Author - Bob Cesca

Open Thread

Friday Night Thread

I'm done for the day unless Sarah Palin says something stupid. I'll be on Twitter, but in the meantime enjoy this thread for all of your Friday night blogotubing. Oh, and listen to this week's Bob...

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Wingnuts

Another Tea Party Meltdown

Tea party primary candidate for Senate in Delaware, Christine O'Donnell, appears to be just as idiotic as the rest of the tea party people. Whenever challenged by the press -- even, in this case, a...

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Religion

Newt Gingrich Is An Idiot

This, for example: "I think the Congress has the ability to declare the area a national battlefield memorial because I think we should think of the World Trade Center as a battlefield site; this is a...

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Economy

Double-Dip Avoided?

Mixed news: The Labor Department says companies added a net total 67,000 new jobs last month, down from July's upwardly revised total of 107,000. Wall Street analysts expected a smaller gain...

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President Obama

Impeach! Impeach!

Just like every modern president who has appeared on television, the president used a telemprompter the other night. Chris Matthews thinks this is a horrible, horrible trespass. Even though EVERY...

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Environment

A Mile Long Oil Sheen

The Mariner oil platform is leaking. Coast Guard Petty Officer Bill Coklough said the sheen, about 100 feet wide, was spotted near the platform, 200 miles west of the site of BP's massive spill...

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Economy

And Don't Call Me Stimulus

Via Steve Benen: The Obama administration is considering a range of new measures to boost economic growth, including tax cuts and a new nationwide infrastructure program, according to people familiar...

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