The New GOP – New Package, Same Corrupt Flavor

From WaPo via Atrios: Michael S. Steele, the newly elected chairman of the Republican National Committee, arranged for his 2006 Senate campaign to pay a defunct company run by his sister for services that were never performed, his finance chairman from that campaign...

Omama shines – tough on the stimulus debate

The best line was probably this, which I believe paraphrased THIS quite well: “I reject the failed economic theories that got us to this point” Those came from this section of the speech: Now, in the past few days I’ve heard criticisms that this plan...

Obama still holding onto bad Bush policies

This is disturbing. From the Guardian UK: US threats mean evidence of British resident’s Guantánamo torture must stay secret, judges rule Tory MP David Davis demands urgent Commons statement on MI5 role in Binyam Mohamed case Evidence of how a British resident...