The Shins - "St. Simon"
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The Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis Show 4/21/11
We're back from a two week hiatus; Escape from Pennsylvania; Computer Meltdowns and Apple's Genius; Dylan Ratigan's Love Affair with Andrew Breitbart; Unserious Republicans; Eric Cantor Shouldn't be...
Dylan Ratigan's Breitbart Infomercial
Dylan Ratigan gave Andrew Breitbart ten full minutes of MSNBC airtime the other day to promote his book, and predictably failed to corner Breitbart on any of his egregious lies and self-admitted...
The Republican Base
Good people. (via Oliver)
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Foo Fighters - "These Days" (Live on Letterman) Thought I'd run another track this week from the new Wasting Light album.
No More Wasteful Spending! Except for Us.
The House Republicans really, really care about reducing government spending. No they don't. For example: Leaders in the House have agreed to pay up to $520 an hour and up to $500,000 to a law firm...
No More Socialism! Except for Us.
Marist poll question: "Do you support or oppose doing each of the following to deal with the federal budget deficit: cut Medicare and Medicaid?" Guess how tea party people responded? Among all...
Pulitzer Prize for Lying in Print
This year's Pulitzer for editorial writing has gone to known liar, the Wall Street Journal's far-right columnist Joseph Rago. During his obsessive attack on health care reform, Rago claimed the...
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Billy Polard - “When Our Bedrooms Were Once Haunted” (Animated on the Nintendo DSi)
Finally a Good Idea on Social Security
President Obama is stepping in the right direction on Social Security: (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday backed boosting the amount of individual income subject to Social Security taxes...
Just Words
President Obama on the military trial of Khalid Sheik Mohammed: "I remain convinced we could have handled this in New York. We could have handled it in a normal court." Oh -- just words. He should...
Wingnuts Aren't Very Bright
As Rachel discussed last night, that (now vetoed) Arizona Birther law would make it illegal for anyone from Arizona to run for office. The law required citizens of Arizona to produce a document that...
Doof Quote of the Day
"Our job is not to cover just things that we know to be true." CNN's John King So if I convinced enough people that John King was an animatronic douchebot from the planet Asshelmet VI, CNN would...
Raising Taxes on the Rich is A Winning Move
New McClatchy poll results: On tackling the deficit, voters by a margin of 2-to-1 support raising taxes on incomes above $250,000, with 64 percent in favor and 33 percent opposed. Independents...
Demonic Liberals
I don't usually pay any attention to Ann Coulter, but the title of her latest book is utterly self-satirical -- so much so that I had to write about it. Yes, her book is called "Demonic". And by...
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Zephyr Song"
Nobody Likes Atlas Shrugged
Did you know there's a movie version of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged? No? Well, you're not alone. The first part of a trilogy (!!!) based on Ayn Rand's libertarian bible was released in limited theaters...
Running Government Like a Business
Republicans love, love, love this "run the government like a business" silliness because it makes them sound like grownups. Of course there are numerous reasons why government simply can't and...
Why Are Gas Prices Too Damn High?
Because of market manipulation and oil speculation. In other words, Wall Street has a lot to do with the spike in gas prices. Via ThinkProgress, here are some progressive congressmen who would like...
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The New Pornographers - "Crash Years"