I've been thinking about the Republican logic on government healthcare and the elderly. I know, I know. There is no logic. But insofar as they consider it to be perfectly logical, we'll call it logic...
Republican Healthcare Logic
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Author - Bob Cesca
Crazy Wingnut Fail
I love stories like this. In short: -Wingnut at an anti-healthcare rally spots Secret Service agents with guns. -Wingnut thinks Secret Service agents are deliberately targeting wingnuts. -Wingnut...
Wait Times and Rationing
Please tell me again, wingnuts, how America has the best healthcare system in the world. Tell me again how private insurance allows us to walk into any clinic and be treated on demand. And while the...
The Lies of Mike Pence
Yglesias on Mike Pence's MSNBC lies: Politicians engage in a volume of misrepresentation that is, at first, quite shocking. Then you realize it’s not shocking. Politicians wouldn’t lie of lying was...
Morning Awesome
"Do Robots Dream of Bunnies?" By Piotr Karwas and Jesse Hill
Bribing the Blue Dogs
Posted without comment: On June 19, Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas made clear that he and a group of other conservative Democrats known as the Blue Dogs were increasingly unhappy with the direction that...
Quote of the Day
"I'm with that woman who wrote the president complaining about "socialized medicine" and added: "Now keep your hands off my Medicare." That's the spirit!" —Jonathan Alter in full snark mode in his...
Palin Apparently Quitting Her Marriage, Too
I'm not sure how credible this is right now, but AlaskaReport says: AlaskaReport has learned this morning that Todd Palin and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are to divorce. Multiple sources in...
Speaking of Credibility
Tomorrow morning's edition of This Week with George Stephanopoulos features special round table guest... ...Michelle Malkin. Seriously. Michelle Malkin who is attacking President Obama's extended...
MSNBC's Cred Crisis
MSNBC has a penchant for repeatedly hosting wingnuts who have been previously exposed as frauds -- exposed as frauds by MSNBC. The list begins with guys like Chuck Grassley and continues on with...
Corporate Media and "Liberal Bias"
The stock response to a wingnut screaming about the "liberal media" is to remind him or her that the news media is owned by wealthy, conservative executives who operate multinational conglomerates ...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "Gorgo" The first ten minutes (give or take)
Another Canadian 'Horror Story'
Not really. I think we're seeing a trend here -- people in Canada love their healthcare system. Hello Bob, I'm a 33 year old Canadian who has lived in Vancouver most of my lifeand can attest to...
Glenn Beck's Wingnut Revolution
This needs like a creepy horror movie score behind it. I want to hear it with the Torgo music from the MST3K Manos: The Hands of Fate episode. Yeah, so Glenn Beck is inciting an armed revolution...
The Birther Party
The Republicans are absolutely out of their gourd. A new DailyKos/Research2000 poll reveals the shocking news that 58 percent of Republicans sympathize with the far-right birthers. Twenty-eight...
But Wingnuts Have Ideas, Too!
The Republicans have ideas for healthcare reform. Yes. They do. This wingnut reader comment in the Times Herald made me giggle: Dave from Port Huron: In his Sunday letter, George Billareal said...
Best Person
Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) for proposing an amendment banning Medicare. The Republicans, who claim to be loudly opposed to government-run healthcare, voted against the amendment. The...
Fat Cyclist
Go here and lend your support to Elden, aka. Fat Cyclist. His wife is in the final stages of terminal cancer and his blog is both heart-wrenching and inspirational. Whenever I think about people like...
Quote of the Day
“It’s almost immoral what they are doing. Of course they’ve been immoral all along in how they have treated the people that they insure. They are the villains. They have been part of the problem in a...
Democrats vs. Crazy People
This from Oliver Willis absolutely nails the difference between the parties: If you’ve ever taken the time to watch congressional activity on C-SPAN, particularly in the House, you see this a lot...