Republicans have been fighting against the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and especially hard to stop Elizabeth Warren from becoming its head. The new bureau is tasked with protecting consumers from predatory lenders and was primarily a response to massive abuses by mortgage lenders that contributed to the recent mortgage crisis. One of the most […]
© Matt Bors Pretty much everyone is fed up with the government, but nobody has a good idea of how to fix it. Politicians who actually try to change the system are dismissed as “out of the mainstream” or not “serious” because they don’t raise enough money. That’s ironic, since money in politics is a […]
“Ohio Congressman Bill Johnson said his Twitter account was hacked yesterday after an image of a naked man was posted on his page. When the Lord taketh a Weiner he giveth a Johnson.” – Jimmy Fallon “Spain’s running of the bulls is not nearly as scary as the U.S. event, the running of Sarah Palin.” […]
Business Insider put together an interesting chart showing GDP minus government spending. In other words, it shows economic growth coming from the private sector (not from stimulus spending): The shaded part is the recession, where by early 2009 (when Obama took office) the economy was shrinking by 7.5%. But less than a year later, the […]
Fox News desperately tries to change the subject from the News Corp scandal.
Could this explain some of Michele Bachmann’s bizarre behavior? According to three people who have worked closely with Bachmann, the presidential candidate suffers from “debilitating” migraine headaches on a weekly basis that can “incapacitate” her for days. Not only that, but allegedly she is constantly medicated to try to prevent them. The migraines are so […]
© Drew Sheneman I’m really curious whether the Republicans will give in and raise the debt ceiling, or if they really will force the government to shut down.
“We’re getting closer and closer to the country going into default. We could be out of money by August 2nd. How many people are surprised by that? How many people are surprised we still have enough money to make it until August 2nd?” – Jay Leno “Will we default on our debt, and will Canada […]
© John Sherffius Conservative David Brooks has an interesting column on the current state of the Republican Party that pits the “practical conservatives” against a host of groups that are more interested in the expression of political power than in actually governing. He divides this latter group into “The Beltway Bandits”, “The Big Government Blowhards”, […]
Who else, Fox News. After admitting they were afraid to talk about the News Corp scandal, they finally do a segment on it on Fox and Friends, bringing in a PR hack who is somehow supposed to be an expert about this. But they make a few small changes to the story. I really suggest […]
© Ed Stein Once again Ed Stein has good commentary to go along with his comic: Well, it’s come to this. The forces of evil, in the name of ideological purity, are threatening to destroy what’s left of the nation’s economy. The good guys are powerless in the face of the unrelenting assault on sanity. […]
© Lee Judge Message received, loud and clear. UPDATE: © Mike Keefe
© Jen Sorensen I’m having trouble finding good comics to post about the Debt Ceiling Mud Wrestling Match for a couple of reasons. First, I’m reluctant to post comics (like this one) that exaggerate, since the reality of the situation is bizarre enough. And second, there really isn’t much that is funny about the situation. […]
“Michele Bachmann says that if she’s elected, she’ll ban pornography. We have multiple wars, skyrocketing debts, a recession, unemployment … Yeah, let’s ban pornography.” – David Letterman “Bachmann says she wants to end things that are ‘vulgar and a detriment to society.’ She’s talking about me, right?” – David Letterman “Michele Bachmann signed pledge in […]
It seems apropos that when the new Sarah Palin documentary opened in (an overly optimistic) ten theaters across the nation, for at least one of those theaters the only person in the audience was a member of the press. Let us pray that her 15 minutes of fame has finally expired. Anyone who thinks that […]
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