I may have linked this before, but it bears reposting. Check out this special: Sick Around the World to see how five democracies handle health care and what we can learn from them.
Paul Krugman argues that our current reform plans models the Swiss system best.
Which is odd, given all the GOP carping and lying about the British and Canadian models.
I’m totally gonna find some way to visit the Genghis Khan tourist trap at some point in my life.
Just a reminder that there are a few dozen a-holes running loose in America that illegally killed almost 5,000 American troops as well as a thousand or so “willing” foreign soldiers, a few hundred thousand Iraqis, and wasted trillions of dollars for a war we didn’t need to fight.
Part on an ongoing series, today’s episode covers the Soviet invasion and the continuity – at least to the locals – to the present day conflict.
Folks, the Reich Wing has come to Vegas.
Here’s the video to the event:
Basically, since John Ensign is hiding from the public and Harry Reid doesn’t have a spine – and Lord knows what our Reps are doing – we haven’t had any of the town hall bullshit here. At least until a local racist radio shitheel decided to hold one – in a country/western dance hall.
No, I’m not kidding.
While there, a proper Rethug begins launching into Hilter chants while trying to shout down a Jewish man speaking.
That, in a nutshell, is the Republican Party folks. When something doesn’t go their way, call everyone a commie, bring out the Nazism, and kick in the racial slur machine. Add a dose of angry religion even Jesus wouldn’t recognize as anything he’d ever said and turn the volume up to 11.
Somehow this works. I don’t know why. You’d think people would raise their children to learn that throwing a tantrum is not adult behavior. You’d think people would raise their kids to not be bigoted jerks either. Then again, I guess you’d call those folks anything but Republican.
UPDATE: According to DailyKos, the lady is ironically wearing an Israeli Defense Forces t-shirt. So much for that pro-Israel policy. Or as the posting goes:
Apparently the wingnut love affair with Israel goes only as far as getting Israelis killed in the race to the Rapture.
When an Israeli wants to talk about health care, it’s right back to “Heil Hitler.”
….Now, why does an American wingnut wear an IDF t-shirt to a health care event? To prove wingnut bona fides, of course. But… first thing out of her mouth when she meets a real Israeli? “Heil Hitler!”
A Jew disagrees with her. The mask comes off.
Good coverage on how FAUXNews viewers are being fed lies and take it as Gospel.
There’s a reason you can have a reasoned argument with a conservative anymore: their brains don’t even function on the same information our’s do.
State of Nevada covers the resurgent militia movement in the West.
The militia movement is on the rise. In the West, it’s driven by the Minutemen and their belief in the Aztlan or “reconquista” conspiracy theory. This theory holds that the Mexican government is driving illegal immigration into the U.S. as part of a covert effort to “reconquer” the American Southwest. This attack on the legitimacy of the federal government has become mainstream with more than 30 legislatures seeking resolutions affirming states’ rights. We talk with Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project.
More from the Barney Frank town hall. As he comes up against idiot after idiot, he handles them with great aplomb. Kudos.
Best line: “It’s been 21 years since I’ve had a secret…and I don’t have one now.”