Archive for April 28th, 2010
Is Laura Bush Kidding?
From her new book: Bush also suggests that she, her husband, and several members of their staff may have been poisoned during a G8 summit in Germany where they all fell mysteriously ill. The Secret Service investigated and doctors found only that they had a virus. “We never learned if any other delegations became ill, […]
Republican Insults All Immigrants, Everywhere.
And notice I do not use the term “illegal immigrants.” I am talking about all immigrants. Anyone who has ever walked across the border of the United States to live a better life. Anyone who has ever come here to this country for peace, liberty, and freedom. Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) says “It takes more […]
Another Wingnut Conspiracy Smackdown
The usual repub blog suspects picked and ran with an item from The American Spectator which purported to have a bit of “news” about the HHS having information (in the form of a report from the Office of the Actuary for Medicare) in advance of the ACA bill vote that would indicate that medical costs would rise. The usual right-wing purveyors of wrong went to town with this, of course. (John Cole at Balloon Juice has the screenshot of Google showing how focused the spread of this kind of stuff is among the usual GOP suspects.)
Another Bush Appointee Joins the Ranks of the Convicted
Another one of Dubya’s political appointees became a convicted felon yesterday. The OSC is the office that is supposed to protect Federal employees against retaliation when they file whistleblower complaints. It’s supposed to enforce Merit System rules and investigate complaints. Under Bloch, the OSC failed miserably. One of the first things Bloch did when he […]
Political Hot Stove Chatter-Delaware General Assembly Edition
Lotsa stuff percolating on the stove. Let’s try to bring ’em to a boil… 1. Democratic Primary for Oberle Seat Two D’s have filed in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Bill Oberle in this blue-collar Newark-area district. The D registration edge is so daunting that the winner of the primary almost certainly will win […]
Oklahoma Doctors Get Okay To Lie To Patients
Angry Mouse at kos points out the crazy. The second measure passed into law Tuesday protects doctors from malpractice suits if they decide not to inform the parents of a unborn baby that the fetus has birth defects. The intent of the bill is to prevent parents from later suing doctors who withhold information to […]
The GOP FinReg Proposal — A Good Sign or Bad?
Last night, Republicans released their counter-proposal to Chris Dodd’s Financial Reform Bill (full text here). I don’t claim to have read either in its entirety, but the general consensus seems to be that they are not all that fundamentally different. Annie Lowrey of the Washington Independent has a good comparison of the two proposals. Here […]
Run, Ted, Run!
Joan Walsh over at Salon.com has been delighted listening to our Senator become one of the leading voices on banking reform. And she wants him to run. Ms. Walsh is late to the party here, but she’s got it right (mostly):
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Report-Wed., April 28, 2010
The Insurance Commissioner got her free pass and the Rethugs in the House reemerged as the ‘Daddy’ Party. Just another day in Dover. Mike Barbieri’s common-sense bill that eliminates mandatory reporting of school ‘incidents’ involving kids from ages 9-12 barely passed, largely on a party line vote. In other words, those voting ‘no’, or going […]
Another Dispatch From The Braintrust
Microchips are becoming the new black helicopters for the extreme right. Georgia is outlawing involuntary microchip implantation based partly on the testimony of a woman with psychiatric problems. At least one Republican candidate for Congress thinks we should go the opposite direction. Republican Pat Beroche (IA-03) thinks we should implant microchips to keep track of […]
Shitty Deal
For a second time yesterday, all the Senate Republicans + Ben Nelson were able to block the financial regulation reform bill from coming to a vote in the Senate. On the same day, however, Goldman Sachs was busy giving an assist to financial reform by getting grilled by a Senate committee. Carl Levin chewed up […]
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