Canadian company built http://t.co/SrMHZ3TbML http://t.co/48vuyQ7liH No doubt working with Canadian sleeper agent Ted Cruz 2 sabotage system — billmon (@billmon1) October 10, 2013 . Actually, it’s a pretty informative WaPo article, allowing for Tim Lee’s ingrained pessimism: … The primary Obamacare exchange contract went to the CGI Group, a Canadian consulting company that has also …
Open Thread: Didn’t Work Then, Either
Ed at Gin & Tacos highlights a bit of history I hadn’t seen mentioned elsewhere: One of the most impressive aspects of modern conservatism is how completely a-historical the movement and its ideology have become. Most humans tend to remember things that happened in the past; some even learn from the experience. American conservatives, conversely, …
Open Thread: Panoramic, Wide-Screen Fantasies
Don't think i've ever read an AP lead like this http://t.co/khFdPDqYFh pic.twitter.com/S19Z0DD0RK — Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) October 9, 2013 *********** @darth @existentialfish @NickBaumann Hopefully the part where they draw and quarter him. — billmon (@billmon1) October 9, 2013 *poster* RT @existentialfish: Phil Gingrey: Debt Limit Fight Chance For 'Braveheart' Moment http://t.co/SVYwBBT27Y http://t.co/zWTswYWmjx — darthredpandacare™ (@darth) …
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Early Morning Open Thread: Dare Ya!
(Walt Handelsman via GoComics.com) Harold Meyerson taunts the “moderate” Republicans: … While The Post counts 21 GOP House members who have declared themselves in favor of ending the shutdown by passing a clean resolution, most of them have done nothing to compel the House Republican leadership to allow such a vote. … The tea party …
Open Thread: Hitting Hard
Anybody watching League of Denial on PBS? From NYMag: … One of the more startling revelations from the film is that football players don’t need to sustain any kind of freak, horrific blows to the head to become afflicted with CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which causes depression, mood swings, and memory loss, and has …
Malala Yousafzai, A Hero and Her Making
Two stories and a video to help us remember that there’s worse things in life than living with Republicans, even Teabagger Republicans. First, a lovely short piece in TNR by Mira Sethi: When I met Malala Yousafzai last month in London, almost a year after the Taliban tried to kill her, she was sitting in …
Helpth.com: Give It Up, Repubs…
. Via commentor JordanRules. If H&R Block thinks they can turn a buck helping people sign up, Obamacare / the Affordable Care Act is here to stay! Also, comment from a lurker in the thread below: I’m a DC local right now I’ve got a housemate who’s interning on the Hill for one of the …