Led Zeppelin - "Over the Hills and Far Away" Good day and welcome to the blog's 8th Anniversary. My first post.
Author - Bob Cesca
U.S. Military Considered Blowing Up the Moon
I thought this was a joke, but it's not. CBS News reports: During the height of the Cold War, U.S. officials debated whether to detonate nuclear bomb on the moon in order to send a message to the...
Quote of the Day
"So to me, what’s interesting about it is that this catastrophe that occurred and the manmadeness of it, there wasn’t a single – there is no conspiracy single bad person that you can say "It all goes...
Try Not to Let Your House Foreclose Next Year
The bad news, via Huff Post: Beginning on Jan. 1, people who lose their home to foreclosure will be required to pay federal taxes on any unpaid mortgage the bank can't recoup through an auction. The...
Breaking News! Rampant Voter Fraud in Iowa!
And by "rampant" I mean "practically nonexistent." There were over 1.5 million votes cast in Iowa on election day. And Iowa's Secretary of State, Matt Schultz, has discovered exactly... eight cases...
The Republican Party’s “Black Friends”
My Monday column: Jonah Goldberg's recent column, To Appeal to Black Voters, GOP Must Run Gauntlet of Racism Accusations, is hilariously awful. I'll swing back around to it presently. But first, over...
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Shiny Toy Guns - "Rainy Monday"
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U2 - "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"
Are We Ever Going to Change?
The UN is convening a huge climate summit in Qatar, but contrary to the hopes of some participants I'm ashamed to say that America will continue to be a lone holdout when it comes to serious...
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MST3K Saturday - "A Case of Spring Fever"
Bush 45
The Republicans would be just insane enough to try for a third Bush presidency. This time with Jeb: Mr. Bush is said by friends to be weighing financial and family considerations -- between so many...
More Reasons to Dislike Jay Leno
I think Jay Leno is positioning himself as the Fox News Channel of late night talk show hosts. Here are several recent Mediaite headlines: Leno Mocks UN Ambassador: Petraeus Mistress ‘Had More...
The Obama Cease-Fire in Israel
The president was more hands-on with the cease fire than previously known: Throughout his trip in South East Asia he was constantly on the phone with both Morsi and Netanyahu, before and after his...
Michigan Republicans Push Tax Credit for Fetuses
Yes, they're serious. And yes, they eliminated the tax credit for children last year -- once again calling to mind the Barney Frank line: Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at...
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Shiny Toy Guns - "Fading Listening"
President Kennedy’s American University Address
President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished guests, my old colleague, Senator Bob Byrd, who has earned his degree through many years of attending night law school...
Thanksgiving Open Thread
WKRP in Cincinnati, Season 1, Episode 7 - "Turkeys Away" Open Thread for your holiday outrage. Happy Thanksgiving!
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President Bartlet and the Butterball Hotline
Former Romney Adviser Dan Senor Still Delusional
Dan Senor, one of Romney's neocon foreign policy advisers, thinks there's a "systemic" crisis with presidential polls. You know, because two or three of them were wrong. There’s “some kind of...
Framework for the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Ezra Klein heard that lawmakers and the White House will have a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff by December 21. Here's how it's shaping up: December 21st, people keep saying. We’ll have a deal by...