JoshuaPundit on Jul 10 2009 | Filed under: The Council Has Spoken!
(Image courtesy of Red Planet) An Interesting mix this week, and a boatload of fine entires from both the Council and their non-Council nominees. Congratulations to winning Council member The Provacateur for his article How Bonds Work (and How Current Policy Will Wreck Them and the Economy With It) and non-Council entry Reclusive Leftist for [...]
JoshuaPundit on Jul 08 2009 | Filed under: Nominations
Governor Sarah Palin’s announcement that she was resigning as Alaska’s governor and letting her Lieutenant governor and political ally Sean Parnell take over shocked the political world and pretty much sucked all the oxygen out the room for a couple of news cycles. She even knocked Micheal Jackson’s OD off the front pages…now that’s star power. [...]
TheGlitteringEye on Jul 05 2009 | Filed under: Council Wisdom, Weasel Watching
The following article is crossposted from a Friday Council Member post at The Glittering Eye In reaction to yesterday’s reports of increasing unemployment, predictably Paul Krugman calls for another, bigger stimulus package: O.K., Thursday’s jobs report settles it. We’re going to need a bigger stimulus. But does the president know that? I am an empiricist [...]
Bookworm on Jul 04 2009 | Filed under: Council Wisdom, Weasel Watching
John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence On July 4, 1776, American citizens made their Declaration of Independence known to the world. Although the bulk of the document is a catalog of very specific grievances against George III, the document is remembered for its stirring beginning, describing “unalienable” rights inherent in all human beings, as well as [...]
The Watcher Emeritus on Jul 03 2009 | Filed under: The Council Has Spoken!
It’s the Fourth of July in Weasel Watching country and we are all out celebrating American exceptionalism! But we can’t leave you hanging without highlighting the many great articles from the past week. Congratulations to winning council member The Razor for his article Settlement and non-council entry Fausta’s Blog for Responses to “Coup in Honduras [...]
The Watcher Emeritus on Jul 02 2009 | Filed under: Wall of Shame, Weasel Watching
No surprise here. Amnesty International released a report claiming that Israel committed war crimes against the Palestinians in the 22 day offensive at the end of last year. The BBC reported the alleged crimes in an article titled “Amnesty details Gaza ‘war crimes’” by citing the findings of the “independent human rights report” in an [...]
The Watcher Emeritus on Jul 01 2009 | Filed under: Nominations
UPDATE: My apologies as I omitted 4 entries from two council members, Right Truth and The Provocateur. Please see their Council and Non-Council entries. Decepticon Goal – Enslave and Punish! As you know the House passed the Waxman-Malarkey cap-n-tax global warming bill thanks in part to 8 sellout Republicans that took money from environmental wackos [...]
