‘Government’ Archives
Republicans put out their own health care bill but falls short.
Washington Post - Republicans are learning an unpleasant lesson this morning: The only thing worse than having no health-care reform plan is releasing a bad one, getting thrashed by CBO and making the House Democrats look good in comparison. Late last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its initial analysis of the health-care [...]
Comcast is so not Comcastic when it comes to the FCC.
Gismodo - As soon as FCC's Julius Genachowski takes out his mighty sword to kill internet providers' greed-driven traffic filtering, the fat cats are already attacking. A Comcast fat cat named David L. Cohen, who of course is playing the FUD card. Cohen is Comcast's executive vice-president for broadband, who believes that FCC should get their [...]
Fact Check for last nights Obama speech.
Pittsburge Post - (AP) President Barack Obama used only-in-Washington accounting Wednesday when he promised to overhaul the nation's health care system without adding "one dime" to the deficit. By conventional arithmetic, Democratic plans would drive up the deficit by billions of dollars. The president's speech to Congress contained a variety [...]
Missouri legislature approves ban on tupperware…oops I mean styrofoam…wait no tupperware? WTF!?
KSDK St Louis - A law taking effect this week could make criminals out of those who bring Tupperware onto many Missouri rivers. The law was intended to reduce the floating debris from abandoned foam coolers in the state's waterways. But lawmakers, apparently a little rusty with chemistry, barred the wrong plastic. The white foam coolers [...]
Obama slams ‘outrageous myths’ about health care
CNN - Facing a recent erosion of public support for health-care overhaul, President Obama lashed out at his opponents Saturday for spreading "outrageous myths" on the Internet, television, and at town hall forums. Republican leaders, in turn, said it was Obama who is guilty of playing "fast and loose with the facts." They repeated their [...]
Happy Afghanistan Election Day!
Today is the day with the bombs blasting in the air Afghans go out to the polls to vote for their next president. With one cast of the ballet and a possibility of death soon after we salute you. Let Freedom Ring!
Food Inc. in theaters now.
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of [...]
Sotomayor Confirmed! Latina in da house!
Gawker - Sonia Sotomayor has just become our first Latina Justice of the Supreme Court. Senator Al Franken called for a voice vote, and, as predicted, Sotomayor was easily confirmed by the Senate. The number of Republicans expected to vote for her was nine as of yesterday (and those expectations were correct), but it was always 40 de facto [...]
Fox anchor gets pwned by a Democratic guest, but is saved by “breaking news”: Was it A) Release of reporters from North Korea, B) Political developments in Iran, or C) Brand new video from Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week”
Daily Kos - Earlier today, Fox host Trace Gallagher interviewed Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) on the "Cash for Clunkers" program. Gallagher, being a Foxer, tried to get Stabenow to admit the program was an abysmal failure, but Stabenow not only held her own, she absolutely destroyed Gallagher's criticism. Read more + Video
News Alert! Bill Clinton picks up two Asian chicks!
MSNBC - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pardoned two jailed American journalists and ordered their release following an unannounced meeting with former President Bill Clinton, the North's state media said Wednesday. The release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee was a sign of North Korea's "humanitarian and peace-loving policy," the Korean Central [...]
