The American People Lost the Debt Ceiling Debate The debt ceiling fracas was an insanity-inducing syllabus of everything that's wrong with the American political system. Everything. The very serious...
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Author - Bob Cesca
That Was Some Powerful Stimulus
Looking at GDP from the last several quarters of the Bush years and the first several quarters of the Obama years, one thing is obvious: the stimulus, which was signed in mid-February 2009...
Dick Quote of the Day
"Now the federal government is ordering the health insurance companies to pay for all breast feeding stuff, all female birth control stuff, all preventative measures for doctors for ladies that go in...
Happy 50th Birthday, Mr. President
50 years ago today, the president's parents, Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr., hatched the most elaborate conspiracy in the history of all conspiracies. Seriously, though, I'm glad the Birthers have...
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Summer Fundraiser, Day Four
Welcome back to our Summer Fundraiser in which we raise a little money to help keep this place fully stocked with outrage and cartoons. Seriously, your contributions help us pay the bills and improve...
Totally Not Terrorists
The Republicans aren't terrorists. They're just kidnappers and hostage takers. Mitch McConnell: “I think some of our members may have thought the default issue was a hostage you might take a chance...
Shocker: Tea Party Outfought Democrats
Why doesn't this surprise me? A telephone poll by the Pew Research Center for People and Press found that Republicans and Tea Party-affiliated respondents both paid more attention to the debt...
No False Moves Or the Economy Gets It, See?
Hang onto your protective head gear. It could be recession time again. Financial Times: "Unless we are missing something the US is one false move away from a recession," says Jim Reid, strategist at...
Fox News Suddenly Hates Violent Rhetoric
The network that popularized assassination fantasies, the network that allowed Bill O'Reilly to air hateful rants against George Tiller, and the network that pays Sarah "Pals Around with Terrorists"...
Jobs Shmobs
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the debt ceiling deal will slow economic growth. Not by much, but some. More importantly, the deal will kill 1.8 million jobs. That's bad. The agreement...
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Summer Fundraiser, Day Three
Won't you... help bloggers... like us? We'll spare you the Sarah McLachlan ballad. But Debt Ceiling Cat wants you to contribute to your favorite blog. Or else Debt Ceiling Cat will be sad. So if you...
Newt Gingrich Buys the Weirdest Things
So we already know that Newt Gingrich -- self-proclaimed fiscal conservative -- buys ridiculously expensive jewelry, goes on ridiculously garish cruises, and has racked up a crapload of personal debt...
Debt Deal Ignores Jobs, Housing and Growth
Ali Velshi from CNN does a nice job outlining what this debt ceiling deal won't do: BLITZER: Is this deal, Ali, so much focusing in on America's AAA credit rating, but at least in the short run, do...
Debt Deal Cuts Post-Grad Loan Program
I'm sure this will create jobs and grow the economy. Under the text of the bill, the federal subsidized graduate student loan program would be ended, with an estimated savings of $26.3 billion from...
Worst Persons
Adam Green and Bob Brigham for this disgusting Twitter exchange. Jesus H, the congresswoman was shot in the head, survived, recovered and, just seven months later, walked onto the floor of the House...
Mmmmm. Antibiotic Resistant Meat Infections.
Mother Jones reports on the disgusting condition of our factory farmed meat: Here is a document the USDA doesn't want you to see. It's what the agency calls a "technical review"—nothing more than a...
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Summer Fundraiser, Day Two
Good day, and welcome to day two! Our Summer Fundraiser rolls on. Since our previous fundraiser, we replaced the old Movable Type blog with this fancy new WordPress blog, making it easier for you to...
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