You know what's weird? A single-payer supporter suggesting that mandates are bad. Oddly, I've witnessed more than a few very progressive single-payer people inexplicably lashing out about the...
Author - Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
Lay Low - "Please don't hate me"
AAAAAAAAAAAAH!
If you're a struggling filmmaker and looking for a new twist on horror movies, might I suggest doing something with these vintage Halloween costumes collected by Steve Chasmar: Just throwing that out...
Afternoon Awesome
"Douchebag Solidarity"
The Walmart Casket
At first, I thought this was an Onion joke. But no. Walmart is selling caskets. Here's the actual product description: Generously sized, the Star Legacy's Regal Wide Body has extended dimensions...
More Reality with a Pro-Obama Bias
Wall Street Journal headline: Stimulus Fueled Much of Expansion Why is the Wall Street Journal in the tank for the president?
Trick or Treat
As Benen describes, the wingnuts were temporarily thrilled by the White House guest list that was released yesterday, mainly because names like William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright popped up on the list...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday - "Manos the Hands of Fate" Happy Halloween. If you're at a loss for costume, I suggest Torgo.
The Reagan 'Photo Op'
The predictable Liz Cheney meme about Dover is that President Obama used the flag-draped coffin as a photo-op. But wait. How does she explain this... I wonder how this photograph can exist without...
Your 'Liberal' Network
Why is MSNBC so liberal? They really are the bizarro Fox News Channel!
WTF?
Okay, this is alarming news. RJ Eskow mentioned the possibility of this in his Huffington Post item the other day, but it looks like the CBO agrees. They're suggesting that the public option premiums...
Reality's Pro-Obama Bias, Continued…
More good news: President Obama called the 22-year ban on travel and immigration by HIV-positive individuals a decision "rooted in fear rather than fact" and announced the end of the rule-making...
Lying Runs in the Family
Regarding President Obama's tribute to a fallen soldier at Dover Air Force Base, serial liar Liz Cheney had this to say: "Bush used to do it without the cameras." Uh-huh. Bush never went to Dover...
Keep Going, Republicans!
Just so we're clear, Republicans. It's a bad thing for Alan Grayson to suggest that the GOP healthcare plan is to "die quickly." But it's okay for the Senate's resident sleestak, Mitch McConnell, to...
Words and Money
If there's some sort of rational need to correlate word-counts in legislation with the actual cost of the legislation, then, as Jamie points out: $425.9 million per word, or how much the 2,174 words...
Distribution of Balls in the U.S. Senate
From Chris Walla via email:
Why Is Reality in the Tank for Obama?
John Cole: I also think that there is a certain mindset among some people that if you are not spending every day dramatically freaking out that Obama sucks, you aren’t doing your duty as a citizen...
Very Serious Question
Has it always been a big deal to comment about the page count for a major piece of legislation? The House bill is 1,990 pages. So what. By the way, if I'm a Republican and I'm worried about the...
Morning Awesome
Fleet Foxes - "Mykonos" Directed by Sean Pecknold
Issue 2
Following up on my Huffington Post item about Ohio's Issue 2, this ought to be alarming: A new Ohio Newspaper Poll finds Gov. Ted Strickland (D) barely edging challenger John Kasich (R), 48% to 47%...