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TDS: Jon Stewart explains why he doesnt like Sarah Palin
No it's not.
"Nothing there" doesnt mean she's not doing what the talking points says, or even that she doesnt agree with them, it just means that she doesn't THINK when she gets a question. Its so bleeding obvious you'd have to be blind to miss it. She simply repeats some conservative mantras that frequently has nothing to do with the question she was asked.. If you look at any other politicians, even George W. Bush, you can atleast trust that he answers the questions he gets asked, even if those answers are lies or just plain fucking stupid) ie: "Bring 'em on" ) atleast he could usually cough up an actual answer. Palin does none of that, she replies with talking points that often shows she doesnt even understand the question. look at this answer:
COURIC: Why isn’t it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?
PALIN: That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it’s got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.
Now what the fuck does this even mean? Random rambling about tax-cuts and "job creation". Obviously, her answer should have been something like "Because if these big institutions fail, it will be worse for everyone, and heres why:---" But because she doesnt really even consider the question, she just makes up an answer with some conservative ear-candy in there and , as was said, there really is nothing there.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - Sweden and Norway are not the same!
16 yr old has ridiculously simple idea, makes $$$
Stealth cat returns
Still think this cat should be named Heisenberg.
Or Schrodinger .
Homophobic Christian Whines About Getting Fired
NO. No no no no no.
I would have
-or-
I would've
-or-
I'd
I'm sorry but the word "of" has no business being in that sentence.
Rachel Maddow Laughs at Texas and More
Thanks, we have. for decades, and as I just pointed out, the end result: My government spends LESS TAXPAYERS money than the US government spends on healthcare. Every single country with public healthcare does, and everyone is covered.
Now explain that.
Without profit, there is no reason to provide the good or service. Let's say health care is now 'free'. Manufacturers of medical supplies, health care workers, administrators, hospitals, & clinics are still not going to be working for nothing. Therefore people are going to be earning profit under a so-called 'non-profit' public system (otherwise it wouldn't cost 1.3 trillion dollars).
No, of-fucking-course someone is paying for the goods and services. In my country's case, the government covers all that with tax-money, but again, we still spend LESS than the US government currently does.
Instead of raving on about how publicly run healthcare will be hundreds of times more expensive than the private ones, look at the numbers.
Daniela Santanche calls Mohammed a Pedophile
Rachel Maddow Laughs at Texas and More
As much as I side with you on this, WP didnt exactly lie in that post. He says healthcare costs money, and yes it does.
What healthcare shold not do, however, is to be exploited for profit. And if the US Government didnt have its nutsack firmly placed in the hands of the health and insurance industry, they could, like most comparable country, spend HALF of what they do NOW, and provide free, universal healthcare
One of the reasons healthcare is so expensive in the US, is precisely because it is privately run. Providing care isnt like selling cars. You dont have the same kind of "competition driving the prices down", and even if you did, a MRI-scan is still insanely expensive. And then you have insurance.. sure, insurers can compete to have the lowest premiums, but that of course means that they'll have to cut somewhere to make a profit, and that means to reduce the number of actual payouts, so they make sure to attach hundreds of conditions and rules that no one reads anyway, so that they can blame pre-existing conditions or whatever, and then refuse payout. Overall, its a system that encourages PROFIT, and not actual healthcare.
If you ever needed proof of this, simply look at the numbers: The US government spends more money, yes MORE TAXPAYER's MONEY (hear that, republicans?) today then every single country that provides free, universal healthcare
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_spe_per_per-health-spending-per-person
http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/spend.php
http://seekingalpha.com/article/146992-comparing-u-s-healthcare-spending-with-other-oecd-countries
More Warehouse Failure!
According to this article, the boxes contained vodka and cognac, and something like $180.000 worth of it was smashed in the accident. Noone was seriously injured , but one guy wounded his foot. Also, it did happen in Russia
Brian Cox at TEDtalks on the Large Hadron Collider
Yup, i sifted it, but its greatness
Kreegath
The way he emphasizes his speech is also annoying, how it appears that he thinks every single thing he says is some kind of fundamental truth no matter how mundane a topic or point he brings up..
Well, just about everything he ever talks about is some kind of fundamental truth about the world we live in, I can sympathize with your objection to how he talks, but if you can stand it, or ignore its peculiarity, I strongly recommend his TEDtalks lecture on the Large Hadron Collider , one of the best presentations I have ever seen. Enjoy, if you can
Brian Cox on The Colbert Report
The way he emphasizes his speech is also annoying, how it appears that he thinks every single thing he says is some kind of fundamental truth no matter how mundane a topic or point he brings up..
Well, just about everything he ever talks about is some kind of fundamental truth about the world we live in, I can sympathize with your objection to how he talks, but if you can stand it, or ignore its peculiarity, I strongly recommend his TEDtalks lecture on the Large Hadron Collider , one of the best presentations I have ever seen. Enjoy, if you can
Black Hole at the Galactic Core
Zombieland - Trailer Woody Harrelson
Been long since I laughed so hard in a movie theater.
*promote
Hilarious Irish Rally Co-Driver
Ireland ≠ England
nochannel
wheels sports comedy
England ≠ Britain either, just to be picky.
Limbaugh: "So We Stand By The Fabricated Quote..."
What's great about this is Obamalinsky is still hiding his real college papers.
If they weren't likely filled with the exact same anti-American, pro-commie sentiments as the fake, they'd already be public domain.
What's the fraudsident hiding?
What would it matter if they were public? it wouldnt matter if they were a long gigantic salute to the Reagan/bush doctrine to people like you because YOU DO NOT CARE ABOUT FACTS ANYWAY. To people like Hannity, Beck,Limbaugh or O'Reilly, it costs nothing to make shit up and believe it yourself, only to be proven wrong by the facts, and then CONTINUE to believe in your made up shit. This quote by Limbaugh captures the essence of such attitude: Obama was indoctrinated in a Madrassa, he is a muslim, he was not born in the US, he is a communist, he wants to kill the elderly, he hates america and the constitution, he is a liar, and so on and so on, All of the above have again and again been shown to be false, yet you still parrot this bullshit as if it was obviously true. Its not fucking true. stop being such a fucking boneheaded moron, pull your head out of your ass, and READ THE FUCKING FACTS. Want to slam Obama for his policies, behaviour, ideology or ideas, fine, thats completely fair, but get the fucking facts straight, stop making shit up and check your facts, and even us liberals will listen to you, I promise.
'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss, AAI 2009
links in your description are broken (copy/pasted from a forum post it looks like)
can you fix the links? i'd like to download the original video, thank you!
edit - i found a link
http://c0116791.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Krauss-AAI09-720.mov
I've fixed the links and added the link to the small QT version as well:
Small: http://c0116791.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Krauss-AAI09-web-sm-new.mov
720p HD: http://c0116791.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/Krauss-AAI09-720.mov