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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Americablog/~3/-elmFiy91UU/yes-ndaa-really-does-authorize.html
We noted here the news that - contrary to words from his actual mouth - President Obama would in fact sign the NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act, the so-called "Indefinite Detention" bill) into law, and not veto it as once promised.

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"After two years of no cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase, the Social Security Administration is expected to announce tomorrow that Social Security recipients will get a raise in benefits in 2012." [Source~Gee, and right at the beginning of an election year ( Read more... )

...stolen in its entirety from def_fr0g_42...

Emergency opinion from Team Frog Political Fringe Science advisor Lucky Bensonhurst.
I find myself grimly amused by the current dithering over the New York 9th Congressional District race to fill Anthony “That’s Not My Junk”  Weiner’s seat, which now belongs to Republican Bob Turner.

Not unexpectedly, the GOP is ( Read more... )

by Gaius Publius
on 9/03/2011 07:15:00 PM

In the context of news that the Obama ozone cave-in decision was Citizens United-related, we find this, from Zach Carter & Jordon Howard at the Huff Post (my emphasis):
As the nation struggles with a stagnant economy, President Barack Obama has preached overhauling the U.S. tax code to spur economic ( Read more... )

Michele Bachmann Would Consider Lowering Minimum Wage To Match The Cost Of Labor Overseas

I have be saying for a while that no matter how badly Obama fucks up, whomever emerges from the GOP primaries will be so fucking batshit they'll terrify the electorate into re-electing him.

by Gaius Publius on 8/11/2011 06:23:00 PM

This rant is getting a lot of play, and it deserves to. This is the long version. Note that the Dem and Repub spokes-folks both illustrate his point that the party focus muddies the waters - by muddying the waters.

By the way, Dylan Ratigan has a background as a business-press reporter and ( Read more... )

Run, Hillary, run!
The case for why she should challenge President Obama in the 2012 Democratic primariesMy Comment: "As much as I support her ( Read more... )