Bruce Bartlett speaks. I agree with everything he says, especially about the Republican Party being brain dead. It’s horrific to watch, especially in the conservative friends and family I know that are following them into the abyss.
Nice. Pseudo-scientific woo like “therapeutic touch” is sneaking into the healthcare bill. This will not only drive up expenses, but move money to fund bullshit. Penn and Teller’s show had a great segment on Emily Rosa, the 11-year-old girl who proved TT was garbage.
The heavy hand of the fed is trying to outlaw oysters for half the year because about a dozen people, mostly those who are immuno-compromised, could die from a bacteria. I’m sorry. When did our society get to the point where people are no longer allowed to take risks? I’ve eaten raw oysters and I knew that it could make me sick. I’ve eaten cooked oysters and know it can make me sick. Aren’t I allowed to make that decision any more? Apparently not.
One potential fix for this might be oyster irradiation. But that’s another kettle of shellfish altogether.
60 Minutes has a great story about how easy it is to commit Medicare fraud. Of course, the lack of oversight is one of the reasons why Medicare is so “efficient” compared to the private sector.
Just when you thought Republicans couldn’t get any dumber.
People are upset with Crumb’s version of Genesis (NSFW). Probably what bothers them most is that he leaves in the parts of Genesis — such as Lot’s daughters — that they’d prefer quietly left out.
A scary story about kids being taken away from parents because they are obese.
Compare and contrast: the environmental movement in a state run by controlling environmentalists and one barely run at all. If you want green technology to advance, you’re going to have to let the market do it.
Those awful CEOs with their evil salaries. Good thing our public option mortgage company is above such reckless behavior. Oh, wait.
Alan Grayson is now embarrassing the Democrats. Last week, he got praise from Greenwald for questioning a fellow Congressman about bills of attainder — apparently, removing ACORN’s funding is the equivalent of fining or jailing someone. I was unimpressed and continue to be unimpressed. Grayson spews rhetoric that appeases far leftists. But I tend to think that stuff belongs on talk radio, not Congress. Of course, the GOP has just about its entire membership talking like a an army of Alan Graysons.
Re-analysis shows that global warming has not reversed and, indeed, the last decade has been the warmest in the 130 years we have measurements for.
It’s like watching a root-docter, who’s just performed a heart transplant, try to explain why the patient is dead. I deeply suspect that this is all unexceptional. There is no fool-proof anything in this world–least of all a death penalty.
I am lying here with my jaw in my lap. This is the government we are trusting with the power of life and death.
That ticker on the death penalty just moved a step closer to oppose.
The blogosphere is all over Pat Buchanan’s latest screed about how America’s culture (i.e., white culture) is being destroyed. A great response is this one, in which Ralph Ellison — yes, that Ralph Ellison — argues that America has been shaped by African-Americans to a far greater extent than most people realize.
Huffpo has their most egregious examples of Fox News bias. I dunno. First, HuffPo continues to confuse opinion with news reporting. Second, almost all of these can be seen in the MSM for the Democrats. In particular, the criticism of Fox for reciting Republican talking points falls flat. I used to run a regular feature in which I would put Democratic Party press releases and NYT editorials side-by-side and invite readers to guess which was which. Narry a mention, of course, will be made about Olberman and Maddow’s secret meeting with Obama.
You know, couldn’t he prosecute the woman for trespassing?
What would life be like without the internet? My third favorite magazine takes a look. Not shown: me writing random thoughts on walls.
Ah, DMV. Do you ever fail to be a source of humor?
Team Obama decides that voters are too stupid to vote without parties. I suspect, however, that the motivating factor here is to get more Democrats elected.
Again, remind me why Bloomberg is touted as a Presidential Candidate? How do you make the business environment in NYC worse?