MGMT - "Kids"From Oracular Spectacular That kid was a real trooper, no?
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Author - Bob Cesca
Doof Quote of the Week
"You know people say, “Hey, Alaska! Eight-five percent of your state budget is based on the price of a barrel of oil. Aren’t you glad the price is going up?” I say, “No!” The fewer dollars that the...
Prime Time Thread
Buy some wine and some paper cups. It's your Tuesday night open thread.
Obscene
The salaries of the highest paid health insurance CEOs: * Ron Williams - Aetna - Total Compensation: $24,300,112. * H. Edward Hanway - CIGNA - Total Compensation: $12,236,740. * Angela Braly ...
Predictable Coward
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La) doesn't support the public option. Duh. "I am not open to a public option, however I will remain open to a compromise - a full compromise," Landrieu told reporters...
Daddy's Gonna Pay For Their Crashed Car
Yglesias on the ultimate impact of the TARP bailouts: At the end of the day, the valuable thing that systematically significant institutions got from TARP was not so much the TARP money as investors...
At Least They're Being Weeded Out
Last year's King of the Mountains winner at the Tour de France, Austria's Bernard Kohl, describes his pre-Tour doping/cheating diet: “Apart from the caffeine, pseudo-ephedrine, painkillers, EPO...
Summa Cum Stupid
Media Matters presents the graduating class of 2009:
The Golden Rule
Paul Krugman provides it: 1) Don’t trust the insurance industry. 2) Don’t trust the insurance industry. Send to your congress member. Repeat.
Morning Joe
Good move, Starbucks. Associate your brand with a self-absorbed torture sadist. Smart! Here's a great way to multiply your visibility, now that you're committed: sponsor every time Joe talks about...
Who Would Jesus Assassinate?
Crazy wingnut pastor prays for the death of President Obama: A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who on June 2 called the death of abortion provider George Tiller an answer to prayer said...
Morning Awesome
Traveling Wilburys - "Handle With Care" From Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog Soundtrack - Volume 1 Adding... Suck it, Teaflax.
Maddow and Don't Ask Don't Tell
Rachel Maddow reported tonight that the DADT case the Supreme Court rejected today was totally irrelevant to overturning the military law, and that the rejected case absolutely was not the one LGBT...
A Moment for the Cartoons
It looks like the two funniest, most creative shows on Cartoon Network are going away. C.H. Greenblatt, the creator of Chowder reports: And if you need more proof that we're not a part of CN's...
Prime Time Thread
Monday night open thread. Smile! It's Summertime!
Doof Quote of the Day
"The Democratic Party's attitude to elections is admirable: Win. And recent history has shown it will do anything to do so. When, if not now, will Republicans develop such a fighting spirit?" —Andrew...
Super Stupid
Wingnut logic ahoy! You may have heard today that Rush Limbaugh and his fellow winguts are organizing a boycott of General Motors as long as the government owns a piece of it. As John Cole observes...
Jon & Kate & Blogger In Garish Cycling Gear
The only thing that grabs my attention about the chaos surrounding Jon & Kate Plus Too Many Kids is that they live about three miles from my house. In fact, I used to ride my bike near their...
The Progressive Plan
The House Progressive Caucus outlined its public plan requirements: -Enact concurrently with other significant expansions of coverage and must not be conditioned on private industry actions. -Consist...
Dinosaurs
This made me laugh and laugh: Sarah Palin’s on-again, off-again appearance at Monday night’s gala GOP fundraising dinner is off — again. After being invited — for a second time — to speak to the...