Over at Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall offers a great summary on the whole ACORN fiasco that’s got Republicans seething. The allegation is that ACORN, a shadowy organization backing Obama (another community organizer!) is backing a massive voter fraud effort, to cast fake votes and therefore steal the election away in key swing states from [...]
I have not been as concerned as some about assassination attempts on Obama, because I’ve trusted that the Secret Service knows what it’s doing. After all, we have a sitting president with an approval rating below 30%, sending people’s kids in harm’s way for an equally unpopular war – and I’ve not heard of any [...]
A fascinating and fairly morbid look into how the foreclosure crisis is destroying entire communities, and creating new challenges. The correspondent follows a trashing crew as they go from foreclosed house to foreclosed house, sifting through people’s abandoned belongings. People oftentimes leave in a hurry, as though fleeing a sudden natural disaster – food on [...]
Last night, we had a special political edition of our weekly potluck. All our food and beverage was (very loosely) related to the candidates in some way: I made “mooseburger” casserole (actually lamb, cause where am I gonna get moose in Kansas?), Krissy made “pigs in lipstick” pork with cranberry sauce, Sarah brought chicken hazelnut [...]
