Yesterday's Leftovers

     Nice article from Gary Hart on setting up for a successful primary run. Is it still relevant? Time will tell.

     Walter Shapiro looks at Brokered Conventions, Last Minute Combacks, and Other Crazy Ways the GOP Could end up With a Nominee, what he doesn't tell us is how this will affect the presidential election itself which is actually bonus points for him.

Brian

Friday's Best Comics

Yesterday's Leftovers

     Just the facts in this article looking at the new spending bill The House just passed.

     The "proof" when Obama Says "Republican Economic Policy Just Doesn't Work is all put together rather neatly in some nice convincing charts and graphs.

     Robert Reich makes the President an offer

The Malfunction Minuet

       I like The Malfunction Minuet not as much for the story which is typical of this Senate but for some the references like this one to Point Counterpoint (also known as Jane you ignorant slut) which accurately depicts what has been happening for the last three years in the Senate.

     Chesty is so embarrassed he just can't look.

Yesterday's Leftovers

      A partisan piece that hits a few good points Why Conservatives Can't Fix Poverty was worth reading.

     Another example of how the pencil pushers just can't help themselves The Insidious Fine Print in the Spending Bill shows how the game hasn't changed despite the new blood from 2010.

Climate Change Exponent

      Not as much an ugly opinion as an ugly truth, Shock as Retreat of Arctic Sea Ice Releases Deadly Greenhouse Gas. Methane is what is being released and it works as a multiplier when it comes to increasing the temperature. So things could go bad a lot quicker than people think. Oops.


Brian

Today's Best Cartoon

      Plus Chesty's opinion of congress