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Terrorist Attack in Europe Involving 400-lb. Car Bomb Fails to Capture Right-Wing’s Imagination

Irish terrorism will return to the top of the security agenda today after co-ordinated gun and bomb attacks in Northern Ireland confirmed the determination by so-called dissident republicans to strike hard against the Province’s fragile peace before ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  23 Nov 2009

Early Morning Swim

Hell, I’d even be happy with Krugman for Sec. Treas…. Deep question: when did “to the right of your constituents” become “centrist”? I’d be happier with Krugman as a replacement for Summers. Ms Warren would fit the bill as SecTreas quite well. Obama ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

Liz Cheney Warns Against “Walking Away” from Afghanistan, Apparently Forgetting that Dick Cheney Walked Away from Afghanistan

Listening to a Cheney give advice about how to “win” in Afghanistan is rather like asking an arsonist what to do about your house as it burns to the ground. I mean, there was something completely surreal about listening to Liz Cheney criticize Obama on ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lynne Cheney,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush

Video: Angry Mob of Palin Fans Shout Insults at Palin

OMG, this is so delicious. I’m giving Palin another 90 days of relevancy. After that she’s toast. And shame on our fucking corporate media for keeping her in the spotlight as long as they have. What’s the location in the video? Seems like her fans are… ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama,  Joe the Plumber,  Dick Cheney

Early Morning Swim: Rupert Murdoch, Louie Gohmert, Glenn Beck Worst Persons in the World

“For somebody like me who has put together the logistics of a court trial, you’ve got weak links all along the way from the jailers, the bailiffs, the clerks, the jurors, the judge, everybody in the courtroom, their families…You’ve got subways, tunnels, ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Glenn Beck,  Rupert Murdoch

Late Night: Fred Thompson, Defeatist Underminer of US Troops, Says We’ve Lost the War in Afghanistan

Awww, man, if that vid can’t be classified as torture I don’t know what can. Ima gonna be 66 in another 10 days, got bad knees but I can jump better than that. Prolly outrun her, too. Hope so. Sure wouldn’t wanna get caught. Might get cooties or sumpin’ ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  Fred Thompson,  Bill Kristol

Did Palin Misrepresent Her Creationist Beliefs to Get on the McCain Ticket?

Before she got the veep nod, Steve Schmidt grilled Palin about her views on evolution, apparently to ensure she wasn’t a flat-earther creationist. [Schmidt] knew my position: I believed in the evidence for microevolution – that geologic and species ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Schmidt,  Sarah Palin,  Rich Lowry

Early Morning Swim: Lt. Gov. Bill Halter on Arkansas Free Health Care Clinic

Lt. Governor Bill Halter held a press conference this morning to release more details on the free medical clinic that will be held at the Statehouse Convention Center in downtown Little Rock on Saturday, Nov. 21.  The clinic is sponsored by the ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Halter,  Wal-Mart,  MSNBC,  Keith Olbermann

J Street Slams Palin’s Crazy Comments on Israeli Settlements

And her tour is just beginning. I’ll bet she tops that one in less than 72 hours. C’mon BT, Jews have been building settlements in Israel since the world was created 6,000 years ago. Read yer history. I so wish that Sarah Palin’s folly could simply be ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sarah Palin,  Barack Obama,  J Street,  Bill Kristol,  Facebook Inc.

Attention Right-Wing Idiots: Nixon Bowed to Chairman Mao

This is not the way an American president impresses evildoers that he’s strong, tough and decisive, that America is not to be trifled with. [...] Can anyone imagine George Washington, John Adams or Thomas Jefferson making a similar gesture of servile ...

From BLUE TEXAN, Firedoglake,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  George W. Bush,  John Adams,  Thomas Jefferson,  Harry Truman

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