Author - Bob Cesca

Morning Joe

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...

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The Media

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...

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Quote

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...

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Wingnuts

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...

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Healthcare

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...

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Republican Party

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...

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Blogging

The Soundtrack

Just for fun, and inspired by Chez's Dead Star Twilight soundtrack, I created an iTunes "soundtrack" for this here blog. Basically it's a collection of songs that I dig, as well as tracks that have...

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Torture

Torturing An Innocent Man

Former Guantanamo detainee Lakhdar Boumediene to ABC News: Boumediene described being pulled up from under his arms while sitting in a chair with his legs shackled, stretching him. He said that he...

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Healthcare

Save The Criminals!

The main "gripe" about a public health insurance option: [C]ritics argue that with low administrative costs and no need to produce profits, a public plan will start with an unfair pricing advantage...

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Wingnuts

Un-American

Washington Times editor emeritus, Wesley Pruden, on the president: He is our first president without an instinctive appreciation of the culture, history, tradition, common law and literature whence...

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Racism

Worst Person

New York Post reporter Jennifer Fermino, who wrote this: BLING TIME FOR PREZ By JENNIFER FERMINO President Obama was awarded Saudi Arabia's highest honor yesterday -- an elaborate gold necklace and...

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Wingnuts

Domestic Terrorist Plot

Scott Roeder says there's a larger plot to kill more women's healthcare providers. Will Joe Scarborough call for Roeder to be waterboarded until we learn the extent of the conspiracy? Or will he, you...

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