As if this comes as any shocker: Corporate America finished the second quarter with “near-historic” profits, largely by cutting costs, laying off employees and streamlining operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Profits for companies in the S&P 500 soared 38 percent from the same period last year, hitting $189 billion, the WSJ says, the sixth-highest […]
As promised, Bill Maher last night revealed another classic Politically Incorrect clip of Christine O’Donnell. This time she decries the “myth of evolution” and wonders why monkeys aren’t still evolving. You know what isn’t evolving Christine? You. You are stuck in a 17th century mindset. And you know what would have happened to you back […]
The Washington Post has put together a great chart to show how the Democratic tax plans actually help those making less than $250,000 a year more than the Republicans. The Democratic tax plan also costs $36.6 billion less than the Republican one: (Click for larger view) So when you look at it in simple graphical […]
CNN is asking if financial regulation will hurt the Democrats fundraising: They do well with Wall Street, but Democrats may now risk biting the hand that feeds many of them — as President Obama and top party leaders press for financial reform. And a key question arises: will there be a squeeze on the money […]
Markos has just released a new poll with some very interesting numbers. These are from self-identified Republicans: Should Barack Obama be impeached, or not? Yes 39 No 32 Not Sure 29 I would love to know what high crimes and misdemeanors they believe he has committed. Do you think Barack Obama is a socialist? Yes […]
My previous post got me thinking even more. The Louisiana Purchase brought us a lot of red states. As a matter of fact, 11 of the 13 states from the Louisiana Purchase voted for McCain in 2008. The devil has to be involved in that somehow. Now it’s time to exit Snarkville and point to […]
Finally someone on the other side gets it: Thus Rich Lowry, the editor of National Review, in Outlook last week: The United States “is indeed, as conservatives have been insisting in recent days, a center-right country.” On election night, former Bush guru Karl Rove opined on Fox News, “Barack Obama understands this is a […]
And FOX is getting caught: Bottom line is that Fox News is in for a very rough 2008. And the umbrella reason for that is quite simple: Eight years ago the all-news cable channel went all-in on the presidency of George W. Bush and became a broadcast partner with the White House. Proof of that […]
Another Wingnut myth busted: An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame’s employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was “covert” when her name became public in July 2003. The summary is part of an attachment to […]
They call it a press conference, but we all know it is a lie conference, where Bush exhibits his contempt for the American people by flat out telling them lies. He must really think we are a bunch of stupid people. First off Think Progress brings us this very interesting fact: During the reign of […]