Saturday Open Thread [12.14.13]

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One year ago today, 26 children and their teachers were gunned down in their school in Newton, CT. There are quiet memorials going on all over the country -- the most important one probably being remembering to hug your kids tight today. Especially since there have been 20 school shootings in the US since Newtown and it is apparent that we (not sure if that includes the shooting in Colorado yesterday -- two kids wounded and the shooter killed himself), as a nation, are just fine with the fact that our kids may not return after a school day because of more gun violence. I hope everyone is thinking about all of the families whose children did not get a chance to grow up today.
Friday Open Thread [12.13.13]

Friday Open Thread [12.13.13]

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Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), says the health insurance exchanges will work, and will work well. Well, if that is case, that means Coburn believes that the exchanges will both lower the costs of health insurance so that it is affordable, while at the same time insuring the uninsured. So why he is against it? How can you be against something that both lowers the cost of health insurance and covers the uninsured? Could it be that you oppose it because you think health insurance is a privilege for only those who can afford it?
This Pope simply will not shut up about economic justice

This Pope simply will not shut up about economic justice

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Francis' oppressive tolerance and totalitarian love for humanity - and the way it delivers roundhouse kick after roundhouse kick to the hypocrisy of American "Christians" is endlessly entertaining to me. I daresay, if he had been the Pope when George Bush concocted a pretext to bomb the shit out of Iraq simply because he had a hard on to bomb Iraq - this Pope might have had a few words to say about it.

Thursday Open Thread [12.12.13]

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Jon Stewart on .. The Handshake. First Read: "But here's probably the best way to view it: Would you greet (or shake hands with) an estranged family member at a memorial service for a loved one? Or do you go out of your way to snub that person? In other words, is that day about you and your conflict? Or about that loved one who's being memorialized lying in a casket? We know the answer from the GOP, who are all narcissistic mental cases deserving of institutionalization.
More ‘Horrible’ From John Carney

More ‘Horrible’ From John Carney

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He has truly descended to the depths. Maybe somebody in the Democratic Party will pay attention to his latest outrage. Three days after Christmas, unemployment benefits are scheduled to end for 1.3 million Americans. 166 Democrats have signed a letter to Speaker Boehner demanding that the Honorables not leave for the holidays until long-time UI has been restored. I, uh, think you can guess where this is going.
Meet The Best Health Care, The VA

Meet The Best Health Care, The VA

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Yes, the best health care in the USA is the VA. Not private, for profit care but the system owned and run by the people of the United States, via the federal government. Yes, government healthcare that is essentially socialized medicine.