Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) downplaying the risks of not raising the debt limit. BLUNT: If you read any of the rating agencies — Standard & Poor and the other agencies — they don’t say we’re in...
Senator Roy Blunt Is A Lying Liar
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All Wrapped Up
Artist - Dave Granlund In other news, the son of News. Corp Overlord Rupert Murdoch, James Murdoch, may face criminal charges both in the US and UK over his involvement in the now-infamous phone...
Reckless And Feckless Austerity
David Plouffe, the architect of President Obama's 2008 campaign, has drawn a lot of criticism for saying he doesn't believe the national unemployment rate will prevent the president from being re...
Heralds Of Uncertainty
Do you recall the number one argument Republicans trotted out toward the end of 2010 while arguing in favor of extending the Bush Tax Cuts while simultaneously holding extended unemployment benefits...
Then They Came For Our Light Bulbs
Don't worry, America. Even though we're four weeks away from suffering another potential financial crisis, congress is tackling the issues that really matter such as repealing lighting efficiency...
A Long Storied Journey
Artist - Jeff Parker In other news, the House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science voted to defund the spiritual successor to the Hubble space-telescope...
The Cost of Minnesota’s Government Shutdown
Minnesota Management and Budget spokesman John Pollard on the costs of the government shutdown taking which is still taking place in Minnesota. [...] The state is losing $1.25 million per day from...
Jim DeMint: I’m Willing To Cause Serious Disruption
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina appeared on Fox Business last night with potential Glenn Beck replacement Judge Napolitano and claimed that he is willing to cause serious harm to the economy to...
Revenue Neutral Fever
By now you may have heard of the new policy phenomenon sweeping the GOP known as "revenue neutral." A policy position which says you can only implement tax-hikes if you offset them with tax-cuts in...
The Hostage Crisis
Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, budget-cuts have forced the town of Alto, Texas to layoff its entire police department, and the Obama Administration has ended a longstanding policy of not...
Taxed Enough Already!
Or maybe not. The U.S. actually has the second lowest corporate income taxes among first-world industrialized nations. If you listen to the Republicans, you may believe the United States has the...
POTUS Appoints Openly-Gay Activist to West Point
President Obama has appointed openly-gay Knights Out co-founder Brenda Fulton as an adviser at West Point. To quote the infamous Joe Biden, "this is a big fuckin' deal." An openly gay co-founder of...
Into A Corner
Artist - John Darkow In other news, bond-holders are challenging Bank of America's $8.5 billion dollar settlement for losses suffered during the crash of the mortgage-backed security market, and...
Paul Ryan: Tax Hikes Must Be Revenue Neutral
Over the holiday weekend, conservative columnist for the New York Times David Brooks issued a rebuttal of current Republican brinkmanship by writing that cutting-spending while also closing tax...
Pawlenty: I Shut Down The Government And Won!
Rule number one in Republican primary politics (at least if your name is Tim Pawlenty) -- don't let a good government shutdown go to waste. Tim Pawlenty has a new ad up in Iowa, boasting of his...
David Duke For President. No Really.
David Duke is launching a presidential exploratory committee to study whether or not Republican voters prefer the original Coca-Cola over Diet Coca-Cola. Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is...
The Default Option
Artist - Jimmy Margulies In other news, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's two top staffers in Iowa quit his campaign today, and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) revealed himself to be a lunatic...
Worst Persons
State Representative Mary Kiffmeyer on the government shutdown taking place in Minnesota. "It's not about revenue," Kiffmeyer said. "It's about a tax increase, because they want to go after those...
Corporate America’s Pile Of Cash
Paul Krugman on the idea of a "Tax Holiday" during which corporations can repatriate the cash piling up inside their overseas tax-dodging havens. So, what’s wrong with this, aside from the fact that...
Oil In The Yellowstone River
If you're visiting Yellowstone during the Holiday, watch out for oil floating down the river. (Reuters) - A pipeline operated by Exxon Mobil Corp leaked as many as 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the...
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