These people are effing weird. Add this to list of bizarre and unusual campaign trail antics: at last week’s Tea Party Express rally in Phoenix, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio welcomed Sarah...
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No Racism Here, Either.
Oh, Red State. You're a hoot. And Even STILL I Am Not Allowed To Make A Racial Slur About Our President? After THIS? AYFKM!?!?!? Sigh. And we're supposed to engage in civil discourse with these...
The Bad Credit Crisis
I don't mind saying, the recession left me with a terrible credit rating. I won't go into the gory details, but it's bad. However, I'm certainly not alone. There hasn't been enough attention paid to...
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Death Cab for Cutie - "Transatlanticism" Live at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic All YouTube bootleg video footage edited together
Birther Nutbags Hold Rally in DC
And it went about as well as can be expected. Yes, that's a guy in a shitty Captain America costume holding up the gigantic flag.
Forward this Link Everywhere
Eight False Things The Public “Knows” Prior To Election Day Then again, we exist in a counter-factual America where objective reality is a conspiracy and facts are considered "liberal math." But we...
The Tea Party Ain't So Tough
According to the Washington Post, the tea party is smaller and more disconnected that previously thought: But a new Washington Post canvass of hundreds of local tea party groups reveals a different...
Serenity Now!
If you're into economics, you will waste a significant portion of your day here: The Economics of Seinfeld Using these clips (as well as clips from other television shows or movies) makes economic...
Through the Wingnut Looking Glass
Americans are pissed about the deficit. They're pissed about jobs. They're pissed about taxes. So pissed that they're willing to support totally incompetent nincompoop wingnuts in next week's midterm...
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Iron Maiden - "Journeyman" Death on the Road Live
Dick Quote of the Day
"And I think it is simply this, that in the culture of NPR, appearing on Fox is a sin. And in the culture of NPR, for an African American man like Juan, regardless of his extraordinary stature, to be...
Obama vs. Clinton
John Cole adds a reality check to the recent ascension of Bill Clinton as political hero: It is also worth noting that many of the reasons Obama has had difficulty is because he is trying to undo...
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Genesis - "Follow You, Follow Me" Live in Rome, 2007 (Yeah, so? It's a sappy song. You wanna fight? I'd totally destroy you.)
Where's the Oil At?
The Times-Picayune discovered massive seas of oil on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico. Go look. It's about time the administration and the press wise up and stop condescending to us as if the crisis...
Quote of the Day
"In terms of accomplishments, my biggest accomplishment is that I kept the country safe amid a real danger," George W. Bush in Chicago yesterday Nicely done, Bushie. Except for, you know, the biggest...
Pollgasm
Some good polling news for your Treat Day: The poll finds that 48 percent of registered voters would be more likely to vote for Democrats, compared with 42 percent who lean Republican (those numbers...
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MST3K Saturday - "Escape 2000"
Reaganomics in Convenient Graph Form
What we need is more conservative economic policies. Because they've worked out so well for the middle class. This via Ezra Klein:
Saint Reagan In The Doghouse
From 1983, a young (but still melty) Brit Hume reports on Reagan's dismal poll numbers: ht Benjamin
Here's Some Job Creation For You
The September jobs numbers are in and... This is the 9th straight month of private sector job growth in the midst of a devastating recession that has put a serious strain mostly on the poor and...