"A Healthy Dose of Innovation"

That's their slogan, but the healthy dose of innovation of Unicare Life and Health apparently involves signing up a friend for Medicare D without her permission, potentially messing with her coverage in the plan she's supposed to be enrolled in, and after 4 phone conversations, a call to Medicare, and a letter (and another one about to be sent), are sending her bills and have yet to take her off the plan.

Joementum 2: Biden Boogaloo

And Biden flushes his presidential campaign down the toilet before it begins.

Payola

Since "having a friend who works for a campaign" is apparently the new prima facie standard for evidence of corruption in Washington, it would actually be nice if journalists spent some more time tracking the chain of money and jobs in Washington - campaigns to consultants to lobbyists to media figures and around and around - to untangle the genuine financial conflicts of interest which rule that town.

Trying to Appeal to the Cool Kids

Lieberman using Jon Stewart to make himself look cool.

Light'em Up

Help save the internet. Call senators.

MockSantorum Finals

For local folk, come on out tomorrow night as we choose the best lying freak Rick Santorum impersonator.

Transhumanism

I for one look forward to when we're ruled by our cyborg lawyer overlords.



"Heh. Indeed. Delete."

42

New maximum enlistment age for army, second increase this year.

Forever

Republicans really believe that by promising to stay in Iraq forever they'll win elections. I do think the politics of Iraq are a bit tricky, even though the press completely ignores polls showing that the Democratic positions are in fact popular, but it's up to Democrats to make the public understand that this is in fact what the Republicans are gloating about.

All About Politics

We're staying in Iraq in part because we'll never leave as long as Bush is president. We're also staying because it's an election year.


140,000 campaign props.

Open Thread

Yeah, yeah, another stupid open thread.

Wanker of the Day

Lying freak Rick Santorum.

Notable Quotables

Jon Stewart:

The House of Representatives is filled with insane jackasses.

DANCE, MONKEY, DANCE

I'm the monkey, and when Markos (who is worse than Hitler) says dance, I DANCE! Otherwise, the kitties don't eat. You understand my position.

I thought we solved all this stuff at the last blogger ethics panel.


...Jane has more.

Dying for Ricky's Bullshit

Despite my reputation for seething blogospheric rage, I'm actually rarely that angry, but little Ricky lying about what's going on in Iraq, putting his party and his re-election above country while shitting all over the soldiers that are in harm's way really pisses me off.

What a fucking wanker.

Crazy World

I really don't know how we stop this.

Whistling Past Dixie

No need to kiss anybody's rebel ass, especially those who demand you do.

Lieberman for the Opposition

Apparently stay the course is his cunning plan.

If someone gets his actual statement I'd be curious to see it.

Debasing Everything

That's about all most Republicans know how to do these days.

Fisting

In Coulter's latest book she reveals an interesting obsession.

Page 12:

Liberals used to tell us they were teaching fisting to fourth-graders because ‘kids are going to have sex anyways!’ (Yes, ‘fisting’ is exactly what it sounds like; have a nice day!) Now they’ve dispensed with that and openly concede that they believe virtue is just one of many equally valid points of view that must be counterbalanced with the argument for promiscuity, group sex, fisting, and other lifestyle choices.

Page 175:

Anal sex, oral sex, fisting, dental dams, ‘birthing games’—all that would be foisted on unsuspecting children in order to protect kindergartners from the scourge of AIDS.

Page 275 251:

From the reaction of the evolutionists, you would think the Dover schools were teaching fisting to twelve-year-olds (when, as any student knows, that’s not covered until junior year).

I'd simply chalk it up to Coulter's understanding of the conservative need to get lots of kinky porn with condemnation, or maybe our Ann is more religious than we give her credit for.