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...
Author - Bob Cesca
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...
Morning Awesome
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...
Morning Awesome
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...
Who's Been Bought Off by the Mafia
The top recipients of health insurance contributions in the House and Senate: TOP 10 SENATE RECIPIENTS: McCain, John (R-AZ) $251,834 McConnell, Mitch (R-KY) $200,200 Baucus, Max (D-MT) $183,750...
Prime Time Thread
Thursdee night open thread. Go!
Probing for a Spine
Another fascinating number from the NBC/WSJ poll. These are the people the Democrats appear to be afraid of: 25 percent hold a favorable view of the Republican Party, which is an all-time low for it...
Afternoon Awesome
Sam Seder talks to protesters outside Letterman's studio.
Democratic Low T
Tom Daschle thinks the president should drop the public option: "We've come too far and gained too much momentum for our efforts to fail over disagreement on one single issue," the Senator and one...
Balls of the Day
John Cole says what needs to be said: Obama reiterated his support for the repeal of DOMA. But guess what? Obama is the President, not a congressmen, and those are the folks you need to pressure, and...
Corporate Criminals
Several of them were on Capitol Hill yesterday. If you get breast cancer, your insurance provider will investigate you for fraud and potentially cancel your coverage. Good people. Source: Digby