I must say. I love Paula Deen’s defense. It has the benefit of being both ridiculous and perhaps something her critics could actually agree about. According to the Wall Street Journal, “A representative for Paula Deen says that the 66-year-old celebrity chef used the “N-word” because she has roots in another era.” Or as you might translate this, ‘Look, she’s on the old side and pretty racist.’ Which sounds about right and sort of like the criticism rather than the defense. Read More
Michigan’s GOP-controlled Senate adjourned for the summer without passing the Medicaid expansion under Obamacare that Republican Gov. Rick Snyder had been pushing for. He’s furious and isn’t hiding it.
It’s similar to what happened in Arizona, where Gov. Jan Brewer ended up fighting her own party in the legislature to approve the expansion. Except Snyder has a legislative calendar working against him and perhaps less political clout. More here.
AP: “An Apple 1 from 1976, one of the first Apple computers ever built and forerunner of today’s MacBooks, IPads and IPhones, goes on the auction block at Christie’s next week. The bidding starts at $300,000 …”
Here’s what one looked like.
Our KKK guy in upstate New York with the big plans for a radiation death ray reportedly planned to aim it at Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Probably important to note, again, that the FBI had him in its web already and he had no access to a radiation source. But still!
Businessmen has private plane ready to spirit Edward Snowden from Hong Kong to Iceland.
We’ve written at length about how the rules of the congressional intelligence committees make it difficult to do real oversight of the intelligence community, but at a more fundamental level, they stymie efforts to legislate on intelligence matters. Sen. Ron Wyden’s experience in trying to legislate in this hall of mirrors is very instructive. Brian Beutler reports.
From the indictment of that self-described Klansman who wanted to build a radiation death ray to kill Muslims. Here’s his reaction to the Boston bombings …
“Well, tell it to your treasonous bedwetting maggot in chief. He started bringing the scumbags have (sic) wholesale as he got in charge. He directed the ins to start bringing muzzies here without background checks. Your background was scrutinized more to join the army than any muslim scum gets to come here. They don’t have to follow any laws, and this administration has done more to enable a government sponsored invasion than the press can cover up. Be pissed, but get the word out that obamas policies caused this. You watch, they will downplay the muslim angle if they dont cover it up. Be pissed. I am too. I been warning this was coming. Its here.”