This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the municipal water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to one of the FCC regulated channels to […]
Some of you may be wondering how Jon Stewart gets Neoconservatives (let alone conservatives) to appear on his show with such regularity. In fact, since Obama took office, Stewart has had more conservatives appear on his show than liberals. The answer can be found in conservatives own words. Bill Kristol said “He doesn’t take cheap […]
Creationist dinosaur theme park in Pensacola to be seized by the federal government because of tax evasion. The owner claimed he was employed by God and his “ministers” were not subject to payroll taxes. I guess they didn’t see that situation evolving.
How many of you use some kind of hand sanitizer product? You know, that clear gel you squirt on your hands and don’t rinse off, that is supposed to kill bacteria. The ironic news is that the FDA has seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectant products from a manufacturer in Utah because the products […]
Hilarious opinion piece by Jonathan Alter in Newsweek. A few choice quotes: I’m with that woman who wrote the president complaining about “socialized medicine” and added: “Now keep your hands off my Medicare.” That’s the spirit! It seems fair to me that cost-cutting bureaucrats at the insurance companies—not doctors—decide what’s reimbursable. After all, the insurance […]
An interesting article in Open Salon talks about how television news has changed since the days of Walter Cronkite. News then: News now: Not only does the screen visually assault you with information, but pundits talk over each other, rant and yell. And we wonder why children these days aren’t learning simple manners and don’t […]
John Oliver of The Daily Show on Timothy Geithner:
I know I might piss off some of my more liberal readers on this story, but as I’ve said before, I think the constitution is pretty clear about the right to own guns. Even so, this story is just nuts. Michael Littlejohn, a resident of Brooklyn NY, purchased a replica of a Revolutionary War flintlock […]
Ann Coulter calls the “birthers” (people who think Obama is not a natural born citizen) a bunch of “cranks” on Fox News: Of course, the birthers immediately turn on Coulter: Coulter has gone over to the dark side. Her dark roots are showing. Anne, you are losing it girl. In fact, I think you have […]
Is he really this stupid? Really? Just in case you need more proof.
The morning after Obama’s press conference on health care reform, the NBC political team asked: Honest question: Is there a point when the president knows too much about an issue? Sigh — stupid is as stupid does.
Former porn star Nora Baumberger (nee “Dolly Buster”) is upset because her name is on the ballot as a candidate for city council in the German city of Wesel. Baumberger is worried that this could ruin her reputation. “I’ve been nominated by a group whose name I’ve never even heard of. I’m really irritated.” Her […]
If we can’t have real health care reform in this country, I would rather that we stick with the current system. I know that sounds crazy. And it isn’t that I like the current system — I hate it — but I don’t want to see some half-assed reform that would (at best) be only […]
Last week, Harvard professor Henry ‘Skip’ Gates (who is black) was arrested after he broke into his own home in Cambridge Mass., even after he had shown ID that this was his home. Last night at his press conference Obama was asked about the incident, and joked that if he had tried to jimmy his […]
One thing that has been notably missing from the health care debate has been a (sane) discussion of health care systems in other nations. You would think that if we are going to reform health care in this country, we might want to look at what has worked in other nations (and avoid things that […]
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