Pat Dollard

Yes, it’s a good thing that something is going to be done about childhood obesity. It’s only fitting that She-Hulk is being put in charge of it too. ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) – U.S. health officials have leveraged the star power of first lady Michelle Obama to roll out a new campaign against obesity, a preventable [...]

The Washington Post: The outerwear company that mounted a giant billboard in Times Square showing President Barack Obama in one of its jackets, prompting a call of protest from the White House, says it’s finally removing the offending sign on Wednesday – and it hopes Sarah Palin will agree to take Obama’s place.

MSNBC: This winter’s extreme weather — with heavy snowfall in some places and unusually low temperatures — is in fact a sign of how climate change disrupts long-standing patterns, according to a new report by the National Wildlife Federation. It comes at a time when, despite a wealth of scientific evidence, the American public is [...]

National Review Online: Tonight the president engaged in demogoguery of the worst kind, when he claimed that last week’s Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC, “open[ed] the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections. Well I don’t think American elections should be bankrolled by [...]

The Wall Street Journal: The Senate voted 70-30 to reappoint Ben Bernanke for a second four-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Earlier, senators voted 77-23 to end debate, clearing the way for a final vote. During more than two hours of debate on the Senate floor, Bernanke backers warned that voting him down [...]

The Hill: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) suggested Thursday morning she would support a version of the president’s proposed spending freeze that included defense spending. She stressed the entire defense budget “should not be exempted,” as President Barack Obama proposed in his State of the Union address Wednesday night, because the Pentagon too suffers from [...]

CNN: Washington (CNN) — President Obama said Wednesday night he will work with Congress and the military to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that bars gays and lesbians from openly serving in the armed forces. Obama made the remark in his first State of the Union speech during a short litany of civil [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democrat-vs.-Democrat anger roiling the ranks of Congress is being wrapped in smiles and standing ovations Wednesday as President Barack Obama outlines the nation’s top priorities in his first State of the Union speech. But for most of the Democrats cramming the House chamber, there is no issue more pressing than getting [...]

ABC: President Obama’s State of the Union Address – remarks as prepared for delivery. The State of the Union takes place at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 27, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. ET. Madame Speaker, Vice President Biden, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Our Constitution declares that from time [...]

Thanks to user Mike3481 for tipping me off. Boston.com: Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam and a leading faculty critic of BU president John Silber, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. [...]

The Washington Examiner: Of all the issues that could add to the self-inflicted wounds of Democratic leaders in Congress and the White House, comprehensive immigration reform is perhaps at the top of the list. After the health care fiasco, the unpassable-in-the-Senate cap-and-trade legislation, and lingering public unhappiness with the stimulus, would Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, [...]

Surely they don’t EXPECT toe chance of them being around a second term anyways… Politico: In an interview to air at 8pm tonight on PBS’s Tavis Smiley Reports, Hillary Clinton tells Smiley she does not envision serving as Secretary of State for a second term. She also tells Smiley she is “absolutely not interested” in [...]