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 …
Open Threads
The Boehner Rebuttal! & Open Thread
President Obama knocked the ball out of the park during his presser today, tearing a hole clean through the roof at Tropicana Field (I like to imagine he was batting for the Rays, but picture the Red Sox if you must) and sending that ball screaming clear to Sitka, Alaska. Next up, Speaker Boehner, who …
President Obama Statement and Presser
Contrary to wingnut whinging, President Obama is perfectly willing to speak to Speaker Boehner: He’s just not going to negotiate policy under the threat of government shutdown or default. Good. President Barack Obama called Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Tuesday to again tell the top House Republican that he wouldn’t negotiate over reopening the government …
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 …
ADHD AMERICA
So, ummm, hey- what’s going on in Syria? Three weeks ago 75% of the blogosphere was ready to invade. /snicker
Open Thread: “Experts Agree: Meese Is A Pig!”
The re-emergence of Reagan-lamprey Ed Meese figureheading the latest Koch Brothers assault on our democracy inspired some pre-Internet nostalgia from TNR‘s Michael Schaeffer: … For people who followed politics, of course, Meese was the guy behind some of Reagan’s most divisive policies. But ordinary commuters also experienced the Meese-bashing in ways they didn’t with other …
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Not All Harvard Cocktail Parties Are A Waste of Time
We can’t just live on a diet of alternating snark and rage at the feral Republican children trying to burn down the House. Rather, we could — but that’s like suffering the health effects of a day-after-day Super Size Me diet of political high fructose corn starch and a bucket of Krispy Kreme’s — and …
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