Articles tagged "gop"

Republicans want to strip $911 million of investment in clean technologies and spend it on tanks. It's a terrible idea.

Following the failures of SOPA and PIPA, a pair of misguided legislative attempts to outlaw Internet piracy that both stalled in Congress earlier this year, one California politician is calling for Congress to halt on considerations for any new Inter…

I’d like to welcome Lamar Smith, a Republican who’s been a vocal SOPA supporter and who doubts that man is having an effect on climate change, to his new position as chair of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee.

In recent weeks, conservative operatives have been audience-testing a new Obama documentary that purports to the the _real_ truth about the president's background. ""Dreams From My Real Father: A Story of Reds and Deception"":http://www.obamasrealfat…

It can be ridiculously frustrating when our Congress doesn’t understand something important, like the Internet, but the less cynical amongst us could argue that it’s impossible to be an expert on everything, even though congresspeople are often expec…

As Bitfloor.com (the U.S.' largest Bitcoin site) services have come grinding to a halt in the wake of a "$250,000 theft of its currency":http://www.techspot.com/news/50043-bitfloor-breached-hacker-makes-off-with-250000-in-bitcoins.html, two questions…

Joe Biden summed up the essence of Obama’s reelection campaign months ago. “Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive." These duel sentiments will be showcased at the DNC over the next few days, the slightest glimmers of hope amplified to t…

Despite showcasing America’s funniest white person costumes, and "practicing racist epithets":http://gawker.com/5938737/report-black-cnn-camerawoman-had-nuts-thrown-at-her-at-gop-convention-assailant-shouted-this-is-how-we-feed-animals, the GOP is al…

Today is officially the first day of the GOP's mighty national convention, except that it's not because a massive tropical storm ruined the party. Instead of gathering in Tampa to weather insipid speechifying and a Lynyrd Skynyrd concert, angry Isaac…

A lot of blowhards out there who like to speak on evolutionary theory have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. It should come as no surprise that much of that pap comes from the right, whose leaders, even the "scientific" ones, "love to be…

Here are some things that real live American human beings actually believe about a boring UN document called Agenda 21, right now: * that it is a covert socialist plot to rob America of its freedom * that it will do so under the auspices of enc…

In the far-off Middle East, drones kill terrorists and people who happen to be standing next to terrorists. Here, they're on the rise as plane-shaped all-seeing eyes. So this should creep plenty of folks out: the GOP is proposing a bill that would al…

Whenever Newt Gingrich talks about lunar colonies and conquering Mars -- and he certainly wasn’t stingy on all that "during last night’s GOP debate in Jacksonville":http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_759980.html --…

An amusing video editing gig b-side and some YouTube success has led to a new, very timely kind of political cartoon, one that makes some sense out of the babel of the political carnival by giving politicians words that aren't exactly theirs. That's

_I would probably lie to my friends, steal from loved ones, and live on the street for "Bonchon chicken":http://www.bonchon.com/_ h3. One: "Fried Chicken is basically cocaine":http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2011/07/youre_physically_incapable_of.htm…