Yes, the Paul Ryan budget repeals the president's Wall Street Reform law (aka. Dodd-Frank) which would subsequently resurrect too-big-to-fail. On financial regulation, Paul Ryan’s 2013 budget...
Ryan's Budget Rolls Back Wall Street Reform
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Romney: Teachers Can't Be President
I watched Romney's victory speech last night and he appeared typically spastic, jittery and uncomfortable. He also said this: For 25 years, I lived and breathed jobs, business, and the economy. I had...
Ballot Weirdness in Illinois
If you were a Santorum voter in Illinois -- first, welcome, and I won't apologize for all of the shitty things I've said about your candidate. Anyway, you should probably take a look at the following...
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Birdy - "1901" (via Chez)
Paul Ryan's Budget Is As Bad As You Think
Following up Ashby's post, here's Ezra Klein's summary of the Paul Ryan budget: Ryan’s budget funds trillions of dollars in tax cuts, defense spending and deficit reduction by cutting deeply into...
Who Are You Calling A Lightweight, Mitt Romney?
My Tuesday item for The Daily Banter is posted. Excerpt: Mitt Romney has recently added a new digital audio file to his positronic neural net: President Obama is an “economic lightweight.” [...] Pure...
The Santorum Economic Agenda
Evidently his plan is to do nothing. “Republicans don’t believe that presidents fix the economy.” Of course what he means is that Democratic presidents don't fix the economy.
Bill O'Reilly Wants to Jail Welfare Video Guy
Good job, Alexandra Pelosi. By inadvertently feeding a right-wing racist stereotype that has little bearing in reality (black welfare recipients are lazy and only want handouts), you provided fuel...
Idaho Joins the List of Ultrasound States
The Republican Party: shoving their laws into your vagina from coast to coast. Now in Idaho: The state Senate in Idaho today passed a bill mandating an ultrasound for any woman seeking an abortion...
FBI To Investigate Trayvon Martin Shooting
The federal government is stepping into the investigation of the shooting of Trayvon Martin. The word from the DOJ: The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the...
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The Afghan Whigs - "Gentlemen"
Clueless Republican Voters
Here's the results of a PPP poll of Republican voters planning to participate in the Illinois primary -- you know, the state where President Obama was a resident, state senator and U.S. Senator. Do...
The President is Crushing the Budget Deficit
The CBO is projecting that the president's new budget would crush the deficit to almost zero by 2017. Via Kevin Drum, here's the chart. Also, please note the "actual" side of the chart showing that...
No More Clock Touching!
Not only do I think we should get rid of moving the clocks twice a year, but Brad Plumer thinks we should shit-can time zones, too. Time zones have outlived their usefulness. At least, a few...
Far-Right Lied About CBO Healthcare Report
The other day I received a tweet from a far-right reader who accused me of being a "lying crook" for supporting the healthcare reform law, and, in the same tweet, the guy cited this item from the...
The Glenn Beck Empire Is Stronger Than Ever
This will make you throw up a little. Even though he lost his Fox News show, Beck is prospering -- thanks to his gullible audience who doesn't understand he's just a morning zoo deejay playing a...
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The Mitt Romney Cheesy Grits Remix
Warning! This will be stuck in your head forever. From "NewsHit" on YouTube:
Tea Party Leader Arrested for Assault, Rape
Presented without comment: Lemon Grove resident Michael John Kobulnicky, 50, a leader in the San Diego Tea Party and former regional director of the Southern California Conservative Party, is under...
The Obama Campaign Agenda
TPM watched The Road We've Traveled very carefully and constructed this pie chart: I'm not so sure healthcare reform will be so central to the campaign, but you can bet the economic recovery and the...
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