http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker Just another kitsch-ka-blogs weblog Sat, 09 May 2009 15:38:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So William A. Jacobson, a conservative law professor at Cornell Law, has this random Internet blog where he bitches about liberals and the "nutroots" on the liberal interweb tubes. His latest posts has found himself at the center or our nation's stupidest debate. Obama and Biden went out Saturday to grab ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/05/08/conservative-cornell-law-professor-william-a-jacobson-finds-himself-at-center-of-national-debate-on-obamas-mustard-habits/ So word on the street is a justice will be retiring after this session at the latest, but it might happen as soon as....well, any day. The other juicy details are that it's not who you think. So let's spin the DC gossip wheel some more. Who will replace said mystery ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/04/16/washingtons-new-open-secret-a-justice-will-retire-very-soon/ God Bless the Tea Baggers!!! I mean seriously a right wing movement named after a sex act...brillant. For more on naming your political movement after forcefully shoving your scrotum in people's mouths, see: The "Tea Bag" Revolution's Unfortunate Name Choice (VIDEO) I have no clue what the Tea Baggers are really against -- ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/04/15/tea-bagging-was-a-lude-sex-act-before-it-was-a-republican-paltform/ So in lite of my Twitter rantings about its power to mobilize, the Moldovan youth apparently read my blog and promptly started a riot against the country's communist government....yes, via Twitter....awesome: Anti-Communist Protests Explode In Moldova With Help Of Twitter In other news, upstate New York Congressman has amazing Colbert interview: WATCH: ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/04/10/more-on-twitter-plus-racist-turks/ The big buzz in DC this Congress, besides the whole black man in the White House thing, is the emergence of Twitter. Who is twittering? Who isn't? What did she just tweet? Why aren't you twittering, Senator? Politico, one of the many DC newspapers dedicated to the insular going on ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/04/08/why-twitter-is-important-and-why-old-people-dont-get-it/ So by far the biggest news morsel I say this morning was the NYTimes report: Iranian Presidential Candidate Calls Ahmadinejad an Extremist. I mean wow...I guess change is in the air. On the heels of Obama's visit to Turkey, this is a good sign. Obama's strategy...I would guess...is to build a ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/04/07/obamas-smart-turkey-move-and-eminem-sexing-palin/ Iowa court says gay marriage ban unconstitutional April 3, 2009 09:57 AM EST | DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Supreme Court says the state's same-sex marriage ban violates the constitutional rights of gay and lesbian couples, making it the third state where gay marriage is legal. In a unanimous ruling issued ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/04/03/gay-farmers-rejoice-you-can-marry-in-iowa/ So they British tabloids are all in a tizzy because Michelle Obama broke royal protocol when she touched the Queen, putting her arm on her back, before the Queen touched her. Rules say you can touch her if she touches you first. My take: This is just another of the millions ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/04/02/international-crisis-first-lady-touches-queenno-not-there/ President Obama or one of his minions has managed to push GM CEO Wagner out of his job. It’s amazing. Immediately Republicans start talking about how this is the biggest infringement of the free market yet. I found these comments refreshing. Not because I agree with them but because they ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/03/30/obama-does-to-gm-what-he-should-have-done-to-banks/ So during a Senate Mark-up (a term for when a Senate committee kinda writes bills) Sen Chuck "I twitter" Grassley (R- Iowa) insinuated that he slept with Sen Kent Conrad's (D - North Dakota) wife...Enjoy: The Smack Down Will post video when I get to a computer made in the past ... http://blogs.kitschmag.com/newsmaker/2009/03/27/what-did-that-senator-just-say/