Why are people like Joe Scarborough in favor of government spending (not to mention torture) to "keep us safe" from terrorists, but they're vocally opposed to government spending to keep us safe from...
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Author - Bob Cesca
Lawrence O'Donnell Win
Lawrence O'Donnell rips into Hannity's "provable stupidity." Here's the car scene dramatized in the movie The Final Days (1989).
This Won't End Well
The Ohio Militia is trying to organize a "peaceful" march on Washington composed of ten million armed militia members. Ten million armed citizens marching into the nation's capital. That's more than...
Lies and Torture, Then More Torture
McClatchy: A former U.S. Army psychiatrist, Maj. Charles Burney, told Army investigators in 2006 that interrogators at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility were under "pressure" to produce...
Morning Awesome
The Daily Show - We Don't Torture
Prime Time Thread
Say, here's an open thread for your Tuesday night blogotubing.
Loud Noises
This could be any member of the far-right talk radio and cable news screechers right now: Literally, loud noises. And the reaction he's getting is just about the same as Glenn Beck's audience.
On the Radio
Say, whaddaya know. I'm going to be on the Nancy Skinner Show at around 4 p.m. EDT today. More information here. UPDATE: Bumped to 4:30.
The Door is Wide Open
Will Holder do it? The president today: With respect to those who formulated those legal decisions, I would say that is going to be more of a decision for the Attorney General within the parameters...
Yummy Juice
Here we see President Eisenhower cheerfully drinking with Soviet Presidium member Frol Kozlov in 1959. It's a good thing we weren't mortal enemies with the Soviets at that time. If we were, I'm sure...
Need a Spokesman? Bring Out Cheney!
Cheney has once again emerged from Minas Morgul: Just days after Obama shook hands and received a gift from Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, Cheney called the images of the encounter "not helpful."...
America Hater
How could anyone have liked Ike? Tsk tsk. Here we see Soviet officials, Mikhail Menshikov and Anastas Mikoyan, at the height of the red scare -- behind the president's Oval Office desk! In America...
Scarborough's Fear Mongery
Joe Scarborough, with his passive aggressive little angst, was in a full feargasm mode today. It's the last ditch argument of an unapologetic coward. If we can't protect ourselves without the use of...
Red Alert!
Why does President Obama hate America? (Source: Oliver Willis)
Morning Awesome
Monty Python - The Spanish Inquisition
Breathtaking Hypocrisy
Both Gingrich and Giuliani, of all people, are hitting the circuit to attack same-sex marriage. Rudy, who has been married three times: “Marriage, I believe, both traditionally and legally, has...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for your Monday night blogotubing. Adding... My wife's vintage clothing boutique is having an Earth Day Sale, along with her Etsy team. 20-50% off. Also, if you're into vintage clothing...
Awesome Hall of Fame Nominee
A Turkish recording artist named Mustafa Topaloğlu made this hilariously awful Obama tribute song and video. Hang in for the rap section at the end. "Welcome to presidency! Hello...!" (Source:...
Debunking the 'Congress Knew' Argument
Scarborough and others (some in the comments here) have brought up the fact that some members of Congress, including the Gang of Four and Nancy Pelosi, were briefed on the Bush administration's...
Tortured Logic
Limbaugh today: "[I]f somebody can be water-tortured six times a day, then it isn't torture." Just remarkable. Even after the Bush OLC memos admit that all of these techniques were, in fact, torture...