Monday, September 10, 2012
Today, Scotts Miracle-Gro was sentenced to pay a $4 million file and perform community service for “illegally applying insecticides to its wild bird food products that are toxic to birds, falsifying pesticide registration documents, distributing pesticides with misleading and unapproved labels, and distributing unregistered pesticides. This is the largest criminal penalty under FIFRA (the law […]
Monday, September 10, 2012
While out campaigning this week, Obama made repeated references to the outstanding speech given by Bill Clinton at the Democratic convention. My favorite thing Obama said about Clinton: Somebody e-mailed me after his speech — they said, you need to appoint him secretary of explaining stuff … That was pretty good. I like that … […]
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Larry David argues that even if you aren’t better off than you were four years ago, at least you weren’t hit by an asteroid! It is interesting to see how people react to this video. Is Stewart trying to be balanced? Is he making fun of people’s attitudes toward Obama? Are people afraid of criticism […]
Sunday, September 9, 2012
“There’s a lot going on tonight. The first NFL game tonight, the Democratic National Convention, a new episode of “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” Everything that we are as a nation is all rolled up into one tonight.” – Jimmy Kimmel “It is day two of the Democratic convention, and apparently they had a huge […]
Saturday, September 8, 2012
The Republicans often claim that we have to cut the corporate tax rate in order to create jobs and get the economy recovering. Well, let’s test this theory out. Let’s put a conservative party in charge of a country that is similar to the US, and have them cut their corporate tax rate from 21% […]
Saturday, September 8, 2012
© Ruben Bolling The truth may set you free, but spreading lies still costs lots of money.
Saturday, September 8, 2012
“I’m very excited; we have Ron Paul on the show tonight. Unlike the Republicans, we’re actually going to let him speak.” – Jay Leno “That had to be rough for Ron Paul. You run for president, you win a bunch of delegates, and not only is he not allowed to speak but he couldn’t even […]
Friday, September 7, 2012
“If your party can run the nation for eight years, and then have a national convention and not invite Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Karl Rove, or Tom DeLay, you’re not a political movement. You’re the witness protection program.” – Bill Maher “Congratulations to Mitt Romney on his purchase of the Republican presidential nomination.” – […]
Thursday, September 6, 2012
According to new research, the world’s super-rich are taking advantage of offshore tax havens to the tune of between $21 to $32 trillion dollars. Yes, trillion. To put that in perspective, that’s more money hidden abroad than in the entire American economy. This is a double whammy to economic growth and recovery. Not only does […]
Thursday, September 6, 2012
“Tonight is the last night, the final night of the Republican convention. Tonight is the swimsuit competition.” – Conan O’Brien “Have you folks been enjoying the Republican convention? Ann Romney was great. She said it’s all about love. Then Chris Christie followed up by saying, ‘It’s not about love, it’s about respect.’ Will you people […]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Matt Taibbi has a brilliant article in Rolling Stone “Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital” that goes into considerable detail about how Romney’s company, Bain Capital, actually made money. Lots of money. The Democrats have attacked Romney and Bain Capital, saying that Bain shipped jobs overseas and made huge […]
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
© Ted Rall Grover Norquist famously said “I’m not in favor of abolishing the government. I just want to shrink it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.” Will he get his wish?
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Taking a break in his campaigning, Mitt Romney was riding in his limousine in the countryside when he saw two men along the road-side eating grass. He quickly ordered his driver to stop and got out to investigate. He asked one man, “Why are you eating grass?” “We don’t have any money for food,” the […]
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
© Jim Morin Well that, and that they think they can buy an election. © Scott Stantis