Supreme Court Upholds Individual Mandate! Obama Moves Quickly To Introduce Legislation Requiring Americans To Purchase, Prepare, and Consume Broccoli

"Après moi le brocoli." Today, at 10:22 am, immediately following the Supreme Court's 5 - 4 decision upholding the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, President Obama sent a new proposal to Democratic party House and Senate leaders that, when enacted, will require all Americans to purchase, prepare, and consume broccoli three times per week. Press Secretary Jay Carney

Sandusky Verdicts Follow The Tempest, Yet Gale Winds Still Howl

Sound And Fury, Signifying Everything. Just a few minutes before 10:00 pm, the Jerry Sandusky trial jury returned guilty verdicts on 45 of the 48 counts of child sexual abuse lodged against the former Penn State University coaching demi-god.

Thus ends this trial within a tempest of past injuries demanding redress, unspeakable betrayals seeking explanation. And now begins the cascade of consequences that will

Jerry Sandusky's Fate Now With Jury After Mother Teresa Appears In Defense Closing Arguments

Just minutes ago, an extraordinarily bizarre match-up occurred in the Sandusky trial when Mother Teresa's words appeared in the defense closing argument. TruTV's In Session reported that defense attorney Joe Amendola read Mother

Alleged MediCaper Ringleader Jacques Roy Surrenders Texas Medical License.

This post is an update to our growing MediCaper file. On June 8, 2012, Doctor Jacques Roy agreed to voluntarily surrender his medical license and thereby forego the formalities of further investigation by the Texas Medical Board. The doc, by the way, had a checkered medical career well before his indictment for massive Medicare and Medicaid fraud (as in, $350 million massive). We reported that here. He'd earned the loss of his license.

If you'd like to view the order of the Texas Medical Board, click here.

For our complete MediCaper file, click here. It's interesting reading, with a Tea party connection to boot.

Tiger Woods -- 2012 U.S. Open, Great Start, Poor Finish. Here's His Playing Stats

Like a roller coaster, only backwards, thrilling at the start, dull at the finish, thus did Tiger Woods mismanage the U.S. Open at the Olympic Club in San Francisco this past four days. Slipping back into tendencies that plagued him almost mortally in 2010 and 2011 - the errant drives, poor recoveries, bad sand play, and yippy putting - he lost the edge he had on the field in the first two rounds and finished a dismal 73. Naturally enough, he had a flash of brilliance on the final nine, finishing it at two under par. . . Go figure.

Yet, as I wrote earlier this week here and here, predicting Tiger's performance based upon his more recent results is dangerous. He's regained sparkle, for sure, but inconsistency dogs him, week to week, round to round, as we witnessed this week. He's not alone in this, of course, witness nice guy Jim Furyk, newcomer Graeme McDowell, and old warrior David Toms, all abused by Olympic's terrain. Indeed, the winner finished at one over par, not all that unusual for a US Open, yet it does bespeak the difficulty of Open courses, especially Olympic. The average score for the field on this par 70 course was nearly 74 strokes!

Tiger's fans are clearly spoiled, me among them (as I was by Palmer, Nicklaus, and Watson - I spoil easily). Yet in this US Open he was not very far off the pace that others set; in fact, he was part of the small group who set the pace through 36 holes. In the end, we saw what happened.

So, Tiger will struggle on. Possibly, he may now be the golfer he will be for the remainder of his career, among the top five, but no longer dominant, scarily inconsistent, playing with the wind in his face, rather than at his back. Will he even choose to continue playing that kind of game, if major championships seem out of reach?

Nonetheless, I still believe - against my reticence to believe or to predict - that Tiger will shake off the inconsistency by continuing to play. I think there's still a good chance he will retire with 20 major championships, and a legacy that may never be challenged. But don't hold me to any of that.

**********************************Here's my chart of Tiger Stats. Some important data is missing because the USGA did not report them, at least, yet.

Tiger Woods 2012 US Open Stats

Tiger Stats - Pre-U.S. Open, 2012

Back in April, just prior to the 2012 Masters Tournament, I examined 2008-2012 PGA Tour player data and produced a few charts summarizing key and interesting points about Tiger's improvement since 2010. In some

Flag Day For They Will Say ANYTHING!

Introducing our own flag . . . we will soon be seeking U.N. recognition, and we aspire to the Security Council . . .

Flag Day 2012 - 1861, And The War Came

It's Flag Day 2012. Do you recognize this flag? Read on.

Tiger Woods -- Farther Up Mount Olympus At Olympic?

But if, my heart, you wish to sing of contests,
look no further for any star warmer than the sun,
shining by day through the lonely sky,
and let us not

Trump Tweets Twaddle About Florida's Voter Suppression Efforts

Thank you, Donald, for chiming in on another matter about which you are an eminent authority, the Voting Rights Act. Here's Trump's tweet, and

More Signs The Apocalypse Is Upon Us - Burger King's Bacon Sundae

Godiva Bacon Truffles, Move Over!  We occasionally report on signs that the apocalypse is near. For many years I tried numerology, astrology,

Mitt's Mendacious Mook Mishandles Massachusetts Money Math

"The Truth Can Maim You, A Half-Truth Can Kill You" - Editor, TWSA!  To paraphrase Joel Best, an author who dissects the political misuse of data, "Not all data starts out bad, but any data can be made worse."
Witness Mitt Romney's new sidekick Ed Gillespie's

Doubts About Scouts, Part IV: With Child Sexual Abuse Scandals Successfully Handled, Catholic Bishops Now Freed Up To Chase Girl Scouts

With their highly successful and inspired handling of the child sexual abuse scandal under its belt, the Roman Catholic hierarchy need no longer be distracted from more pressing matters, like naughty nuns. Operating under cover of the

Just In: Donald Trump Releases New Birth Certificate Evidence That President Obama Is "Something Other"

Special Report. Reporting from Trump International Las Vegas, 10:45 a.m. (EDST). For immediate release. After completing my exclusive report on the outrageous jury behavior at the John Edwards trial, I received a call from Donald Trump (!) while en route to They Will Say ANYTHING! headquarters in the Washington D.C. area. "Mike," he said, "I just read your fabulous article about the Edwards trial. Marvelous. Really. Why isn't there more real journalism?" I nodded my agreement.

"Look, here's why I'm calling: I just got something so incredible. It's going to be world news. It's verified, so don't worry. My own people, experts, vetted it. It's incredible. Obama's birth certificate stuff, but huge. Much bigger. I'm a man whose mind is prepared for shocks, and I know how to deal with them. Everyone knows that about me, even that dumb fat ass no talent Rosie O'Donnell, but this, what I'm going to send you, this even blows my mind! Look, I've gotta tape a public service announcement for strippers. Gotta go. So I'm just gonna send this picture to you, this image, over the phone. This is gonna make you and your marvelous publication. It's huge, incredible. Wait'll you see this. The president, he's something other. Gotta go, look for the picture on your phone. Source this story to me, that's the deal."

Click. Wow. This was big. Mr. Donald Trump called me. My hands shook.

My phone beeped. It was the picture Mr. Trump promised. He was right, this is big. It's beyond "big," words fail me. I think you'll agree that it needs investigation. I'll pursue it. But will the big time media pursue this? What do you think?

Here's an image of a certain birth record, dated August 4, 1961, a certain "Barack Hussein Obama II." Again, what do you think?


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Exclusive Report -- The John Edwards Trial: A Jury Gone Randy

The inimitable politician John Edwards was acquitted yesterday on one charge of violating campaign finance laws. Federal District Court Judge Catherine Eagles declared a mistrial on the remaining five charges. There's more to the story presently making the media rounds, however, substantially more. What you will read here today raise uncomfortable questions about our jury system: How much juror flirting with a defendant is acceptable during trial?