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 …
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 …
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Let Freedom Ka-Ching www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Michael Moore “…corporations are people entitled to protection under the first amendment.” —Attorney Ted Olsen in oral argument before The Supremes The US Supreme Court is currently deciding a case, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , that …
At the wingers’ How to Take Back America Conference last weekend in St.Louis, Rep. Trent Franks, [Rethug-AZ] ratchets up the hate rhetoric against President Obama, calling him “an enemy of humanity.”
Last week ABC premiered a new one hour sci-fi drama series called Fast Forward. The premise involves a mysterious worldwide 2 minute 17 second long blackout. People driving automobiles, flying in airplanes, or undergoing shock therapy to remove all traces of Glenn Beck shows from their neural circuitry, die. The survivors awake with the ability to see their individual futures exactly 6 months in the future.
The contents of General McCrystal’s top-down review of Afghanistan ordered by President Obama found its way into the front pages of the NY Times and Washington Post today. As expected, it paints a grim picture and calls for more of everything– more troops, more money, more nation building– on top of the $ 4 billion a month we’re already spending …
Louis Black, after a good nap. BOULDER — Louis Black was in Boulder last night, chatting up the locals. He looked and sounded a little tired of it all, you know— having to tell jokes about all the adult children who are happy to continue shitting on the levers of capitalism until their butt skin is raw— and made the …
