It’s going to be the Republicans big campaign talking point this year – REPEAL! That might work for the crazies in the Tea Party, but a new poll shows that a big majority of those who support repeal actually want the bill repealed so we can get something better – a public option: When asked […]
Our last President was a cycling one: Our current President is a cycling friendly one: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, a weekend bicyclist, might consider keeping his head down and his helmet on. A backlash is brewing over his new bicycling policy. LaHood says the government is going to give bicycling – and walking, too – […]
From a Washington Post breaking email alert: Sales at U.S. retailers rose more strongly than expected in March as consumer stepped up purchases of vehicles and wide range of goods, government data showed on Wednesday, suggesting a broadening of the manufacturing-led economic recovery. The Commerce Department said total retail sales jumped 1.6 percent, the largest […]
Yesterday morning Joe Scarborough was providing us with his infinite wisdom by declaring that Americans are mad because their taxes have gone up so much under Obama. Imagine how shocked I am to find out Scarborough is wrong about the tax issue: According to a recent CBS News/New York Times poll, the vast majority of […]
Ted Deutch has been declared the winner in the FL-19 special election for Rep. Robert Wexler’s seat. Deutch is currently up by a whopping 19 points.
Become some bat-shit crazy birther: U.S. military officials tell NBC News that the U.S. Army will court martial a lieutenant colonel who refuses to deploy to Afghanistan because he considers orders from President Obama to be “illegal.” Army doctor Lt. Col. Terry Lakin believes Obama does not meet the constitutional requirements to be president and […]
Last week the right erupted over a story published at Pajamas Media by their CEO Roger Simon: The Obama administration is now denying U.S. visas to some Israeli scientists who work at that nation’s Dimona nuclear reactor. This startling reversal of traditional policy was reported April 7, 2010, in the Israeli website/newspaper NRG/Maariv (link to […]
Leave it to Drudge to try and start some more outrage over things that are non-issues: Remember this one on Drudge? Yeah, me neither.
How dare you lose your job in the Republican created economy!
The Vatican, for the first time, has published what is being called a “handbook” on dealing with sexual abuse: “Civil law concerning reporting of crimes to the appropriate authorities should always be followed,” state the guidelines, compiled from existing Vatican rules. “Should”. That is an interesting word. So who decides if it should be reported […]