The Flaming Lips - "I Was Zapped By The Lucky Super Rainbow" Oh hells yeah! This is why I love this band.
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The Avalanche of Tea Party Crazy Rolls On
Today's events are evidence that there's no off position on the tea party Crazy Switch. Next up, Joe Miller for a Monday two-fer. Alaska Republican Senate nominee Joe Miller was asked about illegal...
WTF? Sharron Angle Edition
Jeepers creepers, she's a maniac. Here's Angle speaking at the Hispanic Student Union. Everyone in the audience is Hispanic. "So that's what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I...
Worst Person in the World
It's been a while since Rush Limbaugh made the cut, but here you go. Limbaugh and a caller agreeing about the First Lady's alleged "weight gain."
The GOP is All About Personal Responsibility
A statement from the Joe Miller Goon Squad: It is also important to note that the security personnel did not know that the individual they detained was a blogger who reporting on the campaign. To...
The Constitution and the Tea Party
Newsweek's Andrew Romano wrote an excellent piece about the tea party's skewed concept of the U.S. Constitution. The centerpiece: The Constitution is a relentlessly secular document that never once...
Joe Miller's Goons Detain News Reporter
These tea party candidates are seriously awful, awful, awful. Here's their idea of the "Constitution" in action... Alaska Senate candidate's security guards handcuff, detain journalist at town hall...
Awful Quote of the Day
“I think that birth has an influence over it, like alcoholism and some other things, but I think that basically you have a choice.” Colorado GOP Senate candidate Ken Buck on homosexuality Didn't Buck...
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Gord Downie & The Country Of Miracles - "Trick Rider" Live at the Mariposa Folk Festival Tudhope Park - Orillia, ON
Need More Poop!
Nate Silver has some bad news for Joe Sestak: Our forecast yesterday evening, which did not yet include the Rasmussen poll (nor the internal polls; we do not use them in our Senate predictions)...
'Blood on Their Hands'
The Tides Foundation is fighting back against Glenn Beck. In an extraordinary move to nip the inflammatory commentary coming from Glenn Beck, the founder and CEO of the Tides Foundation (a frequent...
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City And Colour - "The Girl" (Sorry for the lateness on this. The auto-post I set up last night went haywire and blew a gasket.)
The Liberal Comedian
Louis CK is easily the funniest comedian around today. Via Sullivan, here's Monica Potts making the case for Louis as the "liberal comedian." Unlike most other shows on television, in almost every...
President, Democrats Cut the Deficit
So, fine, the 2010 deficit was around $1.294 trillion. But it's actually $122 billion less than Bush's 2009 budget deficit. ...the $122 billion improvement on the deficit "is the biggest one-year...
Worst Person in the World
Sarah Palin, who attacked the First Lady in a word salad speech yesterday. Yep. The same Sarah Palin who exploits her children on reality television shows and cheers as her daughter grinds on Dancing...
A Match Made in Hell
Oh great. Two of the most wickedly awful corporations have joined forces. A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (now called Xe...
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MST3K Saturday - Highlights of RiffTrax on "Red Dawn" RiffTrax is Kevin Murphy, Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett
When In Doubt, Use Poop
If you're going to produce a political commercial, make sure you include some poop in there. The new Sestak commercial: Seriously, the Sestak TV presence is really strong. Poop notwithstanding.
Are They Seriously This Dumb?
Ron Johnson, who is soundly leading over Russ Feingold, joins the cavalcade of dumbstupid this week. Asked what innovative ideas he might push in office, [Wisconsin Republican Ron] Johnson didn't...
Glenn Beck Selling Food Insurance
Yes, food insurance. Food. Insurance. In preparation for the coming Marxist-Progressive-Maoist-Kenyan Pockyclips against white guys with punch-me-faces and flesh-toned hair. Here he is on his radio...