Take that, you Keller!

You may have read Bill Keller’s Op-Ed at the NYT today (he’s the former Executive Editor of the paper, in case you’ve forgotten). In the column he advocates cutting entitlements to solve America’s problems. Well, Mr. Pierce takes exception. Loudly. Quoth the old boss: At least the Republicans have a plan. The Democrats generally recoil …

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Thanks, NBC

I thought the Opening Ceremonies of the London Olympics were spectacular. Quirky, funny, and very very British. It appeared to me that Matt Lauer and Bob Costas decided they’d compete with Fox’s Joe Buck and Tim McCarver for the title of “Providers of Most Banal Commentary Ever at a Sporting Event,” a title I didn’t …

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NBC Fail

In their infinite wisdom, the honchos at NBC decided that they would not live-stream the Opening Ceremonies of the Olympics on any of their websites or on any of their network or cable channels, I assume for fear of cannibalizing their prime-time showing in the US this evening. As my Internet acquaintance Tom Watson says …

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Romney and defense cuts

Dana Milbank often infuriates me, but he hits doubles and triples occasionally as well. Today he smashed one into the gap in left-center field. President Obama is seeking “an arbitrary, across-the-board budget reduction that would saddle the military with $1 trillion in cuts,” the Republican said. “Strategy is not driving the president’s massive defense cuts. …

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Pennsylvania voters disenfranchised

Good grief. If the Voter ID law Pennsylvania passed is judged constitutional, nearly half of eligible voters in Philadelphia could be denied the opportunity to vote in November. About 437,237 registered voters in Philly either lack a state-issued ID or have one that has expired before Nov. 6 of last year, which would make it …

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Voter fraud nonexistent in PA

Don’t take my word for it, either. Take the state’s own stipulation in a current trial testing a new Pennsylvania voter ID law’s constitutionality. Talking Points Memo quotes the agreement: there “have been no investigations or prosecutions of in-person voter fraud in Pennsylvania; and the parties do not have direct personal knowledge of any such …

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