MST3K Saturday - "The Chicken of Tomorrow"
Author - Bob Cesca
Dithering, Apathy and Lethargy
The Republican field is all about pulse-pounding excitement! Look out! ...only 5% of likely GOP primary voters say they've definitely made up their mind. 16% say they are leaning towards someone, and...
And Now, The Really Bad News
Paul Krugman isn't feeling too peppy about the sputtering economy. By my count we’ve had four adverse surprises lately: GDP, private-sector payrolls, service-sector survey, and new claims for...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"Well, Bastiat, the great economist of the past said, the place where you’ve got to get revenues has to come from the middle class. That’s the huge number of people that are there. So the system does...
We Do Not Strut
Here's Rachel with another brilliant segment. This time detailing the president's accomplishments and why the Obama administration doesn't brag. Adding... Here's a full accounting of the president's...
Morning Awesome
TV On The Radio - "Wolf Like Me"
Torture Slowed the Capture of Bin Laden
Will Bunch reports: Indeed, one former senior Air Force interrogator from the Iraq war, who has written two books under the pseudonym Matthew Alexander, told the Daily News last night he believes...
The Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis Show 5/5/11
Bin Laden is Dead; The Obama-Osama Gaffe; The Incompetence of George W Bush; Torture Didn't Kill Bin Laden; The Death Photos; Firebagger Guilt Tripping; Who is Bin Laden; Selling the News; President...
There's Still a Climate Crisis, By the Way
The AP delivers the harrowing news: The ice of Greenland and the rest of the Arctic is melting faster than expected and could help raise global sea levels by as much as 5 feet this century...
Guilt Tripping Bin Laden's Death
Oliver Willis calls out some of the whining about the celebratory reaction to the killing of Bin Laden. This is the man directly responsible for the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. 2,977...
Banning Undercover Activist Videos
Eric Schlosser, the author of the landmark book Fast Food Nation, held a Q&A at the Washington Post website. It's definitely worth reading, but the first question jumped off the screen. Q. No...
The Republican Contribution: Torture
Andrew Sullivan: Leave aside the horrifying fact that Republicans, seeking to score some ownership of this triumph, would look to torture as their contribution. Why not the beefed up on-the-ground...
Morning Awesome
Neil Young covering John Lennon's "Imagine" If I were to choose one musical performance that represents the days following 9/11, it would be this one.
Super Stupid
These people are probably the Super Stupids of the Year. I don't see anyone topping these doofs. And they're all very, very real. Here's a scary thought: They're all allowed to produce offspring and...
The Torture Fallacy
On Morning Joe this morning, Joe and others were ballyhooing the use of waterboarding on Khalid Sheik Mohammed and how the information he provided eventually lead to the location of Bin Laden's...
President Obama's Accomplishments
Andrew Sullivan: Obama avoided a plunge into the second Great Depression. He saved the auto industry. His bank bailout may make a profit. He has withdrawn most troops from Iraq. He has ended the ban...
Liberal Democrats: Strong on National Security
Last night's "Rewrite" by Lawrence O'Donnell was a keeper. The Republicans have been running around like frightened Barney Fife types with loaded guns and a googly-eyed, jittery, cowardly posture...
The Sit Room, Continued…
Another White House photograph of Team Obama in the Situation Room during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. A couple of brief observations on this one. 1) This view of the Sit Room looks a little...
Chart of the Day
Via Ezra Klein, here's a chart showing the CBO projection for the National Debt at the beginning of the Bush administration, given the surplus and the continuation of Clinton era policies, and the...
Quote of the Day
"We got him." President Obama in the Situation Room when special forces announced "Geronimo" -- the code word for having killed the target, Osama bin Laden Hearing more and more about the operation...