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For some inexplicable reason, Sen. John McCain was a guest on one of the Sunday news shows again yesterday, this time CNN's State of the Union. As Steve Benen at Washington Monthly points out:"For those keeping score, this will be McCain's 14th Sunday morning appearance since President Obama's inauguration in January. That's 38 Sundays, for an average of a McCain appearance every 2.7 weeks...Not bad for a senator in the minority, who isn't in the...

From Balloon Juice:I know it's shooting moose in a barrel, but anyway:Copyright © 2009 Creators SyndicateCopyright © 2009 Creators SyndicateHappy rainy, dreary, non-golfing, football-watching, Sunday....

We hear it on an almost daily basis--"My opposition to President Obama has nothing to do with race, it's strictly about his policies." It has become the standard line of the TPP (Tea Party People) who carry the "Obama is a Marxist, Fascist, Communist, Kenyan" signs, as well as the town hall screamers and tantrum-throwers (both of whom, just by coincidence, are overwhelmingly white). Well, add one more to the list, the owner of the...

Fasten your seat belts, my fellow Hurricaners. Expect to see the mother of all hissy fits unleashed today on talk radio and Fox News, President Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize: OSLO -- In a stunning surprise, the Nobel Committee announced Friday that it had awarded its annual peace prize to President Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.""He has created a new international climate," the committee said...

A week wouldn't be complete without a few musings from the mind of Michele (Bachmann, that is). Last night on Larry King Live, when pressed by King about whether or not she agrees with the "birthers," the pride of Minnesota said: "I have no reason to doubt that he wasn't born in the United States. I have none." Knowing Ms. Bachmann's difficulty with the English language, I'll give her the benefit of the doubt and...

File this under, 'if they'll do this to their own employees, what will they do to you':"WellPoint Inc., the largest U.S. insurer, dismissed a "small number" of workers last week and announced cuts to employee health benefits Friday, in its latest attempt to deal with the recession's toll on enrollment.WellPoint eliminated the positions last week and expects to let more go before year's end, though the number will be "relatively small," Kristin Binns, a spokeswoman,...

Some numbers to consider in light of General Stanley McChrystal's request for as many as 40,000 additional troops in Afghanistan, and  numbers to remember when you hear the voices in Washington who support the troop increase but argue that we can't afford health care reform:  Annual funding for U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, 2002: $20.8 billion.Annual funding for U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, 2009: $60.2 billion. Total funds for U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, 2002-2009:...

A trip down Hypocrisy Lane. Remember Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Damascus in April of 2007 to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad?  President Bush called it "counterproductive" and Sen. Joe Lieberman said it was "bad for America." The right-wing blogosphere was throwing a tantrum. Hot Air called it "undermining our foreign policy." Sister Toldjah asked, "Can we question their patriotism now?" The headline at WorldNetDaily was "Terrorists Go Ga-Ga Over Pelosi's Trip." Jammie Wearing...

Have you ever wondered why so many members of Congress are so reluctant to reform our health care system, so oblivious to the concerns of the American people, and so ready, willing and able to defend the status quo? It's because inside their Washington, D.C. cocoon, inside the world of the ruling elites, the health care system is all sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows. And guess what, it's all government-run and taxpayer subsidized. Consider this:"The plan...

It looks like ex-Governor Palin's almost shotgun son-in-law, Levi Johnston, was right when he told a news conference this past July that "he heard the governor several times say how nice it would be to take advantage of the lucrative deals that were being offered, including a reality show and a book. "I think the big deal was the book. That was millions of dollars," Johnston said. Sarah the Quitter now has her lucrative book...