Monday, November 25, 2013
Months of intense negotiations have resulted in an historic agreement with Iran that signals a “game-changing rapprochement that would reduce the risk of a wider Middle East war“. Iran has agreed to place strict limits on their nuclear activities and submit to increased inspections. In return, the US — along with France, Germany, Britain, China, […]
Monday, November 25, 2013
“The Department of Homeland Security revealed that hackers have attempted more than a dozen cyber-attacks on the Obamacare website, but couldn’t get in. Then Obama said, ‘But when you do, let us know how you did it!’” – Jimmy Fallon “At a press conference President Obama talked about Healthcare.gov and he said buying health insurance […]
Sunday, November 24, 2013
As most people know by now, the Democrats changed the rules in the Senate to eliminate filibusters against judicial nominees (except for the Supreme Court, which can still be filibustered). This has sometimes (and misleadingly) been called the “nuclear option”. To justify this dramatic move, Senate majority leader Harry Reid released the following graphic: PolitiFact […]
Saturday, November 23, 2013
© Tom Tomorrow I stand by my proposed rule: nobody (especially in the media) is allowed to attack healthcare reform unless they say what they would do better. If they claim that the old system was just fine, so be it (although I will heartily laugh at them). Otherwise, it isn’t about health care, they […]
Saturday, November 23, 2013
“Yesterday at the White House, President Obama met with various leaders of the American Indian tribes. He promised them, ‘If you like your medicine man, you can keep your medicine man’.” – Jay Leno “According to a new report, over a million Californians are losing their health insurance due to Obamacare. In fact, some are […]
Friday, November 22, 2013
An article in the Washington Post reveals that we are in danger of losing the fight against software patent trolls. Ironically, it was the sponsor of the bill in the House, Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), who gave in to corporate lobbying pressure and removed a key provision of the law. Unfortunately, WaPo doesn’t do a particularly […]
Thursday, November 21, 2013
“Many scam artists are trying to take advantage of the problems with the Obamacare website. Experts say you can tell it’s a scam site if you enter your information and it quickly and efficiently signs you up for healthcare.” – Conan O’Brien “German veterinarians have a tortoise moving again after giving him a Lego wheel […]
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Seriously? The media decides to compare the rollout of Obamacare to Dubya’s handling of Hurricane Katrina? But if that isn’t insane enough, the media had to take it one step beyond that and try to make it sound unfair to Bush to compare Obamacare to Katrina. Naturally, the Daily Show makes quick work of that: […]
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
“In a new interview today, Sarah Palin refused to endorse Chris Christie. Afterward, Christie told Palin, ‘Thanks, I owe you one’.” – Conan O’Brien “Happy Veterans Day. President Obama today honored our oldest living veteran, who is 107 years old. So congratulations to Senator John McCain.” – Jay Leno “It is Veterans Day. A 107-year-old […]
Monday, November 18, 2013
Well, if they aren’t racist, then the only other possibility is that they are incredibly naive and stupid.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
“As you may know, Thanksgiving began in 1621 when the Pilgrims feasted with the Indians and promised them, ‘If you like your land, you can keep your land’.” – Jay Leno “The Obama White House website still says if you like your health plan, you can keep it. That’s false, of course. The president says […]
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Ever get confused as to whether something is racist or not? This can help! Jon Stewart and three members of the Daily Show team, PLUS Key and Peele. It doesn’t get much funnier than this.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
“Apparently there is a huge crack cocaine problem in Toronto. Luckily, it’s just confined to the mayor’s office.” – Jay Leno “Mayor of Toronto Rob Ford’s approval ratings have skyrocketing since he announced that he’s smoking crack cocaine. Is EVERYBODY up there on crack? Is that the deal?” – David Letterman “As I’m sure you’re […]
Friday, November 15, 2013
Republicans seemed positively gleeful that “only” 40,000 people signed up on healthcare.gov in its first month. House Speaker John Boehner released a statement saying “Above all, this report is a symbol of the failure of the president’s health care law. It is a rolling calamity that must be scrapped.” Senator Marco Rubio called the numbers […]
Thursday, November 14, 2013
“New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was re-elected by a huge margin. He gave a great speech last night. He said he learned a lot in the last four years – for example, that lap-band surgery doesn’t always work.” – Jay Leno “Chris Christie won a second term as New Jersey governor last night. We like […]