"As President, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. And I also want to keep an eye on those robots, in case they try anything." —President Obama Because...
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WTF?
One of the major goals following healthcare reform is banning shit like this: There are so many things wrong with this commercial on so many levels. A kid acting like a doctor and explaining to other...
Wingnuts Count Stuff
So RedState and other wingnuts have decided that in lieu of actual policy arguments against the Senate healthcare reform bill, they'd rather seek out objectionable words in the document. The latest...
Deficit Shmeficit, Part 2
Paul Krugman: There’s something disturbingly familiar about the current deficit hysteria. There’s the way that fear, and a demand for action against a supposed threat, has spread despite the lack of...
Doof Quote of the Day
"We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term." —Dana Perino I'm speechless. Adding... By the way, in the video, Perino, Hannity and a random British guy are...
Morning Awesome
They Might Be Giants - "Electric Car"
Don't Sweat the Polls
Listening to cable news and Republican talkers, you'd think President Obama was nose diving in the polls. Not true, according to PPP: On our national survey in June Obama had an 82% approval rating...
Best Campaign Site Ever
This is just a thing to behold in all of its awfulness. The only thing it's missing are the dancing banana gifs.I'm Bananas for the Tea Bagger Party! Source
Shorter Howard Fineman
The White House isn't the "place to be" anymore. As evidence of this, I will now list a bunch of presidential visits to places other than the White House. Because I'm very serious and I've been doing...
Is Anyone Buying This Shit? Really?
I mean, even the most wingnutty wingnuts have to read this and go, "Huh?" “There’s been a lack of acknowledgment by our president in understanding what it is that the American military provides in...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"We need to start thinking like the Chinese." —Glenn Beck who recently and repeatedly accused the administration of being Maoists and totalitarians The wingnut right has been self-contradictory all...
Mark Halperin: World's Biggest Asshat
Mark Halperin illustrated a blog post about healthcare reform using a Photoshopped image of Mary Landrieu with the There's Something About Mary "hair gel" hair style. For those of you who never saw...
Quote of the Day
"We're never going to decrease the deficit until we create jobs, bring revenue into the Treasury, stimulate the economy so we have growth. We have to shed any weakness that anybody may have about not...
Healthcare Reform in Your State
Secretary Sebelius has posted an interactive map detailing what healthcare reform will do on a state-by-state basis. It always helps to see an enumerated list of benefits in a bill this massive.
Never Give Up, Never Surrender
It's clear that the conservadems -- Nelson, Lieberman, Lincoln and Landrieu -- are willing to allow Americans to suffer in service of their political posturing. Their old school political posturing...
Race-Baiting Insurance Shill Returns Home
Former CNN contributor, former Jesse Helms adviser, insurance cartel shill and well-known race-baiter Alex Castellanos is the new senior communications adviser to Michael Steele at the RNC. Get ready...
Morning Awesome
They Might Be Giants - "One Dozen Monkeys"
Creepy Robot of the Day
The Einstein robot. The walking shots are what Einstein would look like sneaking up behind old people to eat their medicine for fuel. And here's an excellent article (WARNING: creepy photo) about...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I think it's fundamentally harmful and it shows in my mind that this is a guy, a president, who would bow, for example, who doesn't fully understand or have the same perception of the U.S. role in...
Kill the Bill at Your Own Risk
Blanche Lincoln should take a good look at this poll: The political repercussions for Congressional Democrats of not passing a health care bill could be severe. Our newest national survey finds that...