MST3K Saturday - "Boggy Creek II"
Author - Bob Cesca
The Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis Show 3/24/11
Comment Trolls; Revisiting Last Week's NPR Fracas; The Libyan No Fly Zone; Republican Contradictions and Opposite-Day Nonsense; Bunk and Debunk; Newt Gingrich Flip-Flops; Dennis Kucinich is...
Be Afraid, Republicans
Of course, this is exactly why the Republicans are sandbagging against the growing population of Hispanics: In a surprising show of growth, Hispanics accounted for more than half of the U.S...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"Why is there a Bureau of Indian Affairs? There is no Bureau of Puerto Rican Affairs or Black Affairs or Irish Affairs. And no group in America has been more helped by the government than the...
Criminalizing Pre-Marital Sex in Alaska
Sarah Palin's wingnut successor, Governor Sean Parnell, knows how to pick quality judges. JUNEAU -- Gov. Sean Parnell's appointee for the panel that nominates state judges testified Wednesday that he...
Republican Thuggery
University of Wisconsin History Professor William Cronon wrote an op/ed opposing Scott Walker's union-busting and attacks on collective bargaining. Then Cronon wrote a blog entry examining who's...
Morning Awesome
Echo & The Bunnymen - "The Killing Moon"
Prime Time Thread
Here's another open thread for you. We just finished recording this week's Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis Show, so that'll be going up shortly and remain at the top of the page for a while. So get...
Japanese Tsunami Hero of the Day
Hideaki Akaiwa is a real life action hero. Seriously, if you read one thing today, read this. When Akaiwa learned that his wife was trapped inside their house -- under 10 feet of dangerous, freezing...
Deciphering Newt is a Waste of Time
Jason Linkins and TPM are busily trying to unravel Newt Gingrich's vigorous and incomprehensible Facebook post in which he tries to justify is obviously contradictory remarks about the president's...
Breitbart and the Huffington Post
For what it's worth, as a writer for the Huffington Post, I don't like the idea of Breitbart being featured on the front page. I understand and support Huffington's mission to host all sides in their...
Morning Awesome
Don Henley - "End of the Innocence"
Prime Time Thread
We used to do a Prime Time Thread every night back in 2008 and early 2009, so I thought we'd try this out again. If there's enough participation and, thus, it's worthy of taking up vertical space on...
Newt Gingrich is a Circus Clown
Check out this ridiculousness on the president's actions in Libya: Republican presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich has undergone a remarkable transformation in his views about intervening in Libya. On...
'Nuanced' Doesn't Mean 'Nuanced'
Greg Sargent ripped into Mitt Romney for describing the president's Libya decision as "nuanced." Call it the Dingbat Doctrine: If you think the world is a complicated place; if you think that...
Education 1, Fat Jesus 0
Mark your brackets with a victory for education in New Jersey: Gov. Chris Christie's deep cuts to state school aid last year left New Jersey's schools unable to provide a 'thorough and efficient'...
Morning Awesome
Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
'Undermining the Commander-in-Chief'
For the record: "The only ideas that they espouse are ways to undermine the troops in harm's way and undermine their commander in chief while they're at war. Your candidates have no idea how to keep...
America, F*ck Yawn!
Holy crap and apple pie and flags! It's Tim Pawlenty's big announcement! And it's BIG! See if you can count all of the patriotic themes in this. It really gets going at the 1:00 mark. Wow. He's...
There's Still a Nuclear Crisis in Japan
I know there are bombs in Libya, and Tim Pawlenty is running for president, but let's not forget about Japan. Radiation 1,600 times higher than normal levels has been detected in an area about 20...