I'm not making that up. Here it is: You know, a couple of days after the health care bill had been signed into law Obama ran around all over the country saying, “Hey, you know, I’m looking around...
Limbaugh Blames Volcano on Obama
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Weezer - "Island in the Sun" (Spike Jonze version)
Oh Cramer. Not Again.
Yesterday's big headlines: Goldman Sachs Stock Price Plummets 'Fraud Charges' Goldman Sachs accused of fraud, Wall Street drop Buffett’s Goldman Sachs Warrants Drop by $1 Billion US Stocks Drop on...
Their Black Friends
Via Oliver Willis, Charles Blow observes the inclusion of African Americans at the tea party lawn concerts: I found the imagery surreal and a bit sad: the minorities trying desperately to prove that...
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MST3K Saturday - "The Creeping Terror"
Lies and Lying Liars
Can we all just agree that the far-right is completely disconnected from reality? John Cole brings us this headline from Red State claiming that the president is telling us who can and can't visit us...
The Anti-Tax Dog Whistle Defined
I wrote a piece for WalletPop about the Boston Tea Party the other day, and the following comment was posted below it. In America, for the last few decades it has become more and more pro-minority...
Quote of the Day
"So I've been a little amused over the last couple of days where people have been having these rallies, about taxes. You would think they would be saying, "Thank you!" That's what you'd think!"...
Goldman Sachs Charged with Fraud
This sounds like a pretty big deal. The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Goldman Sachs with civil fraud over its controversial collaterized debt obligations tied to the subprime...
Tea Party Post Mortem
So the tax day tea parties are over. Some thoughts about all that. I just tweeted this a few minutes ago, but as I watched these gatherings, they didn't seem like protests. They seemed like outdoor...
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Beck - "Loser"
McCarthy Lives. And He's A Bimbo.
I was watching the Ed Show in horror as he played a video of idiot Victoria Jackson singing a song at the tea party thing today. The song was called "There's a Communist in the White House." Here's...
This Answers a Huge Question I've Had
For a while now, I've been wondering why the so-called populist Republicans and tea party people haven't been storming Wall Street with pitchforks and misspelled signs. It's because they like Wall...
The Tea Party Rap – 'That's A Tea Party'
And the world is collapsing in on itself. A rap about the awesomeness of the tea party. I love the line, "It's not race thing," followed by the visuals as if to say: "These three black people, for...
The Tea Party and Race
Not surprisingly, according to the new NYT poll, a majority of tea party people have very divisive attitudes about race. 52 percent say "too much has been made of the problems facing black people."...
Today's Bob & Elvis Show
Today at 10 a.m. EDT! We go to war against Glenn Beck and his morning zoo crew. Plus, wingnut vandalism and how Republicans suddenly love taxes. Listen live here! Follow the show on Twitter:...
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R.E.M. - "Orange Crush"
The Tea Party Was A Protest Against A Tax Cut
I've mentioned this repeatedly throughout the last year or so, but it's worth repeating given tomorrow's tax day tea party thing, and today's pathetic co-opting of the Boston Tea Party. But rather...
Liberals Are Avoiding What Now?
This Newsweek piece about Glenn Beck's audience is pretty far off the mark: For liberals, Beck serves a similar purpose. In an era of massive problems and extreme change—the Great Recession, the...
Would You Like Pesticides With That?
Via John Cole, more bad news for our food supply: The U.S. government is not fully guarding against the contamination of meat by traces of antibiotics, pesticides or heavy metals, a new report warns...