A wingnut named Bill Cunningham went batshit today, then Senator McCain (credit where credit is due) rightfully apologized later. The Huffington Post has it here. I originally had it posted in this...
Author - Bob Cesca
Sporadic Blogging
Sorry about the light blogging this week. I'm animating what's called an "animatic" or "pre-visualization" for a new animated series we created for Sony called Farewell, Manga Squad. Just to give you...
Predictions! George Dubbie Dubya!
Yesterday: AP -- President Bush predicted Monday that voters will replace him with a Republican president who will "keep up the fight" in Iraq. "I'm confident we'll hold the White House in 2008,"...
The Six (or More) Degrees of Clean Coal
Interesting story about the LearnAboutCoal.com website and their use of children in their propaganda here. Some time ago, I compiled a brief rundown of the relationship between the Republicans...
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The Clinton Statement
Here's the statement from Maggie Williams (via TPM): Enough. If Barack Obama's campaign wants to suggest that a photo of him wearing traditional Somali clothing is divisive, they should be ashamed...
The Politics of Losing Your Shit
YAAARRRR!
Fear Mongering
The Clinton campaign has apparently circulated a photograph of Senator Obama dressed in the garb of a Somali Elder while visiting his ancestral nation of Kenya. And of course every toothless, mouth...
It's 2001-2002 All Over Again
Turning patriotism into a contest was awesome for about two minutes after 9/11. Why the goddamn hell are they following Congressman Kingston's lead and doing it again? (In 2002, I directed a low...
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Metaphor!
Buh-bye, Don
Don Geronimo is one of the reasons why I do what I do. He's one of my first comedic influences, and the reason why I pursued talk radio as my first career (Howard Stern was also a big influence). I...
Snarky Stumping! Fuck Yeah!
Two word question for Senator Clinton and her supporters: Feel better?
Are Teachers Engaged In A Whisper Campaign?
This item from Paddy made me spit out my coffee: Our 10-year-old sister, Amani, is in the fifth grade at Lord Baltimore, a public elementary school in Ocean View. Last Tuesday, her teacher "taught"...
Wingnut ABP! Lie About Global Warming!
There must've been an e-mail blast APB that went out to all wingnuts. Think Progress: Reuters reports that GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz defended his previous remarks dismissing global warming as a...
Eschacon 2008
I just signed up to attend the Saturday March 29 festivities at the big Eschacon in Philadelphia. It's so rare that something cool happens within close driving distance, but there you go.
Morning Awesome
I want to go to dinner with these people. WARNING: SPOILERS.
Wingnut of the Week
Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) on last night's Real Time with Bill Maher: REP. KINGSTON: Through Axelrod and their campaign spokesmen, they've let this thing grown -- grow. And when you combine...
The War Has Largely Ended
I don't like quoting giant passages from a news story, but you should read all of this from Bizarro Iraq (where the surge didn't work): BAGHDAD — Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone...
Non-Reality Based Pentagon
Remember the story Senator Obama told about the soldier in Afghanistan who had to scavenge ammunition from the Taliban? The winguts went crazy and immediately claimed that Senator Obama made the...
Morning Awesome
AP -- On Feb. 23, 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised the American flag. If you haven't seen Spielberg & Eastwood's Letters From Iwo...