Convergence on Goldman-Sachs

While the rest of the country strips Sarah Palin of her humanity for no good reason except that mobbing is so much fun, something very weird is going on with Goldman-Sachs.  There are a number of credible sources reporting now on the arrest of Sergey Alenyikov on July 4, 2009 at Newark Airport.  Mr. Alenyikov [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

Dems on Dems Violence: Healthcare Edition Blue Dog Democrats are a bunch of assholes thumb sucking 3-years old. Conservative Democrats break ranks on health care The “Blue Dog Democrats” group released a list of demands on the eve of House Democratic leaders’ planned unveiling of their final bill Friday. The bill release was pushed back [...]

Did he get an eyeful?

The picture: The video: The picture appears to show President Obama ogling the behind of 16 year-old Mayora Tavares. Did the picture lie or was Obama “multitasking?”

David Brooks to Norah O’Donnell, “I sat next to a Republican senator once at dinner and he had his hand on my inner thigh the whole time.”

This has to be the weirdest story of the day. From the MSNBC transcript: O’DONNELL: What, what’s happened? BROOKS: You know, all three of us spend a lot of time covering politicians and I don’t know about you guys, but in my view, they’re all emotional freaks of one sort or another. They’re guaranteed to [...]

Friday News Dump: July 10, 2009

I was thinking today was a pretty slow news day, but it appears that the administration has tried to quietly sneak out quite a bit of very creepy information today in a classic Bush-style Friday news dump. Warrantless Wiretapping Report The Inspector General’s report on Bush’s secret warrantless wiretapping program came out today, and the [...]

Whatever happened to “You break it, you fix it?” – an Open Thread

United breaks guitars:

Calorie Labeling and your weekend dinner plans

I am constantly struggling with my weight.  If I don’t walk about 5 miles a day I gain weight — and if I eat out with any regularity at all I gain weight.  The switch that makes my brain relate what I’m eating to my weight and health just shuts off when I’m at a [...]

How much will it cost ME and what will I get?

This idea doesn’t seem to be going anywhere and I’m getting dizzy trying to decide (like my opinion matters) if I should support a “strong public plan” in the absence of real reform with a single-payer plan.  And then I realized that there are two questions that hover in the back of my mind whenever [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence*

Healthcare Reform Dems on Dems violence. Democrats Are at Odds on Financing Health Care House and Senate Democrats appeared on Thursday to be on a collision course over how to pay for a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, with the House planning to propose an income tax increase on the wealthiest Americans, [...]

Is Sarah Palin a feminist?

My mom dropped by to visit this afternoon and the subject of Sarah Palin came up. I mentioned to her that a number of people in the blogosphere have been arguing that Sarah Palin is not a feminist because she is pro-life. My mom looked at me like I was crazy. That’s not unusual, she’s [...]