Politics
20 November 2008 | 0 Comments
Attorney General Michael Mukasey collapsed while giving a speech tonight to the Federalist Society in a DC hotel. According to an anonymous FBI official that spoke to the AP “Mukasey got stuck on a word during his speech …repeated it several times and then ‘went down hard’”. Mukasey’s FBI detail attended to him for 10 [...]
Tagged in Michael Mukasey, Michael Mukasey collapse
News, Politics
20 November 2008 | 1 Comment
In roughly descending order of general imbecility, there’s stupid, there’s Teh Stoopid, and there’s Daniel Henninger:
This year we celebrate the desacralized “holidays” amid what is for many unprecedented economic ruin — fortunes halved, jobs lost, homes foreclosed. People wonder, What happened? One man’s theory: A nation whose people can’t say “Merry Christmas” is a nation [...]
Tagged in Daniel Henninger, economic crisis, Teh Stoopid, Wall Street Journal, War on Christmas
Politics
20 November 2008 | 0 Comments
There could be a reason other than the universal disapproval of his administration that George W. Bush is not shaking (or being asked to shake) the hands of the other world leaders at the G20 summit. But I’m hard pressed to come up with a logical one. As CNN’s Rick Sanchez says, Bush looks like [...]
Tagged in Bush handshake, G20 summit, George W. Bush, President Bush
Election08, Politics
20 November 2008 | 0 Comments
I missed this tidbit about the 2008 elections, but it’s pretty cool:
The presidential election was not the only historic political moment last week: In New Hampshire, voters elected 13 women — out of 24 total members — to the state Senate, making it the country’s first state legislative body with more women than men.
That is [...]
Tagged in history in the making, Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire, progress, sexism
Election08, Politics
20 November 2008 | 0 Comments
By a vote of 137 to 122, the House Democratic Conference elected Henry Waxman the chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, replacing John Dingell. This is great news. Dingell, from Detroit, is a good friend to the automakers. He’s spent his chairmanship mostly trying to prevent any significant energy or climate change legislation [...]
Tagged in energy and commerce committee, henry waxman, john dingell, political wonkiness
Arts, Web Comics
20 November 2008 | 0 Comments
“Ultravention” by Mrrranda Tarrow
Slow Wave has a fantastic concept behind it. Readers from around the world submit their dreams (the sort had while sleeping, not aspirations) and artist Jesse Reklaw creates a comic based on that information. The “by” part indicates who the dream submitter was.
Tagged in comic, Jesse Reklaw, Slow Wave, Web Comic
Art, Indie Retailers
20 November 2008 | 2 Comments
Between her etsy shop and her personal blog, you can get an idea of the breadth of Ms. Havens’ figure drawing. From teaching classes, she has numerous original pieces that run the gamut from inexpensive to indulgent, but she also sells affordable prints. Additionally, from now until November 21st, buy a print as [...]
Tagged in indie art, kristina laurendi havens
Obama Admin, Politics
20 November 2008 | 3 Comments
And the appointments keep rolling in. Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (a top pick for many during the veepstakes) has been tapped to be secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. As Politico mentions, border security and illegal immigration are two aspects of the new position that Napolitano has experience in, having taken on those who [...]
Tagged in Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano
Obama Admin, Politics
20 November 2008 | 1 Comment
Word is out that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle will be serving as Secretary of Health and Human Services and “health czar” with the Obama Administration. This is very big news not because of Daschle’s own proposed policies on health-care reform but because he is essentially being brought in as an enforcer. In order [...]
Tagged in Health and Human Services, health care, health care reform, health czar, Max Baucus, Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle
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