Phish - "Down with Disease" Directed by Mike Gordon 1994
Author - Bob Cesca
Doof Quotes Of The Day
The tie goes to Bill O'Reilly and Karl Rove: O’REILLY: All right, so you are agreeing with me then that there is a conscious effort on the part of The New York Times and other liberal media to...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery and whatever else you're up to. Tonight! Did something happen in Illinois? I'm not sure what, but it appears to involve William...
Rahm Apparently Took Down Blagojevich
Sam Stein: Local news reports, meanwhile, suggest that it was Obama chief-of-staff Rahm Emanuel who blew the whistle on the governor. So the Republicans and far-right hacks like Drudge who are trying...
Yeah, Well, Eff You, Too
In a conversation with Harris on November 11, the charges state, Blagojevich said he knew that the President-elect wanted Senate Candidate 1 for the open seat but "they're not willing to give me...
White House Christmas Trees
In case you're looking for presidential inspiration for your Christmas tree this year, here are some actual White House trees (and snarky remarks)...
Progressive Or Centrist: You Make The Call
BooMan: Obama's legislative priorities are not little poll-tested mini-initiatives like school uniforms and tax rebates. He's calling for the biggest investment in infrastructure since the 1950's...
Recession Television
Leno at 10PM every night: Though Mr. Leno will command an enormous salary, probably more than $30 million a year, the cost of his show will be a fraction of what a network pays for dramas at 10 p.m...
Morning Awesome
NSFW. Ricky Gervais talks about Humpty Dumpty in his recent HBO special Out of England.
Hold Steady, Cescans
Stranahan Normally I wouldn't post music but it's been a weird day. The Hold Steady is one of my favorite band. - sorta Springsteen and Lou Reed and Thin Lizzy and Randy Newman and Kevin Smith...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery. Tonight! President-elect Obama is a space alien!
Hildebrand on Huffington Post
by Lee Stranahan My piece based on a conversation I had with Steve Hildebrand is up on Huffington Post. I think Bob's criticism was fair, Sirota's not. "Hamfisted" is one thing, "Rant-ish" isn't...
Another Obama Cabinet Controversy
First, he pisses off some liberal bloggers, and now... anti-beret military personnel.
Abu Ghraib: The Sequel
by Lee Stranahan I'm watching the presser at the Department Of Justice announcing that five Blackwater Guards are being charged with fourteen counts of manslaughter over the massacre of September...
Very Serious Questions
As Aravosis writes, when will Tom Brokaw nag George W. Bush about his recent fall off the drinking wagon -- especially considering Bush is an admitted alcoholic? Has any member of the establishment...
Layoffs Are Bad Management
by Lee Stranahan I highlight this on my new website StopLayoffs.org but there's awesome, true and fun to read article on Trizle.com about why layoffs are bad management. Basically, it's a lazy way to...
Hildebrand Tries To Comfort The Left
And pretty much fails. Barack Obama's Deputy Transition Director Steve Hildebrand wrote a piece for the Huffington Post addressing the progressive netroots, and, honestly, it wasn't good. Now, I get...
Krugman Clarifies
You might've seen the screamer headlines around the interweb suggesting that Krugman said the American auto industry is doomed. Not true. Krugman clarifies: What I actually said was that the...
Misinformation Alert
The Prius does NOT lose money for Toyota. If it does, then Toyota is run by dumb-stupids who have no business running a company. CNBC's Erin Burnett was just on Morning Joe repeating this...
Morning Awesome
Real Life Mario Kart