The president will be holding a press conference any time now. Talk about it in the comments here. I hope he starts screaming and shouting things -- you know, to show "leadership." I predict there...
I hate to disagree with my colleague Mr. Ashby, but $600 billion in revenue increases in the deficit negotiations aren't nearly enough. Double that number and we might be closer to fair. In fact...
Fact. The bulk of the federal budget deficit is the result of Bush era policies. Chart: Fact. The bulk of the national debt is the result of Bush era policies. Chart: Sorry. You can't blame the...
"My Favorite Movie Music" theme week for the Summer of 2011 continues. Here's The Cars and "Moving in Stereo" from Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Low tax rates for the wealthy won't create jobs. We know this. Fact. Spending, not tax cuts, stimulates the economy and creates jobs. Via Ezra Klein, proof in convenient bar graph form: When the top...
Bernie Sanders' is trying desperately to present a reasonable plan to balance a debt deal with both tax increases and spending cuts -- meeting the Republicans halfway. Give them spending cuts...
"I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman. I think that's what marriage ought to be and I would like to find ways to defend that view as legitimately and effectively as possible." Newt...
Clean coal! Researchers found "significantly higher" rates of birth defects in babies born near mountaintop removal mining sites than those in non-mining areas, according to a new study released last...
Ezra Klein posted the following quote from far-right Marc Thiessen regarding the debt ceiling. Let’s be clear: Compromise here isn’t spending cuts for a tax increase; compromise is spending cuts for...
It's a bonus second week for our "My Favorite Movie Music" theme week. Here's The Creation with "Making Time" from Rushmore.
Revolution Messaging/Democracy Corps commissioned a straw poll for attendees at Netroots Nation. I hasten to underscore that I'm not criticizing Netroots Nation or the people who attended. I wish I...
As we debate whether or not the Republicans are deliberately attempting to sabotage the economy, don't forget that Eric Cantor has a real life financial stake in America's economic failure. Don't...
"My Favorite Movie Music" theme week continues with The Pixies and "Where Is My Mind?" from Fight Club.
Eeeewwwwww. According to the McDonald's Corporation, its famous Chicken McNuggets are made with ingredients including autolyzed yeast extract (which contain free glutamate, similar to MSG), sodium...
Do nothing. Literally. If Congress decided to do nothing about the deficit beginning right now, the budget would be balanced by the end of the president's would-be second term. According to the CBO...
Here's a provocative red-letter link posted on Drudge yesterday: Oh no! The First Lady is thanking the media for being so kind to the Obama administration! The goddamn liberal media are Obots! But...
I thought I'd continue with the movie music theme week. Here's Daniel Lanois with "The Maker" from Billy Bob Thornton's Sling Blade.
Ezra Klein on the debt battle: Whichever party wins, the country is likely to lose. If the Republicans win, we’re going to get an unbalanced debt deal that relies too heavily on frontloaded spending...
A Republican state senator exercises true intellectual honesty regarding his vote in support of same-sex marriage. "You can be wiser today than you were yesterday, when you do the work." Exactly. You...
President Obama at the National Robotics Engineering Center at Carnegie Mellon University yesterday: "I just met with folks from some cutting-edge companies and saw some of their inventions here in...
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