If you have reason to pay attention to such things, you might have heard that Righthaven — the litigious group who is suing bloggers for having the unmitigated gall to (gasp!) quote from newspaper stories — had their suit against…
Tag: AR Media
AR-01: Causey, Crawford Tape Debate
AR-01 candidates Chad Causey (D), Rick Crawford (R), and Ken Adler (G) taped a debate today that will air tonight at 6:30 on AETN. Here’s a sneak peek at what transpired according to one source who I spoke to. •…
ARGOP: What They Don't Know Can Hurt Us
On Friday, Lieutenant Governor candidate Mark Darr retweeted a message from Representative Ed Garner. RepEdGarner Elim AR Cap Gains Tax! RT @markdarr: We have to get our tax structure in line to compete w other states & become biz friendly.…
AR-Land Comm: Bryant Endorsed By NWA Paper
Via commenter Cross47, L.J. Bryant has received the endorsement from a northwest Arkansas paper (subscription required unfortunately). Because I can’t access the article and paste from it, I’ll copy-and-paste from the original 5 Questions we did with Bryant. Philosophically, I…
AR-02: New Motto For The Dem-Gaz Opinion Page — "Like Fox News, Only With A Much Smaller Audience"
I finally got around to reading the pro-Timmy! Griffin op-ed that appeared in the “Democrat”-Gazette a few days ago. Even by that paper’s standards, the column was disgusting. Let’s get right to dissecting this thing. LITTLE ROCK — WITH THE…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
[For an explanation of the title, see here.] Here’s the stuff we didn’t get to today (or yesterday, as the case may be): Blue Arkansas says supporting the DREAM Act and painting Timmy! Griffin as a carpetbagger are winning issues…
Think Tank Memorial End-of-Day Miscellany
According to the Kubler-Ross model, there are five discrete stages people go through when dealing with grief or tragedy: denial (“No…no…this isn’t happening! Lalalalalala, I can’t hear you!!” /sticks fingers in ears), anger (“ARGH! Me smash things! Stupid grief!!! /punches…
AR-Gov: Keet's 2008 Florida Ballot Legit
Since last week’s statement that he moved back to Arkansas “in July or August 2008,” there has been some rumbling that, assuming he is telling the truth, Republican gubernatorial candidate Jim Keet violated Florida law by casting an absentee ballot…
HCR: Popularity Movin' On Up, No Word On Deluxe Apartment In Sky
According to Kaiser’s Health Tracking Poll: The July Health Tracking Poll indicates overall public support for the health reform law is steady from June, while unfavorable views of the law have trended downward. Half the public (50%) now expresses a…
Immigration: Judge Correctly Blocks Some Parts Of AZ Immigration Law
Well this is sure to draw scads of hyperbolic, ignorant, and/or legally inaccurate rants from conservative television and radio (and probably from Mike Ross, as he seems to tow the Republican line on this issue, even going so far as…