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Archive for July, 2009

July 20, 1969 4:18pm EDT — The Eagle Has Landed

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Science, Space Exploration

Forty years ago today, at this moment, Apollo 11’s Lunar Module, Eagle, landed at the Sea of Tranquility:

Welcome To Obamacare Circa 2015

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Health Care Reform, Politics

H/T: Leslie Carbone

40 Years Later, A Call For A New Challenge

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Science, Space Exploration

The three men who were part of man’s first visit to another world are marking the anniversary of their flight with a call for a new challenge:
WASHINGTON – The astronauts who first landed on the moon aren’t dwelling on their small lunar steps. Instead, two of them on Sunday urged mankind to take a giant [...]

Birthers Terrorize Small City Newspaper Over Majorly Kooky Coverage

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

During last weeks kerfuffle over Maj. Stefan Cook’s lawsuit the only reporter on the scene down in Columbus was Lily Gordon of the Ledger-Enquirer, who did an excellent job of reporting on a story that hasn’t received significant coverage in the national media — see here,, here, here, and here for examples of the work [...]

Orly Taitz And Alan Keyes Get On CNN, Look Like Idiots

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

I missed this on Friday night, but Orly Taitz and Alan Keyes were on Lou Dobbs’ CNN show and proceeded to provide to all the world evidence that they are, well, totally bat-shit crazy:

Don’t Blame Me Just Because I Voted For Bob Barr

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under 2008 Election, Bob Barr, John McCain, Libertarians, Politics, Republicans

Over the weekend, Melissa Clouthier took the time to take to task those of us who refused to compromise our principles last November and voted for Bob Barr over the atrocious McCain/Palin ticket:
[P]eople are coming out of the woodwork saying, “Don’t blame me! I voted for Bob Barr!” I ask you, Is that something to [...]

Rasmussen 2012 Preview: Obama Tied With Romney, Leading Palin

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under 2012 Election, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Politics, Sarah Palin

In what can only be taken to be a reflection of his declining approval numbers, a new Rasmussen poll shows that President Obama would face quite a challenge in seeking re-election three years from now:
If the 2012 presidential election were held today, President Obama and possible Republican nominee Mitt Romney would be all tied up [...]

Pat Buchanan Goes Into Full-On Raving Lunatic Mode

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, Politics

From last week’s Rachel Maddow show:

Maddow: Why do you think it is that of the 110 Supreme Court Justices we’ve had in this country, 108 of them have been white?
Buchanan: Well, I think white men were 100% of the people who wrote the Constitution, 100% of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence, 100% [...]

Obama’s Approval Numbers Drop, Along With The Economy

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Business, Credit Crisis, Economics, Politics

As the euphoria of Election Day, Inauguration Day, and the first 100 Days wears off, the Obama Administration is being hit with a strong dose of reality:
Heading into a critical period in the debate over health-care reform, public approval of President Obama’s stewardship on the issue has dropped below the 50 percent threshold for the [...]

Your Tax Dollars At Work

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, July 20th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Politics

The folks are Recovery.Gov are doing their job informing us of the many vital projects that President Obama’s stimulus package is helping to fund.
Projects such as:
$ 5,708,260 for processed cheese for the Dept. of Agriculture
$1,562,568 for Mozarella Cheese, also for the Dept. of Agriculture
$351,807 to replace and upgrade the dumbwater at a Dept. of Veterans [...]

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