Hahahahahahahaaaaaaahahaaaaaaaaa! *Breath* Ghaghahahaaa!  Bwahaaaaaaaaaa! Republicans ignited a firestorm of controversy on Thursday by revealing some of what they had been told at a closed-door Intelligence Committee hearing on the interrogation of terrorism suspects. Democrats immediately blasted the GOP lawmakers for publicly discussing classified information, while Republicans said Democrats are trying to hide the truth that enhanced interrogation of detainees is effective. GOP members on the Intelligence Committee on Thursday told

Lid coming off Kuchera porkbarrel contracts at the WaPo.

General Motors Corp. has a tentative deal to sell its Saturn brand to former race car driver and dealership group owner Roger Penske, according to two people briefed on the deal. Who were the other bidders? In other mind-blowing news, new NASA study concludes sun heats earth. Disparity in predicted, actual unemployment projection = Homeric. Pablo points out that Penske is a big Republican donor, and he’s quite right; I’d

Megan McArdle on a bogus report concerning bankruptcies due to inadequate medical coverage: Yet even so, their own work shows medical bankruptcies falling in the years between 2001 and 2007, which would seem to invalidate, not support, the claim that half of all bankruptcies in 2001 were driven by medical events beyond the household’s control. Elementary googling reveals that the two doctors who co-authored this study are prominent spokespeople for