G.I. JOE - "Porkchop Sandwiches" by Eric Fensler NOT SAFE FOR WORK (When I saw the G.I. JOE movie trailer before Star Trek, all I kept thinking was "porkchop sandwiches.")
Author - Bob Cesca
Quote of the Day
"The Republicans aren't a party, they're a cult." —CNN analyst and America Enterprise Institute fellow Bill Schneider
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night blogotubing in America.
Worst Person
Citigroup. Though not nearly the degree of dickishness we'll see from the insurance companies when they try to sabotage public healthcare, this is yet another reason why Citigroup deserves to be...
Sabotage
This is a hell of a story. Staffers on the Edwards campaign apparently had planned to sabotage the campaign if it looked like Edwards was going to win the nomination. In other words, they weren't...
Star Trek Review Thread
Post your reviews here, but please clearly mark your spoilers. Simply put, it made all of the previous movies seem overly serious, stuffy and quaint. A couple of spoilers after the jump...
The End of the Car Culture
Nate Silver suggests that the American love affair with the automobile is coming to an end. While I love road trips and the romance of the post-war Rt. 66 era (still want to write a book about it)...
Happy Mother's Day, Mom!
I love you, and I'm sorry for all of the profanity. Have a wonderful day!
White House Correspondent's Dinner
Very funny stuff. Don't want to spoil too much, but the best joke was easily the Boehner joke. But the "100 days" jokes were great, too. (Updated with complete video.)
Morning Awesome
Captain Kirk recites the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution. (The new Star Trek movie was outstanding, by the way. More later...)
Saturday Night Thread
Off to see the Star Track. Open thread!
Why Haven't They Seceded Yet?
Because this is pretty awful: CNN reports that Texas hospitals are charging women who have been raped thousands of dollars for their rape kits that are collected by police as part of their...
Colbert on Hannity's Liberty Tree
The "Rahm Emanu-hole."
Yard Sale Open Thread
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.
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...