Sean Hannity on FOX News Channel, October 26, 2006: ...in this day and age where we have a lot of fanatics out there, I find the whole concept unbelievably irresponsible. Did you not think that there...
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"One of the great strengths of the United States is ... we have a very large Christian population -- we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider...
Afternoon Awesome
Iowa State Senator Mike Gronstal talks about the state supreme court's same-sex marriage decision.
Very Serious Question
Why does MSNBC keep thrusting Tucker Carlson in front of their cameras even though all of his TV shows have failed -- an indication that TV viewers don't really like him?
He's a Son of a Bitch, But He's Our Son of a Bitch
An article on the melting of the Arctic ice cap from today's Washington Post specifically contradicts Washington Post columnist George Will: The new evidence — including satellite data showing that...
Morning Joe
Remember last week when Scarborough was laughing and mocking Glenn Beck's unhinged rants? Well clearly Scarborough is taking a note from Beck's hysteria. On Morning Joe just now, Scarborough went off...
Legitimizing The Crazy
Via Oliver Willis, the ADL reports: Poplawski bought into the ["s--t hits the fan" and "the end of the world as we know it"] conspiracy theories hook, line and sinker, even posting a link to...
Morning Awesome
Deadliest Catch season five starts one week from today.
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the constant variety of cable news hackery and whatever else you're doing. Tonight! Did Glenn Beck cry or incite armed insurrection on television today?
Getting Bitter and Clinging To Guns
Remember that Mayhill Fowler audio recording that's been widely considered to be Barack Obama's biggest gaffe? ...it’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or...
Crazy Quote of the Day
"I believe that there is a very strong chance that we will see that young people will be put into mandatory service. And the real concerns is that there are provisions for what I would call re...
Tea Bagger Fail of the Day
So the total tax burden of everyone combined is 139 percent? That's amazing! UPDATE: A commenter notes that the top 1 percent is perhaps a subset of the top 50 percent. But why include the top 1...
Silencing the Opposition
Neiwert: The point is not to silence the people saying these things, but to point out how grotesquely irresponsible they are -- in the hopes that they will cease doing so, and start acting...
Fiction and Reality
Glenn Reynolds and the rest of wingnuttia are crapping their cages over the liberal reaction to the Pittsburgh shooting. In one of his updates, Reynolds posts an e-mail response to Oliver Willis'...
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"Now, the fact that I am very proud of my country and I think that we've got a whole lot to offer the world does not lessen my interest in recognizing the value and wonderful qualities of other...
The Dixie Chicks? Seriously?
Sean Hannity is rockin' like it's 2002. He's one schizoid embolism away from invoking "no war for Monica."
Giant "Laser"
Newt Gingrich wants to use our super secret "Alan Parsons Project" on North Korea which involves the deployment of a giant "laser." Seriously. He does.
End Times for Creationists
...as a political force, at least. Via Sullivan, Christopher Hitchens summarizes why the end might be near: In many ways, this battle can be seen as the last stand of the Protestant evangelicals with...
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Pneumatic Tube System - The Real Series of Tubes Molly Wright Steenson Source: Doctorow
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night blogotubing in America.