Good freaking gravy: WESTWOOD -- A man accused of making threats against the White House led officers on a wild freeway chase that ended in a standoff outside the Federal Building. Yep. And the far...
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Author - Bob Cesca
Worst Person
Glenn Beck mocks an 11-year-old girl. Classy. The fact that Glenn Beck is endangering the safety of a child by lumping her in as a "co-conspirator" in this so-called fascist/socialist (??) takeover...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"But I would suggest that anybody who doubts her intellectual heft or her ability to learn and study, go to her Facebook page, look at the notes that she's taken -- it's right there -- the study that...
Lying Works
I'm both shocked and not very surprised by this: [G]rowing complaints over the [end-of-life] provision are leading key lawmakers to conclude that the health overhaul should leave out any end-of-life...
'Death to Obama' Wingnut Detained
Some good news: HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Secret Service is investigating a man who authorities said held a sign reading "Death to Obama" outside a town hall meeting on health care reform in western...
Fox Continues To Target Children
Fox News just can't stop targeting that 11-year-old girl from the president's town hall. As I wrote in my Huffington Post column this week, Fox News is surely aware of its reactionary wingnut...
The Healthcare Message vs. Wingnut Crazy
Benen on the far-right healthcare attacks: ...it pays to lie, blatantly and repeatedly, when launching a campaign against a policy initiative. If proponents ignore your bogus claims, they go...
Morning Awesome
Rush - "Witch Hunt" Grace Under Pressure Tour, 1984 I know this is a repeat, but the lyrics have been on my mind lately given the town hall hooligans.
Blow Darts
Oh great: Dan Wilson, 36, called 9-1-1 to report that he was struck by a dart while riding his bike around 11 a.m. "All of the sudden I feel, it feels like a really big bee sting," described the...
Real Life 'Death Panels' – Part 2
Joe Conason reports: The best estimate of the annual death toll among Americans of working age due to lack of insurance or under-insurance is at least 20,000, according to studies conducted over the...
Radio Show Thread
Lee Stranahan and I will be fighting each other on Blog Talk Radio at 8PM EDT. Listen live here. Call the show: (347) 945-5235 UPDATE: Show's over! Thanks for listening. In case you missed it, you...
New Huffington Post Column
Malkin and Fox News Are Stalking Children Again Enjoy and Digg often!
Grasshole
This is the leading Republican tasked with helping to author healthcare reform legislation in the Senate. Once again, I give you Senator Chuck Grassley: “In the House bill, there is counseling for...
Fox News Channel Targets A Little Girl
Last week, I ripped into Glenn Beck who, on his Fox News show, targeted and demagogued a Northern Virginia private school -- ostensibly filled with children -- as being a facility for terrorist...
Stalkin' Malkin
Michelle Malkin has laundered her Hamburglar-ish stalking regalia and is busily uncovering the hideous truth behind the little girl who asked President Obama a question at yesterday's town hall...
I Don't Know Who Is More Irresponsible
Chris Matthews or the freak who brought the handgun to the president's town hall event yesterday. This guy brandishes a loaded handgun in the vicinity of our president while carrying a sign about...
Morning Joe
For some reason, I always end up tuning in Morning Joe just in time to catch something really stupid. Maybe that says something about the volume of stupid on that show. Anyway, I'm pretty sure...
Morning Awesome
Afghan Whigs - "66" Live in Germany, circa 1998
Quote of the Day
"Imagine he was Muslim and waiting for Bush with a gun. How long would that guy have lasted? You think they'd let him just sit there and wait for Bush?" —Cenk Uygur on the gunman protesting near the...
Your Health Insurance Sucks
Ezra Klein points out that according to the new Rasmussen poll, 80 percent of Americans claim to be satisfied with their current health insurance. That's up from 70 percent earlier in the year. But...