Obama pre-negotiated with himself the whole way through his first two years, not able to get most of what he wanted (even after negotiations) through the Senate even though he had a majority (but you need a SUPER-majority -- unless you're a Republican president, then the rules are different). Now he's got less help in the senate and will get no ( Read more... )

Thank you Orin Hatch.

I know people are idiots, but, wow. So, there's a lot of blah blah here, but the punchline is about 1/4 down on "PICTURES:". Pictures of what? Well, this guy:... went to a website called YourOpenBook.org, which is a search engine that only crawls through Facebook profiles that have not been privatized. As a gag, he used only one search term, the ( Read more... )

I had to put this up on FB, a place where I generally try to stay out of politics. Too many people getting too crazy, my wingnut aunt pushing me over the limit. So here's my screed:

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http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15426759?nclick_check=1...[T]o address the disparity in how workplace health benefits for same-sex and heterosexual married couples are taxed, Google said Thursday it would compensate its gay and lesbian ( Read more... )

If you're a tree-hugging squirrel scrubber like me you should already be reading digby, who today brings us some (as she puts it) sublime journalism. Bianca David of the Denver Post ends her piece on a Tea Party / 9-12 rally thus:King said that under only one circumstance does he support amnesty for illegal immigrants: "Every time we give amnesty ( Read more... )

California's very own DiFi:"We have 99 weeks of unemployment insurance," Feinstein said. "The question comes, how long do you continue before people just don't want to go back to work at all?"
With 5.9 people seeking jobs for every job opening, "not wanting to work" is the opposite of the problem. Plenty of people want to work, there aren't jobs ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2010/05/11/11climatewire-conservatives-tend-to-conserve-less-when-it-69538.htmlIn a study published last month ... providing feedback on energy use can actually backfire with some ( Read more... )

... has a special Cinco de Mayo message for Arizona

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