Glenn Beck was -- yawn! -- going off today -- again! -- about Marxists infiltrating every level of government. At what point does his audience begin to take a look around at the decidedly not-Marxist...
Author - Bob Cesca
Queen of the Wingnuts
Christine O'Donnell is an unfolding origami of crazy. Just in: Back in 1996, when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich's finances were being investigated, O'Donnell complained that people were on a witch hunt...
Your 2010 Republican Line-Up
Via Oliver, here's the rogue's gallery of wingnuttery for the 2010 Republican slate:
Libertarian When Convenient
Carl Paladino, the racist wingnut Republican candidate for governor of New York, claims to be a libertarian, and has received significant support from Rand fetishists. I wonder what Ayn Rand would...
You're Not Helping, Harry
Here's Harry Reid praising the Democratic candidate for Senate in Delaware, Chris Coons, who's going up against Christine O'Donnell. "I'm going to be very honest with you — Chris Coons, everybody...
Morning Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Dani California" From Rock in Rio 2006
Gah! Stupid Internets
There was evidently a problem with Blogrolling and a malware alert, so I've shut down the blogroll until I figure out what the problem is. Apologies to my link friends.
O'Donnell Is Awful, But What About Paladino?
Go over to Digby's place and check out some of the really classy stuff the Republican candidate for governor of New York is forwarding around the internet. I know. I know. We shouldn't point this...
Good Job, Sarah Palin
The first big PPP poll out of Delaware: Republicans more than likely cost themselves a Senate seat last night. Chris Coons begins the general election in Delaware with a 50-34 lead over Christine...
It's Elizabeth Warren
The president is appointing Warren as the interim head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Warren could serve until Obama nominates a permanent director -- a nomination he's not required to...
Republican Debt in Convenient Graph Form
Via Jon Cohn, this new graph from CBPP is an outstanding representation of what the national debt as a percentage of GDP will look like with and without the Bush tax cuts expiring. An indefinite...
New Huffington Post Column
Thanks, Sarah Palin, for the Extra Senate Seat! Tweet, share and enjoy also.
Fight! Fight!
And now we kick up our feet on our desks, grab a beer and enjoy... With the battle won by the ultra-right in Delaware, the national conservative pundits who backed Christine O'Donnell in last night's...
She Hates Masturbation
So Christine O'Donnell is evidently anti-masturbation. I'm so glad we have the tea party to inject these kinds of critical issues into the national discourse. Here's Rachel Maddow via C&L with...
Teabaggers Win the Day
First and foremost, I assume the DSCC will be sending huge gift baskets to Sarah Palin today for helping to elect the utterly unelectable Christine O'Donnell in Delaware. Thanks for the pickup, Palin...
Morning Awesome
David Bowie on Extras
Very Serious Question
What. The Fuck. Is Glenn Beck. Talking about???!!!
South Carolina Senator With Slave Reenactors
In the course of my amateur study of the Civil War, I run into a wide variety of Confederate reenactors. I honestly don't understand what they're doing. I've met reenactors who are genuinely into the...
I Respectfully Disagree With Jon Stewart
Sullivan ran this quote from Jon Stewart today: “Even if you’re eating delicious chocolate cake, there are moments you feel like, ‘I’ve had too much.’ Now replace ‘chocolate cake’ with ‘shit taco’...
This Is Not A Photo of a Paved Road
Take a guess. Give up? It's a Louisiana waterway, its surface completely covered with dead sea life -- a mishmash of species of fish, crabs, stingray and eel. New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV reports...