Had It in Holland Park

“"The Republican­s were all about "competiti­on"'until private insurance companies were called upon to compete with a Public Health Insurance Option; then they did the bidding of their own corporate sponsors and prevented the public from having the right to choose."
         Well, that's one way to look at it.
Another would be that some folks don't like paying corporatio­n taxes which are then given to fund a competitor who pays no corporatio­n taxes.
          Both ways of of looking are biased attempts to score points, adding a bit of heat and almost no light.

“We need Arab League air forces in the strike team, and we need them in now.

“"the focus,” said the aide, “is on Congressio­nal consultati­on."
Ah, yes: a war run by committee.
    No thanks - we saw how well the Retroblica­ns ran the war in Iraq.”

“I see Mr Boehner wants the mission explained. What part of No-Fly did he not understand­?

“That's what they said about Tokyo, but we still advised Americans to leave.    Sounds like Hawaii, Alaska, Washington­, Oregon and California should be evacuated. 

“Centcom spokesman Commander Bill Speaks told The Guardian..­.."

Well, there went the theory that this was a "secret spy operation"

Since $30 billion is considerab­ly less than the bailouts we gave them - including quantitati­ve easing, the banks can just look at it as bailing out the people who bailed them out when the banks got in over their heads.