Author: Steven D

Open Thread

There must be something important going on in the world. Probably something no one in our corporate media deems worthy of covering. What might that be do you suppose? Whatever it is, rest assured Tom Friedman won’t know...

Read More

Rudy Guiliani Lives!

Or at least someone with the same penchant for politicizing the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Towers as justification for voting for Republicans. Or to be more precise in this case, for voting against Democrats. Here’s...

Read More

You Might Not Have Heard This

What might you not have heard about, particularly if you watch American television news programming? Why, just the fact that the demonic Islamofascist leader of Iran (that would be President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the...

Read More

On the New Yorker Cover

The New Yorker is taking a lot of flak for publishing this cover showing a “satirical” view of how Barack and Michelle Obama are viewed by the smear merchants on the right. Naturally the left side of the blogosphere...

Read More

Fannie and Freddie Are Saved?

I guess even the Bush administration doesn’t want Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac, the two giants of the mortgage industry in the US to fail, at least not on Mr. Legacy President’s watch. Naturally, just as with the Bear...

Read More