It finally sunk in yesterday that Al Franken is a United States Senator. And stuff like this is making me laugh and laugh: No matter how he approaches his new gig, he's going to drive wingnuts crazy...
Author - Bob Cesca
WTF?
Hang with this until the end, and then explain to me what it means. It was apparently produced by SarahPac -- Sarah Palin's political action committee. But then they claimed they didn't do it after...
More Great News
If you recall, the CBO scored the Kennedy-Dodd HELP version of healthcare reform legislation with many of the important details left out, including the public option. Consequently, the cost ended up...
The AMA Now Supports the Public Option
This is terrific news: (CNN) — The new president of the American Medical Association, which represents the interests of the nation’s doctors, said Wednesday the group is open to a government-funded...
Morning Awesome
Brüno at Spring Break From Da Ali G Show This is quite possibly Sacha Baron Cohen's greatest bit.
Radio Show Open Thread
Me and Stranahan on the internet radio! 8:30PM EDT. Listen live here. Call the show: 347-945-5235 Or just participate in the comments. UPDATE: Show's over. Thanks for listening! Be sure to download...
Public Option Now
If for no other reason than to help this woman pay for her cancer treatment. From today's town hall meeting: Routinely, the private health insurance corporations would investigate her for fraud -- or...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"And if you don't do this and if I don't do it, one of these days you and I are going to spend our sunset years telling our children, and our children's children, what it once was like in America...
(Cough) Douchebag (Cough)
Joe Lieberman pretending to be thoughtful about his opposition to the public option when, in fact, he's been bought off by the healthcare lobby. Lucky Joe. He can use his government healthcare plan...
It's The Public Option or Nothing
Ezra Klein lays out the three degrees of the public option: According to early documents and consistent reports, the health reform plan that the Senate Finance Committee is considering won't have a...
Delusions of Grandeur
Glenn Beck thinks Al Franken is just like him. Dream on, Punch-Me Face. See, Al Franken is well-educated, smart and intellectual. Glenn Beck is an uneducated, willfully ignorant wingnut. Al Franken...
Worst Persons
Glenn Beck and guest Michael Scheuer wishing for a terrorist WMD attack inside the United States: Wingnuts are good people. Adding... Add Scheuer to your roster of Fox News guys with ILH (Impossibly...
Morning Awesome
Luke Jackson - "Goodbye London" From ...And Then Some
They're Poisoning Us
They appear to be narrowing down the potential causes of autism and other childhood disorders. Harvey Karp reports: One group of substances of particular concern is a ubiquitous family of hormone...
Ted Rall Goes Batshit
Ted really loves his "Obama = Bush" beat, because he's at it again. And he's repeating far-right memes now. Mainly the one about how CIA Director Panetta said that he would be "reviewing" enhanced...
It's Everyone
I think there still might be a misperception about the push for the public option -- that it's all about guys like me and Lee who, for various reasons, don't have health insurance. This is about...
Franken Wins Supreme Court Ruling
TPM: The Minnesota Supreme Court has handed down its much-expected ruling in the heavily-litigated Minnesota Senate race from 2008 -- and it's a unanimous one -- deciding against Republican former...
Thank You Very Much, Spineless Dems
For the usual spineless reasons, senators like John Kerry and others floated support for a trigger mechanism for the public option, which would basically crowbar a 10 year waiting period into the law...
Bloodbath
Check out the descent into chaos in Iraq as American forces pull out of the cities there: Trumpets everywhere! Seriously, though, there will very likely be additional violence there, but we won't be...
Morning Meeting
About the Dylan Ratigan unit -- the show title "Morning Meeting" is terrible. Do viewers really want to dial up a show with a title relating to a miserable workplace chore? Morning meetings suck, and...