Foo Fighters - "Walk" Here's Dave Grohl at last night's Grammys accepting the award for best rock performance for "Walk": "To me this award means a lot because it shows that the human element of...
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Give Them an Inch…
Attention, women of America -- the Republicans will never allow you to have affordable access to birth control. Ever. Not satisfied with President Obama’s new religious accommodation, Republicans...
The Case for Drone Strikes
Oliver Willis wrote a sensible defense for liberal support for the use of predator drones. I don't mind saying that I also support the careful use of drones for all the reasons Oliver wrote about...
Send Your Medical Bills to Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum thinks birth control is cheap. SANTORUM: [I]nterestingly enough, here is what they are forcing them to do — in an insurance policy, they or forcing them to pay for something that costs...
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Whitney Houston - "The Star Spangled Banner"
Romney Lied to CPAC. A lot.
Steven Benen -- who is doing some of his best work for MaddowBlog -- debunks Romney's cavalcade of lies in his CPAC speech yesterday: 1. Romney claimed, "We are the only people on the earth that put...
TV Thinks Men Know More Than Women
Who better to talk about contraception for women than a shitload of men? Your cable news networks:(Via ThinkProgress)
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MST3K Saturday - "The Human Duplicators"
Republicans Will Not Compromise. Ever.
Despite giving religious organizations a way around the birth control coverage law, Republicans still aren't satisfied. And they won't be. Ever. Ever. Ever. Despite Obama’s decision to shield...
'Gulf of America' Bill was a Joke
And it fooled almost everyone. But hell, we've been bombarded with crap like this ("freedom fries" etc) for so long, it's no wonder we fell for it. JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — All the people outraged about...
President Gives Religious Groups an Out
On the contraception coverage front, I think this is fair without giving away the store. Health insurance companies have to cover contraception regardless of whether a religious organization buys the...
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U2 POP theme week ends. Here's "Please".
Romney Might Not Reach 1,144 Delegates
I think it's still a bit of fantasy that the convention would actually be a contentious one with two or more potential nominees -- the party won't allow it, ultimately -- but it's always fun to...
This is Not a Story from The Onion
The following state rep from the really toothless state of Mississippi wants to rename a gigantic body of water because it's not patriotic enough. Mississippi state Rep. Steve Holland (D) has...
Vote For Me, Or the Terrorists Win
That headline isn't a joke. Romney said it. "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and frankly I'd be making it easier for...
Roland Martin Suspended from CNN
Roland Martin was suspended from CNN for tweeting very homophobic things during the Super Bowl including this: Who the hell was that New England Patriot they just showed in a head to toe pink suit...
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Our U2 POP theme week for its 15th anniversary continues. Here's my favorite track from the album, "Last Night on Earth".
Romneymania!
Just a second ago, I tweeted something about never receiving angry missives from rapid Romney trolls and superfans, and someone replied with this link from The Onion: TAMPA, FL—From coast to coast...
Ten Words
Here's a potential Obama campaign pitch in ten words, as coined by David Axelrod and repeated by Joe Biden: "Osama Bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive" Yeah, that's pretty okay. It's not...
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs
Another indication of a recovering economy -- the highest number of available jobs in three years: The number of jobs waiting to be filled rose in December as employers tried to ramp up hiring in...