Take this with a grain of salt because it might be an outlier -- it definitely looks like an outlier. Then again, conservatives are desperate. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey...
Author - Bob Cesca
How Congress Wants to Censor the Internet
This is serious, folks. The PROTECT IP act will allow the government to shut down any website that is perceived to be infringing on intellectual property rights. This bill will irreparably change the...
There's Something Very Wrong with John Boehner
I think the Speaker has some kind of hormonal imbalance. WASHINGTON -- His sniffles began during the speech, but it wasn't until after House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) stepped down from the podium...
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Newt Gingrich
[My latest for The Huffington Post.] Conservatives have rummaged their way through the primary clown car and landed back on the generous lap of Newt Gingrich. The approximately 45-day pattern of...
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The Charlatans - "Weirdo"
Herman Cain Says Another Stupid Thing
Regarding his Libya brain fart: “I’m not foreign policy dumb as they think.” Yeah, okay. Does that mean he's only half as dumb? And... “I’m not supposed to know anything about foreign policy. Just...
Rush Limbaugh Really, Really, Really Hates Women
He especially hates black women. Michelle Obama, for example. He says she has a "self-centered, arrogant, controlling character disorder." Odd, since Rush Limbaugh has the same thing -- but his...
Republican Nutrition
The House Republicans are stretching the boundaries of what can be considered "nutrition" for kids. They're rewriting USDA guidelines: The spending bill also would allow tomato paste on pizzas to be...
Massive Loopholes in Background Check System
The Senate held a hearing Tuesday to review firearm background check loopholes. We know about the gun show loophole through which private dealers can sell guns to anyone irrespective of whether they...
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Tears for Fears - "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
American Oligarchy
Steve Benen: Chelsea Clinton has been hired by NBC News, joining George W. Bush’s daughter, Ronald Reagan’s son, John McCain’s daughter, and Tim Russert’s son. With the exception of Ron Reagan, who...
Herman Cain Wants to Re-enact the Nixon Years
He's not joking. "Dr. Kissinger turned my offer down to be secretary of state. He said he’s perfectly happy doing what he’s doing," Cain said, when asked what kind of people he'd like to have in his...
Rep. Giffords Speaks on ABC News
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Bad Idea Jeans
Smarties in Boulder are making already vulnerable cyclists even more vulnerable. BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4)- Bicyclists in Boulder may have to watch how fast they coast. The City Council is considering an...
Protesters Evicted from Zuccotti Park
I tweeted this last night, but it bears repeating: The worst trespass in America is to challenge the financial elite. We're taught from day one to buy their crap, and to never talk back. Occupy Wall...
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Soup Dragons - "Pleasure"
Herman Cain's Mega Brain Fart on Libya
They say the Republican Party is the party of national security. Here's Republican frontrunner Herman Cain totally collapsing when asked about Libya. Totally out of his depth. And the conservative...
Another Whopper Inaccuracy in O'Reilly's Book
Any presidential historian knows that the Oval Office didn't exist until the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and, after that, changed locations in the West Wing (the original oval office was located...
Cut the Deficit, End Corporate Welfare
Your corporate welfare recipients -- sucking off the government teat:ThinkProgress noted that the top four recipients receive more than half of all tax subsidies.
Time To Put the Cork Back on Bachmann's Fork
Utterly and breathtakingly stupid: Michele Bachmann thinks America blew it by extending a safety net to millions of Americans under President Johnson’s “Great Society.” Her solution? Model the...

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