Oh boy! Kent Conrad is back in the news. Headline: Sen. Conrad: Extend All Tax Cuts; Time to Get 'Serious' About Deficit Uh. Yeah. Kent Conrad is a the chairman of the Budget Committee. We're screwed.
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Caving on The Bush Tax Rates?
The big banner headline at the Huffington Post (see also Cenk's rants on MSNBC) is that the Obama administration is going to compromise on extended the Bush tax rates for the richest one percent...
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OK Go - "Last Leaf"
Fall Fundraiser – Day Four
We're already up to Day Four of the big quarterly fundraiser, so I'll spare you the hard sell and just make a semi-sincere plaintive face and gesture at the jolly, candy-like PayPal button. Thanks so...
Stupid Palin Thing of the Day
You might have heard about Sarah Palin's dick-move stunt in Pennsylvania. She accused the Pennsylvania’s State Board of Education of banning sugary foods, and referred to it as a "nanny state run...
Susan Collins Walks Into the Propeller
Senator Collins on Sarah Palin: "I think she likes being a celebrity commentator for Fox and a speaker and being able to provide for her family," Collins said. "I think that life appeals to her. It's...
Wanted: Sign Maker
I agree with John Cole. This is an outstanding idea: how about some dem signage outside the clocked NJ tunnels and bridges reminding folks: Traffic Jam Courtesy Gov. Christie. As someone who's spent...
Tucker Carlson Admits to Identity Theft
What else do you call this other than identity theft? Carlson, reached by phone Tuesday night, confirmed he impersonated Olbermann in the email responses to Bykofsky. "Could you resist?" Carlson said...
It Begins
The first New Hampshire poll I've seen for the 2012 primaries. In the critical early state of New Hampshire Romney continues to hold a dominant polling advantage, with 40% to 13% for Huckabee and 10%...
Glenn Beck: Anti-Semite
Someone should tell Glenn Beck that portraying a Jewish man using puppets is horribly anti-Semitic. You'd think the "educator," as Sarah Palin calls him, would know these things. Or maybe he does and...
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Audioslave - "Show Me How To Live" via Chez
Fall Fundraiser – Day Three
Good day, and welcome to day three of our quarterly fundraising drive. If you dig what you read on this blog, feel free to click the jolly, candly-like PayPal button below and contribute a few...
Tucker Carlson Is An Idiot
Apparently Tucker, or someone associated with Tucker, was posing as Keith Olbermann and sending emails as Keith to Philadelphia Daily News columnist Stu Bykofsky. In one email, "Olbermann" says that...
Senator John F. Kennedy and Ted Sorensen
LIFE Magazine just released a series of never-before-seen photographs of President Kennedy. Here's a particularly timely shot of then-Senator Kennedy with Ted Sorensen on the campaign bus in 1960.
Running With Big Fricking Scissors
Oh look. The Republicans are playing grabass with the debt ceiling. Fresh off their election day sweep, top Republicans in Congress are already threatening a high-stakes gambit to block what has...
Glenn Beck Is Slow on the Uptake
Glenn Beck was apparently shocked to hear the news that Lawrence O'Donnell is a self-identified socialist. "But didn't we just hear that there are no socialists?" Beck said. "Wait a minute ...
Doof Quote of the Day
"What have I told you about diet and exercise? Exercise is irrelevant.... "How do you know all this?" One of the reasons I know what I know is that I know liberals, and I know liberals lie, and if...
Conan's Cold Open
This cracked me up. The cold open from Conan's new TBS show:
This Guy Is A Raging Effing Moron
Here's radio talk show wingnut Wayne Allen Root whining about how he's being "targeted" by the president because he earns between $250K and $500K per year. Yeah, they'll give any wingnut moron with...
They're Not Embarrassed
The headline refers to Maddow's line about Republican tea party hypocrites, but it can also apply to the corporate press -- cable news and Politico types, specifically. What Yglesias said: Back when...