The Mittum Uncertainty Principle

We were reminded of these fundamental laws of quantum mechanics this weekend as the media ‘measured’ Mitt Romney’s claims about his involvement with Bain Capital…

Willard Goes Gratuitously Goth

Oooh! that Ron Paul guy and his crazy supporters are busy, butt, you know, still in the background. . .

Mitt Romney: Outsourcer-In-Chief (Update)

Mitt Romney and his fellow Bain Capital out-sourcing pioneers In an article in today’s WAPO titled “Romney’s Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas”  investigative reporter Tom Hamburger writes (emphasis mine): Mitt Romney’s financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India. …

The Bain Of Romney’s Existence

Bain Capital fired a lot of people and that’s how they got prosperity for the rich.

Cognitive Dissonance As A Campaign Strategy

The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook   If cognitive dissonance didn’t exist, the Republicans would have to invent it. Otherwise, they’d have nothing in the tank to fuel their media lies and distortions. In the clip above, Jon Stewart explores some of the latest examples of GOP reverse thought …

Fallout From GOP’s Attack On Women Continues (Update 2)

What you get when you mix oxytocin, Viagra, and misogyny  This marks the fourth entry in my diary concerning the GOP War Against Women. The first post, Gays, Guns, God & Gynecology, was written on Feb 21, before the Great Limpbot Implosion that began Leap Day, Feb 29;  as was my second entry,  Fallout From GOP’s Attack On Women’s Health …

Gays, Guns, God & Gynecology

Hearing into women’s reproductive issues: What’s wrong with this picture?  Last summer when the economy was still sputtering and deficit reduction was all the rage, the Rethugs believed they had the perfect campaign theme to run on—restoring the economy. That they were mainly responsible for its demise was hardly an insurmountable problem in their eyes. Counting on low information voters with …