Forbes magazine has a new article that points out that — despite what Republicans are saying about the health care reform bill killing jobs — that Obamacare is helping small businesses offer health care to their employees. This is great news. I have started a number of small businesses, and I have long said that […]
Jon Stewart covers the debate to see who will be the next chairman of the Republican National Committee: My favorite question at the debate: “Aside from President Reagan, who is your political hero?” And speaking of litmus tests, how about the “how many guns do you own” question? Stewart is on a roll this week. […]
© Joel Pett I always worry when politicians start using phrases like “everybody knows” or “nobody believes”. Like RNC chair Michael Steele responding to the CBO estimate that repealing Obamacare will cost $230 billion by saying “There is no one that believes the Washington Democrats’ job-killing health care law will lower costs, because it won’t.” […]
This political cartoon was published in 1921 — 90 years ago: © Art Young [Hat tip to Lloyd Dangle.]
The incoming Republican majority in the House of Representatives has a new rule. They must offset the cost of any legislation that would increase federal spending. Sounds good, yes? And yet, they are attempting to repeal Obama’s health care reform bill, a bill that the Congressional Budget Office says will reduce the federal deficit by […]
According to a new poll, 61% of Americans say that the first step toward balancing the budget should be raising taxes on the richest Americans. Only 20% thought that the first step should be to cut defense spending, while 4% wanted to start by cutting Medicare, and 3% wanted to cut Social Security (the third […]
The next time some politician says that we have to “seal the border” with Mexico before we can do anything about immigration reform, you should realize that this is an absolute lie. It is simply not practical to seal a border that is 2000 miles long.
Personally, I try to ignore Fox News as much as possible, but Ranker has a good list of the top 10 Fox News Fails of 2010. Along with lots of Jon Stewart goodness pointing out some of the worst fails.
One of my favorite cartoons every year, Tom Tomorrow’s Year in Crazy: © Tom Tomorrow Speaking of Tom Tomorrow, another newsweekly has dropped running cartoons for “budgetary reasons”, including This Modern World. If anyone would like to make a donation to keep This Modern World running, please go to his website and hit the “donate” […]
© Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins It must be very convenient to have someone on whom to blame everything.
Every wonder why conservatives seem to expect the worst of people (Muslims, the poor), while liberals tend to dwell more on the goodness and dignity of all? Or why conservatives are more receptive to threats of terrorism? There may be a scientific explanation! A new study done at the University College of London shows that […]
Not in my mail box: © Jack Ohman Everyone wants the government to reduce spending, as long as they still get their checks in the mail.
We keep hearing that the economy is heating up, but unemployment remains high (and even rose last month). The stock market has rebounded, and corporate profits (and bonuses) are high. The latest news is that American companies actually are hiring! In fact, they are hiring a lot. Just not in the USA. Caterpillar hired 15,000 […]
Alternet has an interesting article written by an American living in Germany, and attempting to explain why Glenn Beck is popular, what the Tea Party is all about, and how we have destroyed the social safety net.
© Jim Morin Who says comedy can’t change the world? In his last show of the year, Jon Stewart dedicated the entire show to shaming the Republicans for unanimously filibustering a bill that would fund health care for the 9/11 first responders whose health was affected by their heroic efforts. Suddenly, the bill was back […]
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