Florida Censors Enviro author Terry Williams; Election too close says University
Prize-winning Utah author and environmentalist Terry Tempest Williams has been dis-invited from giving an October 24 convocation speech at a Florida university because the President of the University...
View ArticlePanetta: A Recount Could be An Explosion
Unless John Kerry wins a decisive victory on Novemer 2, we may be in for a long, long nasty battle, making the 2000 recount fiasco look tame. John Broder and The NY Times Week In Review have this...
View ArticleChafee says he's staying Republican
Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) announced on NBC Channel 10 local news tonight that he's staying in the Republican party. Sorry I don't have a link. (no pun intended) He said he got calls since the...
View ArticleBush: Well maybe I meant $350 million
Scrambling late and lame as always, the Bush administration has decided there might be something to these Tsunami Rumors. NY Times Late today Bush issued a statement saying that the U.S. would commit...
View ArticleGOP Consultant Marries Gay Lover; Romney Chokes on Toast
Score another for hypocrisy. The New York Times revealed today that a prominent GOP political consultant has married his gay lover in Massachusetts. Arthur Finkelstein, whose claim to fame includes...
View ArticleMeteor Blades
I'm hoping someone will post an update about MB and his family. His wife and sister-in-law were involved in a car accident over a week ago, and if there's been news about him I've missed it. He's kinda...
View ArticleMatheson won't run against Hatch, Internet Pioneer Will
One potential opponent to singer/songwriter Orrin Hatch for reelection to the Senate has dropped out, while another has already announced he's in.Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson met personally with Sen....
View ArticleMass Legislature Rejects Gay Marriage Ban: Straights Quake in their Boots
From the NY TimesThe Massachusetts Legislature on Wednesday rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that sought to ban gay marriage but legalize civil unions, a year after the state performed the...
View ArticleArctic Refuge Filibuster Vote Tomorrow; Cheney Cuts Short Trip.
Wednesday's the day to save the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It looks like the only way to stop Senator Ted Stevens's backdoor sneak attack on the Refuge is through a filibuster by Senate Democrats...
View ArticleHey..Look UP! A total eclipse RIGHT now
Take a break from politics for an hour or so, and check out the total eclipse of the moon tonight, starting at about 8:40 eastern time.It will be visible from the Rocky Mountains to the east coast.This...
View ArticleNY-25 Republicans STILL Can't Find a Candidate
Republicans are having a heck of a time finding someone to run for the NY-25 House seat being vacated by the retiring Jim Walsh.Walsh, who narrowly beat Dan Maffei in 2006 and later told the Syracuse...
View ArticleAnother last minute Interior Department land giveaway
Bush's Interior Department is making up its own laws now. Apparently not caring for the ones Congress passed, the Department has made up a rule that will allow it to turn over a million acres near the...
View ArticleUPDATE Dems Win: Coburn filibuster of Public Lands Omnibus: First test for Reid?
(Updated and Cross-posted from an earlier diary on Congress Matters)In an extraordinary Sunday session, the Senate will vote this afternoon on a huge public lands and wilderness bill that was stoppped...
View ArticleDraft Meteor Blades for Governor (with pole)
California is running out of governors. Ahnuld can't run again, because of term limits (yay!), and other than former Governor-Mayor of Oakland-Attorney General-multi-year-Presidential candidate Jerry...
View ArticlePublic Lands Omnibus killed in House By 2 Votes
The House just voted on the Omnibus Public Lands bill S.22 that passed the Senate several weeks ago. It failed to get the required 2/3 majority by 2 votes.141 Republicans and 3 Democrats (Marshall,...
View ArticleSenate passes 2 million acre wilderness bill--again
On Thursday, the Senate again overcame a filibuster threat from Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) and for the second time passed landmark legislation that would protect about 2 million acres of wilderness on...
View ArticleAhh...Wilderness!
The House voted early this afternoon to pass the Omnibus Public Lands Act that passed the Senate last week. The vote was 285-140, with 38 Republicans joining 247 Democrats in voting for it. 4 Democrats...
View ArticleIf Hosni were Tricky Dick (with pole)
Hosni Mubarak's speech tonight probably would have been better received if he had taken a page from history.The speech he should have given was delivered on August 8, 1974. Here it is..with some...
View ArticleApril 4, 1968: Robert Kennedy, Violence and A Tiny Ripple of Hope
April 4, 1968 dawned with hope in the air.Less than a month before, anti-war Senator Eugene McCarthy had stunned the world by getting 42% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary, nearly beating...
View ArticleThe Walrus Is Paul: They Say it's Your Birthday
The man who gave us Blackbird, Rocky Raccoon, Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da, When I'm 64, Michelle, Yesterday, and, and, and.......celebrates a birthday today.He ain't 64. But man what music he's given us.
View ArticleSnap Poll: Worst GOP Vice Presidential Nominee Ever
Since there seems to be less than overwhelming enthusiasm for the prospective Vice Presidential Republican nominee, Paul Ryan, I offer this poll.Listed below are all the nominees for Vice President by...
View ArticleWhen Hope Was Banned: Robert Kennedy in South Africa, June 1966
On Sunday, June 30, President Obama will speak at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, 47 years after Senator Robert Kennedy helped crack open the door of apartheid at the same university with...
View ArticleAugust 1: The President remarks on Climate Change, Nuclear War, Civil Rights,...
As July turns to August, the president is still at the White House, and he has a few things on his mind. Not long ago he made some proposals about dealing with the threat of nuclear war, and people...
View ArticleInterior Secretary to Congress: Protect our Jewels or else Obama Will
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, in a speech to the National Press Club on October 31, said if Congress doesn't act to protect threatened public land, President Obama will.Jewell said she will...
View ArticleA Light Rinse Before 1968: Scanning NY Times Headlines
On August 31, 1967, Governor George Romney of Michigan was considered the front runner for the Republican nomination for president. Until he said something in an interview that was picked up by the New...
View ArticleSnap Pole: Dream Ticket--2016
Continuation from this Snap Pole: President 2016:Without further explanation:
View ArticleSnap Poll: Christie & Tricky
Which advice from Richard Nixon should Chris Christie follow?
View ArticleSnap Poll: Which Democrat Do You Most Closely Identify With?
Which of these Democrats do you most closely identify with?
View ArticleLess than Zero: Republicans Fail League of Conservation Voters Test
If you came home from school waving your latest test in your hand, do you think your Mom and Pop would be glad to see a Big Fat Zero on it?Yeah, be neither. But that's what 48 House Republicans got on...
View ArticleObama to Expand California Coastal National Monument---Great! But What Should...
From the Los Angeles Times:President Obama on Tuesday will use his executive powers to expand the California Coastal National Monument by adding the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands on the Mendocino...
View ArticleWilderness Act at 50---Much Remains Unprotected
Today is the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, passed to protect public land from development, among other reasons. The Act initially protected 9 million acres, but since then Congress has...
View ArticleYes there's Dirt in the Defense Bill---Wilderness, parks and wild rivers too
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was passed by the House last week, and is likely to pass the Senate this coming week, even if Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) follows through on his threat to...
View ArticleDefense bill with wilderness & parks plus land giveaways beats cloture 85-14....
Today the Senate voted 85-14 for cloture on the public lands deal that is part of the House-passed National Defense Authorization Act. Ten right-wing Republicans were joined by Democratic Senators Jeff...
View Article3 More National Monuments: Thanks Obama!
President Obama is using his Big Stick authority under the Antiquities Act---first used by Theodore Roosevelt to save Devils Tower and the Grand Canyon---to create 3 new National Monuments on Thursday,...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Mr. President: Go Wild! Show us those Monumental Bears Ears
Since the Republicans have been giving you a few more grey hairs, why not celebrate your birthday by creating Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah as your birthday gift to the American...
View ArticleArchimedes to Obama: With this Lever You Can Save the Earth
"Give me a place to stand, and with this lever I will move the whole world."President Obama saved a quarter million acres of Wilderness this week by something he didn't do. He didn't create a National...
View ArticleRob Bishop's Grand Bare Ground: Desperate to Stop Utah National Monuments
Utah’s Rob Bishop has a Bargain for us: www.sltrib.com/...Bishop, who chairs the House Natural Resources Committee, will unveil his draft legislation affecting 18 million acres of public land in seven...
View ArticleNews item: President offers “summaries” of lies to stave off prosecutors...
Plus ca change:Today in Washington Post:www.washingtonpost.com/…President Trump’s attorneys have provided the special counsel’s office with written descriptions that chronicle key moments under...
View ArticleSnap Pole: Best Secretary of Interior, Ever?
Totally Fair Snap Pole: Who Was the Best Secretary of Interior, Ever?Selected secretaries (do your own research, then...
View ArticleSnap Pole: Your Choice for Vice President
Vote below for your first choice for Vice President on the 2020 Democratic ticket. The poll only includes the 10 candidates who have qualified for the next presidential debate. If one of them is your...
View ArticleTexas Early Voting by Democrats WAY Up this Year
Texas Early Voting by Democrats is WAY UP over 2016 and 2018. In 2018, Beto O’Rourke came within 2% of beating the execrable Ted Cruz for the Senate. This year, Democrats are voting at even higher...
View ArticleJesus The Missing Years
Jesus The Missing YearsxxYouTube Videowww.jpshrine.org/…Charley bought some popcornBilly bought a carSomeone almost bought the farmBut they didn't go that farThings shut down at midnightAt least around...
View ArticleSnap Pole: Vice President Warren or Vice President Harris? With music.
President-to-be Joe Biden needs some guidance on who should be his running mate. Just for fun, assume that it has narrowed down to one of two excellent choices: Senator Elizabeth Warren, or Senator...
View ArticleSnap Pole*: Indoors or Outdoors?
Not that long ago Everyone lived Outdoors 100% of the time. We are their descendants. Over a relatively short period of time, people learned to build shelter, and protect themselves from heat and...
View ArticleSnap Pole*: Changing state names to get a certain Senator's vote
Snap Pole: Which state shall we re-name in order to get Joe Manchin’s vote for a Climate Bill?Which state shall we re-name in order to get that one crucial vote on the Build Back Better bill?And what’s...
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