Plunderbund

I don’t normally read kos, but I did stumble across this gem:
Did you hear that O’Reilly invented the slur “San Francisco values”? Yeah, he also thinks he invented sliced bread and fire.
But let’s talk about “San Francisco values”, you know — tolerance, entrepreneurship, and creativity.
Since O’Reilly boycotts everything he hates, I look forward to his […]

In what might be the most bizarre battle in the “War on Christmas” (just wait, Bill-O and Gibson will be right on top of the “story” again), a Colorado homeowner is now in a fight with her homeowners association over a wreath… in the shape of a peace symbol.
A homeowners association in southwestern Colorado has […]

Quinnipiac University conducted a “thermometer poll” of prominent politicians, and while Kerry was rightfully panned in the results (39.6 - last out of 20, and below President Bush!), their copy about Kerry was dreadful:
Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic nominee who was roundly criticized before the election for suggesting that students who don’t study […]

Because people like Mitt Romney are already dead-in-the-water when it comes to winning the Republican primary.
I’ll have much more on Mitt Romney’s liberal record on social issues as the primary heats up. Mitt thinks that he can just erase his Massachusetts-liberal record, but we can’t let him get away with it.
“Christianists” ($1 to Andrew Sullivan) […]

CNN just announced the numbers for the Kilroy/Pryce race in Ohio’s 15th.
Pryce is still ahead- but only by 1,055 votes (down from the 3,536 votes in unofficial election-night totals).   The margin is so slim that it WILL REQUIRE A RECOUNT.
 

Wired talks about Chevy’s “roll-your-own” ad campaign.
Chevy had already enlisted Internet users for its 2005 introduction of the HHR, a retro-style SUV along the lines of Chrysler’s PT Cruiser. After almost 1,300 people submitted photos and videos promoting the new vehicle, Chevy decided it was time to try this stuff where it really mattered – […]

While certain right-leaning bloggers may disagree, this generation of happy, College Republican campers has been moving away from the ’big tent’ message pushed by the GOP.  
Gays, immigrants, foreigners, poor people… “Not in MY big tent” seems to be their attitude- at at any cost.
Below are just a few examples…
Local voter registration questioned by Texas A&M students
Battalion, The (Texas A&M University) […]

President of the BU College Republicans, and life-long white guy, Joe Mrosczyk announced today that his group will offer a scholarship exclusively for white students.
Mrosczyk’s home town, Danvers, MA, has about 22,000 people and is 97.72% White (0.35% Black).
More than likely, Joe has never actually met a black person.

Well, kinda.
Evolution happens. But it can also stop and turn on a dime.
A new study of lizards in the Bahamas shows that the natural selection pressures that drive evolution can flip-flop faster than previously thought - even in months.
“Darwin was right about so many things,” said Jonathan Losos, a former Washington University biologist who led […]

Heads up, Marie Wilson will be speaking on Wednesday 11/29 at the OSU John Glenn School of Public Affairs at 4pm.
If you’re not aware of Marie Wilson, I’d seriously recommend checking out both the Whitehouse Project website and her bio.
If I didn’t have class I’d make the drive down for this one. It should be […]

Fine, Speaker-Elect Pelosi is thinking about giving the GOP just that, except not the kind of bipartisanship they really care about. Via the Hill:
Incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has drafted legislation that would grant soon-to-be-unemployed Republicans severance pay while they look for jobs after Democrats take over control of the chamber on Jan. 4, […]

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Blackwell campaign hurt by negative ads, lack of contributions
 

 
COLUMBUS Those involved with the campaign to elect Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell governor argued among themselves and made a lot of mistakes in the months leading up to his defeat on Nov. 7.
 
On the other hand, those who ran Democrat Ted Strickland’s campaign stayed on message […]

Yep - 18 years.
A former GOP fundraiser at the center of a scandal-plagued state investment in rare coins that helped Democrats seize power in the midterm elections was sentenced Monday to 18 years in prison.
Tom Noe, a prominent coin dealer accused of taking at least $2 million, was convicted last week of theft, corrupt activity, […]

Just wanted to ping the world to let everyone know that I’m back from a productive week in Tampa (and one crazy college football game) with all my fingers and toes intact. Just working thru the backlog, and with Thanksgiving coming up, it may be a little while yet before I can settle back […]