Just in case you've been hearing crazy talk about the latest CBO projections and how President Obama's spending will destroy America, Krugman offers up some much need analysis. In short, recovery...
Author - Bob Cesca
Geithner's Spazzy White Guy Gift Card
From what I understand about the Geithner plan, we as taxpayers are paying for something like 90 percent of the cost (and risk) to invest in these horribly twisted assets -- these credit default...
Worst Person
Greg Gutfeld, one of several guys on FOX News with a gigantic bulbous forehead, said yesterday: ...Mr. Gutfeld said the Canadian military “wants to take a breather to do some yoga, paint landscapes...
The Mel Gibson Component
O'Reilly aired his ridiculous ambush of Amanda Terkel last night and it actually made O'Reilly look worse than before. If you recall, Terkel is the ThinkProgress reporter who called out O'Reilly's...
Morning Awesome
The New Pornographers - "Adventures in Solitude" Live in the CD101 Big Room. April, 2008.
Research Question
Did cable news ever once mention George W. Bush laughing and smirking while discussing Iraq casualties and the like? I don't think so. Paging Mr. Boehlert!
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the constant variety of cable news hackery or whatever else you're up to. It's time to coax some lurkers out of the shadows. Let's go, lurkers. Show yourselves!
Worst Person
Michele Bachmann inciting armed revolution and/or assassination: "I want people in Minnesota armed and dangerous on this issue of the energy tax because we need to fight back. Thomas Jefferson told...
Very Serious Question
Why couldn't President Obama break 500? Why couldn't he close the deal?
Tea Bag Hypocrisy
Alex Knapp summarizes the Tea Baggery: ● The folks in the blogosphere largely cheerleading the Tea Parties are the same folks in the blogosphere who cheerleaded the war in Iraq. So apparently...
Position Flexible
Remember when Sarah Palin constructed an entirely fake story about how she refused money for the bridge to nowhere when, in fact, she didn't really do that? And remember last week when she said she...
O'Reilly Reclaims Crazy Throne
For a while there, Glenn Beck was staging a serious coup d'etat for the coveted position of Craziest Bastard on FOX News Channel. But O'Reilly has gone all out to reclaim his gigantic splotchy crown...
Armstrong Down
VeloNews: Lance Armstrong crashed hard in Monday’s opening stage of the Castilla y León and first indications appear that he seriously injured his shoulder and might have broken his right collarbone...
Orlando Tea Baggery
Eric Boehlert discovered a treasure trove of Floridian Tea Bag awful. I just don't get the "Obama is Stupid" attack, other than the projection aspect of it. This guy needs AN dictionary.
Laughing? Really?
A new attack from the far-right -- hang onto your hats for this one. President Obama, they're saying, smiled and laughed while talking about serious things on 60 Minutes. Seriously. Even though he...
Morning Awesome
The evolution of the Batman Emblem (Source: Paddy)
Rocking Our Geek World
Were design and story elements from Star Wars borrowed from a French comic artist named Jean-Claude Mezieres? You decide. Granted, Lucas has never been shy about discussing the various mythological...
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night blogotubing in America.
Afternoon Awesome
Jonathan Mann - "The Paul Krugman Song"
Wingnut Revolution Fail
It's getting to be too easy. I mean, they picked an historically incongruous form of protest (the actual Tea Party was a protest against a corporate tax cut). They picked a sexually fetishistic theme...