CBO says that only 100 billion of the 787 billion stimulus has been spent. Which is inline with their original projections. the CBO estimates that between 600,000 and 1.6 million people were employed in the third quarter of 2009 who otherwise would not have been. The spending and tax cuts raised the Gross Domestic Product [...]
Someone help me out here. I heard a couple of weeks ago that the movie “new moon”, part of the twilight trilogy, came out and nearly set a record for number of teenagers watching in the first week. But I cannot see it on the top 10 list on yahoo movies. Is this an error? [...]
All plants growing in my little apartment. And my deck is full of others. These are probably narcissus bulbs, though one is likely a hyacinth. A fern and a peace lily. Peace lilies are reported to be good at cleaning the air. More bulbs (narcissus and hyacinth) More bulbs (narcissus and hyacinth) Hyacinth bulbs More [...]
The chamber of commerce is at it again, with downright stupid commercials they hope misleads the public regarding the health care reform bill being discussed in congress. The first is here: Another: The chamber of commerce is spending an awful lot of money fighting against what is right. I encourage all members of the national [...]
After Obama’s trip to Asia recently, we heard that the president will in fact attend the conference in Copenhagen. And similar good news – China’s premiere will attend as well, and they’ve pledged to lessen their pollution. China pledged Thursday to cut “carbon intensity,” a measure of carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic [...]
If you want to know about a particular science, talk to the scientists. Don’t get your science news from someone who doesn’t understand it. In this clip, Ed attempts to get through a Fox idiot anchor’s think skull, who seems to think that an inhabitable earth impinges on his freedoms. Fox = Stupidity and Ignorance. [...]
The president tosses around some humor, while pardoning courage the turkey. “All told, I think its fair to say that today we’ve saved or created four turkeys”, a stimulus reference that got a good chuckle in response. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
Washington Post – just makin’ shit up. Two writers claimed that: House Minority Leader John A. Boehner won’t be there; he’s on Thanksgiving break and home in Ohio. His deputy, Rep. Eric Cantor of Virginia, also didn’t get an invitation to the dinner. Think Progress: However, this simply isn’t true. As Politico reported, Boehner was [...]
According to TreesForLife.org, Moringa oleifera has great potential in combatting extreme poverty and hunger. The nutritious leaves grow quickly, and in many types of environment, and can feed people as well as livestock and sanctuary animals. Surprisingly, the leaves contain a well balanced profile of the essential amino acids, which is rare for a plant. [...]
When pressed to cite specific policies that they favored or thought qualified her for the presidency, most of her fans struggled to come up with anything other than generic lines about cutting taxes and spending and the Palin staple: “drill, baby, drill.” On the other hand, they were all worried that President Obama has been [...]
Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), a freshman Senator who is fighting to hold his seat in 2010, said he would support health care reform even if it cost him his job. There are a few decent people amongst our politicians.
Harry Reid sealed the biggest legislative victory of his career Saturday night with a kiss. And then a hug. Its a good read. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/21/sealed-with-a-kiss-dems-u_n_366626.html Bravo democrats.
Ron Christie, Republican flunkie is frequently on the Ed show and today Ed and Jack Rice let Christie repeat the full-of-crap talking point that obama tripled the deficit. That is BS. The deficit has NOT TRIPLED. GET THAT THROUGH YOUR IDIOTIC REPUBLICAN HEAD. Ed, you should know better. This guy lies on your show constantly. [...]
The CBO scored the senate’s bill, and reform if passed as is, would save us over 100 billion in the next ten years. But the kicker comes in the next decade, when we save 650 billion dollars – or nearly the entire cost of the stimulus package. Additionally, more than 300 economists wrote to President [...]
I’m not a big fan of Chris Matthews, but I’ll watch every once in a while. Watch this video. But not all of it, I’ll describe some of it, then we’re going to count the BS spread by a republican interviewee, and Matthews sits there like a log. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, [...]
Its probably well-known how some conservatives have been trying for a decade to argue that FDR’s spending (the new deal) prolonged the depression. This in spite of common knowledge. Here are the basic facts. http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/aencmed/targets/illus/cha/T622848A.gif Unemployment dropped from 25% to 14% in his first term. Wikipedia: Roosevelt’s approach to the economic situation he inherited is [...]
Eric Cartman singing Poker Face. Here’s another version comparing lady gaga, cartman and christopher walken.
Stewart: “when you peel back the pretty, shooty layers of the Palin onion, there’s no onion. It’s just a conservative boiler plate mad lib: ‘Freedom is good and taxes are–ooh I need an adjective–how about, I don’t know, silly?”
Right wing lies