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Maddow: “The last time any president did this much in office, booze was illegal.” (VIDEO)

Jun 27th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Barack Obama, Politics, Video

Success means making steady progress toward a worthy goal. By that measure, Barack Obama is a successful progressive president.



Louisiana Republican Gov. Jindal calls for “Day of Prayer” while Louisiana Guard sits & waits & waits for him to call

Jun 26th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Environment, Louisiana, Politics

Here’s what I don’t get:
There is a major leak — a volcano of oil — erupting from the sea floor in the Gulf. No one knows how to stop it or is willing to do what is necessary to keep it from happening in the first place. We all agree on that.
That said, [...]



Wait. What? GLEN Beck? I thought you said JEFF Beck. Oh, crap. (VIDEO)

Jun 24th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Humor, Republicans, Video

Father Guido Sarducci everybody!



Obama needs to adopt The Samuel L. Jackson Scale of Black Emotion (VIDEO)

Jun 24th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Barack Obama, Humor, Video

…because he needs to calibrate his feelings to a level acceptable to white people.



Haley Barbour’s Circle-Jerkular Logic (VIDEO)

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Politics, Republicans, Video

Old and busted: Making BP pay for the Gulf of Mexico…New hotness: Putting the Gulf of Mexico on layaway.



Death to Facebook: Pakistanis investigating Zuckerberg for blasphemy against Mohammed.

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Religion

…in relation to the “Draw Mohammed” contest on FB a couple of months back. I kid you not.
Which is doubly weird because we’re pretty sure Zuckerberg has never published his own drawing of, you know.



“George Bush created a lot of jobs. I’m almost confident about that.” — Michael Steele, RNC Chair

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Republicans

One, or maybe none, of those statements is true.
Michael Steele: The gift that keeps on giving.



Krugman for OMB Director?

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Economics, Politics

Simon Johnson:
The president should nominate Paul Krugman to replace Peter Orszag as director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 
A fantasy. A pleasant fantasy, but it’s not going to happen. Why? Because it’s a good idea.



Discover the surprising truth about what REALLY motivates you and me (VIDEO)

Jun 15th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Economics, Education, Video

Hint: it isn’t always the money (or the amount).
Spend ten minutes of your time — you’ll be glad you did.



The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from BP and I’m here to help you.”

Jun 15th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Energy, Environment

For nearly 50 years, it has been an article of faith and dogma that Reagan’s words were the truth: “The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’ ”
Well, those days are gone. We live in an age when private industry has been handed dominion [...]