(My latest column for the Huffington Post) Chuck Todd likes to occasionally refer to the political press as "the refs." While at first glance it appears to suffice, it's actually just another bad...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie"
The irony is only exceeded by the awfulness. Weird how a group that's so totally pro-child would actually terrorize... a child. Antiabortion activists who have sought for months to shut down a...
Greg Sergeant: Gallup finds that a plurality of Americans, 45-32, want their member of Congress to vote for Obama’s jobs bill, including a plurality of independents. That’s after CNN’s poll this...
We're lagging behind dozens of nations in everything from life expectancy to -- this is shocking -- internet speed. The United States as a whole lags in speed, coming in 25th behind South Korea...
The Kooks - "Shine On"
"These people who are making a big deal out of gay marriage? I don't give a fuck about who wants to get married to anybody else! Why not?! We're making a big deal out of things we shouldn't be making...
This is why Anthony Weiner was a big time stupid. A Republican won his seat yesterday. It was a safe Democratic seat and now the Republicans have another vote in the House. Thanks, Anthony, for...
Brian Beutler reports that the CBO has essentially endorsed the American Jobs Act: "If policymakers want to achieve both a short-term economic boost and long-term fiscal sustainability the...
Mister Heavenly - "Bronx Sniper"
The Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence just launched a new website that profiles the members of the National Rifle Association Board of Directors. Scanning through the rogues gallery of far-right...
The Republicans won't like this. Aides revealed for the first time that the plan will include limits on itemized deductions for individuals who earn more than $200,000 a year and families that earn...
Last night's debate was another fantastic example of the cable news media entirely failing to live up to its mandate -- "the press" is the only industry named in the Bill of Rights -- and turning...
Several tea party debate audience members actually cheered at the idea of someone dying from a lack of health insurance. How do you reason with people like this? Obviously, you can't. If the "pro...
R.E.M. - "Pop Song 89"
Doy. Chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, Mark Zandi writes: The plan would add 2 percentage points to GDP growth next year, add 1.9 million jobs, and cut the unemployment rate by a percentage point...
“I hope he’s taking his blood pressure medication.” Paul Ryan joking about a senior citizen who was handcuffed at a Ryan town hall What a flipping twerp. On the upside, any remaining support Ryan...
The Flaming Lips - "Turn It On"
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