The Tragically Hip - "The Last Recluse", "Coffee Girl" and "Morning Moon" It's not a Hip theme week, but maybe it should be. Also, I'm convinced that there's something about Canadian music that I...
Author - Bob Cesca
Anthony Weiner: Hero of the Day
Badass. Just badass. And the Republicans are a pack of pee-pants babies.
It's About Damn Time
Josh Marshall: GM has been unable to find a buyer for the Hummer line and will discontinue production later this year. Such a shame. No more gigantic square penises on Americas roads. No new ones, at...
Aw Yeah, Suck It, Insurance Cartel
The House successfully voted to repeal the insurance cartel's anti-trust exemption. The vote was 406-19 to repeal the exemption, which has been in place since the end of World War II. The 19 who...
The Hypocrite Half-Dozen
According to TPM, the following Republican senators voted for the jobs bill today, while also voting to filibuster/kill the jobs bill last week: Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Thad Cochran (R-MS) James...
New Huffington Post Column
President Scott Brown Wins Jobs Bill, Tax Cuts Digg and Twitter often!
Wingnuts Falling Out of Love
The wingnuts really, really hate President Scott Brown now that he voted to end the Republican filibuster of the jobs bill. By the way, that last part is true. Contrary to what you might be hearing...
The Jobs Bill
Maybe I'm overworked and stressed out these days, but I can't help but to think that the Democrats have no interest in retaining their majorities in November. They're just walking away. And it's a...
Morning Awesome
R.E.M. - "Drive" Live in Wiesbaden, Germany - 2003
Quote of the Day
"They should stop crying about reconciliation as if it's never been done before." Harry Reid More like this, sir, if you please.
No Sir. I Don't Like It.
The invasion of the body scanners is coming. (ZING!) What I didn't know until just seconds ago was that the president supports the use of these devices and that 150 of these technological 4th...
How Is Limbaugh Still on the Air?
Now Limbaugh says the president is "essentially a primitive, indigenous guy."
White House Leadership on the Public Option
At first, I agreed with Ezra's post that the White House is, again, failing to lead on the public option. However, it's become clear that even the most hardline supporters of the public option know...
Glenn Beck is a Pinko
I wonder if the wingnuts realize they're applauding and elevating a total fraud -- an escaped mental patient with a sixth-grade level social studies text book from 1956.
Senate Democrats? Hello? Anybody Home?
I've had Morning Joe on since around 7 a.m. this morning and I haven't seen a single Senate Democrat on television yelling about how all but five Republicans filibustered the jobs bill yesterday. A...
Morning Awesome
The Tragically Hip - "Bobcaygeon"
Worst Person
Rep. Steve King (R-BATSHIT) Terrorism -- specifically flying an airplane into a federal office -- is a-okay if you've been audited.
Rush Limbaugh Is Absolutely A Racist
Proof: Imus was fired for using the word "hos." Stern was heavily fined by the FCC for discussing a "blumpkin." And Limbaugh is still on the air -- on numerous radio stations that employ public...
They're Really Going to Do This Thing!
Via John Cole: In the course of unveiling Obama’s new health reform proposal on a conference call with reporters this morning, White House advisers made it clearer than ever before: If the GOP...
The White House Healthcare Bill
I almost called it a "plan," but to call it a plan would imply that they didn't have a plan in the first place. Either way, Ezra describes it like so: There's not a lot of policy news in the...