Hot Coffee, the fast-paced, info-packed exploration of tort reform exposes the real story behind Stella Liebeck, who sued McDonalds after being badly burned by spilled coffee, an incident which wrongly entered the collective consciousness as a prime example of a “frivolous” lawsuit. First time director Susan Saladoff, a civil litigator with 25 years of experience, uses the McDonalds coffee case as the starting point and from there builds a strong case that tort reform, binding arbitration and non-economic damage caps subvert justice and benefit big business.
FDL Movie Night: Hot Coffee |
| By: Lisa Derrick Monday December 19, 2011 5:00 pm |
That Giant Sucking Sound |
| By: Jon Walker Thursday October 13, 2011 6:09 pm |
That giant sucking sound you hear today is the sound of jobs being outsourced as President Obama signs into law three free trade deals; South Korea, Colombia and Panama. According to the Economic Policy Institute, passing the Korea Free Trade deal will likely cost this country 159,000 jobs.
Late Night FDL: US Attorneys in California Threaten to Prosecute Medical Marijuana Dispensaries |
| By: Jon Walker Friday October 7, 2011 8:00 pm |
A pattern is clearly forming. The Obama administration is using multiple federal departments to curb or significantly cripple the medical marijuana in the states were it was legalized by the voters. This recent move is not only another direct violation of Obama’s campaign promise to respect state’s medical marijuana laws, but the Obama administration’s is now more aggressively anti-medical marijuana than even the George W. Bush’ administration ever was.
FDL Book Salon Welcomes Menzie Chinn and Jeffry Frieden, Lost Decades: The Making of America’s Debt Crisis and the Long Recovery |
| By: Mike Konczal Saturday October 1, 2011 1:59 pm |
Lost Decades looks at why the explosion of debt happened through the traditional lens of supply-and-demand. It examines the motivations and situations of people on both side of this debt. Why did demand for debt increase in the United States? The first reason Chinn and Frieden identify is the huge deficits run during the George W. Bush years. These are the trillions spent on the Bush tax cuts, the expansion of Medicare part D and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that weren’t paid for.
Solyndra Controversy a Transparent Attempt to Kill Green Energy |
| By: David Dayen Wednesday September 14, 2011 11:30 am |
This would not be the first time that the political and policy shops bicker inside a White House. But what’s the claim here? That there was a rash move to make a solar energy investment for political reasons without assessing the risk? Then you have to blame the Bush Administration, which started the loan process with Solyndra as far back as 2006 as part of a previous energy bill.
Sunday Late Night: Scary Stuff about Rick Perry |
| By: Teddy Partridge Sunday August 14, 2011 8:01 pm |
Hasn’t America suffered enough under ambitious Texas governors who were cheerleaders and (probably) dressed up in jackboots? Didn’t this country pay our dues under the yoke of pretend cowboys who like executing people?
Late Night: Pouting Baby Asks “Aren’t You Glad Your Social Security Isn’t in a Private Account?” |
| By: Jim White Thursday August 4, 2011 8:00 pm |
Remember when Little Georgie B wanted to get rid of Social Security and replace it with private stock investments? That would have been a really bad idea today.
Worst President Ever, Revisited |
| By: Eli Friday July 8, 2011 6:01 pm |
Which is worse?
Late Night: Pouting Baby Asks “Why Won’t Mr 0 Bring All Soldiers Home?” |
| By: Jim White Thursday June 23, 2011 8:00 pm |
Doesn’t the drug-selling President’s announcement mean the surge worked and all the soldiers can come home now?
Sorry, Rich Lowry: Conservatives Loved George W. Bush from the Beginning and Until the Very End |
| By: Blue Texan Tuesday June 21, 2011 10:30 am |
Here’s Rich Lowry, hilariously claiming that George W. Bush was really a big liberal (HAHAHAHAHA!) who conservatives and Republicans never really embraced (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!).


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