Health insurance industry insider Wendell Potter: The industry doesn't want to have any competitor. In fact, over the course of the last few years, has been shrinking the number of competitors...
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Classy People
Some remarks about the Obama girls on Free Republic: ‘A typical street whore.’ ‘A bunch of ghetto thugs.’ ‘Ghetto street trash.’ ‘Wonder when she will get her first abortion.’ Thankfully, there will...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I don't think she quit." —John McCain on Sarah Palin Yes she did! WTF! I understand the Republicans operate in some sort of mirror dimension, but this is absolutely crazy. She quit. She resigned.
Wait Times
From a reader about wait times for surgery in the United States: I'm 77 and after 12 years of pain and finally now I'm almost crippled (osteoarthritis), I am awaiting surgery. Wait time? THREE MONTHS...
Torture Investigations
Attorney General Holder is leaning towards a special prosecutor. WASHINGTON — Contrary to White House wishes, Attorney General Eric Holder may push forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush...
Morning Awesome
Bicycle Dreams - Official Trailer
Fundraising Open Thread
Our mid-Summer fundraising drive continues. If you dig this blog, why not wad up a few dollars and cram them into the jolly candy-like button below. You know you can't resist clicking on the jolly...
Fail
The New York Times is thinking about doing a subscription only site again. As someone who witnessed the rise and fall of internet publishing in the middle '90s, then the rise and fall of internet...
Brüno
Capone describing the Brüno movie: He flaunts his designer fashions, loose and free attitudes, and sexual aggressiveness to anyone willing to look at him, including a group of four of the scariest...
Doof Quote of the Day
“What’s going on with all the czars? Is Obama’s strategy to change the engine of our success as a nation: freedom & capitalism?” —Karl Rove via Twitter Karl Rove was George W. Bush's domestic...
The President Wasn't Perving On That Woman
Earlier this week, Drudge and other wingnut websites made a big deal out of a photo apparently showing President Obama and President Sarkozy checking out the ass of a shapely woman during an event at...
The Public Option Saves Lives and Money
This is excellent news: According to a pair of Capitol Hill sources, preliminary estimates from the Congressional Budget Office suggest that a strong public option--the kind that the House of...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "The Magic Sword" This is the full episode. Not sure how YouTube allowed this, but enjoy.
Contador Manages to Piss Off Everyone
...Except for all of Spain, and the cynical bastards who can't discuss anything except Alex Jones style conspiracy theories about Armstrong. More here, but Contador attacked everyone including his...
More Votes for the Public Option
We're getting closer... A band of 22 New Democrat and Blue Dog lawmakers say they support a “robust” government-run health plan, boosting chances of moving healthcare reform with a public insurance...
Fundraising Thread
Hey look! I'm raising money to help finance this little operation again. In exchange for your generous donation, we're giving you more information about the public option for health insurance than...
Doof Quote of the Day
"Congressman Sestak is a flagrant hypocrite in challenging my being a real Democrat when he did not register as a Democrat until 2006 just in time to run for Congress." —Senator Arlen Specter, who...
Go Congressman Kucinich
I've been having this exact same conversation with wingnuts all week long: The general response anymore is, "Duuuuuhhhhhhhh. We hate taxes! You a lib!"
Wingnut Logic
I'm continuing to debate via email the wingnut whose letter I posted yesterday. I finally cornered him into admitting that he supports socialism -- specifically, socialized public services and...
Go… Peggy Noonan?
Via John Cole, here's Peggy Noonan on Sarah Palin: “The elites hate her.” The elites made her. It was the elites of the party, the McCain campaign and the conservative media that picked her and...