Yesterday was the anniversary of President Eisenhower's farewell address in which he warned against the influence of the military industrial complex. So here, presented in full, is the phenomenal...
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Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs - "Borderline"
Segregation By Any Other Name…
Via Ezra Klein: American schools are more segregated by race and class today than they were on the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, 43 years ago. The average white child in America attends a...
Bill Maher, The Tea Party and the Founders
And of course I always go back to the actual Boston Tea Party, which was ultimately a protest against a corporate tax cut.
Glenn Beck Thinks He's MLK. Again.
Glenn Beck has previously equated himself with MLK. Lincoln Memorial speech on the anniversary of the I Have A Dream speech, etc, etc. And today... On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Glenn Beck posted...
Good Luck, Republicans
The main reason why the Republican frontrunners are too a'scared to declare their candidacies for the 2012 nomination -- illustrated in convenient graph form: The graph shows the president's approval...
Worst Persons in the World
I should reserve this category for the NRA -- and only the NRA. This is shockingly wrong: Six days after a gunman attempted to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and killed six others in a...
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U2 - "MLK" From Dortmund, 1984
Gateway Pundit is a Dumbstupid
I'm generally not very shocked by wingnut conspiracy theories anymore. But every once in a while their dumbstupid reaches new levels of ridiculousness -- crying out for us all to point and laugh...
Ah Hell. This Again?
The new RNC chairman Reince Priebus doesn't know the difference between the president and Osama bin Laden. Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Wisconsin GOP, referred to the "execution" of Obama three...
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Public Image Limited - "Public Image"
Super Stupid
NASA issued a report this week showing 2010 was the hottest year on record. Why does NASA hate America? I don't normally link to heretofore unknown wingnut bloggers, but this one caught my attention...
Socialist Kenyan Commie Pinko
Here's one of many reasons why the accusations about President Obama wanting to turn America into a socialist economy are fucking stupid. Big, gnarly, dumbstupid. I'm looking at you, Glenn Beck and R...
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MST3K Saturday - "What To Do On A Date"
Michael Steele Out, Reince Priebus In
Michael Steele has stepped down as the chairman of the RNC, and is being replaced by Star Wars cantina alien and chairman of the Wisconsin RNC... Reince Priebus. Real name. Exotic! Where's the birth...
Worst Person in the World
Local wingnut talk show host Bob Durgin: In talking about The New York Times, often seen as queen of the left by conservatives, Durgin added, “Somebody ought to burn that paper down. Just go to New...
The Palin Clown Car Rolls On
Excellent optics. Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin recently announced plans to deliver a keynote speech later this month at a marquee gun rights event in Reno, Nevada. Palin is set to speak at a...
Weak Stream
Wingnuts are really, really, really stretching for something to complain about the president's speech: In one of the most cynical displays in recent memory, following the lead of Gateway Pundit Jim...
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The KLF with Tammy Wynette - "Justified and Ancient (Stand by the JAMS)
The Bubble Genius Bob & Elvis Show 1/13/11
We get serious about gun control, mental illness and the terrorist attack in Arizona; Sarah Palin's Epic Fail Response; Erick Erickson's Assassination Fantasy; The new Hobbit Movie; Airport Security...