"So if we decrease the use of carbon dioxide, are we not taking away plant food from the atmosphere?" —Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL) No. We're not. Poor little Shimkus.
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U2 - "Where The Streets Have No Name"
Three Mile Island
Today is the 30 year anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant crisis. Walter Cronkite reports: Part 2 after the jump, including discussion of the impact of the xenon radiation that...
I'm Jealous
John Aravosis from AmericaBlog was invited to the White House for Greek Independence Day. Full report with excellent White House photos here. Note to White House: I'll have to check my calendar, but...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night blogotubery. Don't forget to turn off your lights for an hour beginning at 8:30 (local time).
Loud Noises – Earth Hour Edition
Tonight at 8:30 is Earth Hour when everyone around the world is supposed to turn out their lights for one hour in order to raise awareness of the climate crisis. But throughout the wingnut...
Weird
According to Financial Times, "America's liberals" are three guys. And they represent a backlash against the president, apparently. It's three people. Krugman, Reich, Stiglitz. Adding... These guys...
Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too!
Artist Justine Lai is working on a series of self-portraits called Join or Die in which she depicts herself having sex with each President of the United States. NSFW and all that. And Tyler, too! So...
Quote of the Day
"Well, Glenn, I have experienced that throughout my political career, being labeled a kook." —Michele Bachmann on Glenn Beck's radio show
Food and Safety Modernization Act of 2009
A bill known as HR 875, the Food and Safety Modernization Act of 2009, is racing through Congress and it's intended to amp up safety inspections and fines on imported food and farm-grown products...
Raving Street Loon
Sorry for the punch-me face this early on a Saturday, but watch: I mentioned on Elvis Doggiecream's radio show the other night a possible explanation for Glenn Beck's ratings. If there were a raving...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "Progress Island" Part 2 of 2
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for your Friday night blogotubing and various loud noises.
Loud Noises
I've apparently offended the "speaking in tongues" community. A (former) reader writes: I do not apreciate the coment you made when talking about the right wing attacks on the Teleprompter use of...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"We are at the point, Sean, of revolution. And by that, what I mean, an orderly revolution -- where the people of this country wake up get up and make a decision that this is not going to happen on...
Obama's War
MSNBC was running a graphic with the text: "Obama's War." This war was started and botched by George W. Bush. President Obama, right or wrong, is taking a stab at fixing it. It's not his war. Adding...
Worshipping The President
Glenn Greenwald: It’s certainly true that one has no difficulty finding cult-like liberal veneration for Obama – those who invoke Bible-like "he’s-a-master-of-11-dimensional-chess" clichés to justify...
Morning Joe
I'm watching Scarborough and Chris Hanson trying to suggest that Americans with negative incomes and questionable money habits are equally to blame for the economic collapse. These sorts of...
Morning Awesome
Animetal - "Space Battleship Yamato" Main Title Theme (Original Japanese lyrics)
Quote of the Day
"There's one more picture of a windmill than there are charts of numbers. And there's exactly one picture of a windmill." —Robert Gibbs (Echoing Sullivan's Quote For The Day)