“You go back to the Founding Fathers, as far as they were concerned, they’d already had the entire debate on creation-evolution. And you get Thomas Paine, who was the least religious Founding Father...
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Author - Bob Cesca
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Rick Santorum for this: When I was leading the charge on partial birth abortion, several members came forward and said, “Why don’t we just ban all abortions?” Tom Daschle was one of them, if you...
New Huffington Post Column
The Biggest Crime in the Anthony Weiner Scandal The Anthony Weiner situation, as with any political sex scandal, is a multiheaded hydra of awfulness. Among the casualties of the congressman's...
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Wye Oak - "Civilian"
Super Stupid
I still can't believe Ross Douthat writes for The New York Times, especially when he pens such ludicrous nonsense as this item against assisted suicide. The following passage is arguably the most...
If You Hate the Debt, Blame Bush
Happy 10th Anniversary to the Bush tax cuts -- the single largest contributor to the current national debt since 2001. Please share this with your tea party friends. Ask them why they voted for...
Quote of the Day
“Weiner is the face of Democrat family values — he is the epitome of the Democrat culture of corruption, the Democrat culture of erection. He is wrong on policy. He is an admitted liar. He used his...
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Stephen Colbert on Sarah Palin's Paul Revere explanation. Easily one of the top 10 funniest Colbert segments of all time. The Eisenhower quote: "Hey Adolf, we're landing in Normandy. Here's a warning...
In Defense of Men
Men -- especially white men -- have a lot to account for. Let's face it, we have a universe of nasty karma in store for us following centuries of genocide, abuse, wars, subjugation, misogyny, slavery...
Anthony Weiner Has Mighty Pectorals
This post isn't really about Anthony Weiner, but I thought the headline would grab some attention for an issue that's being nearly ignored at this point -- in America, at least. I'm referring to the...
Canadians Don't Want Our Healthcare
One of the big lies in the ongoing healthcare debate is that Canadians, who enjoy single-payer healthcare, would rather come to America for treatment. The peer-reviewed journal Health Affairs...
We Ignore Her At Our Own Peril
Why is the Paul Revere thing important and why am I continuing to cover Sarah Palin here? While it's potentially increasing her visibility to write about her (visibility to all nine readers here)...
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The Flaming Lips - Pompeii Am Götterdämmerung Live in Portland, Oregon
Weiner Confesses, Breitbart Vindicated
Wow. That was a difficult headline to write, but it's true. Anthony Weiner admitted to everything in a press conference today, and confessed to lying about it to the media. He sent the now infamous...
Stupid Palin Thing of the Day
Sarah Palin continued to butcher history on Fox News Sunday. "You realize that you messed up about Paul Revere, don't you?" "Fox News Sunday" anchor Chris Wallace asked the potential 2012...
Bull Ship
Sarah Palin believes that America is exceptional. After all, last week she said the Statute of Liberty [sic] was given to America because France didn't want us to be like France -- they wanted us to...
Kevorkian the Hero
I meant to post something about the death of Jack Kevorkian the other day, but wasn't able to squeeze it in. First of all, any publication that used "Dr. Death" in the headline in order to be clever...
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Friendly Fires - "Live Those Days Tonight" (Lightbox Session) (via Chez) Thanks to Ashby for taking over the show while I spent the weekend literally off the grid.
Sarah Palin Embraces Socialism
Sarah Palin's personal slush fund "SarahPAC" posted a series of photos paying tribute to the National Park Service and the NPS rangers. As we all know, the National Park Service is a beneficiary of...
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MST3K Saturday - "Escape 2000" I'm going to drop off the grid for a day or two, but I'll try to check in whenever practical.