If you recall, several senators have banded together in what they're calling (seriously) "The Coalition of the Willing." It's an awful, sick joke, but it's real. Here are the Senate Democrats who we...
Coalition of the Corrupt & Spineless
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Author - Bob Cesca
Be LBJ
So as we rattle off an endless list of polls that show overwhelming super-majority support for the public option, Congress continues to act in its own interest and contrary to what you want -- in...
Super Majority
The new CBS/NYT poll on the public option: Just look at the independent number. 73 percent support for the public option! Comparable with the overall number. You know what's less popular than the...
Morning Awesome
Sebadoh - "Skull" From 1994's Bakesale
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night blogotubing. Question: Why are there so many guys on Fox News Channel with impossibly low hair lines? Hannity, Brett Baier, Napolitano... and on and on.
Suck It, Private Insurance
DougJ at Balloon Juice reports on how Medicaid -- yes, Medicaid -- is infinitely better and more efficient than private health insurance providers. Not shocking in the slightest. While government...
Afternoon Awesome
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Iran Open Thread
I'm going to be busy for the first half of the day and away from the blogotubes. So I'm leaving this up to you. Apparently all eyes will be on Iran today. Use this as an open thread to observe and...
President Obama and Stephen Colbert
Pretaping President Obama ordering General Odierno to shave Stephen Colbert's head:
Another Cowardly Sell-out
Senator Blanche Lincoln joins the ranks of the cowardly and bought-off: U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., says she prefers private insurance cooperatives to a government-run provider that would...
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MST3K Saturday - "Chevrolet presents Hired!"
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for your Friday night blogotubing. Don't forget: Redmond and Elvis liveblogging Bill Maher tonight! I'm off to a local "Apple Dumpling Festival". All of the calories I burned riding my...
Soundtrack Go!
Just a reminder that I've assembled a hokey "soundtrack" for this blog. Great for Summer iPod listening, or for blasting whilst you blogotube. The songs are from my personal collection as well as...
The Hockey Stick
This atmospheric carbon chart via Kevin Drum ought to be mustering a collective pants-shitting: Boy, I'm really glad the congressional Democrats are aggressive, hard-nosed bastards -- they'll surely...
Daschle Walks Back
In an interview with Ezra Klein today, Daschle claimed he never said he wanted to abandon the public option: I don't know where that came from. We've been pushing back on that all day. I didn't say...
How Corrupt Is Max Baucus?
He's earning $1,500 a day from the healthcare and health insurance industries. $1,500 a day. And he's the chairman of one of the two Senate committees tasked with passing healthcare reform.
A Matter of Principle
The Finance Committee (chaired by Max Baucus who has been bought off by the mafia) released a draft bill for healthcare reform and the public option -- not surprisingly -- is missing. Though it...
Healthcare Hackery
MSNBC's Washington bureau chief, Mark Whitaker, is making with the hackery again. Just now: And I think what we seem to be headed for is a search for some kind of compromise where you'll have...
WTF?!
This has to be a joke. Seven senators have formed a bipartisan group to find consensus on health-care reform legislation, a sign of fresh momentum after a week of setbacks. The group, dubbed by its...
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Where Are You Go? Cairo to Capetown by Bicycle Official Trailer A film by Benny Zenga & Brian Vernor (By the way, if you're interested in African culture, cycling, and Rush (the band), you should...