© Matt Davies But where are the rats?
Vermont becomes the first state to take the first step toward single-payer health insurance for all. If all goes as planned, the state will adopt single-payer by 2017. Not only will the plan save money, but it will eliminate the need for employers to provide health insurance to their workers, creating jobs. And even more […]
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Tuesday there was a special election in New York to fill the seat of Representative Christopher Lee, who resigned after posting compromising photographs of himself on the web. The district is heavily Republican (+6), and yet the Democratic candidate came from behind and won. How did that happen? Some people will claim that it was […]
© Jack Ohman It is pretty bad when you make a statement that is reasonable and accurate, but every single Republican leader attacks you for it, and then they declare your presidential campaign over. Maybe it is karma.
Recently, Stephen Colbert announced that he was forming a “Super PAC” which would magically get around all the restrictions placed on regular PACs (Political Action Committees) and would allow him to donate unlimited amounts of money in secret to whomever he wanted. But according to ABC News “what started as a humorous dressing down of […]
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© Matt Bors Even the French don’t believe her.
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Like many people, I identify as a fiscal conservative and a social liberal. Which is why this article in The Onion “Fiscally I’m A Right-Wing Nutjob, But On Social Issues I’m Fucking Insanely Liberal” made me laugh out loud. Then it made me think. A lot.
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Republicans have made it clear that they will be opposed to anything and anyone supported by Obama and the Democrats, even if they were previously in favor of that thing. But the New York Times has an interesting report on how the Democrats are causing this to backfire. The strategy is simple — heap praise […]
© Ed Stein The game of chicken over raising the debt limit continues, with Republicans (and some Democrats) vowing that any vote for it will have to be accompanied by deep budget cuts, and tax increases of any kind will not be considered. If Republicans have their way, there’s only one possible outcome. The social […]
“The SEALs recovered an extensive stash of pornography from Bin Laden’s compound. It’s probably not easy just having sex with the same 11 wives all the time. There were interesting titles: ‘Debby Does Abbottabad,’ ‘Deep Goat,’ ‘Bare Ankles 4,’ and ‘2 Humps, 1 Camel.’” – Jimmy Fallon “New rule: you can’t rail against the decadence […]
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You do the math. Speculating in the price of oil is one of the main reasons gas prices are so high. And here’s Republican House Whip Eric Cantor promising speculators that he will fight any financial regulations on them: Of course, it makes sense, since high energy prices are one of the main things hurting […]
In the last few days, a few Republican presidential candidates have broken with party orthodoxy in order to state what would seem to be obvious truths. For example, in an interview with Time magazine, Jon Huntsman said: I’m not a meteorologist. All I know is 90 percent of the scientists say climate change is occurring. […]
Bill Maher is on a roll this week. It is interesting that right after Maher’s recent brilliant monologue praising Obama, he now equally brilliantly points out the hypocrisy of something Obama recently said. Both are right on. UPDATE: Yet more great Bill Maher, this time being interviewed on Hardball. He’s as good answering random questions […]
© Ed Stein I love the fact that Ed Stein gives commentary along with his comics. Here’s the commentary for this one: Once upon a time, Republicans could have original ideas, could differ from others in their party on substantive issues, and could come up with creative pragmatic solutions to problems. That was then. Now, […]
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Many of us complain about the media, but we rarely get solid numerical proof that something is wrong. But a study published earlier this month evaluated the accuracy of predictions made by political pundits. Their results? Most pundits were no better at predicting things than tossing a coin. Interestingly, liberal pundits were more accurate than […]
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