Blue Herald

[[ Video ]]

The Shins - “New Slang”

continue reading...

I’m going out of town for a few days, but wanted to dash off a quick post based on my comment to Buck’s post today on Romney’s speech. Buck rightly noted that Christian fundamentalists aren’t liable to be won over by it. However, the AP story and video excerpts give the misleading impression [...]

continue reading...

Da Bears……..Da Bears……….Da Bears!
Only in Florida………
Miami, FL (AP) - A seven-year-old Hialeah, Florida boy was at the center of a Miami courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him. The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody [...]

continue reading...

The methods included waterboarding, which simulates drowning, government officials said. Bush approved. What a country!
From The Guardian:
The CIA videotaped its interrogations of terror suspects in 2002 and destroyed the tapes three years later out of fear they would leak to the public and compromise the identities of U.S. questioners, the [...]

continue reading...

Seems President Dipshit gave out the wrong number today for the “Hope Now Hotline” he set up to help people with mortgage woes. Instead, he gave out the number to the Freedom Christian Academy, a Texas group that provides Christian educational materials for home schooling. Hmmmm…..if they don’t pay their mortgages they won’t [...]

continue reading...

How long has it been since a republican took this particular stand? Unfortunately for Mitt, he just lost any hope of garnering votes from the fundie crowd. (Not that they ever accepted him as a viable contender anyways.)
Romney: No Religious Test for President
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Republican Mitt Romney, confronting voters’ skepticism about his [...]

continue reading...