Holder’s First Letter to Paul Precipitates the Best Filibuster Ever

by Eileen | 11:46 pm, March 6, 2013

We are into the 13th hour of a filibuster to demand accountability from Barack Obama on drone killings.  At this moment, I feel better about the state of the Union and the hope for this nation than I have in years.  I adore the concept of the filibuster and I am downright lovin’ this particular [...]

In Which Evie Hudak Likes Victims So Much That She Wants To Make More of Them

by Eileen | 5:44 pm, March 5, 2013

If the Colorado Democrats put their foot in their mouth one more time on gun rights, I am going to recommend mercy killing for the lot of them.  To be clear, we voters are the one who deserve a little mercy. Joe Salazar has largely gotten away with his characterization of women as histrionic little [...]

One Flimsy White House Promise and a Classified Vote Later, And We Have A New CIA Director

by Eileen | 4:32 pm, March 5, 2013

The last public news on John Brennan, Barack Obama’s pick to head the CIA, was weeks ago, when his public confirmation hearing was held. In short, Code Pink made fools of themselves, Brennan lied, committee chair Dianne Feinstein lied and made a fool of herself, and there was posturing all around. In other words, all went according [...]

In Which the Washington Bureau Chief Mocks a Terrible Law Article for Fun

by Eileen | 12:46 am, March 1, 2013

Blogging is easy.  Just tool around the ‘net until you see something that reaches new heights in stupidity – won’t take long – and then spleen about it. Today’s new least favorite human is Jana M. McCreary, authoress of  “Mentally Defective” Language in the Gun Control Act in the newest issue of the Connecticut Law [...]

Return of the PPC Re-Education Camps – You Know You Want to Be There

by Eileen | 8:27 pm, February 28, 2013

As promised, kids, the Collective is bringing back its free classes for activists, agitators, and freelance revolutionaries.  Trust us, this time will be even awesomer. Speaking of awesome, our great friends at the Independence Institute are kindly allowing us to use their basement rumpus room. Topics for the first classes of 2013 are not yet [...]

Let’s Execute All The Pundits.

by Eileen | 8:52 am, February 28, 2013

Pundits are paid to deliver simplistic and repetitious talking points to an already sympathetic audience.  Whether or not they’re wildly intelligent, it’s not in the job description to display that.  A pundit is supposed to hold strong opinions, regardless of her own expertise and without consideration of how realistic her predictions are.  Then, when she’s [...]

Refusing to Let DHS Ignore the Constitution: The Mastermix

by Eileen | 9:02 am, February 27, 2013

Over at Reason, Scott Shackleford has posted a fabulous montage of people refusing to comply with unconstitutional DHS check points and warrantless searches. In each case, an individual traveling within the continuous United States is stopped with any suspicion and asked to answer questions about citizenship and to provide identification.  In several cases, the individuals [...]

Supreme Courts Blesses Warrantless Surveillance of Citizens in a Kafkaesque Farce

by Eileen | 9:40 pm, February 26, 2013

In a 5-4 ruling with Alito writing for the majority, SCOTUS upheld warrantless wiretaps of Americans, provided the government states it has a good faith belief the citizen is speaking to a foreign national involved in terrorism. Plainly, provided they can keep a straight face while claiming they thought your pen pal was an al’Qaeda [...]

John Kerry: Bitterly Clinging to the Right to Be Stupid

by Eileen | 8:23 pm, February 26, 2013

John Kerry has assured the Germans that Americans have the right to be stupid.  Read into that what you will.  It certainly continues a tradition of wannabe statesmen making asses of themselves to Berliners. To wit, Kennedy’s moronic ‘Ich bin ein Berliner’ comment.  This was profoundly stupid (as was his right) not because the President [...]

Underwear Gnomes are Running the GOP

by Eileen | 9:47 pm, February 24, 2013

Freshly back from one of those political confabs where business cards get passed around like canapes and, ideally, fatigued activists get a boost, I’ve been thinking (still) about the grave problems that face the GOP, right-sympathetic Independents, and all the satellite organizations of the American Rightwing. As such, this may come off as the product [...]

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