"If Obama sabotaged the oil rig, why would he endorse drilling six weeks earlier? Dumbest. Conspiracy. Theory. Ever." Will Bunch Fudging genius.
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Republicans Love Illegal Searches
According to Gallup, Republicans support the Arizona law by a margin of 75-17. In other words, they don't mind the idea of law enforcement stopping U.S. citizens and asking for verification of their...
Brownie: Obama Wanted Oil Spill
I realize I'm sipping too heavily from the Media Matters fountain today, but here's a clip of Michael "Brownie" Brown on Cavuto suggesting the president deliberately delayed the response to the BP...
Arizona Is Ravaged by Illegal Immigrant Crime!
Actually, not really. By many measures, Arizona has become safer since illegal immigrants began pouring into the state in the 1990s. Crime has dropped all across the country since then, but the...
Worst Person
Bill Kristol, with a big stupid grin, thinks we should start to drill closer to the shore. Do you follow his logic? I don't. Here's what he's saying: Congress moved oil rigs away from the shore after...
Glenn Beck Lying About Oil Spill Response
UPDATE: Media Matters compiled a day-to-day rundown of the administration's response to the oil rig explosion, collapse and leak. Here's Glenn Beck lying about the administration response to the oil...
And Malkin Knows 'Amateurish'
This quote from Malkin cracked me up. (WARNING: Link goes to Malkin's blog.) Will Janet Clownitano stop calling others “amateurish?” She's referring to the DHS Secretary's comment that the Times...
Doof Quote of the Day
"The ocean will take care of this on its own if it was left alone and left out there. It's natural. It's as natural as the ocean water is." Rush Limbaugh By the same logic, erectile dysfunction...
The Nuclear Bomb in the Gulf
From reader "Chip" along the Florida coast: If today some country set off a nuclear bomb in some country. There might be a moment of silence world wide. A moment of reflection of saying what on Gods...
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David Bowie - "Heroes"
This Just Keeps Getting Worse
Via John Cole: Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen called the bid to shut down a wellhead spewing at least 210,000 gallons of oil a day from nearly a mile beneath the ocean surface “one of the most...
President Obama's Michigan Speech
It's worth checking out the president's commencement address at the University of Michigan. Lots of excellent chunks in there. And the crowd was the largest since Invesco. Ah, memories. My favorite...
Where Were the Tea Party Cameras?
Whenever two dozen white people in lawn chairs carrying misspelled signs show up on publicly-funded park lands to screech about something they'll later contradict, cameras from everywhere descend...
Why Do Republicans Hate Boobies?
Yesterday, I wrote about how the Virginia attorney general is targeting scientists and teachers who endorse climate science. He also overturned laws preventing discrimination based on sexual...
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Editors - "Eat Raw Meat"
Quote of the Day
"Still, if you're someone who only reads the editorial page of The New York Times, try glancing at the page of The Wall Street Journal once in awhile. If you're a fan of Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh...
The Gulf of Petroleum
This info-graphic made me a little barfy. That's nearly 19 million gallons of oil dumped into the Gulf before they can hopefully plug the leak. And... The cord-grass marshes of south Louisiana are...
But Both Parties Are the Same, Right?
When Democrats run things, they tend to go after corporations, polluters, wealthy white collar criminals, etc. When Republicans run things, they tend to go after history text books, brown people...
Arizona: the Capital of Wingnuttia, Part 2
Don't you dare suggest this is racially motivated, even though it really is. Today, the Wall Street Journal reports that the Arizona Department of Education “recently began telling school districts...
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MST3K Saturday - "Future War"