We're cleaning out our crap in a big community yard sale today, then I'm seeing Star Trek with my brother this afternoon, so sporadic blogging today. Here's an open thread in the meanwhiles.
Yard Sale Open Thread
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Author - Bob Cesca
New Rules
Bill Maher's New Rules and commentary were particularly good last night.
Doof Quote of the Day
"It’s also a well-know[n] fact that the homosexual lifestyle or homosexual practice is very unhealthy. Government should discourage it and not elevate it to a level by calling it marriage. In an age...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "The Days of Our Years"
Right Wing Extremists
Dave Neiwert walks us through a couple of recent examples of right wing extremism and the motives for the crimes these extremists commit. Now, I understand that the wingnuts and tea party people were...
Prime Time Thread
Friday night open thread. Here's a topic (if you choose)... What's the single most awesome thing about the United States? What's the single most ridiculous thing about the United States? Go!
Worst Person
CBS Sports announcer David Feherty: From my own experience visiting the troops in the Middle East, I can tell you this, though: despite how the conflict has been portrayed by our glorious media, if...
Disgusting
The House Republican Conference exploiting 9/11 for political gain: I can't be snarky about this one. The use of 9/11 imagery is disgusting, frankly, and the Republican Party owes us all an apology ...
Watching the Giro
Finally! The 100th anniversary edition of the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) will be broadcast in its entirety on American television. In an eleventh-hour deal, Universal Sports secured rights to the...
Fraud Is Fraud
Glenn Beck debating Scott Levinson of ACORN: So Glenn Beck's argument is that 20 bad employees out of 13,000 means there's a serious problem with ACORN itself. Okeedoke. I'll accept that argument, if...
Expensive Photo Ops
From commenter Kyle via e-mail: I managed to locate one of the photos taken during the big, expensive Presidential jet flight photo op! Check it out.
I Agree With Oliver About Agreeing With Cheney
Dick Cheney was finally right about something. The Republicans definitely need to be less moderate and more wingnutty, frivolous and crazy. But don't take my word for it, Republicans. Listen to...
Abstaining
Good news: Keeping with a campaign pledge “not continue to fund abstinence-only programs,” President Obama’s 2010 budget — further details of which were released today — cuts funding for “Community...
Morning Awesome
The New Pornographers - "Use It" From Twin Cinema
Holy Fucking Shit!
This: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! By the way, there are many, many, many rapists, homicidal maniacs and other assorted crazies currently being held in prisons in all of these states. I...
Prime Time Thread
Thursday night open thread.
American Waterboarding Circa 1902
The cover of Life Magazine from 1902 during the Phillipine-American war showing Americans waterboarding a Filipino. More here. (Source: Sullivan)
Joe the Plumber Leaving the GOP
I still won't let him anywhere near my children.
The 'Keep Terrorists Out of America' Act
Seriously. The Republicans are introducing this as an actual bill. Sargent: The political game plan, obviously, is to tie Obama’s closure of Guantanamo to the idea that its detainees could come to a...
Protecting Veterans
Prior to their pedophile trickery with the hate crimes bill on Tuesday, the House Republicans had attempted to get veterans specifically named as a protected group in the legislation. Since...