Not really. No. But, remarkably, it's almost as contentious. Foodies (food bloggers) are engaged in a heated debate about the qualifications of the White House chef, Cristeta Comerford, who was asked...
Author - Bob Cesca
Even To The Bitter End…
...he continues to fill his audiences with shills. White House interns were asked to fill empty seats during the president's final press conference yesterday. Now I guess we know who was clapping at...
Fred Barnes Is Insane
Freddie the Beetle Barnes constructed a list of President Bush's top ten greatest achievements (summarized/paraphrased here): 10. Ignoring the climate crisis and Kyoto. 9. Torture! (Seriously!) 8...
Clinton Confirmation Hearings
Secretary-designate Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearings begin today. And you know what that means. MSNBC's Kelly O'Donnell (one of the two-dozen or so "O'Donnells" on MSNBC) just reported: As you...
Doof Quote of the Day
"Three individuals have been waterboarded. That's it."—Michael Smerconish
Morning Awesome
The Truth About Lincoln - by Bob Odenkirk
Oh Noes! It's the Qur’an!
Photo: Lauren Victoria Burke / AP Wait. No. Sorry. That's the Christian Bible used by Abraham Lincoln to take the Oath of Office on March 4, 1861. Barack Obama will be sworn into office one week from...
Tear Down Those Walls
By now you've probably heard the news that the president-elect will be signing an executive order within the first week of his presidency to close the military detention center at Guantanamo Bay...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the constant variety of cable news hackery. And for random chatting. Tonight! Can someone order up some flying shoes for Mr. The Plumber?
Scarborough Loves Waterboarding
In this video, Joe Scarborough wheels out every dickish debating tactic and every fallacy about waterboarding in the far-right arsenal. I mean, it's a truly stunning performance combining insane...
Emotional Response from the Press Corp
Clap. Clap, clap. Whatever.
The Bush Legacy In Graphic Form
Courtesy of The Atlantic.
Interesting
So far today, no very serious PageCast video and no "Halperin's Take" list of random names at The Page. I would suggest that perhaps Halperin got the message that his bits were ridiculous wastes of...
Worst President Ever
As always, President Bush's utter lack of humility and his inability to fully grasp how he personally failed on numerous occasions is just staggering. For example: "Don't tell me the federal response...
Obama The Writer
Jonathan Raban in the WSJ: It's not, I think, an exaggeration to say that Obama is the most able writer to win the presidency since Lincoln. This article is an excellent, though too brief, look at...
Changing the Stimulus
Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Barack Obama is making “significant” changes to his economic stimulus program, such as boosting energy tax incentives, after members of his own party called...
Closer to Balance
This is good. The Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire, who was elected the Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop in 2003, will deliver the invocation for Sunday’s kickoff inaugural event...
The Final Smirks
President Bush is getting ready to deliver his final press conference. I can't believe I just wrote that sentence. After this morning, no more smirky dickish remarks to the press from George W. Bush ...
Morning Awesome
Leslie Feist - "1 2 3 4" Live on the Late Show with David Letterman
'Room-mate'
I'm very lucky to have very talented, very funny friends. Several of those friends contribute to this blog. And one of those friends used to contribute before this blog was tranformed from something...