Rachel Maddow spoke with Frank Schaeffer, a former Christian fundamentalist who is engaged in exposing the extremism of the "American Taliban." The movement, Schaeffer says, is "trawling for...
Author - Bob Cesca
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OK Go - "Here It Goes Again" Cyclocross season is upon us! Who wants to carry their bike up a muddy slope in the dead of winter -- over and over again? Crazy bastards, that's who.
What Another President Did In Japan
Regarding President Obama bowing in Japan, here's a blast from the past illustrating what a former president did to Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi. Yep, in case you forgot, Bush 41 barfed...
Don't Panic
There's a lot of posturing going on right now in the Senate with debate ready to commence any day now on their version of healthcare reform. The latest is Tom Carper simultaneously suggesting that...
Crazy Quote of the Day
“I don’t care about the Constitution!” —Bill O'Reilly Of course not. Classify this in the cowardly fear-mongering wingnut category titled: "You can't have a Constitution if you're dead!" (See my book...
Super Duper Evildoers
I still don't understand the wingnut reasoning on this KSM New York thing. They seem to be suggesting that because KSM will be in prison there, terrorists will somehow be showing up all around the...
Disconnect
According to the new ABC News poll, 72 percent of Americans support the public option. Meanwhile, Dick Durbin says "it's a struggle" to get 60 votes for the public option in the Senate. In a strict...
The Sarah Palin Reality Show
I honestly believe that Bill Kristol and her other ghost handlers are cynical enough to believe that Sarah Palin could ride a celebreality rocket ship into the White House. In other words, I think...
Glenn Beck is a Sick Bastard
The Punch-Me Face thinks that Americans are like little girls who are about to be raped. And this somehow relates to healthcare reform and unfunded liabilities. The president ostensibly being the...
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Pilot Speed - "Alright"
Bad Idea Jeans
Add this one to the bad ideas list: Vice Presidential Candidate John Edwards. Good one, Mr. Edwards. Sabotage the Obama campaign in exchange for an endorsement.
Money For Nothing
The cable news world baffles me. Content aside, I still can't get over the fact that, for example, Chris Matthews earns $5 million a year to host the last place show in its timeslot. There's...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I think it makes me nostalgic for those days when we had a manly man in the White House who could say, “Let’s kick some tail and ask questions afterwards” you know? That’s what we really need...
The Drug Companies are Renegging
This ought to be reason enough for the Senate to drop the deal with PhRMA and proceed with Medicare-negotiated rates for prescriptions: Even as drug makers promise to support Washington’s health care...
The Case for Reconciliation
Robert Reich makes the case for reconciliation in an open letter to Harry Reid. In doing so, he enumerates the most important changes needed to correct the reform bills as they currently stand. Reich...
Super Stupid
Joe Scarborough this morning on the KSM trial: I don't know what's more ridiculous here. Calling the KSM trial "unprecedented" or turning to Mark Halperin for insight.
Feargasm
Have you noticed the new KSM photo? Until now, every time Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was discussed on television, we'd get this picture: The Drunken Ron Jeremy photo in which he's clearly borrowed a t...
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Death Cab for Cutie - "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"
One Nation Under Fear
If there's one thing this week has reinforced, it's that Republicans are scared little children who have no respect for the American constitutional system. The moment when Republican = Coward becomes...
Thanks to the So-Called Fiscal Hawks
Yet another strong argument in favor of a Medicare-plus-5 or Medicare for all healthcare bill. The House-approved healthcare overhaul would raise the costs of healthcare by $289 billion over the next...