I'm not a real doctor, I just play one in the U.S. Senate

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) suggests Americans pray for one of his democratic colleagues not to show up for vote on health care bill
(raw story)

Let it snow Let it snow Let it snow

"We both use Colgate toothpaste"

More about Blair and WMD
(The Guardian)

Bush, Blair and WMD

Former British PM Tony Blair admits he would have gone to war even if he knew Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction

Yale University and the Danish cartoons

Yale University criticized for failing to stand up for
free speech with its decision not to reprint the Danish
cartoons in a book published by Yale University Press

Black Friday

Senate votes Saturday to open debate on health care bill

T.R. Reid discusses the Senate Debate on health care
and gives remarks on comparison of the U.S. health
care system with the rest of the world (c-span)

Open markets and democracy

Going Rouge

Here's a reminder of the political opportunist
who put Sarah Palin on the national stage:

Veterans Day

(US Department of Veterans Affairs)

Former Bush officials leading business push into Iraq

(Financial Times)

20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Berlin celebrates demise of Wall (BBC)

speaking of walls...

(cartoon from 2005)

Afghanistan war

Former State Dept. Employee
Matthew Hoh (CNN)

Rush Limbaugh calls Obama "man-child"

(the raw story)



Washington Post animation:

Senator Lieberman

Lieberman says no reform is better than a public option (Washington Post)

Flu shots

Shortages of Tamiflu (Washington Post)

The Bayeux Tapestry- animated

Here's something off the beaten path (OpenCulture)

TV journalism at its best- the Balloon Boy

Here we go again...

Obama in New Orleans

President to survey recovery effort (Reuters)


Here's a cartoon from 2005:

Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell

Fantastic video of Steve Bell explaining why he draws Tory leader David Cameron as a jellyfish

Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel committe citation in full (the Guardian)

Bush's win in 2002:

Tom Delay withdraws from 'Dancing with the Stars'

In case you've forgotten his past political life (Austin American Statesman):

60th Anniversary of the People's Republic of China

The View from Hong Kong (Global Post)

Obama speaks at the UN

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi banned from pitching tent for UN assembly
Here's a cartoon from 2003...

Ahmadinejad

Iranian president claims Holocaust is a myth- again

Sen. Baucus announces Health Care Reform Plan

Should we place bets now that Sen. Baucus ends up on K Street?

Teabaggers on the Hill

Conservative groups march in Washington


Funny, I don't remember these groups protesting
spending before....

Remember when this happened?

"The future is not shaped by an event.
It is shaped by your reaction to it."

You Lie!

Speaking of Lies...

Wouldn't you like a 40 day break?

Congress returns


Check out this piece on the health insurance industry : Bill Moyers Journal
and also Five Myths About Health Care Around the World by T.R. Reid

Dick Talks Torture

Then and Now

DICK

He's back...