Happy Valentines Day!
An Even-Tempered Apology From Rahm Emanuel. Hat-tip: Gruber
The Onion: Gays To Precious to Risk in Combat.
Every 60 Minutes Story Ever Made
Mr. President, please grow some balls. If your own aren’t working, maybe your Secretary of State will let you borrow hers.
For the love of Pete, someone please put Howard Dean back in charge of the Democratic Party! Money quote, “People who blame others are losers. If you want to win elections you stop blaming and you get to work.”
I found a photoset of Walkmen on Flickr today. This is the most like the one that got the bulk of use from me. Mine was adorned with Greenpeace stickers.
It’s a great day to reflect on all that’s changed since Martin Luther King Jr. gave that famous speech in 1963.
What has Obama ever done for us?
- Torture memos released
- No more waterboarding
- White house visitor logs released
- Iraq withdrawal in progress
- Mexico City policy reversed
- Certain arguments against DOMA rejected
- Money set aside for high-speed rail
- Environmental Protection Agency enforcement is up
- Restrictions on Legal Services Funds eased
- Being HIV+ no longer disqualifies people for a green card
- Net neutrality
- EPA to regulate carbon
- The HAMP program has helped a lot of people avoid foreclosure
- Review of mandatory minimum sentencing
- Credit card bill of rights created
- SCHIP eligibility expanded
- No permanent bases in Iraq
- Cuba restrictions eased
- Release of Presidential records expedited
- National Park funding increased
- Protections for gays and lesbians added to hate crimes law
- AmeriCorps funding increased
- EEOC funding restored to pre-Bush levels
- Ledbetter Act
- Unemployment insurance extended
- Stem cell restrictions eased
Etc.
Chazzbot, as usual, is full of win:
Aziz Ansari’s new comedy album has some seriously great bits. This is one of the best, but I’m not going to ruin it for you. It’s NSFW, if that matters to you.
