So Sarah Palin quit her job as governor. Just walked away for no tangible reason. And what do a variety of wingnuts say about it? She's a FIGHTER, of course. Yep. She quit, so she's a fighter. Quit =...
Author - Bob Cesca
Scary Cycling Story Du Jour
It used to be that cycling caused testicular cancer. Then it was erectile dysfunction. Then it was prostate cancer. Now it's bone loss. It's all hysterical nincompoopery. Some of it hyped in order to...
Grasshole
This is shocking. The following is an actual exchange with Chuck Grassley at a town hall in Waukon, IA this past week: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was asked by a constituent of his: “Why is your...
Use the Position Flexible, Luke!
Wingnut cuckoo's-nester Erik Erickson Erick Erik Erikman on Palin's implosion: I’ve had this running thought all day, perhaps because I was watching it on TV in HD for the first time, that this is...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! - Fire Maidens from Outer Space The first nine minutes
Crazy Quote of the Week
"Life is too short to compromise time and resources... it may be tempting and more comfortable to just keep your head down, plod along, and appease those who demand: "Sit down and shut up", but...
Embezzlement Also
ThinkProgress: Max Blumental reports on The Daily Beast that Sarah Palin may have quit her job today because she was trying to avert a major, yet-to-be-disclosed corruption scandal. The gist of the...
The Storm Off
Josh Marshall: Okay, we're getting our first indication of what happened. It seems like a colossal sulk on Palin's part, or perhaps better to say an effort on her part to ingeniously combine anti...
Palin Resigning
Sarah Palin is resigning as governor of Alaska. You know, position flexible also. UPDATE: Video via Paddy. This speech (or stream of conscious nonsensical ramble) absolutely goes into the WTF? hall...
Quote of the Day
"God killed Michael Jackson to save your ass -- and you gave another interview?!?" —Jon Stewart to Mark Sanford
More Harry Reid Spinelessness
Unbelievable: “I don’t dictate how people vote,” he said in an interview this month. “If it’s an important vote, I try to tell them how important it is to the Senate, the country, the president … But...
Bloomberg Endorses the Public Option
Michael Bloomberg: Today, most Americans get their health coverage from private insurers. A public health insurance option would create a competitor to private insurers that could potentially drive...
On the Radio
I'll be on the Young Turks today at around 12:20PM eastern talking healthcare, COCS and the public option. UPDATE: Going on any second now. UPDATE 2: All done!
China Wins Again
Another reason why the Republicans need to be ignored: As the United States takes its first steps toward mandating that power companies generate more electricity from renewable sources, China already...
Morning Awesome
Not everyone is happy about the return of Lance Armstrong. The 96th Tour de France begins tomorrow! Adding... Boonen is in. Suck it, Cavendish.
Doof Quote of the Day
"Sarah Palin held her own in the debate." —Roger Simon on MSNBC Seriously? Here's Sarah Palin in the debate describing the role of the vice president -- the job she was running for: I'm thankful the...
WTF?
MSNBC is seriously preempting Rachel Maddow tonight for the "countdown" to the Michael Jackson memorial? Good effing gravy. Very serious! And you know, there's a special place in hell for that old...
New Huffington Post Column
Time for President Obama to Throw Down Against the Corrupt and Spineless Enjoy and Digg often.
The King of All Spineless Cowards
Harry Reid could be the weakest, most tepid, spineless bastard to skulk across the Senate floor: "We have 60 votes on paper," Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, said Wednesday in an interview...
Quinnipiac: 69 Percent Support the Public Option
BAM! July 1 (Bloomberg) -- Sixty-nine percent of Americans support creation of a government-run health plan to compete with private insurance companies, a new poll found. In addition, 52 percent of...