Below The Beltway

I believe in the free speech that liberals used to believe in, the economic freedom that conservatives used to believe in, and the personal freedom that America used to believe in.

Archive for May, 2010

Exit Polls Project Tory Plurality, Hung Parliament

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs

It’s been a long night in the United Kingdom and results are still unclear, but exit polls suggest that the Conservative Party will fall short of an outright majority in Parliament:
LONDON — A revamped Conservative Party was poised to win the most seats in Britain’s closely fought elections early Friday but was falling short of [...]

Fox News Anchor Debunks Karl Rove On Assertion That White House Did Nothing About Oil Spill

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

This is pretty extraordinary:

Meanwhile, Over In Europe, We’ve Got Economic Chaos

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Europe, Foreign Affairs

The economic crisis in Greece is now leading to social chaos:
MADRID — Violence erupted in Greece on Wednesday when tens of thousands of demonstrators protesting stringent economic measures hit the streets in Athens, rioters heaved Molotov cocktails and three bank employees died after their building was torched.
The protesters were objecting to cuts in government wages [...]

Joe Scarborough: Comparing Gulf Oil Spill To Katrina Is “Obscene”

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under Barack Obama, Joe Scarborough, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

This morning, Joe Scarborough took fellow Republicans trying to call the Gulf Oil Spill “Obama’s Katrina” to ask:

“This Katrina analogy is absolutely obscene, anybody who draws that analogy is an idiot, and they’re obviously lurching for political points against an administration that’s given them many political points to take.”

Human Error Causes Momentary Massive Stock Market Crash

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under Economics, In The News

See that little dip in the Dow around 2:30pm today ?
Yea, that apparently didn’t have anything to do with Greece:
In one of the most dizzying half-hours in stock market history, the Dow plunged nearly 1,000 points before paring those losses in what possibly could have been a trader error.
According to multiple sources, a trader entered [...]

Ron Paul On The Greek Financial Crisis: The U.S. And The World Are In For Big Trouble

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under Economics, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul spoke with Fox’s Megyn Kelly about the financial crisis in Greece and what it means for the United States:

NY Giants Great Lawrence Taylor Arrested On Rape Charges

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under Celebrities, Sports

Well, this is shocking:
MONTEBELLO — Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was arrested in a Rockland hotel overnight and is facing a felony rape charge involving an attack on a 15-year-old girl who apparently was a runaway from New York City controlled by a pimp, authorities said this morning.
The 51-year-old former New York Giants linebacker [...]

Well This Would Increase Voter Turnout

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under England, Foreign Affairs, Humor

Voters arrive at the Hare and Hounds pub which is being used as a polling station on May 6, 2010 in Corsham, England. By Matt Cardy/Getty.

H/T: Sullivan

Don’t Forget Nashville

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under In The News

Amidst all the coverage of the Gulf oil spill and the Times Square bombing, there’s been scant attention paid to one of the worst disasters to hit Middle Tennessee since the Civil War:

Update: Not surprisingly, the Country music community is getting involved:
Vince Gill has teamed up with Nashville’s NBC affiliate station, WSMV, to host a [...]

Joe Lieberman Introduces Insane And Unconstitutional Citizenship Stripping Bill

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, May 6th, 2010. Filed under Homeland Security, In The News, Individual Liberty, Joe Lieberman, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, War On Terror

Today, Joe Lieberman introduced a bill that would allow the government to revoke the citizenship of a person merely accused of being associated with a terrorist group:
Sen. Joe Lieberman introduced Thursday legislation that would strip Americans of their citizenship if they are arrested overseas for their affiliation with a foreign terrorist organization.
The bill would not [...]

« Older Entries
Newer Entries »

[Below The Beltway is proudly powered by WordPress.]