Why are Medicare Advantage premiums going up almost 300% in NC?
I have a fairly liberal co-worker who is on Medicare and just got notice that his Medicare Advantage premiums are skyrocketing in 2015, along with his "out-of-pocket" costs, his deductibles and...
View ArticleIf we lose tomorrow, the Democratic leadership will learn the wrong lesson
I am going to get pummeled by many for even suggesting we are going to lose, but the math does not look good for our side. Yes, I have heard all sorts of excuses about why the numbers are wrong, but I...
View ArticleSo who will the Teabaggers replace McConnel and Boehner with?
Eric Cantor is probably kicking himself for not hanging around, since that would have meant he would have been top candidate for Speaker. Yertle pissed all over the baggers favorite boy in the primary,...
View ArticleSo, will we ever have an "Innocent Children's Day"?
To honor the deaths of innocent children at the hands of soldiers "fighting for their motherland, fatherland, or homeland?"The innocent Vietnamese children burned to death with Napalm™? The innocent...
View ArticleFerguson Grand Jury "Witness #40" - The most fraudlent document since the...
I want to believe this is satire. I want to believe this is something someone slipped in the grand jury documents as a VERY SICK joke, but both CNN and The Guardian link...
View ArticleLibertarian renounces citizenship, pissed that he can't come back to the U.S.
Your laugh for the day: Ver complains that the decision has forced him to miss speaking appointments at conferences and that the US embassy in Barbados refused to even consider the evidence for his...
View ArticleHell hath no fury like the Internet avenging a pizza delivery driver (Update#2))
A bunch of used car salesmen decide to screw with a pizza delivery guy and stiff him on his tip by making him drive back and return it. For some reason, the video of the exchange is uploaded to the...
View ArticlePizza Guy Bullies Apologize, Kind Of... (Updated)
For those of you not up to speed with the nasty used car salesmen at F&R Auto Sales in Westport, MA, you can read about the schadenfreude event of the year here:Hell hath no fury like the Internet...
View ArticleGOP Sen Tillis: Handwashing by food handlers should be optional
GOP Senator: Don't Force Employees To Wash Their Hands After Using Toilet TPM In a week packed with news over concerns for public health, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) described his own history of opposing...
View ArticleUtah flags 8,000 tax returns as possible fraud. TurboTax hacked
Utah Tax Commission flags thousands of potential fake returns Salt Lake Tribune Fraudsters are using stolen personal information to file fake tax returns for real Utahns, hoping to steal refund money,...
View ArticleMore evidence of the U.S. Police State: Black site in Chicago
The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden 'black site' The Guardian The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to...
View ArticleOld footage "proves" O'Reilly's exploits in Afghanistan
It's a little grainy, but it has been vetted as authentic by Fox Newshttps://www.youtube.com/...
View ArticleA response to the apology by the parents of racist Levi Pettit
The family of Levi Pettit bought themselves a domain name and issued an apology on behalf of themselves and their son for leading his frat brothers in a racist chant.Not buying it. As parents of Levi,...
View ArticlePoliceman beats and tasers 12 year old runaway
Runaway teen tackled, deputy uses stun gun KGTV News Friends of a teen boy who was caught on video where a San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy used a stun gun on him, are calling for him to be fired. The...
View ArticleI drive a Nissan Leaf BEV every day, ask me anything
Thinking about getting an electric car but have questions? So did I, so I spent months looking into it before I bought a used 2012 Nissan Leaf SL back in December. I highly recommend the car for anyone...
View ArticleIs Black Lives Matter the new Occupy Wall Street?
When the Occupy movement surged out of nowhere and became a rallying point for millions of people angry at the financial industry that had laid waste to the world economy with its voracious and...
View ArticleA few questions for Bill Maher
1) Shouldn't we be profiling anyone with an Irish accent, since there was a LOT of bomb making by people on both sides of that conflict in the past? When was the last time someone in this country was...
View ArticleHow will the Right disgrace themselves during the Papal visit?
Because politeness and decorum is SO 1970s.
View ArticleSo, will Boehner use his remainig days to "fix the wagons" of the Tea Party...
If he was actually listening to what Pope Francis said, he will strike a deal with Dems to fund the government without conditions. Hell, is it possible that he could even get an immigration bill up for...
View ArticleCan we do the math on mass deportation?
Not the cost of building walls, or hiring additional people as investigators, guards, administrators, etc. But just the math involved with two policeman finding and arresting someone for not being...
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