“Congress repealed ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’. The Pentagon can now start production on ‘Iraq the Musical.’” – David Letterman “The Senate voted to allow gay soldiers to serve in the military. This is good news for gay soldiers, but bad news for straight soldiers who were going to say they were gay to get out […]
Next time you need to win an argument with a supply-sider, AlterNet has a rather well done debunking of the nine biggest conservative lies about taxes and public spending. Here are the lies: 1. Cutting Taxes Leads to More Money for the Government 2. Conservatives’ Favorite Economist Proves the Point 3. Taxes on the Rich […]
© Tom Toles Aren’t you glad Santa is not run by a corporation? Oh wait!
“Congress has voted to extend the Bush tax cuts. Is it me, or is George W. Bush getting more done now than when he was in office?” – Jay Leno “Michelle Obama wore a vintage thrift-store dress from the 1950s for the Christmas in Washington concert. She’s not the only one going vintage. In fact, […]
Will wonders never cease? It has been a crazy week, what with Obama somehow talking the Republicans into going along with repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, ratifying the new START treaty, and dropping their filibuster to 9/11 first responder health benefits at the end of the lame duck session. But now arch-conservative founder of the […]
In his first TV interview since being released from jail, Julian Assange makes several very strong points: First, Assange makes the point that WikiLeaks is a legitimate part of the media, and if people think they can avoid government attack by not defending WikiLeaks they don’t understand history: They believe that if they sell us […]
© Ruben Bolling If Julian Assange is guilty of espionage, then so are a whole lot of other journalists.
© Joel Pett Luckily, the START treaty was ratified after all — on the very last day of the 111th Congress.
Today, the Senate ratified the START treaty 71-26, despite the Republican leadership’s strong opposition. In fact, Jeff Sessions called Obama’s goal of a nuclear-free world “cockamamie” and called for a rejection of the treaty. It seems like the Republican leadership were the only people opposed to the treaty, which was supported by all recent Secretaries […]
The Republican Party is trying to stop the Federal Reserve from helping to lower unemployment. It is bad enough that the Republicans opposed the federal version of Mitt Romney’s health care plan, the continuation of Dubya’s bank bailout, and the (failed) attempt to pass John McCain’s climate bill, but now they are opposing Milton Friedman’s […]
“A new survey finds that although his approval ratings are low, President Obama is still ahead of the most prominent Republicans. Have you seen his tax plan? He is the most prominent Republican.” – Jay Leno “The Obamas had their dog, Bo, sign their Christmas card this year with a paw print. But Bo only […]
Earlier this month, Lindsay Graham said he would support the START treaty once tax cuts for the rich were passed. He got his way, but now he is leading the charge of the whiners about all that voting: Poor Senator Graham! Maybe he needs a really, really long vacation. After all, if he is too […]
“Today President Obama met with a group of top CEOs to discuss creating new jobs. They said they’d see what they could do and then all went back to China.” – Conan O’Brien “The Marine Corps’ top general suggested allowing gay soldiers on the battlefield would pose a distraction. Especially the really hot ones.” – […]
© Tom Toles The other side of this catch 22 is that corporations are using their cash reserves to buy other companies, which further reduces the number of employed workers. Or they hire overseas workers. And then they wonder why the economy is doing so bad.
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