If you haven’t already had the chance, Brendan Kiley’s fourth and final installment in his series on tainted cocaine is excellent. The entire series was easily one of the best pieces of local journalism from the past year.
UPDATE: And in other must-read news, Matt Taibbi’s latest on our new Speaker of the House is the usual great mix of hilarious and infuriating.
Just checked out the reading of the Constitution in the House yesterday. The Speaker or the House started off with the preamble, and he had to read it from his notes. he’s not that much younger than me, and in my day we all had to memorize the preamble and spell every word correctly. I was honestly surprised to see that he couldn’t do that from memory.
For me, this underscores the point that elected officials do need to actually learn something about our founding documents, including the interpretations the courts have made of them. Personally, I think their time yesterday would have been better spent doing that rather than making a show of reading the thing before the cameras.
Senator Adam Kline, calling out Attorney General Rob McKenna for his http://www.theolympian.com/201.....esent.html
I hear the opening song at the House ceremonies yesteday was “I get no kick from merlot”, followed by “Don’t Cry For Me, Ohio”.
Am I the first to come up with this …. Napolitano Dynamite?
Me thinks Boehner will sing “Fare thee well” to the Tea Party minions; they have done their job, and now the rich big boys take it.
kind of funny. i’m not a big movive buff, but just saw quenton tarentino’s “death proof” with kurt russell. amazingly violent. but then i had ti laugh. i remember when the msm was up in arms because melk gibsons the oassion of christ was too violent. yeahm thats why they didmt like it. nothing to do with being the only movie ever that showed jews in a bad light, but the excuse ..too violent for hollywood. of course i cant blame them, when everyinev swalloed that ewxcuse theu must have laughed at how stupid all the goys are.
Pulling a Roger Dumb Rabbit: Over in the Gambling Thread
That’s right Politically Incorrect. When you see HA Liberals screaming to high heaven about something you know none of them actually fact checked anything about gambling corporations…
Let’s see… more PuddyFacts to display… so easy to determine who votes for whom in presidential erections… So where do the gambling PAC funds go? Pavlov calls the dumb brick ylb will run and check the numbers – Go to OpenSecrets fool.
Vice – Gambling
2010 Total Amount: $823,082
Total to Democrats: $502,700 (61%)
Total to Republicans: $313,701 (38%)
Number of PACs making contributions: 16
2008 Total Amount: $1,408,404
Total to Democrats: $914,531 (65%)
Total to Republicans: $493,873 (35%)
Number of PACs making contributions: 17
Top hitters below
2008 American Gambling – (77% to Democrats, 23% to Republicans)
2010 American Gambling – (63% to Democrats, 38% to Republicans)
2008 Indian Gambling – (76% to Democrats, 24% to Republicans)
2010 Indian Gambling – (84% to Democrats, 16% to Republicans)
2008 Harrah’s Entertainment – (77% to Democrats, 23% to Republicans)
2010 Harrah’s Entertainment – (70% to Democrats, 30% to Republicans)
2010 MGM Resorts International – (71% to Democrats, 29% to Republicans)
2010 MGM Resorts International – (79% to Democrats, 21% to Republicans)
2008 Boyd Gaming – (64% to Democrats, 36% to Republicans)
2010 Boyd Gaming – (79% to Democrats, 21% to Republicans)
2008 Isle of Capri Casinos – (50% to Democrats, 50% to Republicans)
2010 Isle of Capri Casinos – (100% to Democrats, 0% to Republicans)
2008 International Game Technology – (52% to Democrats, 48% to Republicans)
2010 International Game Technology – (57% to Democrats, 40% to Republicans)
2010 California Tribal Business Alliance – (68% to Democrats, 32% to Republicans)
2008 Station Casinos – (69% to Democrats, 31% to Republicans)
2010 Station Casinos – (18% to Democrats, 82% to Republicans) DING DING
2008 Venetian Casinos – (0% to Democrats, 100% to Republicans) DING DING
2010 Venetian Casinos – (10% to Democrats, 82% to Republicans) DING DING
Now where did the Liquor PAC money go?
Vice – Wine Beer and Liquor
2008 Total Amount: $6,331,135
Total to Democrats: $3,461,897 (55%)
Total to Republicans: $2,869,238 (45%)
Number of PACs making contributions: 27
2010 Total Amount: $5,321,625
Total to Democrats: $3,035,647 (57%)
Total to Republicans: $2,257,178 (42%)
Number of PACs making contributions: 24
Now onto the Nevada unions… why bother… We know who they jockstrapped… Odumba and Land Deal Reid!!!
2010 All Union PACs
Total Amount: $6,003,850
Total to Democrats: $5,937,600 (99%)
Total to Republicans: $65,250 (1%)
Number of PACs making contributions: 23
2008 All Union PACs
Total Amount: $7,116,695
Total to Democrats: $6,854,795 (96%)
Total to Republicans: $239,550 (3%)
Number of PACs making contributions: 22
Looks like the corporation gambling industry likes the DUMBOCRATS like the liquor industry.
As Puddy sez
The Prosecution Rests your honor!
Yow, MOT!! A little early to be so incoherent.
I’ve decided to take a vacation from the internet for a bit, lots of work to do, too many distractions and the like. I’ll catch back up with you cats in a couple of weeks.
@9…
Did the dumbass have a POINT???
Oh I get it,,,just more anti-Dem, anti-Union vomit or right-wing corporate/wackjob-christianist talking points.
Amusing.
Irelevant.
Ahhh Puddy sees the dumbASS rujax misses the point. Talking points from OpenSecrets? You are a moron!
All the ranting from HA leftists over gambling is hilarious.
I saw a good piece on John Stossel’s show last night. He interviewed Ann Coulter in regard to the War on Drugs. Of course, Coulter was against any legalization and sanity when it comes to marijuana, and David Boaz, a Libertarian commentator on Stossel’s show, described Coulter as a “law graduate of a some Ivy League schoo”l who believes her opinions are moral values. That’s the point with the hard right-wing people like Coulter: they believe their belief set should be imposed on everyone, and anyone who disagrees with them is immoral. In this sense, the Right truly is Wrong!
@12
they believe their belief set should be imposed on everyone, and anyone who disagrees with them is immoral
are you insane? that is exactly the view of liberals. dont like illegal immigration? you’re a bigot. dont like higher taxes, you have no compassion. didnt vote for obama? you’re an angrynwhite male.
you, my dear sir, are a moron.
@13,
Oh, I see – it’s OK to criticize the left wing nuts but not the right wing nuts. I criticize both extremes, so get used to it.
You, my dear sir, are a hypocritical asshole and a moron!
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