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.
Author - Bob Cesca
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...
Classy
The sign outside the Smyrna, Georgia office of Rep. David Scott (D-GA): Oh, and earlier today, MSNBC had video of a wingnut protester in the vicinity the president's town hall who had a handgun...
Govmint Is In My Bank Accnt Stealing My Shit
As I mentioned earlier, there's a new horseshit lie about how the government-run healthcare death panels will take over your bank account and steal your money whenever they want. TPM's Zachary Roth...
Healthcare Marketplace
I'm watching the Dylan Ratigan unit and for the thousandth time this week, he's mentioning the creation of a website where health insurers can compete for customers in a marketplace, allowing the...
Specter Town Hall
MSNBC is carrying the Arlen Specter town hall in Lebanon, PA (about 25 miles from here). Every question so far has been some degree of crazy. I see lots of white hair and exclusively white skin. But...
Vile Nonsense
Johnny Isakson when asked about the cavalcade of wingnut healthcare lies: ...professional liars decided the truth could destroy health care reform, so they latched onto this vile nonsense in the...
Morning Awesome
AC Newman - "The Changeling (Get Guilty)"
Alex Jones Makes Glenn Beck Look Centered
Just go watch this. Alex Jones is absolutely the King of All Crazy. Plus, he's asking his people to act as crazy as he is -- for free cash! Seriously, he's running a wacky morning zoo style contest...