Here's Glenn Beck and his morning zoo sidekicks repeating their theory that Charles Darwin is the father of modern racism. A few points on this. First, when discussing historical figures from 150...
Beck's War on Darwin
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Author - Bob Cesca
The Mosque at the Other Ground Zero
Specifically, the mosque inside the Pentagon -- less than 100 feet away from the impact site. Why does the Pentagon hate America? ht Media Matters
Is Fox News a Terrorist Command Center?
Stick with this through the end. It's well worth it.
A Dangerous Game
This is a fascinating discussion on Hardball with Mark Halperin about the president and the ridiculous Muslim rumors. Halperin is right, of course, but he's hardly innocent in all of this. Flashback...
Morning Awesome
Broken Social Scene - "Forced to Love" Live on Late Show with David Letterman
The Bob and Elvis Show – August 19, 2010
This week! Sarah Palin's latest Twitter disasters, Dr. Laura's rant, a lesson on the Bill of Rights, the "hallowed" Ground Zero mall, the stupid economy, Glenn Beck's Ward Cleaver Fetish, combat...
Palin Nation
So, just like Sarah Palin who thinks Dr. Laura's First Amendment rights are being "shackled" by "cackles of rads" who -- shocker -- don't like the n-word, it appears as if 32 percent of Americans...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"President Obama is a committed Christian, and his faith is an important part of his daily life. He prays every day, he seeks a small circle of Christian pastors to give him spiritual advice and...
The First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably...
More Awful, Awful Mosque Wingnuttery
Call me an east coast liberal asshole, but who the hell is actually inspired by this shit? By all means, let's have a song about Ground Zero with a video showing planes crashing into buildings -- set...
Cat Blogging
I've never done this before, but here's some cat blogging. Ernie (left) and Jack (right) having a brotherly siesta.
The Creeping Stupid
Via Yglesias: Nearly one in five people, or 18 percent, said they think Obama is Muslim, up from the 11 percent who said so in March 2009, according to a poll released Thursday. The proportion who...
Roll Credits
John McCain via Twitter: Last American combat troops leave Iraq. I think President George W. Bush deserves some credit for victory. Yes, George W. Bush deserves credit for being politically coerced...
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Nick Heyward - "Kite"
Combat Troops Leaving Iraq
MSNBC is covering the last troops crossing the border into Kuwait. Naturally the MSNBC website is especially clunky tonight and despite having exclusive video, there's no live online feed. NEAR THE...
Mr. Short Term Memory
Good freaking gravy. Gallup's latest update on 2010 congressional voting preferences finds 50% of registered voters saying they would vote for the Republican candidate in their district, and 43% for...
Palin Babbling About Park 51
Is she on amphetamines? I don't think I've ever heard her this breathless and hyperkinetic. Suddenly Sarah Palin is all about governing by polls. Hmm. If that's the case, why didn't Sarah Palin...
Hallowed Ground
Daryl Lang provides a series of photos of various acceptable trespasses upon the "hallowed ground" in the blocks surrounding Ground Zero. I think it's worth summarizing the point again. If the blocks...
Glenn Beck's America
After I mentioned Eddie Haskell earlier, I jumped over to YouTube to find some Haskell video. But I stumbled onto the following Leave it to Beaver clip: A woman's place is in the home. And hand me...
Headline of the Day
ThinkProgress wins: 19 of the 22 states suing government over ObamaCare accept grant money from health care law. So what can we learn from this? The Republican position on the president's agenda is...