Category: Science

I just love this tweet: We knew she was a fucking moron, but now she just proved it.

About time the Democratic leader in the Senate showed some balls. Here he is today fired up over the news that Aetna is going to shit-can up to 650,000 clients just so they can get better profits: Transcript via The Plum Line: “You see, one of the largest private insurance companies in America made a […]

Sounds like Judd Gregg is really pushing to expand the size of our federal government in this video clip: Transcript via Think Progress: DR. NANCY: So what do you say to the average American who has played by all the rules who can’t have the same health care you have, and you’re one of our […]

This is something that shouldn’t even be an amendment – it should have been in the bill from the get go: Senate Democrats will offer an amendment this weekend to curb the pay of executives at health insurance companies that benefit from federal subsidies, fueling the growing feud with the powerful industry. Sens. Blanche Lincoln […]

Stories like this just really give you a warm and fuzzy feeling about the insurance industry: Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to meet profit expectations. In a third-quarter earnings conference call in late October, officials […]

Look at this headline on Drudge right now: From the article: Houston this morning broke a record with the earliest snowfall ever recorded in the city’s history. Forecasters are still hedging their bets on the amount, but say the most likely scenario is 1 to 2 inches of widespread snowfall through the day. Some areas […]

Image via Wikipedia Oh those were the days, but like everything else that falls within the realm of common sense, that too has become extinct: Over the last few years, drug-makers have embraced a startlingly simple tactic for fending off competition from generic brands: paying them off. In a nutshell, the company that holds the […]

Image via Wikipedia And she is right on calling for this: Leaked e-mails allegedly undermining climate change science should be treated as a criminal matter, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Wednesday afternoon. Boxer, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, said that the recently released e-mails, showing scientists allegedly overstating the […]

Talk about the duh moment to top all duh moments: In a closed-door meeting of his caucus, the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, told Democrats that Republicans were not interested in passing a bill. In effect, he prepared them for trench warfare, saying the Democrats must stick together and should be ready to […]

It sure looks that way: Newspaper publishers will now be able to set a limit on the number of free news articles people can read through Google, the company has announced. The concession follows claims from some media companies that the search engine is profiting from online news pages. Under the First Click Free programme, […]