Good lord, this thing gives me the heebie-geebies. SUITA, Japan (AFP) — The creators of the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, say it's slowly developing social skills by interacting with...
Author - Bob Cesca
Afternoon Awesome
Tour of Flanders - 2008 Winner: Stijn Devolder, Belgium This is easily one of the most exciting a grueling pro cycling races of all time. 162 miles of steep cobblestone climbs in the mud and rain of...
He Wants To Take Our Nukes, Too!
Not only is President Obama trying to take your guns out of your cold beefy hands, but he's also trying to take your thermonuclear warheads, too. Insurrection now! (Adding... He's not really trying...
The Pittsburgh Shooting
I've honestly been reconciling blame and influences with regards to the latest series of shooting sprees -- most especially the Pittsburgh shootings from yesterday. In the past, and most recently...
Dodging Bullets and Memos
Remember John Brennan? He's the guy who used to be the frontrunner for CIA director before we (worshippy Obamabots) made it clear that the president was making a huge mistake in considering this...
Morning Awesome
Chris Walla - "Sing Again" From his incredible solo album Field Manual
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night blogotubing.
Another Shooting Spree
This time in Pittsburgh: A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and “lying in wait” opened fire on officers responding to a domestic disturbance call Saturday, killing three of them and turning a quiet...
Projection
Regarding Glenn Beck's recent "fascism" talk, Dave Neiwert writes: What's the most fascistic thing to appear on the American political horizon in recent months? Glenn Beck and his "912 Project" and...
WTF?
Geithner, Summers and the president have to immediately account for this: The Obama administration is engineering its new bailout initiatives in a way that it believes will allow firms benefiting...
Wingnut Revolution
I'm beginning to feel as though I'm being too flippant about the wingnut revolution talk -- perhaps I should be taking it a little more seriously. Charles Blow writes in the NY Times: My read:...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "Spring Fever"
A World of Crazy
Glenn Beck doubles down on Jonah Goldberg and insists that liberals can be fascists: Ask any historian or political scientist and they'll tell you that fascism and liberalism are entirely...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for your Friday night blogotubing.
Malkin's Saudi Wingnuttery
As Dave Weigel points out, Michelle Malkin is making a stink about President Obama bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia at the G20. And yet, according to Malkin, Mrs. Obama "touching" the Queen was a...
Married Gays Are Like Terrorists
That seems to be what Congressman Steve King was implying with this: Along with a constitutional amendment, the legislature must also enact marriage license residency requirements so that Iowa does...
Super Stupid
Pew Research circled back around and polled on the president's religion to determine how many idiots still believe he's a Muslim (he's not). Shockingly, the overall split has barely changed since...
Quote of the Day
"In America, there is a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been...
137 House Republicans…
...voted for Paul Ryan's silly Republican budget plan. The one with the $1.5 million annual giveaways to corporate CEOs and a totally insane spending freeze.
Loud Noises! Monarchy Etiquette Edition
Here's our favorite wingnuts right now. ●Emulating a tea party protest that touched off a revolution against the British monarchy. ●While also accusing our American president of potentially offending...