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How lovely, in which Michael Grimm's political career will now be over real soon: What a wonderful guy, his latest moment of bullying, intimidation, and just thuggish behavior. Yet, he still is a more peaceful, friendly guy than Richard Sherman.

Always at the heart of The Very Serious, centrist media's ultimate desperation to make this election be a neck and neck horse race is one Mo(u)rning Jo(k)e. Now this segment, featuring the usual, great, centrist,  Very Serious disgrace Jon Meachem of course, was so desperate to still paint Ohio as a see-saw contest that instead of the "Likely Voters" model ( which shows Obama up  decently in Ohio), and the Registered Voter model (which will always show any "swing state" with an edge to Obama), they chose instead to use something I have never seen used before on TV. The "Yet to vote in Ohio" poll. I kid you not. Since they are so angry that their horse-race election in Ohio and the country is in danger thanks to that "evil liberal concept" that is early voting and that the Obama administration & campaign team is excellent at registering voters while others are preventing shameful voter suppression efforts, Morning Joe tells the ...

This will certainly generate some reaction : A federal judge in Southern California has declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips on Thursday granted a request for an injunction halting the government's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays in the military. And get this: Government lawyers argued Phillips lacked the authority to issue a nationwide injunction and the issue should be decided by Congress. The injunction was sought by the Log Cabin Republicans, a 19,000-member group that includes current and former military members. The Log Cabin Republicans are the largest group from the insane party to actually represent a common sense position, and that is the case here in their continued fight against DADT. They are still mental fools of course, but they requested this injunction and got it.

Congrats Phil Davidson, you will be famous forever !

Positive ads don't get any better than this: Mother of a child: "They wanted to close our schools. They didn't care what happened to us or our children." The camera then goes to a close-up of a child asking, "Where am I going to go if they close my school?" Back to the mother, who says, "I didn't have an answer for her." Grayson: "My five children go to public school right here in Orlando. I fought for $200 million to save our schools for them and for all of us." Children: Alan Grayson saved our schools." Close: "I'm Alan Grayson, and I improved this message." What more could be said about the messages this ad elicits to the public, especially Grayson "swing" district? It clearly displays the political figure on the side of the people he represents, and doesn't throw an assortment of accomplishments and facts in a half-minute span. Not that accurate information about a politician's record...

Photo from Robert Sciarrino/The Star-Ledger He and his Administration don't even know the difference between 2009 and 2011, and have cost their state public money that they so vociferously hate but somehow vehemently need on the low . fter making a high-profile bid for hundreds of millions of dollars in federal education reform money, New Jersey fell three points short of receiving "Race to the Top" funding, in part because of an error by the Christie administration in the state’s application, records obtained by The Star-Ledger show. One five-point question on the application asked for budget information comparing the 2008 and 2009 school years. However, the state submitted information comparing the current year to 2011. That mistake cost the state 4.8 points. The state lost points in other areas as well, the records show. In the end, New Jersey received 437.8 out of a possible 500 points, placing it 11th in the competition, just behind Ohio, which received $400 mi...

Photo from AFP Inception? No . The Dark Knight? No. Spider-Man, Hell no. The Orange Man, John Boehner, has the biggest summer blockbusters of all time . A day after calling for repeal of the new financial regulatory reform bill, John Boehner is going even further: He's calling for a moratorium on all new Federal regulations -- in the name of job creation. Here's what he told reporters moments ago, per a transcript that was sent my way: " I think having a moratorium on new federal regulations is a great idea it sends a wonderful signal to the private sector that they're going to have some breathing room. " This guy has a chance, just a chance, to become Speaker of the House. Just digest that possibly once more if your eyes allow it. But he sure won't place a moratorium on tanning beds, that's for sure!

It's great to see how The Class of 1994 panned out .

What a hateful bastard : Jim Bunning, a Republican from Kentucky, is single-handedly blocking Senate action needed to prevent an estimated 1.2 million American workers from prematurely losing their unemployment benefits next month. As Democratic senators asked again and again for unanimous consent for a vote on a 30-day extension Thursday night, Bunning refused to go along. And when Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) begged him to drop his objection, Politico reports, Bunning replied: "Tough shit." Bunning says he doesn't oppose extending benefits -- he just doesn't want the money that's required added to the deficit. He proposes paying for the 30-day extension with stimulus funds. The Senate's GOP leadership did not support him in his objections. Oh, but it gets better And at one point during the debate, which dragged on till nearly midnight, Bunning complained of missing a basketball game. "I have missed the Kentucky-South Carolina game that start...

The baseless stupid attack on John Brennan continues . And then this world class fool : These fools just have no respect for the rule of law in this country as well as even federal officials now. Keep the insanity coming I guess?

Compared to the likes to Limbaugh and Gingrich, your level of civil can be so high that you don't have to say "Thank you" when someone holds the door and yet still be considered having manners. That is the position of Republican Senators whenever they say they will be civil in the discourse of today's hearing with Sonia Sotomyor today. Of course they won't call the judge "racist" like those fools will because the party would diminish even further than the current wreck it is right now. However, the questions will still be obnoxious and asinine from some of the "Party of No's" Senators, especially if asking if Sotomayor wants to reframe her comments from 2001. Also to note, a lot of conservative groups want their party leaders to filibuster this, as if they needed any more stress. So it will be interesting to see who will have the dumbest question of the day.

Raised again by the brilliant Meteor Blades , let's analyze this with a photo. Photo from Laughing Planet at the Kos And from Blades again: National Debt When Jimmy Carter .....arrived at the White House: $660 billion. Added during Carter's four years: $337 billion. Added during Ronald Reagan's eight years: $1.6 trillion. Added during George H. W. Bush's four years: $1.6 trillion. Added during Bill Clinton's eight years: $1.5 trillion. Added during George W. Bush's seven years, nine months: $4.5 trillion. Portion of the $9.5 trillion added to the national debt during the past 31 years and seven months that came during Republican presidencies: $7.7 trillion. Percentage of that $7.7 trillion added during George W. Bush's two terms: 58%. Could somebody explain again what "fiscal conservative" means? Republicans, the party that doesn't even follow their own core principles.