Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery. And drunken bantering. Tonight! The Airing of Grievances! Also, in honor of Festivus, if you have some extra foldin' money and...
Author - Bob Cesca
No Taint
The Obama report shows zero inappropriate contact with Rod Blagojevich. Which obviously means the president-elect is forever tainted and GUILTY! Why can't Obama release a report showing how un...
Excellence in Wingnuttery
The Poorman offers up his nominees for this year's gala Golden Winger Awards for Excellence in Wingnuttery. It goes without saying that the first name I looked for was Mark Halperin and his...
Afternoon Awesome
The Story of Festivus
Just Sayin'
This reminded me of this: Sorry. I couldn't resist.
The Bush Legacy Blows
Ed Gillespie adding to the No Attacks Mythology: And one last fact: Our homeland has not suffered another terrorist attack since September 11, 2001. That, too, is part of the real Bush record...
The New Al Gore Ad
Awesome. h/t Think Progress
While I'm At It…
Over the weekend, I saw multiple commercials for GM's Hummer on television. Yep. The failing automaker is spending money on advertising the most ridiculous vehicle to hit the market since this thing.
Pottersville
Drag these bastards into Congress now. Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated...
WTF?
Scurvy little spiders: The Associated Press contacted 21 banks that received at least $1 billion in government money and asked four questions: How much has been spent? What was it spent on? How much...
Morning Awesome
It's A Wonderful Life - The Lost Ending (If you can't see the buggy NBC embedded video above, go here to watch.)
Pictures of the Year
Via Benen, The Boston Globe posted a breathtaking collection of 2008 images here. The following shot from June didn't make the cut, but I will always remember it, given my own (far less serious)...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and general socializing. Tonight! Rachel is doing another segment on Big Dan.
Most Inane Punditry of 2008
I love Media Matters for doing lists like this. The winner: "I know his grandmother lives in Hawaii and I know Hawaii is a state, but it has the look of him going off to some sort of foreign, exotic...
Doof Quote of the Day
"The biggest mistake made was that I could have called more shots on this: the opportunities that were not seized to speak to more Americans via media. I was not allowed to do very many interviews...
They Just Don't Get It
Chez weighs in on the ridiculous decision by Warner to pull its videos off YouTube: ...YouTube -- not to mention anyone who pulls a video from there and places it on his or her own website -- isn't...
Afternoon Awesome
The Fireman - "Sing the Changes" What a wonderful song. I've been singing it in my head all day, which is way better than worrying and stressing about [fill in the blank].
Krugman And Obama
Anne Schroeder Mullins: When master economist, columnist, and plain ole intellectual (so few left these days) Paul Krugman was asked this morning [on the Bill Press show] about whether or not he was...
Talking Puppies
I caught this cute Mental Health Break on Sullivan's site this morning. A cuddly puppy saying "hello." Adorable. And awful. I'll explain after the jump...
Pulse-Pounding Action!
Country Bear Fred Thompson is getting his own radio show on Westwood One. Two hours of slow-spoken murmuring interspersed with Tourette's-like throat clearing. Exciting!