Public Option killed by Blue Dogs in Senate Finance Committee
Twice today the Senate Finance committee fucked the voters. Read it and weep:
The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday rejected by 15 to 8 a “public option,” or government-run health insurance plan — the first significant setback for the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
Five Democrats joined all 10 Republicans in opposing the plan, [...]
10 craziest things said in a UN speech.
Since the idiot known as Qaddafi spewed forth his nonsense, several news outlets have given us their take on Fuckwittery at the UN. Below is Foreign Policy’s take on the dumbest shit ever spewed at the UN:
Ortega Goes Rambo on Reagan
Year: 1987
Quote: “Before consulting the hotheads who present various military options such as a military [...]
human nature
i have been reading a bit about the early history of new york state- as i am a native upstate new yorker. i always preface with ‘upstate’ because folks who aren’t from here often tend to think that manhattan is all there is to new york state. on the contrary, upstate has just [...]
Theocratic wingnut runs 30 min Birther video in southern states.
A short excerpt below:
Then he begs for money. Marvelous stuff right? Below is where he is running this horseshit:
Chattanoga, TN
Memphis, TN
Shreveport, LA
Springfield, MO
Abilene, TX
Lubbock, TX
Macon, GA
Savannah, GA
Huntsville, AL
Jacksonville, FL
Tallahasseee, FL
Thank You TPM for this gem.
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Big Bad Madmen Blather On
Israel is taking a break from the madness for Yom Kippur expecting the United States to speak for them during this religious holiday. Seems that ancient religious hoodoo prevents some from facing their problems and gives them an excuse to ignore the bad stuff for a few days in the name of an imaginary friend. [...]
New details on the murder of census worker Sparkman
These details were provided by an individual that found the body. From a local tv channel:
A coroner says the word “Fed” appeared to be written with a felt-tip pen on a U.S. census worker found dead in eastern Kentucky.
Clay County Coroner Jim Trosper confirmed the detail Friday, but would not elaborate.
The body of Bill Sparkman [...]
Regarding the Belleville bus attack incident…
Several readers have asked for my thoughts on the recent beating of a student on a school bus in Belleville Illinois. Contrary to popular belief, this bitch does research the shit I post about and it has taken me a while to research this incident.
What we know is that a student was attacked and horribly [...]
How the media has hosed ACORN, and ultimately, we the people.
I have, on several occasions over the last couple of years, taken on the nutters with regard to ACORN. I am sick of having to explain how ACORN actually alerted the state and county registrars with regard to the phony voter registrations. I am fucking tired of having to explain that they have natural enemies [...]
Batshit Beck and Bachmann on the census
There are tons of videos up showing the rightwing nutters freaking out on the census.
Good read up at HuffPo on the rightwing nutters and their paranoia of the Federal Government.
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wake up america
i haven’t been writing much lately- haven’t had much to write about. news continues to be grim and no one really wants to be reminded of that fact- least of all me. but i do read. i read around the blogosphere and in the facebook now. and, i felt i should point out something because [...]
The rightwing haters have their first victim, a census taker.
This is beyond sick. This can be traced directly back to Michelle Bachmann, Glen Beck and a host of rightwing haters that spew their venom daily on tv, radio and in Bachmann’s case..from the Capitol. From HuffPo:
The FBI is investigating the hanging death of a U.S. Census worker near a Kentucky cemetery, and a law [...]
Don’t Fence US In! The real cost of the US-Mexico wall revealed.
(featuring BorderExplorer’s own music video)
A government report released yesterday predicts that it will cost $6.5 Billion over the next 20 years to maintain a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border. Despite the billions spent, there is no way to assess whether the fence is effective in controlling illegal immigration, states the report from the Government Accountability [...]
Hold on just one hot damn minute…
A bitch is feeling illish and full to bursting with bitchitude.
Shall we?
A certain Anonymous…and aren’t they always Anonymous…left a comment to an older autism post and tried to make the case that state funded programs for people with developmental disabilities are examples of socialism and folks trying to get something for nothing (a bitch suspects [...]
Does this outfit make me look dumb and ineffective?
The Big O™ is now giving up on his position that Israel should cease building more homes and settlements on Palestinian land, asking both sides to come back to the table and discuss.
Yeah right jackass, like that is going to change anything Israel does regarding the Palestinian’s right to live and exist like humans on [...]
33 prisons just aren’t enough..
The continuing saga of California’s massively overcrowded prisons hit’s a new low this week. SCOTUS refused to hear Cali’s request to stay the order issued by a federal panel of Judge’s recently. From Jurist:
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation issued a plan Friday to reduce prison overcrowding as orderedby a special panel of federal [...]
