Glenn Beck is auctioning off $500 a plate lunches at the tea bag rallies. You know, affordable for the working man and all. But Benen observes that the tea baggers are missing the entire point of...
'Grassroots'
Read more
Author - Bob Cesca
Beck Uses Actor to Incite Violence
Rather than personally inciting violence, Glenn Beck has resorted instead to hiring an actor to dress up like Thomas Paine and incite violence. Listen carefully to the language in the following bit:...
WTF?
Whenever I see a news article containing the line: Siding with the Bush administration, however, the Obama administration... I get a little barfy. It gets worse: The Obama administration said Friday...
Morning Awesome
This afternoon is my favorite race of the pro cycling season: the Paris-Roubaix, also known as "The Hell of the North." 161 miles. 27 section of cobblestones. And, today, there's a chance of rain...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night blogotubing.
The Rationals and The Wingnuts
Charles Johnson, the conservative blogger who runs Little Green Footballs, has been ripping Glenn Beck, the tea baggers, creationism and the Saudi "Bow Gate" thing. And he's been paying the price...
Getting it Right
And when it comes to getting it exactly wrong, here's a shocker:
Stealing from the Best
In addition to apparently stealing from professional wrestlers, Beck might also be stealing from militia manuals.
Beck and O'Reilly Blame NBC for Threats
This is weird. Last Monday, Glenn Beck told us that blaming anyone for acts of violence other than the "nut jobs" is "crazy." But in the following on-air conversation, it sounds as though Beck and...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "X Marks The Spot"
Worst Person
Well, not a person, actually, but a network. CNN has been amping up the Obama Loves The Terrorists crap this week. And today, Benen reports that CNN shorted this quote from the president: "Al Qaeda...
Is Armstrong Chugging Pee?
No. No he isn't. Which is why this item from the New York Times about the latest Lance Armstrong doping allegation is extraordinarily disgusting, silly and disgusting: “I’m not saying anything about...
Glenn Beck's Arson Show
Pundit Fight discovered where Glenn Beck may have horked his "lighting a guy on fire" bit. The similarities are pretty remarkable.
Doof Quote of the Day
"Not at all, Glenn Beck. I'm proud to be with you." —Texas Governor Rick Perry responding to Beck's question, "Governor, you're regretting being on this program at this point, are you not, sir?"
Did You Know…?
Did you know that the digital broadcast converter boxes are communist brainwashing devices? Well now you know. And knowing is half the battle. The other half is burning college science books. At...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for your Friday night blogotubing.
For Marriage
I was thinking about that far-right group -- the "National Organization for Marriage." Isn't the very notion of same-sex marriage, by definition, a "for marriage" or "pro marriage" position? And by...
Oxymorons
The far-right talkers and activists are lying stupids. I'd like to hear them explain how a defense budget hike is actually a defense budget cut. Much like a "liberal fascist," it's totally impossible...
Best Person
Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly: ...word is that Sorkin is mulling over the idea of a new TV drama that takes a behind-the-scenes look at a cable news program (think: Keith Olbermann's show on...
'Tea Tantrums'
Sullivan beautifully summarizes the awesome ridiculousness and dishonest contradictions of the tea baggers. He concludes: ...What it looks like to me is some kind of amorphous, generalized rage on...