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4.03.2012

GOP IS 'Big Brother:' Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches for Any Arrest New York Times


Supreme Court Ruling Allows Strip-Searches for Any Arrest

New York Times -
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of contraband.

4.01.2012


Obama's insurance requirement not the only health mandate

USA TODAY -
Health care is full of government dictates, some arguably more intrusive than President Obama's overhaul law. It's a wrinkle that has caught the attention of the justices.

God fearing? Really? THOU SHALT NOT LIE: Paul Ryan says he 'misspoke' on military budget Washington Post


Paul Ryan says he 'misspoke' on military budget

Washington Post (blog) - 
By Ed O'Keefe House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.). (Joshua Roberts - BLOOMBERG) House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.

For GOP - Competence is Irrelevant. Winning, Power, Control is ALL philainquirer


Bush 43 notably absent from GOP primary race

Philadelphia Inquirer -
By Steve Peoples AP , the front-runner in the GOP presidential contest, meets with former President George HW Bush to receive his endorsement.

3.31.2012

Huh? Christlikeness: 'Getting ahead,' or 'rising others up?: In Romney's California Mansion, Cars Get Their Own Elevator ThinkProgress


In Romney's California Mansion, Cars Get Their Own Elevator

ThinkProgress -
By Joe Romm on Mar 27, 2012 at 12:21 pm For Mitt Romney, who's in the 1% of the 1%, that means a “four-car fantasy home,” as Politico put it after seeing the amazing blueprints for Romney's proposed California beach house.

GOP War on all Creation: Brzezinski Assails Romney for Lacking 'Grasp' of Foreign Policy San Francisco Chronicle


Brzezinski Assails Romney for Lacking 'Grasp' of Foreign Policy

San Francisco Chronicle -
No evidence of an Iraqi nuclear weapons program was found after the US invaded Iraq in 2003. Romney's comments on Iran, Brzezinski said, "are just so casual, and at the same time so militant, that one has to wonder whether he'll feel bound by what he ...

Why Gas Prices Are Out of Any President's Control New York Times


Why Gas Prices Are Out of Any President's Control

New York Times -
EVERYONE knows it's dangerous to ingest gasoline or to inhale its fumes. But I am starting to believe that merely thinking about the price of gasoline can damage cognitive processing.

NYT Krugman: How is Mandate to buy More Intrusive than Tax? Huh?


Congress gets rough treatment at Supreme Court

Atlanta Journal Constitution -
By MARK SHERMAN AP WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court left little doubt during last week's marathon arguments over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul that it has scant faith in Congress' ability to get anything done.

3.29.2012

Good Lord. Romney jokes about dad's decision to close Detroit auto plant The Detroit News

Romney jokes about dad's decision to close Detroit auto plant

The Detroit News -
By David Shepardson Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during an event at NuVasive, a maker of devices intended to improve spinal care, in San Diego on Monday.
Romney's Stand-Up Routine
Mitt Romney amuses Wisconsin voters with yarn about Michigan losing an auto plant
Romney's joke about father's factory closure falls flat
Romney to visit Fitchburg Saturday

3.25.2012

GOP Ignoring Its Own Climate Scientists About Climate Change Huffington Post

GOP Ignoring Its Own Climate Scientists About Climate Change

Huffington Post -
According to a fascinating article by Katherine Bagley prosaically titled "GOP Not Listening to its Own Climate Scientists on Climate Change," a group of prominent conservative scientists, many of them evangelicals, approached conservative politicians ...