Archive | January, 2008

OpenCongress Announces ‘My OpenCongress’

As Congress returns tomorrow to start a new session, OpenCongress is excited to announce a major update that will put all the bills and votes at your fingertips. It’s never been easier to track what’s happening with your government. Now on OpenCongress, you can build a personal profile of bills and people you’re tracking, network  Read more »

Pentagon Video of Iran/US Navy Encounter Questioned

Juan Cole:  Informed Comment: US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication: The Bush administration’s assertion that 5 small Iranian boats confronted big, well-armed US ships in the Straits of Hormuz and threatened to blow up the American vessels is looking more and more like a serious error if not a Republican Party fabrication.  Read more »

Riddle Me This

Question:  When is 36% closer to 39% than it is to 37%?  Answer:  When it represents the number of votes received by Obama, Clinton, and McCain – in that order – in New Hampshire’s 2008 primary. And why is the Fox News ‘You Decide 2008′ site the only election site by a news outlet that  Read more »

Bill O’Reilly is an Annoying Pest @foxattacks.com

The internet is buzzing with Billy boy shoving an Obama staffer this weekend, thanks in large part to our friends at Crooks and Liars.  It’s been fun watching O’Reilly make a spectacle of himself, traveling to New Hampshire to beg Barack to come on his show. Jonathan and Bill, our FOX Attacks duo, rushed in  Read more »

What the hell is Qassia?

This morning while making my rounds, I came across a link on the Turnip of Power blog.  (Go ahead, say that without giggling… try it.)  about a service in early Beta called Qassia.  I browsed over and signed up for an account so I could poke around. Qassia is a search engine like beast in  Read more »