While the Democrats continue to compromise and capitulate, Eric Cantor and the Republicans aren't negotiating. No more continuing resolutions -- they want their cuts or the government will shut down...
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Author - Bob Cesca
Bad Idea Jeans
Good lord, I hope this information is wrong. This is simply an awful, awful idea. The Democrats appear to be acquiescing to Republicans on spending cuts. The White House and Democratic lawmakers...
Birther Trump Produces Fake Birth Certificate
Sweet, sweet irony. Ben Smith reports: Donald Trump made headlines earlier today when he provided what he said was a copy of his birth certificate—but a quick check reveals it’s actually not an...
Glenn Beck is Boring and Preachy
That's why a chain of radio stations is canceling his ridiculous show. "He bounces around pretty radically, I think he confuses people, they're not sure where he is coming from," said Rick Buckley...
Hoopehead Nation
I just... ah hell. Dancing with the Stars? The president was bumped earlier because of a stupid dancing show? President Obama had a message for the American people Monday night, an explanation of the...
Morning Awesome
Duran Duran - "Planet Earth" Live, Directed by David Lynch (via Chez)
Prime Time Thread
Everyone needs to chill out about Libya. Everything is going to be okay. Here's your prime time open thread. Don't feed the trolls.
Quote of the Day
"You know price of everything but the value of nothing." the late Geraldine Ferraro on "cynical" Republicans in her 1984 Democratic National Convention acceptance speech See also the modern...
Robots are Strong…
...And they're taking control of our economy. Paul Krugman: From the FT: stock in Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffet’s company, jumps every time Anne Hathaway, the actress, gets a lot of media play...
Crazy Quote of the Day
“The First Amendment was written by the Founders to protect the free exercise of Christianity. They were making no effort to give special protections to Islam." Director of Issues Analysis Bryan...
Pawlenty Approved Sharia Mortgages
Tim "BaseballApplePieHotDogsandChevroletAmericaRocks" Pawlenty appears to have a past connection to evil, evil Sharia Law: Pawlenty’s effort to increase minority homeownership by encouraging...
Iowa Loves Michele Bachmann
Bachmann evidently stole the show at a Republican event in Iowa over the weekend, which also featured circus clown Newt Gingrich, John Bolton and some other guy I've never heard of. Michele Bachmann...
Positive News in Libya
The coalition air strikes, along with the rebels preserving the initiative, appear to be on a roll: Libyan rebels are claiming to have captured the town of Sirte, the home of embattled Libyan leader...
Morning Awesome
Samurai Champloo - "Mugen vs. Jin" I was watching some scenes and videos from this show over the weekend and nearly forgot how badass Champloo was. Here's the first (masterfully animated) fight scene...
The Liberal Case for Libya
Juan Cole wrote an excellent post titled, "An Open Letter to the Left on Libya." If you're ambivalent about whether we should be involved over there, read Cole's post. I'm not sure you'll be...
Sarah Palin in India
Via Sullivan, Palin finally submitted to a non-Fox News Channel interview. Here she is on a program in India called On the Couch with Koel. Totally hardball and wonky, eh? And she had a seriously...
'I Am John Galt'
The people in these videos, proclaiming "I am John Galt" for the release of Atlas Shrugged: The Movie, are effing dinguses. Do they even know what John Galt was all about? Saying they're John Galt is...
Newt Gingrich is a Circus Clown, Continued…
ThinkProgress documented Newt's ongoing flip-flops about climate change and cap-and-trade. For example: February 15, 2007: “I think if you have mandatory carbon caps combined with a trading system...
Morning Awesome
Death Cab for Cutie - "Bixby Canyon Bridge" Live in Seattle
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for this: GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Friday announced the addition of a 95-acre parcel at Gettysburg National Military Park, saying it caps...