It's a Van Halen theme week. Here's "Dance the Night Away" -- the first song I ever heard by Van Halen. In fact, I recorded it off the radio and played it until the cassette tape disintegrated.
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Graph of the Day
Here's how we save Social Security -- in convenient graph form. Blam! Problem solved. Repeal the Bush tax cuts for the top earners and direct the savings into Social Security. Now imagine removing...
Newt Gingrich's Biggest Lie Ever
Newt likes to talk out of his own ass. A lot. And there's quite a record of bigtime lies, falsehoods and contradictory remarks. But here's a big effing whopper of a lie that rises to the top of the...
Doof Quote of the Day
"We don’t need to rewrite the Constitution of the United States of America, we need to reread the Constitution and enforce the Constitution. … And I know that there are some people that are not going...
Desperate Comparisons to 1992
There's a meme going around suggesting the 2012 Republican field resembles the 1992 Democratic field -- wishful thinking in the hopes that a Bill Clinton type will emerge to defeat the popular (for...
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Van Halen theme week rolls on with "Right Now".
Quote of the Day
"I think my problem is that I do have the fire in my belly. I am so adamantly supportive of the good, traditional things about America and our free enterprise system, and I want to make sure that...
Tyler Hamilton on 60 Minutes
Here's Tyler Hamilton on last night's 60 Minutes describing in detail the process of doping on the US Postal Service team, as orchestrated by Lance Armstrong. Part One. Part Two. Overtime: It pains...
Republican Roulette
The Republicans appear to be holding the debt limit hostage in order to destroy Medicare and Medicaid. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said “there will have to be a deal” on raising the...
Tim Pawlenty: F-ck Yawn!
Tim Pawlenty is officially running for president. Snore. He doesn't have a chance in hell. Adding... Did you notice one of his biographical bullet points was: "My Mom died when I was a teenager," and...
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Van Halen theme week continues with "Panama".
Crazy Quote of the Day
“I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of the United States … [W]e have to show that we are inextricably entwined, that as a...
For the Record…
TPM corrects the record: In fact, Obama did not call for a direct return to the 1967 borders for Israel, as Republicans and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have represented. Instead, he...
The New Normal Sucks
They're calling it "global weirding." Heavy rains, deep snowfalls, monster floods and killing droughts are signs of a "new normal" of extreme U.S. weather events fueled by climate change, scientists...
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Van Halen - "Dreams" (Live at 5150) It's a Van Halen theme week. Because I can. And because they're a guilty pleasure of mine. And the Van Halen brothers in their prime were total badasses.
Chart of the Day
New debt projections from the CBPP, confirming that if the Bush tax cuts are renewed in 2012, the cuts will be the largest contributor to the national debt by 2019. The chart is also a fine...
Top Riders Confirm Hamilton's Story
Frankie Andreu and George Hincapie have reportedly joined Hamilton in confirming Armstrong's doping. SOLVANG, Calif. (VN) ─ Former Lance Armstrong teammate Frankie Andreu spoke out in support of...
Money Well Spent
Kentucky Republicans hate government spending. Unless it promotes a fairy tale. A group of private investors and religious organizations is hoping to build a Bible-themed amusement park in Kentucky...
Gingrich Flirts with Jim Crow
Newt's Southern Strategy expands to supporting a poll test as a requirement to vote. ThinkProgress: WALDRON: In order to vote, like a generic history test for new citizens and young people? Can you...
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MST3K Saturday - "Jack Frost"
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