Friday, November 30, 2012
© Brian McFadden Campaign finance reform won’t be enough to eliminate rampant special interest influence and corruption, as long as we have such a huge revolving door between Congress and lobbying firms.
Friday, November 30, 2012
“NASA says the Mars rover has made a major discovery. Scientists hope it found signs of life there. Americans are just hoping it found some Twinkies.” – Jimmy Fallon “President Obama has wrapped up his four-day, three-country trip to Asia. And insiders say the last 96 hours were very productive. The president said he may […]
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Go read this interview with the President of Iceland, Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson. As you may recall, their economy cratered a few years ago, brought on by the collapse of their banks (sound familiar?). But instead of bailing out their financial institutions, they let them go broke. Then the country stood up to demands from world […]
Thursday, November 29, 2012
This isn’t the first time a satirical article in The Onion has been taken for serious news, but it may be the funniest time. The Onion named North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un the “Sexiest Man Alive for 2012“. With his devastatingly handsome, round face, his boyish charm, and his strong, sturdy frame, this Pyongyang-bred heartthrob […]
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
[Hat tip to Media Matters] The worst part of Fox News’ incessant yammering on about the Benghazi attack is that they have been so transparently partisan and gotten their facts so terribly wrong, that it has made it virtually impossible to have a real investigation into the death of the US Ambassador to Libya, either […]
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Republicans now say that they are willing to “compromise” by raising revenue in addition to cutting services, but they want to raise revenue by closing tax loopholes rather than raising tax rates. This is a hypocritical smokescreen rather than an honest proposal. Politico has an interesting article “Tax loopholes alone can’t solve fiscal cliff“, which […]
Monday, November 26, 2012
© Drew Sheneman Some CEOs are complaining that they will have to pass the cost of health insurance for their employees on to customers. One of the biggest complainers was John Schnatter, who claimed he would have to raise the price of each pizza by 11 to 14 cents. First of all, is that all? […]
Sunday, November 25, 2012
© Mike Thompson Even Republicans who are pretending to want to compromise are saying they will only do it only if the Democrats agree to “entitlement reform“, which is their code phrase for cutting Medicare and Social Security. This is their plan for gaining popularity? Or just a ploy so they won’t be blamed when […]
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Leading Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss has publicly renounced Grover Norquist’s anti-tax pledge, stating “I care more about my country than I do about a 20-year-old pledge.” Chambliss may not be the first, but he is definitely the most prominent Republican to say he no longer feels bound by the pledge (which he signed) to not […]
Friday, November 23, 2012
It takes a while for the final final vote totals to be calculated, what with people in the military sending in ballots from overseas, etc. So even though it has been a few weeks, we are just now getting a relatively authoritative vote count for the presidential election. Ironically, it looks like Mitt Romney is […]
Friday, November 23, 2012
© Ruben Bolling On his show, Bill O’Reilly recently said “Traditional America as we knew it is gone. Ward, June, Wally and the Beave — outta here!” I thought it was weird enough when conservatives attacked Murphy Brown, a fictional TV character. But now they seem to be basing their vision of conservative America on […]
Thursday, November 22, 2012
© Brian McFadden For your Thanksgiving-dinner-with-your-relatives enjoyment, MSNBC has a list of handy retorts to use when your Fox-News-listening uncle Gary starts spouting off his latest talking points. My favorite is number 5: When He Says: “Obama promised to be post-partisan, but he’s completely unwilling to work with Republicans.” You Say: “Obama spent all of […]
Thursday, November 22, 2012
“Last night we had a rough audience, very unpleasant. And then halfway through the show they voted to secede.” — David Letterman “After the election, 20 states said they’ve got to get out. They said, ‘We can’t take it anymore,’ so 20 states are working on seceding from the United States. We’re facing real economic […]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
After defeat after defeat, suddenly several states passed amendments and laws giving gays the right to marry. What turned the tide? The answer is in an interesting article on Buzzfeed. I consider myself a moderate, even though in today’s partisan world moderates seem like a dying breed. So it is interesting to read an article […]
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
“A decorated war hero has an affair with his own sexy biographer, who thinks the spy master is stepping out on her with a second girlfriend. So she sends an email from a secret account saying ‘step off or I will cut a bi-atch.’ And the second hottie freaks out and contacts her friends, FBI […]
