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Palin the Narcissist
Kevin Drum notes Sarah Palin's weird obsession with the interim White House Chief of Staff, Pete Rouse. In particular, CNN reports about a particularly bizarre accusation by Palin against Rouse: She...
Rand Paul Doesn't Understand Economics
Ah hell. Today on Fox News Sunday: I think, first of all you look at whose money it is. It’s the people’s money, who earned the money; we give up some to pay taxes, so I’m not seeing it as a cost to...
Your Modern Republican Party
It's important to remind the press that it's not just the wacky tea party Republicans who are saying ridiculous things. The establishment Republicans are equally as apeshit. Jim DeMint, for instance:...
Happy Birthday "Position Flexible"
On this day in history, October 3, 2008, Sarah Palin sat for a post-vice presidential debate interview with Fox News Channel's Carl Cameron. After famously bungling a description of the role of the...
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The New Pornographers - "Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk" Live on the Late Show with David Letterman
78 Republicans Who Hate Women
It's difficult to describe how awful this is. A partial list of Republican candidates running for US Congress in this year's mid-term elections shows that at least 78 of them have professed to oppose...
Worst Persons in the World
The South Fulton, Tennessee Fire Department for this: OBION COUNTY, Tenn. - Imagine your home catches fire but the local fire department won't respond, then watches it burn. That's exactly what...
Rich vs. Poor in the Great Recession
This chart via Jon Chait illustrates everything you need to know about the ultimate impact of Reaganomics. In short: the working and middle classes were totally hosed. Chait: "The remedy, of course...
Headline of the Day
This should say just about everything you need to know about the modern Republican Party and the freakdogs they're championing. O'Donnell: After Witchcraft I Tried to Be A Hare Krishna -- But I Liked...
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MST3K Saturday - "Cheating"
Sanchez Fired from CNN
This comes as no surprise. CNN spokesman Bridget Leininger confirmed to TPM that Rick Sanchez has been fired from CNN. "Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of...
Revisiting the Awlaki Situation
While refuting Glenn Greenwald, Andrew Sullivan frames the administration case against al-Awlaki in a way that makes a lot of sense: The CIA and the military have not been authorized to kill any US...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I'm telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like [Jon] Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and to imply that somehow they -- the people in...
President Obama Addresses Gen44
This easily slots into the roster of the president's greatest speeches.
King Of All Douchebags
Andrew Breitbart once again confirms that there is no bigger douchebag in the world of American politics. Stand down, Newt Gingrich and Mark Halperin, Breitbart is the King Of All Douchebags. For...
The Senate Tackles the Big Issues
While I agree with the sentiment, this just seems like something the Senate shouldn't be dealing with right now. WASHINGTON – Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that...
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The Office (UK) theme week concludes with David Brent being fired.
The Bob and Elvis Show – September 30, 2010
Bob Punches Some Hippies; Progressive Whining; Tropical Storm Nicole; Apple Store Hipsters; We're losing the election to idiots and wackaloons; The American Police State; Body Scanners; the new...
You Stay Classy, Carl Paladino
The Republicans have some real winners in their ranks. Here's Carl Paladino threatening to "take out" a newspaper editor. But then again, Nancy Pelosi has Botox, so, you know, "both sides" are crazy...