April 2009
When being against abortion comes to define you as... →
March 2009
Convenient Patriotism →
Bob Cesca compiles some choice quotes from the wingnuts circa the last president who, just like this president, was a ‘war time’ president. Some of the better quotes:
He’s the Commander-in-Chief. And what I find frankly repugnant about you and some of your fellow Democrats – you have undermined our president… —Sean Hannity, 03/19/06
You don’t criticize the...
Death by Comments →
Uninvited Democratic activists are on a mission to demoralize the enemy - us. They want to ensure that President Obama is not subject to the same coordinated, facts-be-damned, multimedia takedown they employed over eight long years to destroy the presidency - and the humanity - of George W. Bush.
A Longer Answer to This Question →
While I don’t have any acutal fears regarding what might happen if pot were legalized, I have major fears about what a true fight for legalization might look like — politically speaking. The GOP would love this issue to become front and center. It would give them the perfect opportunity to exert their moral superiority, rally their Christian base, paint liberals as hula-hoop twirling Dead...
1999: The Year That Changed Movies - EW →
The decline in the quality of films on a whole since 1999 has been pretty severe, and re-reading this article just made me retardedly nostalgic. I remember reading it in high school when it was first published and being really excited about how The Matrix was totally my generation’s Star Wars, and how Pitt and Norton were the new Redford and Newman, and how Kevin Spacey was the new Gregory...
Everyone Loves Michelle Obama →
It’s great to know that all the bullshit that was going on about Michelle being mean and un-patriotic during the campaign didn’t stick. The woman is fierce, she’s a spectacular role-model, and she could pop tennis balls with her biceps… This one quote from some random Upstate NY Republican lady is weirdish.
Eventually, she will be a great first lady. She definitely has...
cameronr:
Babe Rainbow - ROTFLFO
I’m just tired...
Republican Policy Proposals Are Ruining the...
After a week of massive gains, the Dow is down over 100 points today… the day after House Republicans introduced their detailed alternative budget. Obviously not a coincidence! Seriously, these guys are ruining the economy and they’re running out of people to blame. I say it’s time for a tea party or something.
This List →
Then this list.
House Republicans reveal their "detailed... →
robot-heart-politics:
Upon reading the document, this is basically how reporters responded:
“Are you going to have any further details on this today?” the first asked. “On what?” asked Boehner. “There’s no detail in here,” noted the reporter. Answered Boehner: “This is a blueprint for where we’re going.”
Is anyone really surprised that “nothing” is more or less (mostly less) what...
U.S. Stocks Rise, Extend S&P 500’s Best Monthly... →
I believe the WSJ’s editorial board owes a certain someone a thank you letter.
FACTS
Length of Obama’s FY 2010 Budget: 113 Pages (Pdf)
Length of the House Republicans’ Budget: 17 Pages (Pdf)
Everyone watch HBO tonight!!!! →
My cousin Henry is a documentary filmmaker, and his latest, They Killed Sister Dorothy, is showing on HBO tonight. It won SXSW last year and was shortlisted for an Oscar, and I’ve seen it and it’s really good!
“The Obama administration’s only intellectual challengers are on the left, where...”
– Paul Begala (via apsies)
Dear A.I.G., I Quit! - NYT →
An actual letter of resignation from one of AIG’s higher-ups, this is definitely the must-read of the day.
“The right question to ask is not if we want the president to fail or succeed,...”
– Bobby Jindal
The Republican party is wondering out loud whether it wants America to succeed.
The dubmest congressmen asking the dumbest... →
Everybody relax — Nate Silver is on it →
Sarah Palin Pallin' Around With Scientologists →
soupsoup:
chuckmore:
It’s definitely worth noting that this is the first time in two months that Geithner has opened his mouth and the market hasn’t tanked.
As Obama would say, “Let me be clear” the idea that there is a direct corralation between Obama’s policies and the day to day swings of the stock market is kind of ridiculous.
When the market does well, it shouldn’t because people feel...
“One thing you might want to consider as you read Paul Krugman’s columns is how...”
– Yglesias
Geithner's WSJ Op-Ed →
Geithner to call for new bonus system →
As part of a broad financial-regulatory plan to be unveiled this week, the administration wants to put in place reforms to get financial incentives for employees closer in line with the actual results of the company. Basically, it’s what bonuses used to be before Wall Street went wild in recent years. Long before the recent focus on AIG bonuses, the administration was looking at how risky...
Palin Fires Back at Obama for Special Olympics... →
Even though she once vetoed $275,000 in funds for… the Special Olympics.
Climate change bill is now 'Energy Tax' →
Thanks GOP! As with all of the very real, very serious problems that we need solutions for, present an alternative or shut the fuck up. (Drilling doesn’t count.)
Louis C.K.: Time Magazine Interview →
(via brokedownpalace)
Scorn Trails A.I.G. Executives, Even in Their... →
Jean Wieson, who has lived down the block for 24 years, had stopped her car in front of Mr. Haas’s house before he arrived home. She was angry about the millions of dollars in bonuses paid to its executives, the credit-default swaps that brought American International Group to its knees, the $170 billion the federal government has spent to prop it up. “It makes me absolutely sick,”...
“And what we need is steady growth; we need young people, instead of — a...”
– Obama on Leno
The Zeitgeist Has Appeared, and She's Smart →
My aunt Swanee’s latest blog on Huffington Post.
The greediest thing I've read so far today,... →
“Nobody is going to give it back and then stay,” said one of the firm’s employees. “If they give back the money, then they will walk. And they will walk into the arms of AIG’s counterparties.”
In the meantime, the e-mails from the public have continued to roll in, including death threats and calls to blow up the firm’s Wilton headquarters. Reporters and...