Democrats and Republicans continue to compete over who can cater more to Big Senior re: possible Medicare cuts. [AP]
Obama spent all day yesterday begging the U.N. to agree to a resolution that would get Iran and North Korea and others like them in such big trouble if they crossed their fingers behind their backs while signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. [Wall Street Journal]
You really have to give the Taliban credit for taking advantage of their semester abroad in Pakistan, huh! They are now heading into to Afghanistan stronger, savvier and fightier than ever. [New York Times]
Ahmadinejad is apparently not yet bored of his old tricks, namely, calling Israel and the U.S. racist, accusing everyone he’s ever met of genocide, and throwing in some noncommittal “Iran is pretty great, actually!”s for good measure. [New York Times]
India will be doing a bit of role-playing this week, as it does its part to pretend to care about doing something that will curb carbon emissions. Going clockwise, soo… China: you’re next. [Washington Post]
American women, GETTING HYSTERICAL and whining about affording to feed and educate their children, might not be into having so many anymore! [Reuters]
What happens when insane old men of competing political stripes, neither with any filtering capabilities, converse? PEE PEE RAGE. Here is comical Democratic Rep. Pete Stark, who has been proudly insulting constituents and colleagues for about 40 years, taking a question at a recent town hall from a standard-issue old wingnut — a frequent suckler of Medicare, to be sure — complaining about how Medicare is a terrible program and why does Pete Stark want to give more terrible government health care to people hmm? “Mr. Congressman, don’t pee on my leg and tell me it’s raining,” the wry wingnut declares, to which Stark responds, “I wouldn’t dignify you by peeing on your leg, it wouldn’t be worth wasting the urine.” Ha ha. And then there are like 8 minutes left in the video so god knows what else happens; we have more posts to write… [Glenn Thrush]
Do you know how many Americans have perished since Obama has pulled the plug on democracy? The answer is “countless.” Alternately: millions. Billions, even, if you count the poor ones that Obama is always so gay about counting. The GOP will now shuffle someone out, “Charles Boustany”, who will read the names of socialism’s victims to the tune of Rod Blagojevich singing Elvis B-sides. It will be America’s finest hour. MORE »
Jesus, didn’t Michael Steele shame himselfenough timeslast week to realize that he should never talk about anything related to health care, publicly, again? He must really care about passing this very detailed Seniors’ Bill of Rights he introduced last week, which would heroically prevent lawmakers from EVER making any cuts to Medicare, a program which he also hates and considers indicative of why government programs are inherently dysfunctional. Good for Michael Steele! MORE »
FAMOUS CNBC LADY LITERALLY HAS NO IDEA WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT: We know that most of you people like to spend your entire “workdays” watching the television channel for rich people, CNBC, so as to stay a step ahead of your fellow investors in the ultra-competitive “Who can lose most of America’s wealth the quickest?” financial game, so we feel obligated to present you with a modest caveat to keep in mind: one of the channel’s most well-known hosts, Maria Bartiromo, has no idea what Medicare is. She does not understand why 44-year-old Rep. Anthony Weiner doesn’t currently “use” Medicare himself, if he thinks so highly of it. Disturbing. [Huffington Post]
Oh good LORD. Sorry, those of you who are still employed and can’t listen to the communist propaganda organ Nationalized Public Radio while you’re at work! This is a precious, precious little exhange between walking human lexicon Steve Inskeep and double-talking Medicare clown Michael Steele, who does not understand that “nuanced” is not a naturally derogatory term. Things get good around the 5:30 mark. Thanks to elitist NPR listeners “Lindsay” and Superfecta for bringing this to our attention. [NPR]
Getting tired of THIS STUFF, aren’t you? Well, suck it up. At this point, we want to pressure Obama and Congress to incorporate as much rationing and Death Paneling as possible into a final health care bill, with very loose criteria. You’re eligible for Medicare, human? KILL. This will be the single determining criterion. It will save us so much money, for sexy parties. So along with the old racist up top, we will now present a few other candidates for Death Panels, from a recent town hall protest in Dallas. Thank you to operative “Lisa” for these freaking gross images. MORE »
RNC chairman Michael Steele — the “Republican Barack Obama,” because he is black — took to the pages of local war & murder digest The Washington Post yesterday to argue for “Seniors’ Bill of Rights” that included ten provisions reading, “Get Your Government Hands Off My Medicare And Guns.” It promised NO CUTS EVER in Medicare, especially none of these so-called “efficiency” cuts, where money is so-called “wasted” “under the current” “system.” It was the best political column since Robert Novak’s death. But today Michael Steele has, ho ho ho, directly contradictedhimself, because he is not a good human being. MORE »
Their fingers are bedecked in all kinds of purity jewelry, for they have taken an oath of abstinence, a solemn promise to wait until Rush Limbaugh tells them it’s okay to say “yes” to something other than anal. But until then, the Republicans must fight the lustful Yes Demons in their heads. [Think Progress]
There is a malicious rumor that Big Government will get between seniors and their Medicare, like an enormous slimy corn intervening between their toes. A terrible lie, debunked by Michael Steele. [Matt Yglesias]
Did you know that a squadron of power drill-wielding CIA agents found a stack of graphic torture anime, in Al-Qaeda’s Torture House (not to be confused with Al-Qaeda’s famous Waffle House)? Well now you know. [Gateway Pundit]
From the Merriam-RedState Dictionary: hy·poc·ri·sy (n) - “Hypocrisy is a willful professing of a belief, that one that does not truly believe. An outspoken Christian who commits adultery is not a hypocrite.” The End. [RedState]
Barack Obama had a sexy “golf foursome” on Martha’s Vineyard. [The Caucus]
Somebody take this Senator Jim DeMint and give him a lifetime appointment, because he is a national treasure. He is a Poet of Words. And for every sane thing he says — he does say some sane things, occasionally! — he says something sort of astonishing. Witness his latest interview with a South Carolina newspaper. MORE »
Trig will live after all! Suck a beanpole, Obama, because the Senate Finance Committee will apparently strip from its terrible hell-bill the provision to reimburse Medicare doctors who provide end-of-life counseling sessions. Chuck Grassley is the force behind this stripping, because holy shit, he had no idea that Obama was planning on killing him (”grandma”) with this provision! Which he was! The Senate Finance Committee health care bill will soon just be a massive tax cut for Wall Street investment banks and Montgomery Burns. [TPM]
Do you know how many Americans have perished since Obama has 
FAMOUS CNBC LADY LITERALLY HAS NO IDEA WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT: We know that most of you people like to spend your entire “workdays” watching the television channel for rich people, CNBC, so as to stay a step ahead of your fellow investors in the ultra-competitive “Who can lose most of America’s wealth the quickest?” financial game, so we feel obligated to present you with a modest caveat to keep in mind: one of the channel’s most well-known hosts, Maria Bartiromo, has 
Getting tired of THIS STUFF, aren’t you? Well, suck it up. At this point, we want to pressure Obama and Congress to incorporate as much rationing and Death Paneling as possible into a final health care bill, with very loose criteria. You’re eligible for Medicare, human? KILL. This will be the single determining criterion. It will save us so much money, for sexy parties. So along with the old racist up top, we will now present a few other candidates for Death Panels, from a recent town hall protest in Dallas. Thank you to operative “Lisa” for these freaking gross images. 
RNC chairman Michael Steele — the “Republican Barack Obama,” because he is black — took to the pages of local war & murder digest The Washington Post yesterday 
Somebody take this Senator Jim DeMint and give him a lifetime appointment, because he is a national treasure. He is a Poet of Words. And for every sane thing he says — he does say some sane things, occasionally! — he says something sort of astonishing. Witness his latest interview with a South Carolina newspaper. 
Trig 