This Hara. She is just waking up from her late mid-morning nap and preparing for her noontime nap. A little later: early mid-afternoon nap, late mid-afternoon nap, dinnertime nap, early mid-evening nap, late mid-evening nap, early late-evening nap, late late-evening nap and then it will be time for bed. It’s a VERY exhausting lifestyle. BREAKING UPDATE!!! – The noontime nap […]

Michigan’s workforce development agency, Michigan Works!, will close its doors if a Republican budget plan passed by the US House of Representatives this week is made into law. Michigan Works would have to shut down under a budget passed by the U.S. House, though the Senate has not backed the spending cuts. The statewide work force development agency, which serves […]

Last night a judge ordered the Wisconsin Capitol building closed during non-work hours creating an exodus as protesters left the building, ending a 17-day occupation. Governor Scott Walker has instituted draconian security checkpoints that were detailed in great detail HERE. [T]oday when I went to the capitol to visit my representative, Janis Ringhand, and discuss my concerns about the governor’s […]

In 1981, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO), the national union representing air traffic controllers, went on strike. After talks collapsed, President Ronald Reagan permanently fired 11,000 of the union members. The President of the United States of America intervened in a labor dispute in a heavy-handed move that, in many ways, defined Reagan’s legacy and shaped the Republican Party […]

I don’t have time to put up a transcript of this clip from Hardball last night but have a look at it. Chris Matthews nails the odious, racist birther Mike Huckabee to the wall and leaves him there for the rest of us to ridicule and deride. And he deserves it. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news […]

Sirhan Sirhan was denied parole again. I wonder which part of “rot in jail for the rest of your anti-Semitic life” he didn’t understand?” I’m just askin’…

For those who follow other pragmatic progressive blogs, the most-awesome Blue Wave News is back online after being hacked over a month ago. Stop by and tell them Eclectablog sent you! I’m just sayin’…

Imagine if Barack Obama had received a true-to-life, realistic job preview of the job he was about to take on. Imagine if, in February 2007, when he decided to throw his hat into the ring in the run for president, he had read the following HELP WANTED ad, one that accurately reflects the road ahead of him. Imagine… February 2007 […]

As everyone who has been paying attention to national news over the past two weeks knows, the political situation in Wisconsin right now is very tense. The Senate Democrats are in exile to prevent an anti-union bill that will strip collective bargaining rights from teachers and other public employees from coming to a vote. Tea Party Governor Scott Walker is […]

Yesterday, President Obama indicated that he would be willing to modify some conditions of the Affordable Care Act to please some governors out there, many of them Republicans: President Obama sought to defuse criticism of the new health-care overhaul Monday by saying he is willing to give states an earlier opportunity to opt out of certain key requirements – but […]

Because it’s Tuesday and what better time to watch a hilarious video of a cat trying to get into boxes that are too small? I’m just sayin’…