virginia board of elections has updated their website that indicates Perriello is widening his lead. Tom S. P. Perriello 158,525 50.07% Virgil H. Goode, Jr. 157,894 49.87%Write In 140 0.04%At one time...
View ArticleUpdated results say Perriello will win VA-05. It's all over but the recount.
According to sources on the ground, Perriello has essentially won the race in VA-05. Re-canvassing and the inclusion of provisional and absentee ballots has resulted in a current 749 margin of victory...
View ArticlePublic STRONGLY support stimulus; believe Obama reaching out
In John Campenelli's excellent diary residing atop the Rec list he points out that Americans mostly support the stimulus package. I am pleased he included the Gallup data, but believe his diary plays...
View ArticleUPDATE 4: 12 yr old girl beaten by police; mistaken for a prostitute.
I don't know if this has been diaried. Regardless. In one of the most disgusting displays of police brutality, a 12 year old girl is going through her second trail for alleged assault against a police...
View ArticleMy elderly parents are getting booted out of their house
I found out this morning that my mother and father are getting kicked out of their house unless they come up with $6000 by Tuesday, when they have a court date covering the status of their house.I...
View ArticleMurphy +86 in NY-20; Saratoga in; Tedisco Teabagging no help
It appears that Tedisco's shenanigans didn't help him a whole lot. Tedisoco's big district, Saratgo is finally in, and it came in strong for Tedisco where he gained 163 votes on Murphy. This includes...
View ArticleMurphy +273; Everything counted except challenged ballots
While my headline is technically correct, the file that includes the update indicates that all ballots have been counted in Warren and Columbia. However, only 225 votes have been added to the tally....
View ArticleDana Milbank starts with the Stoopid re Sotomayor
When you've got nothing else to write about you're left with talking about the Blink rate of the nominee. You think I'm making this up. According to Dana Milbank of the Washington Post:When Leahy...
View ArticleSotomayor, affirmative action and Test scores.
I have watched with great interest the events that have unfolded regarding Sotomayor's nomination and the case of the white fireman in New Haven, CT. What irritates me most about the cases are the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Fox News relocates Egypt and Iraq
The Middle Eastern situation just got more complicated. In an amazing turn of events, Fox News is now reporting that tectonic vibrations in the Earth's crust have dramatically shifted the geographic...
View ArticlePressuring Pfizer to stop advertizing on Glen Beck
I thought I would share my experience of trying to pressure advertisers not to place their advertisement's on Glen Beck's hateful and divisive show. As part of the progressive call to action posted by...
View ArticleHitler Obama supports Nazi policies like socialized Healthcare
Since Nazi Germany supported nationalized healthcare that means any American President that supports nationalized healthcare is a Nazi and equal to Hitler. But be careful everyone. We're surrounded...
View ArticleDisappearing ice of Kilimanjaro, Climate Change & GOP talking points
Just in time for the Copenhagen conference we get scientific evidence that the snow on Africa's highest peak, Mt. Kilimanjaro, is loosing its ice pack at an alarming rate. Further evidence of Climate...
View ArticleEveryone siding w/Scalia, Thomas on "sexually dangerous" persons case are wrong
The challenge in this case was not whether the federal government had the right to indefinitely incarcerate "sexually dangerous" people, but whether Congress had the right to overrule the state's right...
View ArticleAGREE OR DELETE. Fake Christian outrage or a teachable moment
My mother and Step-father are evangelical Christians, and so, like many here, I periodically get an email that is part of a mass forwarded email. Most of the time I just ignore or delete them, but I...
View ArticleOn Stalinism and SC GOP's purity pledge
South Caroina republicans in the County of Laurens are apparently forcing Republicans that run for public office sign a pledge before being allowed to run for public office as their standard bearer.Ed...
View ArticleMy response to chain email claiming that ACLU is fighting to ban prayer in...
I got another chain letter from my evangelical mother and step-father and felt the need to respond to it. The letter claimed that the ACLU was trying to deny people in the military the right to pray...
View ArticleTripp Palin slurs Aunt with Gay epithet. Apple doesn't fall far from tree
Several have reported about this slur being reported on the Huffington post. IMHO, the main issue here is not the slur it represents, but the larger context behind it. the environment that produces...
View ArticleThe congregation stood in applause
I've heard a lot of talk over the last few days that the shooting in Connecticut was the last straw. Reverend Canon Gary Hall, during a sermon at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC was one of...
View ArticleArizona passes 'right to discriminate law', again
Where TN homophobes failed, AZ has once again succeeded.By a 33-27 vote the Arizona legislature passed SB 1062, a bill that would grant businesses the right to refuse service to anyone, as long as...
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