"The only part of health care in which there isn’t already a lot of federal intervention is the market in which individuals who can’t get employment-based coverage buy their own insurance. And that...
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Monsanto Fail
Covalence, a Swiss research outfit, ranked the most (and least) ethical corporations in the world. Monsanto? Dead last. The least ethical corporation in the world. Less ethical than Occidental...
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The Flaming Lips - "The Spark That Bled"
Barack Obama: Smart Capitalist Investor
A reader, Joe Spencer, reminded me: Way way back on Feb 27 2009, the U.S. government waded deeper into the bailout of one of the nation's largest banks Friday when it announced a deal that will give...
Bob & Elvis Show Replay Is Up
Go and listen why dontcha. Elvis talks about his water crisis at the Farm of Doooom. We declare Patrick Kennedy the hero of the day and discuss the future of journalism. Plus, race and the tea party...
Bill Passing Fever!
Ezra Klein: The thinkable has happened, and the Senate parliamentarian has ruled that the president must sign the health-care reform bill before the House and Senate can act on a reconciliation...
Super Stupid
Instead of allowing a lesbian couple to attend the senior prom, the Itawamba County, Mississippi school district just flat out cancelled the prom. Cancelled it. You know, to thwart a very threatening...
It's Another Bob & Elvis Show
Today: the Farm of Doooom lives up to its name. Elvis is Aquaman! Plus, the Hero of the Day. Teabaggers and the Census. The Most Ridiculous Conspiracy Theory Ever. Plus, your calls: 877-879-8951...
It's the Hypocrisy Stupid
Jay Newton-Small makes several important points about why Eric Massa isn't Mark Foley. The one that occurred to me right away was the hypocrisy gap. Eric Massa doesn't have a lengthy anti-gay voting...
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The Dead Weather - "I Cut Like A Buffalo" Version II
Polling and the Popularity of Healthcare
Steve Benen posted this chart today: Yes, reform is gain in popularity. And no, it really doesn't matter. What matters, I think, in the long run are the numbers at the far lefthand side of the chart...
New Huffington Post Column
The Tea Party is All About Race, Part 2 Oh yes. Let the fun begin anew. Twitter and Digg often.
Best Persons
Google Maps for this. "Bicycle" is now an option for mode of transport in Google maps. Ostensibly, the directions given will help you avoid particularly nasty car traffic and particularly...
Facts About Limbaugh's New Home
Some things about Costa Rica, according to Wikipedia. Costa Rica, which translates literally as "Rich Coast", constitutionally abolished its army permanently in 1949. In 2007 the Costa Rican...
No Race Here
Limbaugh yesterday: David Paterson will become the massa...who gets to appoint whoever gets to take Massa's place. So, for the first time in his life, Paterson's gonna be a massa. Interesting...
Liberal Media Bias
How about all of the live coverage of yesterday's pro-reform healthcare rally. Wow. I take back everything I wrote about how cable news only does wall-to-wall coverage of the tea party rallies...
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As Tall As Lions - "In Case of Rapture"
All of the Wingnut Banners Here
So yes. I know. There are a lot of wingnut banners running on the blog right now. I'm happy to take their money, and I've blocked several of the more egregiously far-right ones. But there's a larger...
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"I don’t know. I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented—I am leaving the country. I’ll go to Costa Rica." Rush Limbaugh today Costa...
Palling Around with Socialist Dictators
Todd Palin's snow machine sponsor is owned by Citgo. You know, the Hugo Chavez oil company? Mystik is a subsidiary of Citgo. Whoops!