Wednesday, January 8, 2014
© Pat Bagley Is Dee Nye the evil twin sister of Bill Nye, the science guy? The eastern half of the US is having a massive cold snap, and that can only mean that it is time for the climate deniers to come out of the woodwork. It doesn’t matter how many times that you […]
OMG! Six Million People who previously had insurance losing their health care coverage in a single day! Reports of massive screwups in the launch! Rates skyrocketing! Computer glitches! Overloaded telephone lines! Confusion! Government working around the clock to clean up the mess! You would be excused if you thought those are today’s headlines about Obamacare, […]
Last week, the Supreme Court made another bizarre and wrong decision, led by the conservative justices. Here’s the summary from SCOTUSblog: When petitioner had not yet been placed in custody or received Miranda warnings, and voluntarily responded to some questions by police about a murder, the prosecution’s use of his silence in response to another […]
Regular readers know how much I love Tom Tomorrow. So I was delighted to see a Tom Tomorrow comic from 1994 making the rounds of the innertubes because it was disturbingly visionary: © Tom Tomorrow Dan Perkins (TT’s real name) responds in true form: But here’s the dirty secret about prognostication: publicize your hits, not […]
Conservative Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts has issued a report that warns that the US court system is being damaged by the sequestration budget. According to Roberts, the cuts to the federal court system’s budget “pose a genuine threat to public safety”. So, Republicans will not let the government raise any new […]
Saturday, January 4, 2014
Last August, Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz promised to renounce his Canadian citizenship before the end of the year. Well, he lied. He is still a dual citizen of the US and Canada. When asked recently about it, Cruz claimed that his lawyers are still preparing the paperwork. But immigration attorneys say that renouncing Canadian […]
© Matt Wuerker Yes, the Supreme Court really did temporarily rule that employers can refuse to cover birth control in their health insurance plans based on religious beliefs. For now, the ruling only applies to a few Catholic groups involved in lawsuits challenging the ACA based on their claims that it infringes on their religious […]
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Interesting New Year news about Colorado’s legalization of recreational marijuana. Anyone, including people from out of state, will be able to purchase pot for personal, private use in licensed stores, starting today. Washington State is next. It will interesting to see how this works out. So an especially happy new year to Colorado. UPDATE: Reports […]
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
I’ve made no secret that I believe in free markets (I have started several companies and have worked as a CEO) but I have two caveats: First of all, what I mean by free market is not always what politicians or conservative pundits mean when they use the term “free market”. A free market is […]
