Update Oct 23, 2010:GOP Plan Dramatically Reduces Social Security Benefits, Actuary Finds By Sahil Kapur A high-profile Republican budget plan would slash Social Security benefits in the long-run — perhaps even by up to half of what they are now, the program’s actuary concluded in a new study.Original post begins here:Seniors beware! The Republican Party’s money-grabbing drive to privatize the
Tag: November midterms 2010
Video Witch-Off: O’Donnell vs Elvira
Update Oct 21, 2010: On ABC, Christine O’Donnell said she regrets airing her not-a-witch ad which was meant to kill opponent’s use of her past craft-dabblings against her. Instead, SNL lampooned it (amusingly, I might add – loved it!) but she seems to have made no mention of David Letterman’s nightly spoofing (‘the witch running in Delaware’) or of Elvira’s mimcry below… Original post begins
Campaign donors to Congress, Pluto opposite US n Sun
With November midterm 2010 upon us in short order, Mother Jones has published a helpful Campaign Cash Seating Chart showing who owns Congress, House and Senate.An interesting example is Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX), the toadie who apologized to BP (poor things!) after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. One of Barton’s primary donors is Anadarko Petroleum, owner of 25% of BP’s…wait for it…Deepwater
Libran New Moon over DC 10.7.10 (Oct-Nov 2010)
Today I’m looking at the horoscope of Thursday October 7, 2010’s New Moon 14Lib24 which perfects over Washington DC at 2:44:25 pm edt (using Solar Fire software as always) and falls in the 9th house of that location.Rising is one of the degrees of the Great Conjunction/s of the Illumination pair of energies, Uranus and Neptune: 19Cap44. At Midheaven, the Goal Point, is 12Sco49 with Venus 13:14
Bill Maher on Christine O’Donnell’s win
By now you’ve heard that Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell won big in yesterday’s Republican primary in Delaware with the eventual plum in the pie being VP Joe Biden’s old Senate seat.Click to watch Mr. Maher on CNN with Larry King last evening; text of the comedian’s remarks are included. He says he knows O’Donnell personally and likes her (she’s a nice person) but adds his usual maverick
Jon Stewart explains Jan Brewer’s debate performance (video)
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon – Thurs 11p / 10cIndecision 2010 – Are You Ready for Some Midterms?www.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorTea Party
"Are you ready for some midterms?" asks The Daily Show with its Indecision 2010 coverage continuing with America’s most insightful political pundit, Jon Stewart.
Can the Democrats maintain their majorities in Congress in