We keep telling ourselves that the USA is a shining beacon of freedom, and yet, most Americans aren’t being allowed to watch Al Jazeera’s English-language channel on our TVs. Is it because of lack of demand? No — the three cities in the US where Al Jazeera English is broadcast have high viewership numbers. Over […]
The Tea Party promised to get away from crony politics as usual, so why is it that new South Carolina governor Nikki Haley just dumped a widely respected member of the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees and replaced her with someone who donated money to Haley’s political campaign? Students at the university reacted […]
Republicans are determined to silence the only large media outlet that is not completely controlled by corporate interests. Of course, they won’t admit to that — they claim that they are trying to save taxpayer money. Even though the CBO says that the move to defund NPR will not save a penny of the taxpayer’s […]
Two county-level Democratic leaders in Michigan are charged with nine felonies for forging election paperwork to get fake Tea Party candidates on last November’s ballot. If convicted, they face up to 14 years in prison. Curiously, it would not have been illegal for the Democratic officials to help get Tea Party candidates on the ballot […]
© Matt Davies The only thing heating up more than the Japanese Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant is the propaganda war here in the US over whether we should use nuclear power to help solve our energy needs. I don’t have the answer, but I do know that the arguments being made by both sides are […]
“Newt Gingrich, who famously cheated on wife number two with now wife number three, says he prays for God’s forgiveness. He also prays that wife number three never finds out about Vanessa.” – Conan O’Brien ”Newt knows that before he throws his giant hat into the ring, he has to explain his past positions — […]
So, if we really want to cut out unnecessary spending to reduce the deficit, here are a few no-brainers: Abstinence-only sex education. We have wasted more than $1.5 billion dollars on trying to convince teenagers to not have sex. Unsurprisingly, it hasn’t worked. In fact, since we started teaching abstinence instead of contraception, the downward […]
After all, Costa Rica abolished its military, choosing instead to spend the money on security, education, and culture. © Ruben Bolling
Don’t we ever learn? I mean seriously. First conservatives release hidden video of ACORN employees supposedly breaking the law. Congress responds by destroying ACORN. Then the videotapes are found to have been highly doctored and didn’t show any wrongdoing on the part of the employees, but oops, it is too late for ACORN. Then conservatives […]
(“Hail To The Chief” plays as the President enters.) THE PRESIDENT: Thank you! (Applause.) Can we go with the song that we talked about? (Laughter.) (“Born In The USA” plays.) (Laughter and applause.) THE PRESIDENT: Some things just bear repeating. (Laughter.) Good evening. As we gather here tonight, all across the world a powerful spirit […]
There are some who don’t think Westboro Baptist Church is a real church — just how do you decide if some organization is a real church or not? So if the Supreme Court feels it is important to protect the free speech rights of Westboro, then I expect to see a rash of new “churches”. […]
As if to prove this bumper sticker correct, on Saturday Michelle Bachmann gave a speech in New Hampshire (a state that traditionally has the first presidential primary) and said “You’re the state where the shot was heard around the world in Lexington and Concord.” Oops. I’m just glad that nobody asked Bachmann, who is head […]
Right now, one of “the most active lobbying efforts” ever is going on in Congress, but you might not have heard much about it in the mainstream media. The fight is over the fees that banks collect from debit card transactions. Currently, the banks collect (on average) around 44 cents per transaction, but under Obama’s […]
© Matt Wuerker Not to mention the state of denial it takes to completely ignore spending cuts for the military and for entitlements.
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