Doug Holtz-Eakin, the former top health-care-reform advisor to John McCain during the presidential election is in an ironic position. After the election his job vanished, of course, and now his COBRA health coverage — for which he pays around $1000 a month — is about to expire. And an accident in 1990 left him with […]
According to a new poll from Public Policy Polling, a majority (52%) of Republicans believe that Obama did not actually win the 2008 election, because ACORN stole the election for him. Only 27% of Republicans believe that Obama won the election legitimately. This, despite the fact that Obama won the election by 9.5 million votes. […]
Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews protested outside Intel’s new chip plant in Jerusalem, saying that the plant was desecrating the Sabbath by performing work on Saturday. The Jewish Sabbath runs from Friday night until Saturday night. © Kichka
Harry Reid has released the Senate health care reform bill, and it is scheduled for a cloture vote on Saturday. The vote to cut off a potential filibuster is the critical one, requiring sixty votes to pass. At this point, both the Senate and House bills include a form of public option, but there is […]
This is what happens when large corporations try to regulate themselves. The “Smart Choices” program, which was supposed to label healthy, nutritional food with a large green checkmark, is being shut down. The logo began appearing on food this summer, after two years of development by many of the country’s largest food manufacturers. But doubts […]
Two great quotes from Electoral-Vote: A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows how polarizing Palin is. Among Republicans, 76% have a favorable view of her but among all Americans, 60% say she is not qualified to be President. The bottom line on numbers like these is that she could conceivably win the Republican nomination, only […]
An article in the NY Times points out with stark evidence what everyone already knows — our politicians are bought and paid for by large corporations and their lobbyists. More than a dozen lawmakers — both Democrats and Republicans — gave speeches that were written (sometimes wholly) by lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the […]
An interracial couple in Louisiana went to a justice of the peace to get married, but were turned down, being told “We don’t do interracial weddings or marriages.” But the ironic part is that in an interview with a local newspaper, the justice of the peace, who is an elected official, said he was not […]
After all the crap that the Republicans have thrown at Obama, he is still a class act to them. At a speech in New Orleans, he thanks Gov. Bobby Jindal and the crowd boos, and he defends Jindal for working hard and doing a good job: In a different speech, he does comment about some […]
“People still upset that Barack Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize. And today the head of the Nobel Prize Committee defended the decision to give Obama this year’s peace prize, saying that Obama’s already accomplished quite a bit. When asked for an example, the committee chairman said, ‘Come on, he won the freaking Nobel Peace […]
© David Horsey Horsey’s comic captures the irony of Congress’ efforts at health care reform. They keep arguing over nit-picky issues. Wouldn’t it be much simpler, cheaper, more effective, and save more lives to just extend Medicare to everyone?
The current situation where some states allow gay marriage, and some states (vigorously) don’t is causing some interesting problems. Take the case of two men who were legally married in Massachusetts, but then moved to Texas, and now they have decided to split up. The only wrinkle is that Texas won’t allow them to divorce. […]
After trying to blame Obama for the current economic mess (which happened even before Obama was elected), now that the economy is showing signs of recovery, Fox News host Neal Cavuto is trying to give credit for the recovery to Bush. Maybe Fox News is just an arm of the Republican Party. Don’t they know […]
At the Supreme Court today, Justice Scalia was either playing straight man to give the ACLU lawyer the laugh line, or else he is just showing why people call him the most conservative justice on a very conservative court. The case involves a large cross that was erected on public land as a war memorial. […]
Last month, we reported on how Newt Gingrich’s organization, American Solutions for Winning the Future, had named Allison Vivas, president of a porn superstore, a 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year and invited her to a private dinner “in recognition of the risks you take to create jobs and stimulate the economy”. But they must not […]
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