Democratic health care round up- Howard Dean wants out.
Nate Silver- “Progressives are batshit crazy to oppose the senate bill.”
Joe Lieberman- “I’m a massive, massive douche.” I may have paraphrased that last one.
Will it pass? Looking at the numbers proposed by Mr. Silver, it doesn’t look like there’s a solid basis for either side to jump for joy, but some sort of “compromise” might sneak through. Then Joe Lieberman will stab it in the kidney and call it a pre-existing condition.
Climate round up- It all comes down to the US vs. China.
Sarah Palin can’t make up her mind on the topic. Ever the populist.
President Obama on the new “cash for caulkers” program- “Insulation is sexy.”
“I know the idea may not be very glamorous, although I get really excited about it. We were at the roundtable and somebody said, ‘Insulation’s not sexy.’ I disagree. Here’s what’s sexy about it: saving money.”
Mmm.
800k Swine Flu doses are recalled, with the manufacturer siting loss in potency since hitting the shelves.
Daily Dose of WTF- The UK issues an arrest warrant for the former Israeli Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni. As a response to the short lived conflict between Israel and Hamas, the clause of “universal jurisdiction” was brought forward to make Livni answer for her actions. Within hours, possibly after realizing either a), that Livni had no plans to go to the UK today, or b), that Israel is an ally of the UK and acted rationally, the warrant was rescinded.
This brings me back to a long standing agreement here on QC. I’m normally the first to decry the unfair if not brutal ways about military practice, but in the case of Israels offensive, I ask our reader to compare America and Mexico to Israel and Palestine. Mexico’s Reconquista movement wants back land that has been long agreed belongs to the US. If a single Kasam missile came over the border into El Paso, the police, border patrol and FBI would be notified within minutes and the border would likely close. If two came over, the police, border patrol, FBI and military would be on guard. If five came over and the Mexican government hadn’t taken control of the situation, we would. Imagine 6,000 missiles launched out of apartment complexes into civilian areas, not military targets, America would reign fire the likes of which has never been seen. Israel is completely within it’s right to defend itself, and by extension purely exist.
Gitmo detainees are moving to Illinois.
Late Breaking- Washington DC legalizes gay marriage by a vote of 11-2. Congress could still overturn the bill, but are seemingly reluctant to after the recent failures in Maine, New York (where it wasn’t even discussed, just overturned) and New Jersey.
Your Daily Dose of Lefty Awesome goes out to my fellow bookstore employees nation wide, as I’m sure you feel my pain.
And this is just plain awesome, since I’m writing this from a coffee shop.
