The final chapter in the illegal music download saga -- fow now: LOS ANGELES — The group representing the U.S. recording industry said Friday it has abandoned its policy of suing people for sharing...
Author - Bob Cesca
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "Johnny at the Fair"
Very Serious Questions
How did presidents George Washington through Bill Clinton manage to keep us safe from Islamic terrorist attacks on our soil without the magical powers of Bushie the Awesome? Bonus very serious...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of Friday night cable news hackery and other randomness. Tonight! The Al Franken Senate is at hand! Also, let's do another night of welcoming lurkers...
This Might Help
Interesting: Some top retired military leaders and some Democrats in Congress are backing William White, chief operating officer of the Intrepid Museum Foundation, to be the next secretary of the...
Al Franken Leads By Four Votes!
TPM reporting: This is big: For the very first time in the Minnesota recount, Al Franken has taken the lead in the running vote count from Minneapolis Star-Tribune. As of 10:18 a.m. ET, Franken now...
As If Abortion Wasn't Enough…
...how about Pastor Warren on Judaism: [TNR's Alan Wolfe and Rick Warren] once appeared on a panel together along with Harvard's Peter Gomes at the Aspen Ideas Festival. When it came time for...
As If Same-Sex Marriage Wasn't Enough…
...allow me to dive into a couple of Pastor Warren's awful statements on abortion. Namely, his repeated remarks implying that women who have abortions -- even in the cases of rape or (begin McCain...
Epic Fail
This morning: Here we see Rick Warren comparing homosexuality with a variety of negative impulses and emotions. Actually, I was half-expecting him to make the usual gaffe relating homosexuality to a...
Describing Bush In A Word
Pew compiled the most commonly used words to describe President Bush: Hooplehead, doof, dingus, dangerous, asshat, smirking bastard, frat boy jagoff, tool, torturer, Hooverish. Dare I ask you which...
Deep Throat Passes Away
Mark Felt, the man who helped bring down President Richard Nixon as the infamous “Deep Throat” for investigative reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, died in Santa Rosa Thursday afternoon...
Morning Awesome
Foo Fighters - "Learn to Fly" Live at Wembley Stadium
Good News…
...to end a contentious day. Al Franken is projected to win by 89 votes.
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and whatever else you want to write about. Tonight! Lurkers and first-time commenters are encouraged to stop in say hello to the...
A Word About Tolerance
I wrote a version of this in the comments and thought I'd graduate it up to its own thing. This isn't about tolerating Rick Warren or not. I'm tolerant of his opinions and lifestyle in that I don't...
Evangelical vs. Crazy
Glenn Greenwald: There is a respectful and civil (even if clearly wrong) case to make against gay marriage, or against abortion, or in favor of a hard-line towards Iran. But in each case, Warren opts...
Aw Man.
For too many reasons to list, I really, really admire Thom Hartmann. But wow. With all due respect, I just don't understand his latest column in which he applauds the inclusion of Rick Warren in the...
Gibbs: Ignore and Avoid The Hackery
Robert Gibbs recognizes the hackery of the Halperin: ...the Obama campaign's communications strategy was predicated in part on an aggressive indifference to this [Washington] insider set. Staff...
It Puts The Lotion On Its Skin
Serial-killerish pronoun avoidance from President Bush: Yeah, I think it's a reporter. At least that's what they told me on the way out, that it's a person who works in the Iraqi press... Refusing to...
Disagreeable
The president-elect defends the Warren fiasco: I don't think Rick Warren is being at all "agreeable" when he compares same-sex marriage to incest and pederasty. In fact, I can think of very few...