Unreachable

A wingnut explains global warming.

An Obama Birther disrupts a Republican's town hall and the crowd is on her side.

These are the people who still supported Bush last year. They cannot be reasoned with, and there is no common ground between me and them. The only way to deal with them is to show the world how insane they are, and to use the ballot box to stop them cold.

How to peel a banana

I saw this on Pharyngula and since I had a banana, I tried it. It works! And to think I've been doing it wrong all these years. I guess you're never to old to learn. So the next time a creationist says, "if evolution is true, why are there still monkeys around?" You say, "to show us how to eat bananas, duh!"

Oh, come on!

This is becoming ridiculous. These Republican 2012 hopefuls are just getting silly. Still, I'm going to miss her. She's been comedy gold platinum.

All hail SENATOR Franken

The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously rules in his favor and Norm Coleman finally accepts reality, letting Tim Pawlenty off the hook.

Lee J got her shirt signed by him. Wonder how much that's worth right now.

Another one bites the dust

At this rate, the GOP is going to have to put out a Craigslist ad for somebody to run against Obama in 2012.

Why we need public health care

A common practice among health insurers is rescission, customers dropped from coverage as soon as they need care. Now that the Democrats are a majority, lawmakers want to put a stop to it. So they had some execs from three of the biggest companies testify. Here's how it went:

Late in the hearing, Stupak, the committee chairman, put the executives on the spot. Stupak asked each of them whether he would at least commit his company to immediately stop rescissions except where they could show "intentional fraud."

The answer from all three executives:

"No."

Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said that a public insurance plan should be a part of any overhaul because it would force private companies to treat consumers fairly or risk losing them.

"This is precisely why we need a public option," Dingell said.

You can see for yourself, it's about 4:45 in:

Health care reform is not reform until it has the public option.

An act of terror occurred today in Kansas

Family planning provider Dr. George Tiller was murdered entering his church's Sunday service. People who call themselves "pro-life" rejoiced. This was an act of terrorism by definition. Think the traditional media will define it that way like they did over a bunch of idiots?

The right wing gets crazier by the day. Expect much more of this.