Supreme Court rules in favor of Obamacare

(Which is a bit of a “Suck it” to the hordes of naysayers who’ve been trying to kill it to replace it with the system we’ve had forever that really wasn’t working all that hot, anyway.) In a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court shot down a challenge that would have (from the link): erased …

Are Millennials slackers?

This PRRI chart says maybe. “Liking” something on Facebook doesn’t take a whole lot of effort, and this is disturbing because, as says Leftover, who sent the link in the first place, we really need more participation from this age group, not less. And thanks, Leftover, for the link.

Bobby Jindal shows his stripes

Earlier this month, Gov. Jindal’s Executive Order BJ 15-8 essentially cleared the path to discriminate against the LGBTQ crowd, just ‘cos. This order seeks to accomplish what an earlier Louisiana state bill addressing so-called “religious freedom” tried to do, but it was rejected by the state legislators. Read what the National Organization for Women says …

Segregationists are forever

Read this Salon piece and then think about the language certain types use when talking about “entitlement” programs (that’s a word with which I am entirely comfortable, as I believe everyone is “entitled” to decent healthy food and a good education and decent, affordable housing). This is my favorite part: It is not simply that …

Rep. Issa: Our poor are “the envy of the world”

Darrell Issa (R-California) is the richest congressman in Washington, with a net worth of nearly $500 million. You can find out more about Rep. Issa here, at OpenSecrets.org. And thanks, Cynical, for the link.

Bro. Mike Huckabee has joined the Presidential race and for that?

We say thank you Baby, Teen-age, and Young Adult Jesus, for where else can you get such gems as: “I hope we answer the alarm clock and take this nation back for Christ.” — Vintage 1998 stuff If you felt something incredibly powerful at Auschwitz and Birkenau over the 11 million killed worldwide and the 1.5 …

If something sounds too good to be true…

…then run — don’t walk — the other way. The recent Congressional budget agreement promises to do all kinds of magical things, but mostly? From Robert Greenstein, founder and president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the agreement, if approved: would eviscerate substantial parts of the federal government — including parts that have …

So the IRS sent me a letter from the future

It arrived yesterday, April 20, and was dated next week, April 27. Evidently, they haven’t received my check for my 2014 tax bill, which wasn’t huge and I’m not complaining, but it’s the IRS and you don’t want to mess with them so: I immediately called their 800 number and spent 10 minutes punching numbers, …

Not everyone’s ready for Hillary

I wanted to run for President, too. But I didn’t.

Soon, elections will simply be billionaires duking it out every four years

This is from Mother Jones, which charts the demise of the small-time political donor. Why? Because it’s more cost-efficient to go after the big money, as this Washington Post story attests. And why is this important? As Mother Jones’ Kevin Drum says: it has the potential to alienate the electorate even more. Things are bad …