Live Blog: Senate Debate on Health Care Bill

The Senate is debating the health care bill this weekend–specifically they are considering the numerous amendments that have been proposed by Senators. Al Franken is acting as President right now. You can watch the debate on C-Span 2 or you can get the live stream here. Bloomberg: President Obama plans to head to the Senate [...]

Sunday Morning at the Confluence Bed & Breakfast

Good Morning Conflucians! It’s another lazy Sunday here at The Confluence Bed & Breakfast.  This morning we’re serving your favorite blueberry pancakes, topped with a heaping helping of butter and dripping with warm syrup.  As always, don’t worry about the mess.  Just enjoy.  Napkin? Oh yes, and here’s your Sunday paper.  Enjoy! In this month’s [...]

Lazy Saturday Morning Lighthearted News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians! It’s been a tough week for me personally and I’m sick and tired of depressing news. I hope you’re forgive me if I stick to lightweight and/or humorous stuff this morning. Feel free to post links to serious stories in the comments. First up, the President’s golf game. It’s seems he’s “no [...]

Another Obama Myth Busted

I thought there was something fishy about that whole “unprecedented number of death threats” bullshit. It turns out that (once again) I was right. You may have missed it yesterday because of the wall-to-wall coverage of Sarah Palin, but on Thursday the House of Representatives questioned Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan under oath regarding the [...]

Why celebrities flip out: Open Thread

Is it just me?  For the 3 minutes or so that I watched this video, I actually felt sorry for Britney Spears. Over the top paparazzi? or just too bad for her?  I must say I spent most of the time wondering WTH??? This is an open thread.  Grab a cold one, a comfy chair, [...]

Friday Mid-Morning News and Views

For me the biggest news of the day comes from Jeremy Scahill’s revelations about the relationship between Blackwater (aka Xe) head Eric Prince and the CIA. According to Scahill Prince has been working as a CIA asset for years, and that Blackwater contractors with U.S. backing are effectively engaging in a covert war in Pakistan. [...]

The difference between men and boys

is the price (and dangerousness) of their toys. The video shows a life-sized Hot Wheels loop-the-loop. This is an open thread cuz the last one was getting sluggish.

High Noon for Goldman Sachs

A couple of days ago, Alice Schroeder wrote a piece at Bloomberg about a friend of a friend who works at Goldman Sachs. Apparently the bankers are getting a little nervous about blowback from the working class. “I just wrote my first reference for a gun permit,” said a friend, who told me of swearing [...]

Der Kriegsnobelpreisträger*

From Robert Scheer at Truthdig: HERE WE GO AGAIN It is already a 30-year war begun by one Democratic president, and thanks to the political opportunism of the current commander in chief the Afghanistan war is still without end or logical purpose. President Barack Obama’s own top national security adviser has stated that there are [...]

POTUS Speech Live Blog

What will he say?  How will he say it? What is tonight’s drinking game word? digg!!! tweet!!! share!!! join in !!! Add to: Facebook | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumbleupon | Reddit | Blinklist | Twitter | Technorati | Furl | Newsvine