Radiation may cause cancer. Who knew?

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 4:42 pm, February 6, 2012

Under the bogglingly illogical government we have so judiciously elected, there’s no problem in blasting people with radiation so long as it’s not designated to be for medical purposes.  We all know what this means; because airport scanners aren’t rearranging our atoms for a medical benefit, they don’t come under FDA control.  Hence, your guess is as [...]

In which the Washington Bureau Chief skews the dataset

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 9:00 am, January 16, 2012

FaceBook, a privacy-raping death beast of wide fame, has partnered up with Politico, an semi-upstart publication for Washingtonians and others whose libido is sadly misdirected at subcommittee hearings and such. No, you can’t opt out. What’s being handed from FB over to Politico are your status updates.  In theory, all status updates containing the name [...]

The Paranoid Style in Obama’s Politics

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 10:05 am, December 16, 2011

Yet again demonstrating his staggering lack of self awareness, our esteemed President is soliciting a dwindling fan base to send in the contact information of their Republican pals.  In the last two days, this story has gone around the world.  It seems that part of Obama’s ploy for a second term is…to….er….well…damn. Alright, so the [...]

Brave New Films Bravely Fails in Koch “Setup”

by T.L. James | 11:45 am, November 13, 2011

Oops. “Truth-telling” filmmaker Robert Greenberg needs to find less-inept assistants. Apparently, in trying to “prove” that the Kochs are “unresponsive” to critics, Greenberg’s team made several phone calls to a Koch number in rapid succession, leaving a recorded message each time — and in a couple of cases, accidentally recording themselves after they thought they’d [...]

Breaking: Rep. Perlmutter Caught Up in ‘Occupy Denver’ Fracas

by elpresidente | 6:35 pm, October 29, 2011

**UPDATE 3** **Update 2**: Mace and pepper balls used, 20 arrested Today’s ‘Occupy Denver’ clash included reports of tear gas, rubber bullets or pepper balls, and several arrests. According to Tweets from @MediaMarcus, Rep. Perlmutter said he “put career on line” by attending the protest, but was later cognizant of threat posed by not announcing [...]

Occupy Wall Street: The Reader’s Companion

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 8:28 am, October 19, 2011

I have come across the Library Thing list of the holdings of the Peoples’ Library of Occupy Wall Street. Much hilarity ensued.  Just to prove that I am not a wicked and greedy Capitalist pig, I will happily socialize the fruits of my amusement. In the month since its inception, the Peoples’ Library has amassed [...]

Zuccotti Park: A song of soap and sophistry

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 1:43 pm, October 18, 2011

I spent part of this morning reading a little article titled, “Intellectual Roots of Wall St. Protest Lie in Academe”  Yes, I know I need to use my time more wisely. I will start by sharing some of my thoughts on the alleged intellectual majesty and mystery of the shenanigans currently gripping America.  One thing [...]

In which the Washington Bureau Chief wishes she’d thought of putting it like that

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 8:30 am, October 12, 2011

Over at How Conservatives Drove Me Away, James Sinclair wrote a great short article on the underlying commonality between the Tea Party and the more recent Occupy Wall Street movement. And he illustrated it with a Venn Diagram.  Which I kind of loved.  (Venns are basically infographics for people who understand basic statistics but not [...]

Brandon Shaffer and the Very Big CORA…

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 6:45 pm, October 7, 2011

A relatively new story over at the Denver Post’s Spot blog unveils a massive CORA sent to State Senator/Congressional hopeful/eventual U.S. Senate aspirant Brandon Shaffer.  It seems someone wants more or less every scrap of paper pertaining to education that Shaffer has, with particular emphasis on his communiques with left-leaning grandees who focus their grandstanding [...]

In Defense of the Political Insult

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 4:31 pm, September 16, 2011

It is one thing to allow some behavior legally and another altogether to smile upon it in polite society. Trying to legislate manners is as stupid and dangerous as trying to lower the murder rate via cotillion lessons.

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