Senator Leahy stood up to the Joker, but yet he's caving to Karl Effing Rove and the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee by postponing the Holder confirmation hearings? Therefore, to accommodate...
Author - Bob Cesca
The Legacy Project Continues
President Bush lying: “I never said the Taliban was eliminated.” Oh really? Via Think Progress: September 2002: “The Taliban’s ability to brutalize the Afghan people and to harbor and support...
Attack of the Shoes
I'd like to clarify and an expand on a few points about the shoe throwing incident because I'm clearly in the minority here in my opinion that throwing shoes at the president is wrong. I don't think...
The Obama Logo Design
There's no doubt the brilliantly designed Obama "O" logo became one of the most recognizable brands in the country if not the world. Here are some of the actual designs that didn't make the cut. This...
The Shoes
My record for disliking President Bush should be kept in mind when I say: This was awful. First, anything resembling an attack on the president is scary. The "man" aside, he's still the President of...
Morning Awesome
U2 - Cole Porter's "Night and Day" From the 1990 Red, Hot + Blue AIDS benefit album
My Quiet McRevolution
by Lee Stranahan, cross-posted at LeeStranahan.com I know that there are million reasons not to frequent McDonald's restaurants. There are nutritional reasons. There are political reasons. There are...
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night blogotubing.
Merry Christmas. You're Fired.
Photo: Jeff Kowalsky/European Pressphoto Agency Cindy Spisak with Douglas Yandura after she was laid off Friday from a Chrysler plant in Detroit. (New York Times) Sincerely, The Senate Republicans...
Afternoon Awesome
Khoda by Reza Dolatabadi. Over 6,000 individual paintings were created over two years to make this beautiful animated short.
It's A Wonderful Life
Like Oliver, I watched it for the gazillionth time last night and I don't mind saying that it never, ever sucks. But this year, considering the events of the last two months, it was remarkably...
Thom Hartmann on Countdown
Pollgasm: Taint Edition
The Blagojevich scandal and all of its accompanying "taint" hasn't really hurt the president-elect. And why should it?
Morning Awesome
New Order - "Regret"
Seriously…
We need to unload Harry Reid and find leadership who will force the Republicans stand up and filibuster for real. There's just no excusing a memorandum like this one, and anyone who regards the...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for whatever you want to talk about. Also, here's me on Bill Scher's Liberal Oasis podcast. Here's the iTunes version.
A Name For Our Pain
And it is... The Senate Blue Dog Group. Formed by Senator Evan Bayh. These guys will absolutely be a pain in the assneck for the next four years. Lieberman bad. So glad the Obama campaign didn't...
Since When?
Why didn't anyone tell me that Les Stroud isn't doing any more episodes of Survivorman? Now we're left with that hyperkinetic fraud Bear Grylls? Aw damn.
Quote of the Day
"I don't know what Sen. Vitter has against GM or the United Auto Workers or the entire domestic auto industry; whatever it is, whatever he thinks we've done, it's time for him to forgive us, just...
Green HUD
by Lee Stranahan Barack Obama has named Shaun Donovan to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Donovan is a former Clinton aide, New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and...