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Monthly Archives: October 2013

Happy Hallowe’en

Is it a coincidence that Hallowe’en is the holiday closest to election day? Or that Congresspeople are increasingly acting like zombies? Or that Hallowe’en has become “one of the most beloved and anticipated consumer holidays“. In 2012 the election caused a spike in costumes related to current events, but 2013 is seeing a return to […]

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Obamacare Lies and the Media

In the beginning there were “death panels“, followed by a long string of other “Pants on Fire” lies. So it is no surprise at all that there are still new lies going around the media about Obamacare. For example, the media is reporting that Obama lied (and knew he was lying) when he said that […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“People have been speculating lately about what President Obama will do when he leaves office in 2016. The one thing I think we can safely rule out – website designer.” – Jay Leno “There’s been a lot of speculation but now it’s clear that Joe Biden will run for president in 2016. In an effort […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“The Obamacare website has all these glitches and now tech experts are saying that the only way to fix it is to completely start over and redesign the whole website from scratch. While the guys from the Geek Squad said, ‘Turn it off, wait five seconds, and then plug it back in.’” – Jimmy Fallon […]

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Haunted House of Representatives

[this is republished from John Breneman’s blog. Thanks John!] It is fiendish, blood-curdling and utterly macabre. It’s ghoulish, creepy and deeply disturbing. The most horrifying haunted house America has ever seen is located smack dab in the middle of Washington, D.C. It is (insert spine-chilling sound effects here) the Haunted House of Representatives. The place […]

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How the GOP shows it cares

© Stuart Carlson This is one I’ve been wondering about. Why are Republicans suddenly so concerned about problems with the healthcare.gov website? A few weeks ago they were willing to shutdown the government in order to delay Obamacare. If Obamacare is having problems that are delaying the rollout, shouldn’t they be happy?

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More than Three Strikes

I’ll believe that corporations are people when “three strikes” laws are enforced against them. Because Diebold, the world’s largest maker of banking ATMs and for years one of the largest manufacturers of electronic voting systems, would have enough strikes against them to be locked up for life. The latest charges against them are for bribery […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Yesterday at the White House, a woman standing behind the president nearly passed out while Obama was speaking. Obama turned and held her while she got some help. See, that’s under the good coverage of Obamacare – where you’re actually taken care of personally by Obama. That’s the platinum package.” – Jay Leno “They’re still […]

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The Answer to Gridlock

Who knew that there is actually something that you can do to help fix political gridlock! Three years ago, California was teased as a “failed state”. The state was nearly bankrupt, infrastructure was crumbling, and the government was completely gridlocked. But as I reported a month ago, nobody is teasing California any more. Their economy […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“The White House announced that it is bringing in the best and brightest tech experts to fix the glitches on the Obamacare website, which is a great plan. You know what would have been a better plan? Hiring the best and brightest tech experts to make the Obamacare website in the first place.” – Jimmy […]

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The Two Sides of the ACA Rollout

In two separate comics, Adam Zyglis captures the irony of the rollout of the healthcare.gov website. © Adam Zyglis On one hand, the creation of a website as complicated as this will always have problems. It is silly to claim that this is some kind of inherent defect in Obamacare. I work with the web […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“After the shutdown debacle, the tea party’s approval rating is 23 percent. In other words, it’s the first time the tea party has ever been supported by a minority.” – Conan O’Brien “People are saying that Republicans got nothing out of the deal. Not true. They got eight years of Hillary.” – David Letterman “Yesterday […]

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Ultimate Racism

The Daily Show is freaking brilliant. You absolutely have to watch this. UPDATE: Don Yelton, the GOP precinct chairman interviewed in this video who said that the new GOP-backed Voter ID law will hurt “lazy blacks”, and will be bad for Democrats, has resigned. And it sounds like his resignation was forced on him.

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Compassionate Conservatives

You know who else closed parks… © Matt Bors Godwin’s Law states that “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.” But this is an especially interesting and hypocritical example, since Conservatives were attacking Obama for closing parks — especially when war veterans were unable to […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“President Obama said the day after the budget deal is made he’s going to concentrate on immigration. He says he’ll start by deporting Ted Cruz.” – Conan O’Brien “After 16 days the government shutdown is over. Right now a devastated Ted Cruz is filibustering a squirrel on the lawn of the Capitol building.” – Jimmy […]

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