This pledge, outlining the "socialized" services the wingnuts shouldn't be supporting, is really great. Of course it only makes a good point for those of us with a brain. The Republicans have long...
Author - Bob Cesca
Real Sports
I'm watching the latest episode of Real Sports with Bryant Gumble and have two observations. 1) The newspaper segment seems to be implying that you can't have investigative journalism and reporting...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday - "The Home Economics Story" Part One. Part Two after the jump...
This Is Totally Creeping Me Out
I've been meaning to post about this for a while now. My Dad and Kent Conrad are dopplegangers. I mean, it's uncanny. That's really my Dad on the left. I wish I could find a shot of him wearing a tie...
'You Lie!' Good, 'News Report' Bad
MSNBC and Fox News reporters heckled and interrupted on live TV at the ridiculous "Values Voters Summit." Wingnuts truly confound reason. Just the other day they were singing the praises of a back...
Mini-Fundraiser Thread – Day Two of Two
It's the second and final day of our mini-fundraiser to help feed the internets and thus keeping this blog cranking along smoothly. So if you like what you're reading here -- be it the wall-to-wall...
Glenn Beck's Most Disgusting Trick Yet
So, yes, Glenn Beck is crazy and a race-baiter and all the rest of it. But now he's deliberately editing audio of the president -- I mean, wholesale reconstruction of the president's thoughts about...
The Best Argument for Education Reform
This tea bagger interview piece easily rivals Max Blumenthal. Watch for the segment about the czars. You can almost see the steam shooting from their ears. Source UPDATE: The filmmaker apparently...
Healthcare Hero: Jay Rockefeller
This interview with Senator Rockefeller by Ezra Klein is a must read. Some important excerpts: ...46 percent of the American people have health insurance from fairly large companies that self-insure...
Quote of the Day
"It is abnormal for any industry to throw back upon the community the human wreckage due to its wear and tear, and the hazzards of sickness, accident, invalidism, involuntary unemployment, and old...
Sunday Shows Gate
Remember a few years ago when the corporate media cheerlead Bush's invasion of Iraq? Today, the same corporate media is criticizing President Obama for... appearing on the Sunday shows this weekend...
Kids in the Hall Predicted Glenn Beck
Via dday: The speech patterns, the crazy paranoia -- exactly like Beck, years before Beck. Proof of how self-satirical, cliche and predictable Glenn Beck is.
It's Only Going To Get Worse
While the Baucus Plan is a shit sandwich, it's only going to get worse when an array of Republican amendments are attached and Democratic amendments fail in committee. In other words, if you think...
9/11 Every Month
A Harvard study concludes: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 45,000 people die in the United States each year -- one every 12 minutes -- in large part because they lack health insurance and can not get...
Max Baucus Is Political Poison
An audience at College Park, Maryland boos the president's mention of Max Baucus: But you know, I'm beginning to see an upside to Baucus. His shitty plan appears to be pushing more and more Democrats...
Morning Awesome
Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Zephyr Song" Live at Slane Castle And that wraps our Chili Peppers week.
This Should Scare The Crap Out Of Everyone
I intend to get into this issue in greater depth, but here's a preview: Unless Supreme Court justices like Sonia Sotomayor win the day, we could be in serious trouble.
American Justice and ACORN
This is the complete list of banks that we bailed out. It was the criminally irresponsible behavior of these corporations that helped to drive the world to the brink of economic collapse. And they're...
Mini-Fundraiser Thread
Thought I'd bring back the jolly candy-like button for a two day mini-fundraiser to help cover the cost of keeping the bandwidth smooth and delicious. So if you dig what you see here, maybe wad up a...
Fox & Friends Gets It Right For Once
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