Don’t expect a comprehensive list. A Harris recent poll says that a majority of republicans believe: – Obama is a socialist – Wants to take your guns (nope, only criminals with assault weapons need worry) – Is muslim (he’s christian) – wants to surrender the US government to a one-world government (common libertarian fantasy) – [...]
The Koch Industries (petroleum is in their umbrella) funded all the most well-known anti-climate change science in the last decade. This is a very enlightening report, please scan over it. The writeup at Huffington is here. Green jobs cost jobs and money report from Spain? Koch funded it. It was a bunk report anyway – [...]
Our vice president, Joe Biden has a reputation for being a gaffe-machine. But his most recent effort, “This is a big fucking deal” whispered to the president at the signing of the health reform bill is very impressive for the setting. His remarks presumably meant to be private, have likely received more attention than the [...]
Grigory Perelman (or Grisha) is a russian math genius, who was the first person to solve one of the Millenium Prize Problems. Grigory turned down a $1,000,000 prize previously, and is under pressure to accept another $1 million prize. He’s previously said he’s got everything he wants and has no desire for fame or fortune. [...]
Something else I didn’t know, george was big into hand-santizers. This video cracks me up, whether or not Bush is actually wiping his hand on Clinton’s shirt after shaking hands with the people of Haiti.
Republicans are stalling, as expected – trying to exploit technicalities to delay the vote. So far, california has contributed two real losers to this debate, including Mr. Issa and David Dreier. Image from: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=433×235104 Its also a good time to give some praise to the first woman speak of the House, Nancy Pelosi. She’s been [...]
The final vote is scheduled for Sunday. They’ll have spent a year building to this moment. Medicare took 3+ years. Cries of “this took soooo long” lack historical credibility. The congressional budget office says this legislationi saves us $138 billion this decade, 1.2 trillion the following decade. Cries of “we can’t afford it” ignore reality, [...]
Really slimey tactics by the republicans. Not a suprise. The crazy lady is Virginia Fox. She’s really crazy. Here’s the story at Huffpo. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/doc-fix-memo-fake-health_n_506338.html
Right wing lies