Righthaven, the Nevada company that is suing people all over the internet for “copyright violations” is in serious financial troubles: Despite its backing by the billionaire Warren Stephens family, Las Vegas copyright lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC warned today it may have to file for bankruptcy because of a series of setbacks in its litigation campaign. […]
TPM brings us another epoisode of the crazies talking out the wrong orifice: Ed Martin, a Republican candidate for Congress in Missouri, said in a radio interview with a conservative talk show host that President Obama and Rep. Russ Carnahan are trying to interfere with America’s freedom to worship. Martin also has taken a swipe […]
Back in 2006, former Senator Conrad Burns (R-MT) made national news when he called firefighters “lazy bums’. Three months after that Burns was unemployed and Jon Tester became the new Senator from Montana. Now we have another story, very similar in nature. From TPM: Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-MT), fresh off his Republican primary win, filed […]
I can’t help but laugh every time I hear some Republican say “passing this bill [health care reform] will cost the Democrats in November”. I keep wondering to myself if Coach K is calling up John Calipari and saying “if we meet in final four and you run a zone defense, it will cost you […]
Ezra Klein, one of the most vocal bill-backers, has a really good plan – scrap the bill. But that doesn’t mean healthcare reform is dead. Instead he offers up items that could easily go through reconciliation: Democrats could scrap the legislation and start over in the reconciliation process. But not to re-create the whole bill. […]
I had an interesting thought. The Republicans are constantly saying they want tort reform tied to healthcare. They have constantly argued that one of the reasons our healthcare costs are so high is because of malpractice suits against doctors. So, why not make the doctors federal employees, thus giving them the shield of protection? And […]
Palin herself starts arguing for tort reform. I guess only pit bulls should be allowed to air their fights in our courts. What a hypocrite.
The right wing conspiracy nut jobs have been having a field day bogging down our courts with claims that Obama isn’t eligible to be President, claiming he is not an actual citizen. Well the latest claim has been shot down by the SCOTUS: The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New […]
I thought the Republicans were for all this tort reform and getting rid of frivolous lawsuits. Well then why are so many right wingers suing, trying to claim Obama isn’t a citizen?
Fred Phelps and his “God hates fags” crowd might end up going broke: A jury on Wednesday ordered an anti-gay Kansas church to pay $10.9 million in damages to relatives of a U.S. Marine who died in Iraq after church members cheered his death at his funeral. Church members said Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder’s […]