Posts Tagged ‘Joe Biden’
Thanks to MSNBC!
What exactly do you do with all those rhino horns? Illegal ivory trade discovered.
More to say: Lost Steve Jobs’ interview headed to theaters.
Get out and stay out. Original Occupy site dismantled.
Not so fast, fluoride: County ends longtime practice.
Cops are supposed to fight bad guys… not each other.
The unrest in Syria grows worse.
Be careful if you ever attend an event with Vice President Joe Biden- you might end up stuffed in a closet.
To see the sun again. Trapped Chilean miners finally reach end of arduous ordeal.
Who could say no to that charm. Joe Biden will be Obama’s running mate in the next election.
Apple cares about the children. Anti-sexting technology patented by Apple.
VP JB (Biden’s stage name) in Israel… Unveiling plans to construct new settlements in Jerusalem.
Oh, I’m between jobs… You know, permanently. “Are Unemployment Benefits No Longer Temporary?”
You can take my home, but not my bird! Oh, you took the bird too?!
A Pittsburgh-area woman is suing Bank of America, claiming it wrongfully repossessed her home and saying that a bank contractor trashed the house and took her parrot.
Shadow or no? It’s nice in America that we base our attitude on the weather off of a scared groundhog.
In case you’re still paying attention… Michael Jackson’s doctor is in trouble.
IRAN IN SPACE!! Well, Iran’s animals in space:
State television aired footage of the flying Kavoshgar-3. Photos posted to news websites showed a rat strapped into a space pod. Reports said two turtles and worms were also aboard.
Mr. VP is a fan of” Avatar,” apparently. But wait, why does he have time to watch three-hour movies?? (Video below.)
“It’s on, Google!!!” Microsoft and Yahoo! get together. We read it all on Google News.
Yeah, I tweeted about mold in my apartment. Sue me.
You cheapskates! Time spends just a little for a cover photo.
Who WOULDN'T want this in their home/office?
Shatner does Palin, by reading, of course, her poetic words.
Thanks to the Onion.
Getting the guns some sun. Joe Biden washes his car.
It’s open for discussion. Schwarzenegger’s fine for talking about marijuana.
And that makes one more. Maine legalizes gay marriage.
Kindleling my love for eBooks. Amazon.com’s got a new toy.
We here at USDemocrazy ponder politics quite a lot. (That’s why we get paid the big bucks — wait… we haven’t been paid in a while… Gotta go talk to someone about that.)
You know who DOES get paid? Senators… and right now things are really paying off for Democratic Senators.
Yesterday it was announced Pennsylvania’s Republican Senator Arlen Specter… is SWITCHING OVER TO THE DEMOCRATS!
That’s gotta make some people (namely, Republicans) unhappy, right? You betcha. (Michael Steele said Specter basically “flipped the bird” to Republican leadership…)
The best explanation for this monumental switch can be heard straight from the horse’s mouth (or do we call him a donkey now?), which you can see in the video above.
Now… this switcheroo is kind of a big deal.
Specter’s addition to the Democrats in the Senate would give them a filibuster-proof majority (it takes 60 votes… they currently have 59). This will allow the Democrats to straitjacket any Republican opposition and bulldoze through their (and President Obama’s) agenda.
This a body blow to an already reeling Republican opposition.
There’s so much news on this subject right now that we’re going to let those people who are WAY smarter than us do the talking. I mean, those journalists get paid too… So they better be doing a good job.
Here goes:
Salon explores “The Specter of a shrinking GOP”
The NYT gives us the deets (that’s hip-talk for details, we’ve been told).
Was this just a career-saving move? Some say yes.
The floor is now open for debate on what will be Specter’s contribution to the Dems.
Can he alter Obama’s financial agenda? Really?
What does this supermajority truly mean?
How’s the GOP taking this? Maybe better than we thought? (But maybe not.)
He was against party-switching before he was for it.
Finally, what does our good ol’ Vice Prez think? As a Democrat, he’s pretty happy. Here’s what he had to say:
I welcome my old friend to the Democratic Party. Senator Arlen Specter is a man of remarkable courage and integrity. I know he will remain a powerful and independent voice for Pennsylvania and the country.
Do you think party-switching should be allowed? How do you feel about Specter’s choice? We know we’re still caught up in the whirl of news stories, so we’d appreciate some opinions…
