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Monthly Archives: May 2008

Friday Night Music: Life in the Bush of Ghosts

Friday, May 23, 2008

Things have been a bit slow at work lately. As I cruised the net during some down time I came across David Byrne’s blog, from which I followed a few links and discovered that My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, an album he did paired with Brian Eno, is now available in a remastered […]

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Full disclosure, McCain style

Friday, May 23, 2008

John McCain released his health records to a selected group of reporters today. Well, he didn’t exactly release them. He gave them three hours to review 1,173 pages of medical records, which they weren’t allowed to copy. If you do the math, that means they had to review six and a half pages a minute, […]

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McCain to telecoms: Five Hail Mary’s and a sincere Act of Contrition

Friday, May 23, 2008

A McCain spokesman says his man is against giving the telecoms immunity, until, that is, they express “heartfelt repentance”. As president, presumptive Republican nominee John McCain would not support immunity for the telecoms that aided the Bush administration’s warrantless spying program, unless there were revealing Congressional hearings and heartfelt repentance from those telephone and internet […]

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David Sirota coming to Madison

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

A few weeks ago I got an email from David Sirota, who must truly do his homework to have discovered this blog. Sirota, you may recall, worked on the Lamont campaign. He has written a book called The Uprising, and will be in Madison a week from today at : R.J. Julia Booksellers, 768 Boston […]

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Joe Courtney endorses Obama

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Joe Courtney endorsed Obama today. I suppose we can argue about timing, but better late than never, and better now than later. After yesterday, it seems likely that Hillary will die the death of a thousand cuts, as the remaining superdelegates announce overwhelmingly for Obama. Here’s Joe’s Announcement in full. It’s especially good that he […]

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Barack takes a shot at corporate media

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

More evidence that Obama gets it, and has not yet been ruined by Washington: Democrat Barack Obama said on Sunday he would pursue a vigorous antitrust policy if he becomes U.S. president and singled out the media industry as one area where government regulators would need to be watchful as consolidation increases. “I will assure […]

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Sad news

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

From TPM: New York Rep. Vito Fossella said Tuesday he will not seek re-election as a result of “personal mistakes,” a decision that comes after a drunken driving arrest and disclosure that he fathered a child in an extramarital affair. For a while it looked like he was going to tough it out. Too bad.

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McCain campaigns on fear itself

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

According to the New York Times, all John McCain has to do to put Barack Obama “on the defensive” is to criticize him on a foreign policy issue: Senator John McCain put Senator Barack Obama on the foreign policy defensive once again Monday, criticizing him here in his hometown for saying Iran did not pose […]

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Contributions for Andy, et. al.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

MGB, a faithful reader, asked, in a comment to a recent post, how one goes about making a contribution to Andy Maynard to help him reach the 300 contributors that he needs to get public financing. I’ve attached a certification form, which you can download below in either PDF or Word Format. If you want […]

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Stealing from the poor to give to the banks

Monday, May 19, 2008

Dean Baker, writing at Truthout, reports that Senator Dodd’s bill, which allegedly helps homeowners avoid foreclosure, may end up being financed by diverting money from rental assistance programs for the poor. According to Baker, Dodd’s bill does too much for the banks, and not enough for the homeowners, who may still end up losing their […]

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