Check it: There's a very simple solution to the salmonella and E. Coli O157:H7 issue. Stop feeding cattle grain and other non-grass crap. Since cows are supposed to eat grass, they're significantly...
Bad Day for Cargill Factory Meat
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Author - Bob Cesca
What Do We Get in Return?
Clearly the Senate version of the public option is being compromised. If the end result is a triggered co-op or similar, we're in really bad shape. If it's this Swiss thing, it might not be so bad...
Teabaggers in New York
The most revealing quote: "Embarrass the white race. That's what this administration does." Also, about the woman with the tea bags dangling in her face? Someone should tell her.
Wankery, Content and The Establishment Media
The president is growing frustrated with the state of the establishment news media: I mentioned that I was in Asia on this trip thinking about the economy, when I sat down for a round of interviews...
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"They were a minority type thing and it wasn't glamorous, so she came home." —Sarah Palin's father, Chuck Heath, describing how Sarah Palin dropped out of Hawaii Pacific University because of the...
Bill Nelson Might Filibuster PhRMA Deal
Interesting: Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, said on Sunday that if leadership doesn't work with him on his amendment that would break the White House deal with Big Pharma, he won't be there to...
The Swiss Solution
Senators are in high powered meetings on the Hill this weekend to hammer out a solution to the public option problem. The players: The moderate Democrats –Lincoln, Mark Pryor (Ark.), Ben Nelson (Neb...
The 'Write Like Sarah' Contest
Slate ran a contest and we all missed it. Here's one of the better entries: "I brushed aside the pussy willow and cockscomb and jettisoned myself blithely to the still-warm throat of the fecund...
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Rush featuring Aimee Mann - "Time Stand Still" Live from the Counterparts tour, 1994
Quote of the Day
"There's not a lot of happy people out there, so you see tea parties, and you see people who are madder than they've ever been in their life. And frankly, I'm madder than I've ever been." —John...
Cut the Crap, Part 2
Another blogger has entirely misinterpreted my Huffington Post column this week about the president's Afghanistan strategy. Let me be perfectly clear about this. I do not support the war, nor do I...
What the Hell is the Christmas Sweater?
Glenn Beck's latest stage show, The Christmas Sweater, isn't selling very well: Despite heavy promotion on Beck’s radio and TV shows, and in-theater trailers, ticket sales were weak in major cities:...
On Track From Depression to Job Growth
While we aren't quite feeling it yet, it's entirely possible that this month or next month will show jobs growth. It's no easy feat to go from 700,000 job losses per month to job growth within a year...
With Democrats Like These
Max Baucus cheated on his wife. And he nominated his mistress to be a U.S. Attorney. None of it matters as much as the fact that he was instrumental in stalling the healthcare reform process. But of...
Lies and Lying Lieberman
Here's Joe Lieberman flatly lying to a reporter from the Wall Street Journal about the public option, and, of course, the WSJ reporter doesn't correct him: Mr. Lieberman says that while he is not "a...
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I hope you're not an Aetna customer. Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to meet profit...
President Sides with Jobs over Deficit
President Obama remembers 1937: President Barack Obama on Thursday disputed the notion that he is overly concerned about the budget deficit -- and as a result, is under-reacting to the jobs crisis...
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Ben Nelson. But Nelson later told reporters that his amendment would not be ready for a vote until after the weekend, postponing a floor showdown over abortion rights. The defeat of his amendment...