cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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Late Night Awesome — Photos of the Solar System
We’ve been sending up exploratory missions (mostly unmnanned) through our solar system for quite some time — they are so routine that there generally isn’t much news when they go up. Unless something fails. We forget that scientists and engineers are working daily to discover more about the planets and other bodies close to us and that they are still making jaw-dropping discoveries. The October edition of Smithsonian Magazine has an article about the very high quality photos that are coming out of these expeditions, which are themselves jaw-dropping
Friday Afternoon Bacon Blogging — Bacon is Good for Me Remixed!
First up — RSmitty is totally in the spirit with this for lunch today with Bacon Alfredo Pizza from Lean Cuisine. Now, Bacon Alfredo does not exactly compute with Lean Cuisine, but one day we’ll hook this Independent brotha up with an expense account lunch of filet wrapped in bacon:
Proof No. XVIII On Why Conservatives Really Don’t Care About Small Government or Stopping Spending
Senate Finance Committee Approves Amendment Providing Millions for Abstinence Education
So here we go again. Senator Orin Hatch proposed this amendment which would provide $50 million per year through 2014 solely for abstinence education programs. These are the same experimental programs that have been shown to be a failure and that President Obama cut from the budget because they do not work.
Newt Gingrich FAIL — Oops, He Did It Again!
Remember when we told you about Newtie awarding Entrepreneur of the Year to a porn exec? Well, he’s at it again, except this time making the owner of one of Dallas’ premiere “gentlemen’s clubs” the Entrepreneur of the Year:
Chart of the Day
The latest Kaiser Family Foundation poll is out and the news is pretty good, actually:
Late Night Video — the Return of McCarthyism
Interesting comparisons here. Video is 9 – 10 mins long. Find more videos like this on DramaTube
Breaking: Carper Votes Against Rockfeller Public Option –UPDATED
Via Steve Benen:
Updated — Carper votes against the Rockefeller Amendment and for the Schumer Amendment.
The Largest Free Clinic in the United States
This should not be in a first world country: 1300 people showed up for a free dental clinic in Parkesburg, WVA. Then. the Remote Area Medical crew see 1500 people per day, in a free clinic over 8 days in Los Angeles. This weekend, 2000 people in Houston came to a free clinic (Texas having […]
Late Night Video — What Global Warming Looks Like
This is one of the great TED talks, this one accompanied by time lapse imagery by James Balog and the Extreme Ice Survey. This is remarkable imagery from a remarkable project. Worth all 19 minutes of this video.
What Will Tom Carper Do to Protect Drug or Insurance Companies This Week?
This is Week 2 of the Finance Committee amending the Chairman’s Mark of the health insurance reform bill, and I wanted to start this week by reminding everyone of Carper’s rather complete abandonment of the voters in Delaware to clearly sit at the table negotiating for and protecting the drug companies and the insurance companies […]
Late Night Video — the SNL Mocking!
And who gets mocked in this portion of the clip? The Idiot Beck, of course. Whose adventures in spelling are apparently meant to lead a nation or somesuch happy horse you-know-what.
Tom Carper Wants to Give In to the GOP on Health Care
Watch this video of Carper on CNN yesterday — captured by Jed over at dKos:
Late Night Video — All the Single Babies
I was laughing so hard, that I started crying when I first saw this. Not only is it funny as heck, but it is incredibly cute.
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