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Archive for June, 2010

Ron Paul On Imus In The Morning

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 3rd, 2010. Filed under Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Ron Paul

Ron Paul was on Don Imus’s show this morning talking about the oil spill and other topics:

Michelle Bachmann Was Against Government Takeovers Before She For Them

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 3rd, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Michelle Bachmann, Politicos & Pundits, Politics

On March 23, 2010, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann spoke out against the government take over of health care:

On June 1st, 2010, she wondered why the Obama Administration wasn’t commandeering every private boat in the Gulf of Mexico:

Now I happen to agree with Bachmann in her opposition to ObamaCare, but I have to wonder what part of [...]

A Picture Is Worth A Perfect Game: Absolute Proof That Jim Joyce Was Wrong

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, June 3rd, 2010. Filed under Baseball, Sports

As I noted over at OTB Sports, Detroit’s Armando Gallaraga lost a perfect game last night thanks to what was clearly a bad call by umpire Jim Joyce.
Here’s the proof:
Foot on the bag:

Ball in the glove:

And, here’s the now famous video:

Arizona Nun Excommunicated For Authorizing Abortion To Save Life Of Mother

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010. Filed under Catholic Church, In The News, Religion

Sorry, but this is just insane:
PHOENIX (AP) — A nun and administrator at a Catholic hospital in Phoenix has been reassigned and rebuked by the local bishop for agreeing that a severely ill woman needed an abortion to survive.
Sister Margaret McBride was on an ethics committee that included doctors that consulted with a young woman [...]

Sarah Palin Was For Deepwater Offshore Drilling Before She Was Against It

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010. Filed under Dumbasses, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Sarah Palin

Last night Sarah Palin, former temporary Governor of Alaska and official wacky pundit of Twitter and Facebook, had this to say:

The obvious implication, of course, is that if we’d just listened to the “Drill Baby Drill” crowd, we wouldn’t have to worry about dealing with an oil rig disaster far out at sea under a [...]

Kentucky Senate: Rand Paul 49% Jack Conway 41%

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Democrats, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans

Yet another poll shows that Rand Paul continues to maintain a lead, albeit a slight one, against his Democratic opponent for Kentucky’s Senate seat:
Just after his big Republican Primary win last month, Rand Paul led his Democratic opponent Jack Conway by 25 points in Kentucky’s U.S. Senate race. Now Paul’s lead is down [...]

Reminder

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010. Filed under Blogging, Outside The Beltway

Just a reminder that you can find most of my political blogging these days over at Outside The Beltway.
If you want quick access to the stuff I’ve written, click here.

Ken Cuccinelli Stands Up For Freedom Of Speech

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010. Filed under Freedom of Speech, Individual Liberty, Ken Cuccinelli, Virginia, Virginia Politics

Virginia is one of only a handful of states that is not filing a friend of the court brief on behalf of the Plaintiff in the Snyder v. Phelps, the lawsuit by a father of a dead soldier seeking damages from the Westboro Baptist Church for their offensive funeral protests. Yesterday, Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli [...]

Leading Member Of Congress Advocates Pursuing Policies “In Keeping With Values Of Jesus”

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, June 1st, 2010. Filed under Catholic Church, Congress, Nancy Pelosi, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Religion

Except it’s not who you think it would be:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says she believes she must pursue public policies “in keeping with the values” of Jesus Christ, “The Word made Flesh.”
Pelosi, who is a Catholic and who favors legalized abortion, voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion that was enacted into law in [...]

Debunked: No, Census Workers May Not Enter Your Apartment

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, June 1st, 2010. Filed under In The News, Individual Liberty

Last week former Congressman Bob Barr made a rather provocative claim about the ability of Census workers to violate your privacy:
What many Americans don’t realize, is that census workers — from the head of the Bureau and the Secretary of Commerce (its parent agency) down to the lowliest and newest Census employee — are empowered [...]

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