I'm going to be late for everything today because I can't stop reading this new profile of Sarah Palin in Vanity Fair. The obvious money quote: ...anywhere you peel back the skin of Sarah Palin’s...
Author - Bob Cesca
Don't Worry. History Will Note the Iraq Blunders
The president's address last night was appropriate and dignified -- as good as it gets for summarizing the end of a seven-year mistake. How else do you button up the end of a successful fix to a...
Glenn Beck Lied to his Flock
During his lawn concert the other day, Glenn Beck told his congregation that he visited the National Archives where he "held the first inaugural address written in his own hand by George Washington."...
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Full Metal Disney NOT SAFE FOR WORK and Awesome Hall of Fame Nominee
All of the 90s Mayhem, Without the Prosperity
Krugman spells out the consequences should the Republican take the House: We already know part of the answer: Politico reports that they’re gearing up for a repeat performance of the 1990s, with a...
New Left Media at the Beck Concert
This is a brilliant and unfiltered cross-section of the Beck tea party people. Another home run for Chase Whiteside at New Left Media.
Some Background on Beck's 'The Blaze'
On his radio show today, Glenn Beck revealed the inspiration behind his new Huffington knockoff site, The Blaze. According to Beck, The Blaze is named after an 18th Century daily publication issued...
A Majority of Republicans Are Crazy
This is just staggeringly dumb, while also being a solid indicator of the unseriousness of the modern Republican Party. The latest Newsweek poll via Sam Stein: A majority of Republicans believe that...
Beck Takes On the Huffington Post
Via Will Bunch: Beck’s new site is called TheBlaze.com, and will be edited by Scott Baker, formerly of Breitbart TV and host of “The B-Cast”. [...] People will inevitably make the comparison to...
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Black Drawing Chalks - "My Favorite Way" Directed by Marck Al
Americans Want Investigations, Inaction
Not good: Republicans lead by 51% to 41% among registered voters in Gallup weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences. The 10-percentage-point lead is the GOP's largest so far this year...
The Incredible Inedible Egg
Effing gross: WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food and Drug Administration investigators have found rodents, seeping manure and even maggots at the Iowa egg farms believed to be responsible for as many as 1,500...
We Don't Need to Use Beck's Tactics
The wingnut outrage of the day happens to be one I kind of sympathize with. Apparently a Huffington Post contributor wrote an item today which offered a $100,000 reward for either Glenn Beck's phone...
A Mormon Leading a Christian Revival. That's Rich.
A conservative Christian friend of mine posted this today: I get very uncomfortable when I see Christians go to a Glenn Beck rally where Beck is invoking God. Whatever we have in common with him...
Worst Persons in the World
British Petroleum for this: While the world was focused on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a BP refinery here released huge amounts of toxic chemicals into the air that went unnoticed by...
The Glenn Beck Con Job
While it's fun to play the crowd-size game, the real numbers we should be investigating when it comes to Glenn Beck are the dollar figures. How much did the event cost? We don't know. Will Bunch, in...
Good News for 2012
Republicans love Sarah Palin, but the rest of the country doesn't. By a large margin. According to the new survey from Vanity Fair and CBS News' 60 Minutes, only 1 in 4 of all adults thinks Palin is...
Beck the Televangelist
The lawn concert on Saturday turned out to be a massive Christian revival -- complete with financial bilking (but that's a different story). And there was a lesser known event Friday night at the...
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The Von Bondies - "Pale Bride"
Second Stimulus
Laura Tyson is a member of the Obama administration's Economic Recovery Advisory Board and she wrote an op/ed for the New York Times titled "Why We Need a Second Stimulus." Two forms of spending with...