Alternate Brain

Paul Krugman at donkey o.d. on where a good model for a national health care system already exists. It may surprise you. A tip o' the ...

I can't stand Oprah Winfrey. I laughed my ass off when she allowed herself to be blinded by bucks (or power) when she decided to turn J...

Is your senator up for reelection? Our stalwart commenter Nina gives us a list. The following Democratic Senators are standing for re-elec...

...at AlterNet . Names and phone numbers of Senators that aren't on board yet, and some advice: Biden is especially vulnerable to pressu...

Juan Cole on Bush's reaction to the Hamas victory: Now Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, a branch of the Egyptian Muslim Broth...

My pal Lurch shows us the reality of not fighting the battle over Alito: ... Once the Fascists have a firm majority of ideologues on SCOTUS ...

An excellent post by Sizemore about the Repubs trying to clean the shit off the Chimp. ... "I mean, there's thousands of peopl...

My senators support it, Gord's too. What about yours? If they don't, start calling.

Who makes the money from the DoD*? Numbers in billions: 1. Lockheed Martin Corp. - $19.4 2. The Boeing Co. - 18.3 3. Northrop Grumman Cor...

Images from Hubble via the Chemist .

LATimes The benefit covers home IV medication but not the implements and care needed to administer it. Essentially, the prescription program...

Click here .

Gore Vidal offers a historical perspective on Bush at Truthdig . While contemplating the ill-starred presidency of G.W. Bush, I looked about...

A reader writes some food for thought at BuzzFlash : MS. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON by Shirley Smith Bush is going to tell about his meetings...

Princess Shayna wants to know why 3 Dem senators have to be spineless weasels and cave on Alito. 'They should be bitten in the ass by ...

Hypocrisy and sanctimony join hands: Arianna Huffington's relentless efforts to slog through the tedious hours of pompous beltway blovia...

The other day it was my sad fortune to attend the funeral of my brother-in-law, Don. Don served in the U.S. Army in the mid fifties. As a fo...

Holden does the math : ... That means Chimpy has flushed the entire gold reserves in Fort Knox down the toilet -- Three Times! ...

Another one who's bought and paid for .

Jane's interrogating her sources and maybe... just maybe ... Update: Wolfie's got that hypocrite Bill Bennett on, giving Dems advice...