All of the progressive freakouts about "Medicare being on the table" prior to the president's speech today were, once again, a series of emo kneejerk overreactions. On Medicare, the president’s...
Medicare Appears to Be Safe
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Author - Bob Cesca
Quote of the Day
"I think the thing that pisses me off the most about the birtherism and the coverage is that no one will come out and state that what is obviously motivating this crap is racism. Period. End of story...
Cantor is Very Serious
Eric Cantor continues to reinforce his role as the driver of the House Republican clown car. In addition to legislating based on fraudulent O'Keefe videos and introducing bills that are totally...
In Defense of Civil War Re-enacting (Sort of)
Last night on the Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel described Civil War re-enacting as a bit of a mystery to her, and I don't really blame her. So here's my take on re-enactors. In my on-going study of the...
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The Ricky Gervais Show theme week continues with... Karl on Organ Donation
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Our Ricky Gervais Show theme week continues with... "Seals" (Last travel day for me. I should be back in regular form tomorrow. And, of course, there will be an all new Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis...
Programming Note
Thanks again to JM Ashby for keeping the blog stocked with fresh outrage while I've been traveling. Tomorrow is the last day for this particular round of airline madness, so things should be back to...
Making the Rich Pay for Their Austerity
Beyond the Republicans who only care about budget cuts when Democrats control the White House, the only people who are feverishly pushing for austerity measures are Very Serious media people and DC...
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The Ricky Gervais Show - "Karl's Superpower" It's a Ricky Gervais Show theme week. Easily the funniest cartoon show since The Simpsons.
Super Stupid
The geniuses on Fox & Friends: Steve Doocy: [President Obama] was talking about Planned Parenthood being this great provider where women can get blood pressure checks and pap smears and breast...
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Death Cab for Cutie - "You Are A Tourist" From their forthcoming album CODES and KEYS Just brilliant.
Glenn Beck's 50 Worst Things
Media Matters compiled the list of Glenn Beck's most awful statements on Fox News. It's really difficult to pick the worst from the list, but I would argue that his bit about the president's aunt...
Erased! From Existence!
Sullivan brings us the most ridiculously obvious World Net Daily birther lie since the fake Kenyan birth certificate. This time, it's in the form of a really, really awful photoshopping of the famous...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"[Senator Jon Kyl's] remark was not intended to be a factual statement, but rather to illustrate that Planned Parenthood, an organization that receives millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, does...
Historic Ditch-Driving
Ezra Klein on President Obama's pitch for the budget deal: Obama bragged about “making the largest annual spending cut in our history.” Harry Reid joined him, repeatedly calling the cuts “historic.”...
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MST3K Saturday - "What To Do on a Date"
Reviving an Old Refrain
There's just no way the Republicans come out on top in all of this. The president is too smart and reasonable, and so the Republicans look like foot-stomping, tantrum-throwing children. Notice the...
The Republicans Don't Care About Deficits
It's important to note again that the Republicans don't care about deficits. They really don't care whether the number is $33 billion or $60 billion. They're only interested in two things: 1)...
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Seal - "Killer" Live on GMTV The first Seal album from 1991 is genius. Meanwhile, I'm still traveling, but I'll be "popping off" (as Chris Matthews likes to say) about the impending government...
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Living Colour - "Cult of Personality" I'm traveling today, so be nice to JM Ashby. I'll check in whenever I can. Meanwhile, there will probably be more commentary from me on Twitter -- especially if...