Anthony Weiner (D-NY) introduces amendment to eliminate Medicare, daring Republicans to vote for it

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I spend a lot of time ripping on members of Congress who are lining their pockets with money from insurance companies while trying to scuttle meaningful healthcare reform. But make no mistake, there are a lot in Congress who are on the right side of this issue. One is Rep. Anthony Weiner from Brooklyn. Here [...]

In Politics July 31, 2009 

Congress’ version of getting things done right

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Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
- Mark Twain
The two committees with absolute and total control over whether a health care bill will pass Congress in the next few months are the House Energy and Commerce [...]

In Politics July 29, 2009 

The Best of 7/28

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Jon Stewart makes Bill Kristol admit government health care is the best.

Bill O’Reilly says Canadians have a larger life expectancy than Americans because we “have 10 times as many people” therefore “ten times as many accidents, crimes, and down the line.” Flawless logic as always.

A homeless man left $4 million dollars in his will to [...]

In Politics July 28, 2009 

The President’s press conference performance and reality

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Simply put, everyone should watch this. This is nothing short of a dissertation on the ins and outs of health care policy in America as it stands now and everything we have to gain from undertaking reform.
The president explained what reform will do, what [...]

In Politics July 23, 2009 

Dave Chappelle predicted a black man would get arrested in his own home

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When the news broke that Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates (who’s excellent work for the New Yorker is profiled here) was arrested in his own home in Cambridge a couple days ago in a widely reported racial profiling incident, many people were understandably shocked. But I would guess Dave Chappelle was not.  He was more [...]

In Politics July 23, 2009 

Landing on the moon, then landing a right hook

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In honor of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, I thought I’d post a video of the historic moment. But after realizing just how bad video was in 1969, I decided watching Buzz Aldrin punch out a “The Moon Landing Was Faked” conspiracy theorist would be much more entertaining.
So enjoy.

In Anything July 21, 2009 

Become a fan of Sarah Palin!

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Ben Smith posted an interesting chart showing Sarah Palin’s ever increasing fan base on Facebook. Unfortunately, this chart does not mention how many of her 600,000+ fans friended her ironically.

Making matters even more confusing, it’s tough to tell whether comments like this are serious or just a joke:

Sarah, you are our Esther “for such a [...]

In Politics July 6, 2009 

Motherf@$king Joe Biden

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I’ve made no secret on this blog that I am a fan of Joe Biden, but he is really starting to kill me.
While mostly flying under the radar in media coverage as a VP candidate thanks to the trainwreck that is (was?) Sarah Palin, I think he deserves credit for convincing many white, blue collar [...]

In Politics July 6, 2009 

“ObamaCare?”

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Normally I avoid Karl Rove’s cookie-cutter partisan drivel at all costs, but this column from a few days ago, “ObamaCare Isn’t Inevitable”, made me laugh. Is he really trying to scuttle health care by dubbing it “ObamaCare?”
For some insight into Rove’s genius, here is what he said two months ago:

Mr. Obama is popular because he [...]

In Politics July 2, 2009 

Wash Post charging lobbyists for access to White House and ability to influence news

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From Politico:

For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to “those powerful few”: Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors.
The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided [...]

In Politics July 2, 2009 

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