Author - SK Ashby

Open Thread

Detached From Reality

Artist - John Cole In other news, Florida Governor Rick Scott has decided to waste millions of Florida taxpayer dollars by filing a lawsuit with the Department of Homeland Security in an effort to...

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Healthcare

The Free Market Speaks

UnitedHealth, Aetna, and Humana announced today that they will maintain some provisions of Obamacare even if the Supreme Court rules against the law later this month, but the most important part of...

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Healthcare

That Darn Obamacare…

...is working. According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, over 14 million seniors have now personally benefited from Obamacare provisions. Medicare reports that 14.3 million seniors...

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Taxes

Norquist’s Saint Reagan

Grover Norquist is attacking Jeb Bush not just for saying Saint Ronald Reagan would be too moderate for today's GOP, but also because he said he would accept a 10:1 compromise on spending-cuts and...

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Open Thread

School House Crock

Artist - RJ Matson In other news, The New York Times is reporting that House Republicans have virtually no plans to take up any further major legislation in 2012. Of course we already kind of assumed...

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Open Thread

A Koch and a Smile

Artist - Chris Weyant In other news, The Washington Post is reporting that Mitt Romney's latest energy plan involves drilling in and around national parks and national monuments. What could go wrong?

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Election 2012

Keep Going!

Not-surprisingly, Governor Rick Scott's voter purge crusade isn't very popular and isn't doing him any favors. Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s continued push to remove hundreds of eligible voters is...

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Economy

Doing Just Fine

According to the Wingnutosphere, yesterday was a day that will live in infamy. Why? Because President Obama said the private sector is "doing fine." They are doing fine, actually. More than fine...

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Open Thread

Think of the Children

Artist - Joe Heller In other news, despite Florida Governor Rick Scott's pledge to continue purging voters after the Department of Justice ordered a halt, all 67 of the state's election supervisors...

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Wingnuts

They Aren’t Serious

Senator Rand Paul, libertarian boy-wonder, endorsed Mitt Romney last night. And if you know anything about either of their philosophies, you would know how little sense this makes. Republican Sen...

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Quote

Idiot Quote of the Day

"He wants another stimulus, he wants to hire more government workers. He says we need more firemen, more policemen, more teachers. Did he not get the message of Wisconsin? The American people did...

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Open Thread

Sharing the Pain

Artist - Tim Eagan In other news, Michigan legislators are reportedly planning to jam through an anti-abortion bill that will ban abortions after 20 weeks with no regards given to the health of the...

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Unions

The View From Europe

The Altantic Wire has a collection of reactions to the unsuccessful recall of Scott Walker from overseas. Here are a few of my favorites which American newspapers would never print. "Wisconsin is not...

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Wingnuts

Say Anything

Wherein Mitt Romney reaches into his ass and pulls out more phony statistics that do not represent empirical reality. Today, government at all levels consumes 37 percent of the total economy or G.D.P...

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Wingnuts

What’s Wrong With Arizona?

This is a real campaign ad for a real congressional candidate in Arizona. It's not satire. Yeehaw! Shoot that Obamacare! We're not too far off now from the kind of satirical political ads seen in...

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