Month: May 2012

Today is IDAHO

And we’re not talking about the state. Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2012. If you want to know what is going on around the world to celebrate the occasion, this may be a good place to...

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Torture Didn’t Work

So, it looks like Diane Feinstein’s Senate Intelligence Committee is going to release a report sometime this summer that concludes that we didn’t learn shit from torturing people. We only know about this because the...

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The balance of anger and fear

I’ve been away out of the country for a while and out of touch with the referendum debate raging in Ireland concerning the Fiscal Stability Treaty. So a seminar in Trinity College Dublin on the topic led by a lawyer, an...

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Lefties bashing Obama for doing the right thing

I tried sending the following to Smiley & West radio after their sickening whine attacking Obama’s motives and character for his same-sex marriage statement, but their comment/email system makes TPM’s look almost...

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Sandwich Nomenclature

I wonder how many people outside of Philly and south/central Jersey understood this: Before heading to the meeting, Mr. Obama stopped at Taylor Gourmet, a local sandwich shop in Washington, to meet with small business owners who...

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