Why cheaters prosper, by Mark Sumner Don't Buy It: A conversation with communications consultant and author Anat Shenker-Osorio, by Susan Gardner Daily Kos Radio at the Democratic National Convention, by Armando Why unions? To fight for good jobs and against inequality, by Laura Clawson Mitt Romney runs for President of Imaginary America, by Scott Wooledge Celebrating with the community for the Democratic Convention in Charlotte, by Denise Oliver Velez 'We're not generating enough angry white guys', by Dante Atkins Romney's feint on reproductive rights, by Laurence Lewis
Conservative radio host Bryan Fischer, best-known for his instrumental role in the controversy over gay Romney campaign spokesman Richard Grenell [and other hate-filled rants too long to list], has cancelled a scheduled trip to the Democratic National Convention. Fischer was planning to air his radio show from the convention. Fischer's reason for the cancellation is that he and the American Family Association were concerned for his safety in light of the recent shooting at the Family Research Council in Washington.
Fischer's reason for the cancellation is that he and the American Family Association were concerned for his safety in light of the recent shooting at the Family Research Council in Washington.
The final final count is in, and I spotted 238 Negroes during the RNC, 239 if I count seeing my own reflection in various mirrors and windows. I estimated no more than 60 of those to be authenticated GOP delegates or party members. It turns out the actual number of black delegates was 46. My #negrospotting game is tight. I wasn’t the only one #negrospotting, by the way. This article by a black Republican calls out this RNC as the least diverse he’s ever seen, and the future doesn’t look bright.
At first glance, it might appear that space policy got a lot of attention in the last week: Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney mentioned the late Neil Armstrong in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night, and did so again during a campaign stop on Saturday in Cincinnati, a day after the Apollo 11 astronaut’s funeral there. The Republican Party platform, approved during the convention, included a plank about space. Meanwhile, while the Republicans convened in Tampa, President Barack Obama found a very different outlet to discuss policy issues, an “Ask Me Anything” discussion on the popular website Reddit, where he answered one question on space policy. So, that should be good news for those who follow space policy, right? Not really. None of these comments said much of anything new—or even much of anything at all—about the candidates’ positions on space policy. The fact that we’re paying so much attention to such minor comments indicates how little the candidates, in particular Romney, have said on space, especially in comparison to just four years ago.
So, that should be good news for those who follow space policy, right? Not really. None of these comments said much of anything new—or even much of anything at all—about the candidates’ positions on space policy. The fact that we’re paying so much attention to such minor comments indicates how little the candidates, in particular Romney, have said on space, especially in comparison to just four years ago.
Entrepreneurial messiah and mass marriage instigator Sun Myung Moon has died at age 92 in the South Korean capital of Seoul. In 1950s South Korea, Moon established the Unification Church, which attracted millions of followers and became famous for marrying a Luxembourg's worth (more or less) of people in a single ceremony. Moon's Church, as churches that marry thousands of people all at once are wont to do, gained a bit of a reputation for brainwashing its followers and breaking apart families in the 60s and 70s, and Moon himself was accused of profiteering. He owned several sprawling properties in the U.S., founded the Washington Times and ran arms factories in South Korea, so you might say that he was a bit of a renaissance man. You also might say he was a bit of a criminal — in 1982, he spent 11 months in jail after being convicted of tax evasion.