Nuclear-otica?

Leaders in exporting porn for decades, it’s about time that the Swedes finally produce something a little more mainstream:
STOCKHOLM (AP) – The Swedish government agreed Thursday to scrap a three-decade ban on building new nuclear reactors, saying it needs to avoid producing more greenhouse gases.
Sweden is a leader on renewable energy but is struggling to [...]

um . . . Ashley Judd?

By now we’ve all heard about Ashley Judd’s tinfoil hat crusade against the aerial wolf killing that’s going on in Alaska. Never mind that the wolves, if allowed to reproduce unfettered, would wipe out the Alaskan moose population and starve, you know, actual PEOPLE. It’s Sarah Palin that Ashley’s after, so there’s no need to [...]

Sex and the City II—Electric Boogaloo.

Meanwhile, back in the world of make-believe . . .
Break out the bubbly—the Sex and the City sequel is finally official!
I can exclusively reveal that all four stars—Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis—and writer-director Michael Patrick King have now signed their deals for another round of Carrie Bradshaw & Co.
“Everything was [...]

Rejected amendments to the Spending Bill.

Here’s a look at a handful of the Republican amendments Democrats rejected today:
An amendment by Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) to cut $47 billion in wasteful spending.
An amendment by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) cut corporate and individual income taxes and repeal the AMT.
An amendment by Sen. John Thune (R-SD) to require funding for all projects [...]

New sidebar link.

If you’re like me, you’re on pins and needles waiting for fantasy baseball season to arrive. I’ve added a new link to the “baseball” category in the right sidebar that allows you to check out the DL history of any MLB player.
Just for fun, check out Moises Alou.

CBO weighs in.

Just whistling past the graveyard, folks….
President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to do nothing, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
CBO, the official scorekeepers for legislation, said the House and Senate bills will help in the short term but result in so [...]

Greeks bearing pork.

So you may have heard. President Obama published an op-ed in today’s Washington Post pleading with the American public to take Porkenstein to its collective breast and squeeze it ever so tenderly.
So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington’s bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or we can [...]

The gift that keeps on giving.

NEW YORK (CBS) ― President Obama’s Wall Street salary cap may be well intentioned and it certainly taps into public sentiment, but it’s a killer for New York.
“Without the talent of Wall Street to bring us back into a position of leadership in the global economy, we’re going to be in bad shape as a [...]

Porkenstein.

Print this out and carry it around with you all day. Then wave it in the face of anyone trying to claim that the Obama Spending Bill is anything other than a Liberal Christmas list to Santa.
Enjoy.
*    $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts
$380 million in the Senate bill for the Women, Infants [...]