Fancy that. The stimulus actually stimulated the economy. The CBO reports: – They raised real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) by between 1.4 percent and 4.1 percent, – Lowered the...
The Stimulus Worked
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Alanis Morissette - "Still" (Live)
Wingnut Bait
The Democrats are attempting to bait Republicans into voting against repealing aspects of healthcare reform. Rep. Ackerman has a particularly funny one: Speaking of difficult votes, Rep. Gary...
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MST3K Saturday - "It Lives By Night"
Gaffes vs. Dumbstupid
Everyone who speaks in front of people many times a day will eventually suffer from occasional gaffes. The smartest, best-spoken people in the world have made unfortunate slips of the tongue, but we...
Worst Person in the World
Rush Limbaugh owns this category of blog posts. Today, it's for this. In his Thanksgiving address, President Obama said: "This Thanksgiving Day, we reflect on the compassion and contributions of...
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Martin Sexton - "Happy"
Thanksgiving Open Thread
WKRP in Cincinnati, Season 1, Episode 7 - "Turkeys Away" The greatest Thanksgiving episode of any show -- ever. Open Thread for your holiday blogotubing. Happy Thanksgiving!
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NSFW The greatest scene from my favorite Thanksgiving movie: Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Tom DeLay Found Guilty
BOOM! AUSTIN, Texas — Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay – once one of the most powerful and feared Republicans in Congress – was convicted Wednesday on charges he illegally funneled...
New Huffington Post Column
The Perfect Storm That Could Elect Sarah Palin Tweet and Digg and all that crap.
Best Healthcare System Ever
Despite the numbers to the contrary, the far-right continues to insist we have the best healthcare system in the world. Why? Just because. We're Americafuckyeah! Of course the reality is very...
Commie Sympathizers in Wasilla
Sarah Palin mentions Mr. Smith Goes To Washington as one of her favorite movies. Chris Kelly delivers some film history: Sarah Palin is clearly a student of film history. So when she says Mr. Smith...
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Sarah Palin's Ratings Drop Bigtime
This is very satisfying: Sarah Palin lost almost half of her premiere audience in the second airing of her TLC reality series Sarah Palin's Alaska. On Sunday, the series executive produced by Mark...
Michael Moore and Wendell Potter
This is worth watching in its entirety. Michael Moore and Wendell Potter discuss Potter's smear campaign against one of the most important documentaries of our time, SiCKO. Part 2: Both of these guys...
Healthcare Reform Remains Popular
Following that awful body scanner poll, this has slightly revived my opinion of the American public. A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it...
Quote of the Day (So far)
"Without the TSA terrorists would blow up planes roughly as often as they currently destroy buses and trains, right?" Matt Yglesias
Whoops!
Ugh. Really? For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader...
One Nation Under Fear
This is remarkably sad. Nearly two-thirds of Americans support the new full-body security-screening machines at the country's airports, as most say they put higher priority on combating terrorism...