Wisconsin in Idaho? Kinda, but . . .
For those who haven't been following this story, and may have just read Joan McCarter's front page piece, this should provide you with better insight into what's really at stake in in Idaho's...
View ArticleWI Dem Senators to be Duped into voting on Walker's bill?
Just saw this on TPM, followed their link to this. State Sen. Jim Holperin was driving back to his home in Conover this morning and said he expected other Dems to follow suit after the Assembly votes...
View Article48% Say Great Depression likely within 1 year.
This isn't going to be terribly lengthy, because it's just too damn exhausting to get to far into this, but at least I'm not the only one. Personally, I think we're already in a Depression; the...
View ArticleWherein I (shudder) "agree" with Paul Ryan (R-Dystopia)
I saw this headline over at HuffPo: Paul Ryan Says He's Open to Making Medicare Plan Optional and just had to have a look. The HuffPo piece refers to a piece in the Weekly Standard, which reads in...
View ArticleObama needs a Defeat From the Left
There's a lot of angst going around here today, but regardless of the outcome of this particular debacle, one lesson should be utterly, painfully clear to everyone who is interested in progressive...
View ArticleDear Mr. President: Here's a Jobs Plan that will pass and work.
I understand the need to be pragmatic, and practical. Getting anything through this Congress, and this House, is a challenge, to say the least. And anything you propose is typically dead on arrival...
View ArticleClarifying Important B of A Story
I love this place; I no sooner check naked capitalism than I find that the story has already been diaried, a couple of times. VERY IMPORTANT REC LIST DIARYBAC has no shame However, neither diary seems...
View ArticleObama on Banking: "Zero credibility. ZERO."
Mike Lux has worked for the Obama administration, posts here on occasion, and blogs at the Huffington Post. I"ve been a fan of Mike since I found him on OpenLeft, a now defunct site once run by Dkos'...
View Article1 Million Counts of Perjury, Impeachment, and Perspective
You remember this, right? This was the statement that led, in no small part, to President Clinton being impeached. I know that a lot of people tend to think of the whole thing as a sex scandal, and...
View ArticleHilarious! Judge Pwns US Bank.
This is a depressing time to try to believe in the rule of law in this country, because of so much in the way of rampant fraud on behalf of the banking industry, the robo-signing, the delays and...
View ArticleDiscovery Channel Snubs Sir David Attenborough, Censors Climate Change...
File this one under the YGTOBFKM (You've Got To Be F***ing Kidding Me) file: Frozen Planet, on BBC One, is the latest big budget series from the BBC’s Natural History Unit in Bristol, which was made...
View ArticleScienceNow Article v. Akin: Semen May Cause Women to Ovulate
This will be short. In direct contradiction of Akin and the other scientifically illiterate idiots opining about the female body's ability to magically shield itself from rapist (as opposed to...
View ArticleAttn: Beltway Dems. Republicans WILL NOT Moderate after the election.
Seen a number of articles in the last month, including a couple over at TPM, wherein the President and a number of other Beltway Dems, particularly in the Senate, keep claiming that after the election,...
View ArticleFollow Up on Racism at CPAC
The wheels are just coming off the GOP. A CPAC session sponsored by Tea Party Patriots and billed as a primer on teaching activists how to court black voters devolved into a shouting match as some...
View ArticleHey, Did You Hear The One About The Dead Hooker?
Sorry about the flippant headline, but it's difficult to choose between black humor, disgust, and pure cynicism when I read about this.
View ArticleNakedCapitalism: ACA Coverage could cost 33.74% of annual income.
Clever Handle has a diary up about Michael Olenick's article today at Naked Capitalism, and this diary should be regarded as somewhat of a companion piece, addressing some different issues than the...
View ArticleFraming the ACA Disaster: Getting Ahead of the Curve
Read nyceve's rec listed diary, and followed the link through to Bob Laszewski's post entitled "The Obamacare Rollout: The Administration Needs a Plan B––Now!", and got to thinking about the real scale...
View ArticleLOLOMG: Rick Wilson's Debate Tips For Non-Donalds
[W]e go to war against the disruptive, postmodern, blowhard candidate we have, not the one we want. Get on it. Just one of the great lines from It's Time To Declare War on Donald Trump, which is...
View ArticleObama's SEC Chair Resurrecting W Era Deregulation Plan
Mary Jo White was nominated by President Obama to head the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 24, 2013. Her husband, John White, was the SEC Director of Corporate Finance under Jeb!'s...
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