Last night, the Republicans were blocking a variety of reforms meant to curb some of the most ridiculous bank practices. Here's the rundown from Ryan Grim: Tom Harkin was stifled in his effort...
Republicans Continue to Bail Out the Banks
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Author - Bob Cesca
Dale Peterson's New Cowboy Commercial
UPDATE: Here's the original.
Mission Accomplished
Here's new video of the siphon tube that's supposed to be sucking up around 20 percent of the leaking oil. I don't know. That might be 20 percent less oil. It's hard to tell. Because there's still a...
Corexit Dispersant Was Banned in the UK
As we learned a few days ago, the dispersant being injected into the Gulf in massive quantities is "more toxic and less effective" than other available dispersants. So much so that... The two types...
Super Tuesdee
Three satisfying aspects of yesterday's results. First, Congressman Sestak won a clear victory over Senator Specter. I'm half-expecting Specter to become an independent and run anyway, but I don't...
Morning Awesome
Blur - "Coffee and TV"
Not Re-electehhhhd
Congressman Sestak wins Democratic Senate primary in Pennsylvania. Exclusive Sestak victory statement: "Ssssssssss!" Sorry. That was the exclusive sleestak statement.
BP Thinks You're An Idiot
CEO of BP Tony Hayward thinks we're all morons. "I think the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to have been very, very modest. It is impossible to say and we will mount, as part of the...
Senator Inhofe Bails Out BP
The Republicans can't stop trying to bail out BP. On Tuesday morning, Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okl.) blocked a unanimous consent measure to increase the liability faced by companies like BP from $75...
Pity Party for Glenn Beck
The Punch-me Face continues to lose viewers. And now Glenn Beck has set yet another ratings low: May 14, the show attracted 1.77 million viewers. That is almost exactly half the audience the show was...
God Bless America
The story of a woman who lost her home to foreclosure because of a $300 water bill.
The Oil is Halfway to Limbaugh's House
The big oil spill news today (so far): KEY WEST, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard says 20 tar balls have been found off Key West, Fla., but the agency stopped short of saying whether they came from a...
Morning Awesome
Failure - "Undone" (h/t ZIRGAR)
The Dispersants Are Like Ice Cream! Yummy!
BP and others have been referring to the oil spill with quaint little words like "top hat" and "junk shot." They've been referring to the oil as resembling everything from salad dressing to chocolate...
Could They Have Plugged the Leak Sooner?
So BP has a "riser insertion tube" sucking up around 20 percent of the oil coming from the main leak -- roughly 1,000 barrels a day while there is, at minimum, another 4,000 barrels a day still...
A Word About Glenn Greenwald
If you've followed this blog regularly, you'll know that I tend to disagree with Glenn on several issues, most recently his somewhat ambivalent position on Citizens United, for example. I also don't...
Poisoning the Food Chain
The following paragraph jumped out at me in R.P. Seigel's piece in the Huffington Post about the Corexit dispersant: The chemicals in them can linger in the water for decades, especially when used in...
Chemical Dispersant More Toxic Than Most
On the dispersant front, it looks like Corexit is one of the more toxic and least effective dispersants available. So far, BP has told federal agencies that it has applied more than 400,000 gallons...
Must-See Republican Campaign Ad
A Republican shit-kicker named Dale Peterson is running for Alabama Agricultural Commissioner. In this hilariously and unintentionally self-satirical campaign ad, he literally brandishes his penis a...
Glenn Beck and Toady Defend Bank of America
While playing a tape of protester whose house is being foreclosed upon, Glenn Beck and his soundalike toady shout at the protester to "get a job!" It's just that easy, isn't it? Get a job. Just... go...