Schadenfrude On Steroids

Americans For Progress conferees erupt in cheers at news that the USA lost the Olympics Last January, Rush Limpbot declared he wanted President Obama to fail. He rightly got a lot of heat for it, including from traditional conservatives desperately clinging to the illusion that their brand hasn’t been hijacked by wingnut/dittoheads who put political victory (and the power it …

Propaganda Douche

…the entire Republican party now openly defines itself
[as] blatantly racist, sexist, repressed, exclusionary,
and permanently addicted to the politics of fear and rage.

Goin’ Rowg

Wasilly — ALASKA You might know by now that Sarah Palin has been pallin’ around with a wicked extremist ghostwriter. And with the help of this weg, she’s written a 400 page book in less than two months! And the ink-laden pulp will be on the shelves just in time to celebrate Turkey Day. But the irony only begins there.

When Teh SOCIALISM Comes!

When Teh SOCIALISM comes… Teh Great White Stoopid will be dressed up like rodeo clowns and forced to live in feed lots with the other cattle. Right to Far Right: Rush Limbaugh (with ginormous man-boobs), Michele Bachmann, Jim DeMint (with banjo), Bill O’Reilly, Max Baucus (chicken suit), Glenn Beck, Eric Cantor, Mitch McConnell (in back), Rick Santorum, (seated), Sarah Palin …

Dot Connecting

News item: New study finds 45,000 deaths annually linked to lack of health coverage Nearly 45,000 annual deaths are associated with lack of health insurance, according to a new study published online today by the American Journal of Public Health. That figure is about two and a half times higher than an estimate from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in …

Grayson Strikes Again

Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) walks into the lyin’s den of CNN’s Situation Room to re-iterate what he said on the House floor yesterday when he revealed the GOPers health care reform plan: “Don’t get sick.” And their fallback plan. “And if you die, die quickly.” He did subsequently take the floor to apologize, not to the Rethugs, but to the …