This week’s questions. Answers here. 1. Wow. I guess we could’ve seen the religion of the Boston Marathon bombers coming, but their ethnicity really threw us all for a loop. Now that we...
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White House: Tsarnaev Not an ‘Enemy Combatant’
This is good news, but I doubt it’ll ameliorate Lindsey Graham’s hysterical blindness: White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday said emphatically that Boston Marathon bombings...
Why We Fight
Here’s the Benton County, Arkansas Republican Party in response to the expansion of Medicaid in the state: If we can’t shoot them, we have to at least be firm in our threat to take...
Lindsey Graham: Tsarnaev an ‘Enemy Combatant,’ Demands Escalation of War on Terror
My Monday column begins like so: If Dzhokar Tsarnaev had somehow managed to evade capture and had traveled to a gun show in, say, neighboring Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine, he would’ve been...
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Spring Fundraising Drive, Day Seven
One more day to go in the 2013 Spring Fundraising Drive, so if you like what you see here and you’d like to support our efforts, feel free to click the PayPal button below to offer up a...
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Spring Fundraising Drive, Day Six
Only a two more days and the jolly candy-like button will be returned to its tiny, shiny box for another three months and you’ll miss out on supporting the blog. Even though we’ve teamed...
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MST3K Saturday – “Terror from the Year 5000″ Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
‘CAPTURED!!! The hunt is over.’
Law enforcement has captured Dzhokhar Tsarnaev alive. TPM: A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the...
Spring Fundraising Drive, Day Five! Time’s Running Out.
Only a few more days left to be a serious part of the action here. Even though we’ve teamed up with The Daily Banter, nothing whatsoever has changed — we still depend entirely upon...
Get to Know the Suspects
Here’s the background on the Tsarnaev Brothers: Suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing appeared to embody the best of the American immigrant experience: two brothers who came from southern...
Print Your Own Assault Rifle!
Some gun-toting nerds just upped the ante on the proliferation of mankilling weapons in America. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
So It’s Really Not a Gun Control Bill At All. Not Even Close.
Benen reports on what actually passed: Sen. John Barrasso’s (R-Wyo.) amendment to punish state or local governments that disclose gun owners’ information passed 67 to 30, followed by an...
Biden: More Executive Orders on Gun Control This Week
Here’s some good news on the gun control front: Vice President Biden told White House allies in the gun control fight Thursday that President Obama will be announcing new executive actions on...
The Senate and NRA Engage in Hardcore Legislative Porn Live on CSPAN
My Friday column begins like so: Back in 2005, Congress passed the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act, otherwise known as the Bankruptcy Bill. The “consumer...
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Authorities Shoot, Kill One Marathon Suspect, Another Remains At Large
I’ve been updating The Daily Banter with the latest all night long, but here’s a summary of what happened. –Shootout at MIT, a police officer is killed. –Conflicting reports...
Spring Fundraising Drive, Day Four! Let’s Go!
Even though we’ve teamed up with The Daily Banter, nothing whatsoever has changed — we still depend entirely upon advertising, the After Party subscriptions and your contributions. So we...
More Like This, Please
Arguably the best gun control ad ever: Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...