Olympic gold metal winning cyclist and former Lance Armstrong teammate Tyler Hamilton told 60 Minutes that he witnessed Armstrong taking EPO, a banned substance that boosts your red blood cell count...
Author - Bob Cesca
Slow Recovery, But Still Recovering
Decent news on the jobs front: WASHINGTON – The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply for the second straight week, suggesting the job market is slowly recovering. The...
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Toto - "Africa" Good old song by a group of guys who look like douchey 1970s porn actors.
Summoning Paul Harvey's Ghost
Sarah Palin has great taste in advisers: JUNEAU -- The Alaska Supreme Court has suspended the law license of former U.S. Attorney Wevley Shea, finding "clear and convincing evidence" that he violated...
The Republican War on The Arts
The Republicans are trying to kill funding for the arts. Like always. ThinkProgress: KANSAS: The most pitched battles are in Kansas, where in February, Gov. Sam Brownback signed an executive order...
Quote of the Day
"Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can't. Deal. With. The. Blathering." Anonymous Secret Service Agent who accidentally posted this to the official Secret Service Twitter account It was removed seconds...
Comment Away
After a lot of monkeying, I think we're all settled with a comment routine. Finally. Disqus is fully installed and all prior comments have been imported -- all 100,000+ of them from more than 11,000...
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U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"
Because the Tea Party is All About Taxes
They're all about lower taxes and smaller government. Which is why they keeping pulling shit like this: Gov. Scott Walker believes a new law that gives gay couples hospital visitation rights violates...
The $21 Million Filibuster
ThinkProgress reports: A Center for American Progress Action Fund analysis finds that the 48 senators who sided with Big Oil received over $21 million in career oil contributions, while 52 senators...
You're Not Helping
That guy who tossed confetti at Gingrich? Not helping. At all. I classify it up there with the pie-in-the-face received by Bill Kristol and Ann Coulter, as well as the shoe tosser who assaulted...
Newt Gingrich's Race-Baiting Meltdown
He's utterly shameless. And it's so, so, soooo fun to watch this gasbag suffer a total meltdown. "You want to be a country that creates food stamps, in which case frankly Obama's is an enormous...
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Death Cab for Cutie - "Home Is a Fire" Directed by Shepard Fairey and Nicholas Harmer More new music from Death Cab's new Codes & Keys album.
Quote of the Day
"In the end, no detainee in CIA custody revealed the facilitator/courier’s full true name or specific whereabouts. This information was discovered through other intelligence means." CIA director Leon...
Please Stand By…
The switch to WordPress is almost complete and we'll be making the final arrangements over the next several hours. So there might be weirdness. Pardon our dust and all that crap. And once the site is...
Way to Cut the Budget, Republicans!
This made me laugh and laugh. The Republicans actually increased the budget by $3 billion beyond the original budget. Good job! This year's big spending cut bill that prevented a government shutdown...
Iowa Governor: Republicans Slow on the Uptake
More evidence the Republicans are terrified to run against the president. They needed a smack in the ass from the governor of Iowa. Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad fired a starter’s pistol on the 2012 race...
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Gorillaz ft. Little Dragon - "Empire Ants" (Live on Letterman) I'm back in action. Thanks to Ashby for kicking ass all weekend!
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Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks - "Never Going Back Again" Live on the PBS concert series "Soundstage" I'll be back in the swing of things this evening. Thanks for letting me goof off for a...
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The Police - "Walking on the Moon" (Live) Still absorbing some away-from-the-computer time. Thanks to Ashby for filling in.