Corporation files to run for Congress

Following the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to allow unlimited corporate funding of federal campaigns, Murray Hill Inc. today announced it is filing to run for U.S. Congress. “Until now,” Murray Hill Inc. said in a statement, “corporate interests had to rely on campaign contributions and influence-peddling to achieve their goals in Washington. But thanks to an enlightened Supreme Court, now we can eliminate the middle-man and run for office ourselves.” Murray Hill Inc. is believed to be the first “corporate person” to exercise its constitutional right to run for office.

Good.

It was only a matter of time!!!

The Geography Of A Recession

This REALLY brings it all home...

Last Night, Barack Obama Became President

Barack Obama has been at this for a year. We've all watched as the noble speeches congealed into doughy inaction too often already. He has stumbled and he has bungled, and he's probably going to see a lot of his margin for error erased in the midterm elections in November. He still overrates the American people as a political commonwealth, and he remains resolutely determined to seek out the good in a political opposition that wants his head on a plate. But, last night, it became clear that he'd better know what he's doing, for all our sakes, because last night, he was the baddest ass on the block, and the only president in the hall.

Charlie Peirce nailed it.

Funny, and enlightening, read. Enjoy!

20 Japanese Hornets Massacre 30,000 Honeybees

“All it takes is one. One enterprising scout to find the honey bee colony. Mark it with a pheromone. Return with a band of natural born killers. And make all hell break lose.” Sounds like the latest Tarantino? Close. It’s the beginning of a National Geographic video that documents the annihilation of 30,000 European honey bees by 30 (yes, 30!) Asian giant hornets. We’ve found out more about these bullies of the insect world.

Wild...and fascinating...

Click here to find out more! Your request is being processed... HuffPost Comedy's State Of The Union Drinking Game 2010

Obama says "jobs" -- Do one shot, two if you're unemployed
Obama says "health care." -- Do not drink, you will not be given a replacement liver

Good thing I quit drinking!

Candidate Obama criticized McCain’s spending freeze idea as ‘hatchet’

President Obama, who plans to implement a three-year spending freeze on most domestic programs, criticized his Republican opponent John McCain in the 2008 presidential campaign for suggesting a similar plan during the debates.

According to the New York Times, Obama's intended freeze will "exempt security-related budgets for the Pentagon, foreign aid, the Veterans Administration and homeland security," along with Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

In the first presidential debate, McCain advocated the idea as a way of trimming the budget. "How about a spending freeze on everything but defense, veterans affairs and entitlements," he said.

Obama criticized that idea as a "hatchet" and alleged a "scalpel" was necessary.

"The problem with a spending freeze is you're using a hatchet where you need a scalpel," then-Senator Obama said in his first presidential debate against McCain. "There are some programs that are very important that are underfunded."

Wow. Just, Wow!

I'm never giving another dime to these Washington assholes. Obama is proving to be just more of the same...

White House Decides to Outsource NASA Work

The idea of outsourcing a portion of NASA's manned space program to the private sector gained momentum after recommendations from a presidential panel appointed last year. The panel, chaired by former Lockheed Martin Corp. Chairman Norman Augustine, argued that allowing companies to build and launch their own rockets and spacecraft to carry American astronauts into orbit would save money and also free up NASA to focus on more ambitious, longer-term goals.

What the fuck??

Did we elect another republican to the White House?

Obama: You aren't sinking because you've gone too far to the left (as Faux News implies); rather, you have pissed off your base by dashing to the right.

As usual, I'm late to the party, but I'm about done with this administration.

Well-played, Mr. one-term President!

Four charged in phone scheme at Sen. Landrieu's office

A conservative activist who posed as a pimp to target a community-organizing group with ties to President Obama was among four men arrested for allegedly trying to interfere with a Democratic senator's office telephones.

Federal officials have not yet said whether the men were successful, or if their goal was political espionage. Still, the operation's style recalled the famous Watergate break-in, which ballooned into a scandal that consumed Richard Nixon's presidency and led to his resignation.

Activist James O'Keefe, 25, was already in the New Orleans office of U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu on Monday when two of the accused showed up claiming to be telephone repairmen, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten's office said Tuesday. Letten says O'Keefe videoed them with his cellphone.

Will they stop at nothing?

Ed Schultz to Robert Gibbs: ‘You are full of sh*t and losing your base’

Fucking awesome!

You rock, Big Ed!!!

Filibuster reform bill headed for Senate floor, faces uphill battle

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) intends to introduce legislation that would take away the minority’s power to filibuster legislation.

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) intends in the next few weeks to introduce legislation that would take away the minority’s power to filibuster legislation.

Harkin has wanted to change the filibuster for years, but his move would come in the wake of Republican Scott Brown’s dramatic victory in Massachusetts. Brown’s victory cost Democrats their 60th vote in the Senate, and may have dealt a death blow to their hopes to move a massive healthcare overhaul. It could also limit President Barack Obama’s ability to move other pieces of his agenda forward.

I like it. But, I prefer these two words: Nuclear Option.

Visa takes a cut of your generosity

As the tragedy in Haiti unfolds, Americans are generously donating millions of dollars to aid organizations.

But when they do so with their credit cards, the credit card companies get rich. In most cases they keep 3% of the donation as a "transaction fee," even though that's far more than it costs them to process the donation.

It's outrageous and wrong—and it needs to stop.

Can you sign this petition to the CEOs of the major credit card companies demanding that they waive their processing fees for all charitable donations to Haiti? Clicking here will add your name:

Profiting on human misery is disgusting!

Question over Bysiewicz qualifications

A widely read blog in the legal profession questions whether Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz is legally qualified to be attorney general.

At her news conference announcement yesterday, Bysiewicz said she would stack her legal experience against any other potential candidate.

A story posted on " A Connecticut Law Blog " cites Connecticut statute that says "The Attorney General shall be an elector of this state and an attorney at law of at least ten years' active practice at the bar of this state."

The Bysiewicz resume indicates she was in active practice for just six years.

Shit! I was sure she'd be fine!

Susan Bysiewicz Running For Attorney General

The move would shake up two races - governor and attorney general. Bysiewicz has been running for governor for months, and was the frontrunner in the most recent Quinnipiac University poll in the crowded Democratic field. Bysiewicz had 26 percent, while Greenwich entrepreneur Ned Lamont had 23 percent. Former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy had 9 percent, while former House Speaker James Amann trailed in fourth place with less than 5 percent.

I really like this! The run for CT Governor was getting a little too crowded for my tastes, and she'd serve as an excellent AG - a position, I might add, that probably comes with more prestige than Governor.

So now, we'll have her as AG, Blumenthal as Senator, and either Malloy or Lamont as Governor.

Choices...I like them...

A Peek Into Netflix Queues

Cool!

Chicago cop tasered unconscious diabetic 11 times

Prospero Lassi, a 40-year-old employee of Southwest Airlines, filed the lawsuit (PDF) with a federal court in Chicago last week, following an April 9, 2009, incident in which Lassi was taken to hospital following a violent diabetic seizure -- and being Tasered 11 times while unconscious.

Should civilians carry tranquilizer guns to protect against uncontrollable law enforcement???

Dozens of Names Shifted to No-Fly List

The Obama administration has transferred dozens of names from a broad terrorism database to watch lists that are more closely monitored in an effort to plug security holes revealed by the Christmas Day airline-bombing attempt.

President Barack Obama met Monday with White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan, National Security Adviser James Jones and Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon ahead of a broader security team meeting Tuesday.

How is this any different than the fascist police state under W?