Borders Bookstore has filed for bankruptcy and closed 225 stores, putting 6,000 employees out of work. The company is in debt and doesn’t have enough assets to pay off its creditors. But that didn’t stop the CEO from asking the bankruptcy judge for $8.3 million in executive bonuses, including $1.7 million for himself. That’s on […]
“Republicans are obsessed with abortion. If they really wanted to protect the weakest, most helpless people, wouldn’t they protect the Democrats?” – Bill Maher “I’m not going to pay taxes. When they say I’m going to prison, I’ll say no, prisons cost taxpayers a lot of money. You keep what it would have cost to […]
Happy Tax Day! Taxes are one of the most politicized and misunderstood parts of our country. Both parties and the media are awash in tall tales and myths about taxes, so here are some little known but absolutely true facts to help clear things up: Fox News says “47 percent of Americans don’t pay any […]
© Pat Oliphant After Republicans worked so hard to let the birther nonsense die down — Karl Rove even tried to blame it on the Democrats, speculating they kept the rumors alive so Republicans would look stupid — Donald Trump stirs up the birther pot again. And that brings out all the wingnuts, including Sarah […]
“Donald Trump said he can’t make a final decision about whether he will run for president or not until this season of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ is over. Which is maybe the best excuse from a guy who might run for the presidency ever — I am unable to decide on whether or not I will run […]
Want a quick update on the budget wars? Or just surprised that the government didn’t shut down after all? Jon Stewart explains it for you:
Just go read Matt Taibbi’s new article “The Real Housewives of Wall Street“. Do it now. If you don’t read it, then you should lose your right to complain about any government spending. The article details how the Fed has given out more than a trillion dollars in welfare to the rich. Free money, but […]
Ironically, if Congress does absolutely nothing, it will mostly solve the deficit crisis. Mainly because Bush’s tax cuts will expire automatically at the end of next year.
Obama taught constitutional law in Chicago, and campaigned on making respect for the rule of law one of the cornerstones of his presidency. He also promised to end the excesses of the Bush administration’s war on terrorism and increase government transparency. And yet, his actions say otherwise. His administration has gone after whistleblowers with a […]
Even Stephen Colbert falls out of character and cracks up laughing: Colbert followed up by tweeting more statements not intended to be factual: Jon Kyl actually prefers Hydrox to Oreos. #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl = ax2 + bx + c #NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement Jon Kyl developed his own line of hair care products just so he could test […]
© Tom Toles He could look here!
“We’re heading for a government shutdown. This is serious. Without the government who will fail to inspect our airplanes? Who will fail to secure our borders? Who will put us 14 trillion dollars in debt?” – Jay Leno “If Congress can’t agree on a budget by midnight Friday, the government will shut down. Democrats are […]
Mitt Romney announced today that he taking the first step in a run for the presidency. Interestingly, his announcement came in the form of a video. I think any time he states his positions during the Republican primary, we should examine how they compare to his life-long held positions. Luckily, we have an earlier video […]
© Tom Tomorrow Exhibit A is Paul Ryan’s Republican Budget Proposal, which destroys Medicare as we know it, defunds organizations that tend to support Democrats, and increases the deficit by giving even more tax cuts to the wealthy.
When my mother became senile and we took over her finances, we discovered that she had been repeatedly conned by companies whose sole business seemed to be preying on the weaknesses of seniors. One company was pulling money directly out of her checking account for “magazine subscriptions” that were more expensive than if she were […]
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