Liz Cheney on Morning Joe today: "I think it does a disservice to the Bush administration, frankly. We kept the nation safe for eight years." Eight years. Except for the deadliest terrorist attack on...
Author - Bob Cesca
In A Nutjob
On his show, Glenn Beck runs a little conspiracy-theory-meets-Kevin-Bacon-game segment called "In a Nutshell" in which he loosely connects people via common organizations. Usually this means...
Morning Awesome
The Triplets of Belleville - Tour de France sequence
WTF?
This morning, Pat Buchanan joked about drowning Levi Johnston. Tonight, he's on Hardball talking about Levi Johnston. Seriously. What will it take for MSNBC to finally shove Pat's cryo-freeze chamber...
Fundraising Open Thread
After tonight, two more days to go in our mid-Summer fundraising drive. It may not look it, but it takes time and money to bring you such quality posts as the Morning Awesome and the occasional Super...
Worst Persons
Laura Ingraham and Fox News Channel. For, yes, showing rifle scope crosshairs over a Planned Parenthood logo. Naturally if a Planned Parenthood worker is shot by a right wing terrorist, Fox News will...
Bad News for the Pig Man
Your tax dollars at work. Congress can't bother to get a healthcare reform bill completed before their extended August recess, yet Senators Brownback and Landrieu have found the time to cosponsor a...
Apollo 11 Tracker
If you're a fellow NASA geek, this is pretty cool. Thursday is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch and the John F. Kennedy Library has set up a website where you can follow the entire...
Rights and Benefits
Ezra Klein: Access to health care should not be dependent on the kindness of your employer. And being employed shouldn't be the exclusive passport to, you know, not dying. But if it is, then why...
The Founding Fathers of Failure
My essay for Manhattan Magazine about the epic Wall Street fail is posted. Go here, then select Page 56. Of course you should buy the magazine, too. It's large, glossy and it has Josh Lucas on the...
Good News for Evan Bayh
She's available: The Washington Times reports that Palin plans to stump for conservative issues and even for Democrats who share her values on limited government, strong defense and energy...
Morning Awesome
"First Person Shooter Disease" Too funny. Awesome Hall of Fame Nominee.
Fundraising Open Thread in America
The big mid-Summer fundraising drive continues. In America. It might not look it, but running a blog that's updated throughout the day everyday is hard work. Whatever you can shove into the jolly...
Shrinkage
Health insurance industry insider Wendell Potter: The industry doesn't want to have any competitor. In fact, over the course of the last few years, has been shrinking the number of competitors...
Classy People
Some remarks about the Obama girls on Free Republic: ‘A typical street whore.’ ‘A bunch of ghetto thugs.’ ‘Ghetto street trash.’ ‘Wonder when she will get her first abortion.’ Thankfully, there will...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I don't think she quit." —John McCain on Sarah Palin Yes she did! WTF! I understand the Republicans operate in some sort of mirror dimension, but this is absolutely crazy. She quit. She resigned.
Wait Times
From a reader about wait times for surgery in the United States: I'm 77 and after 12 years of pain and finally now I'm almost crippled (osteoarthritis), I am awaiting surgery. Wait time? THREE MONTHS...
Torture Investigations
Attorney General Holder is leaning towards a special prosecutor. WASHINGTON — Contrary to White House wishes, Attorney General Eric Holder may push forward with a criminal investigation into the Bush...
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Bicycle Dreams - Official Trailer
Fundraising Open Thread
Our mid-Summer fundraising drive continues. If you dig this blog, why not wad up a few dollars and cram them into the jolly candy-like button below. You know you can't resist clicking on the jolly...