A secret recording of a campaign strategy session between U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell and his advisors was taped by leaders of the Progress Kentucky super PAC, says a longtime local Democratic operative.
Mother Jones Magazine released the tape this week. The meeting itself took place on Feb. 2.
Jacob Conway, who is on the executive committee of the Jefferson County Democratic Party, says that day, Shawn Reilly and Curtis Morrison, who founded and volunteered for Progress Kentucky, respectively, bragged to him about how they recorded the meeting.
It’s Probably Nothing
Unexpected: “Retail sales in the U.S. unexpectedly fell in March by the most in nine months as employment slowed, showing households ended the first quarter on softer footing.”
Meth Is Hard
Winnipeg’s Toxic Chemical Ingesting Community warned their toxic chemicals may be be contaminated with toxic chemicals.
Free Muslim Barbers!
The World Is Being Run By Crazy People
Michael Totten: What if North Korea is Serious?
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In tonight’s musical entertainment the Carter Family perform one of the many folk-tradition variants of “The Raggle Taggle Gypsy”, a traditional Scottish ballad that dates all the way back to the 1700s: Here are Sarah, Mother Maybelle, and A.P. singing Black Jack Davey.
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Hashtag Of The Entitlement Generation
What’s The Opposite Of Diversity?
A professor at the University of Southern California (USC) appears to have used a fall semester 2012 political science class to deliver sustained and angered attacks on Republicans, who he characterized as old, white, racist, and “losers.”
In a 15 min. video secretly captured by USC student Tyler Talgo, political science Professor Darry Sragow also appears to endorse the illegal suppression of Republican votes.
“You lose their information on the election in the mail,” he suggested when a student asked him how to keep Republicans from voting. “I mean there is lots of ways to do it [SIC].”
Video at the link. (h/t John G)
The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire
The DHS Customs and Border Protection requires the following items;
LI 001: Carbon Bagpipe Drone Reed Set, 5, EA;
LI 002: Bagpipe Chanter Reeds-Easy, 12, EA;
LI 003: Bagpipe Chanter Reeds-Medium, 12, EA;
LI 004: Deluxe Bagpipe Bag Covers w/ Non-slip Grap Patch and Zipper, 5, EA;
LI 005: Drone Cords, 5, EA;
LI 006: Highland Bagpipe Tuner and Metronome with cases, 2, EA;
LI 007: Combination Tuner and Metronome, 6, EA […]
David Cameron’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and Johnny Rotten is the “voice of reason and civility”.
We Don’t Need No Stinking Giant Fans
Like socialist experiments everywhere: … the report argues that Ontario decided to solve a problem that didn’t need solving, and at a considerable cost that will continue to grow over the long term.
Let Me Fix That Headline For You
“New high-speed camera system reveals what snow looks like in midair”
Like anybody gives a shit.
The Iron Lady
Conrad Black on Margaret Thatcher.
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The words to “O Fortuna”, from German composer Carl Orff’s 1936 cantata Carmina Burana, are easy to mishear. Tonight, the words to this ominous-sounding choral work have been rewritten – plausibly so – as an Ode to Terrorizing Toddlers and their Sleep Deprived Parents.
Yea, verily, there shall be no respite.
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Honey, I Finished The Internet
h/t peterj
“Organic” Is The Latin Word For “Grown In Pig Shit”
We support Canada’s robust science-based regulatory environment which ensures any new crops or traits are proven safe for human consumption, animal feed and our environment,” said Stephen Vandervalk, President of the Grain Growers of Canada.
“While we appreciate that many long-time opponents of progress have concerns, the reality is they have a lot of rhetoric, but no facts to back up their case.”
This statement of overwhelming farmer support for modern agriculture is in response to a day of protest being organized by the US-funded Canadian Biotechnology Action Network whose supporters having lost their case in the States are now trying to block the same innovation in Canada.
The Sound Of Settled Science
How medical science got it exactly wrong on childhood food allergies
As Goes California
Pill bottles accepted as ID in BC election to encourage voters
h/t Dan T
Mission Creep
As of Sunday the city has spent more money shaving ruts than it would have cost to clear all residential streets once this winter, with no end in sight.
Since Monday, graders and sanders have worked around the clock to clear residential roadways at a cost of $80,000 to $100,000 a day, according to Mike Gutek, general manager of infrastructure for the City of Saskatoon.
“I think it’s painfully unfair to look back in hindsight and say ‘I told you so.'” It’s not fair for anyone on council to say that because we tried hard to come up with a budget we all thought we could live with,” said Atchison.
Fitness fans can celebrate as the City of Saskatoon is rolling out a four-month program of free fitness classes at Kiwanis Park.
“It seems small but this is really good news for Saskatoon,” said Ward 9 councillor Tiffany Paulsen.
Fire them all.