Artist – Chan Lowe According to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, we’ll reach the debt ceiling in late February rather than March as previously estimated. Reuters reports today that the...
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Video: 60 Years of Warming
Here’s 60 years of global warming in 15 seconds courtesy of NASA. Scientists emphasize that weather patterns always will cause fluctuations in average temperatures from year to year, but the...
The Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault
President Obama signed an executive order today creating a task force to protect college students from sexual assault. He also had several meaningful things to say regarding sexual assault that no...
Outreach
While the Republican party meets at a private policy retreat to recommit to being sufficiently anti-abortion, Representative Steve Pearce (R-NM) is educating women on how they should react to their...
The Revolution is Ongoing
Or so they tell me. According to the organizer of the next rally to overthrow the government, as many 30 million 30 people may show up. via Right Wing Watch Yesterday, Operation American Spring...
There’s Another Chemical in the Elk River and No One Knows Anything
A week after West Virginians were told their water is safe to drink, another chemical that was included in the Freedom Industries cocktail has been identified that authorities didn’t test for...
We’re Being Watched
Artist – Rob Rogers In other news, extreme weather cost Canadian insurers a record $2.92 billion last year, twice as high as the previous record. But it’s snowing in winter and the arctic...
Stupid Party, Stupid Media
Fox News apparently didn’t get the memo that the food stamps for pot story was completely fake. Or they wish they had thought of it first. via Media Matters Despite lack of evidence and the...
Outreach
In addition to recommitting to the fight against Obamacare, Republicans will also be urged to recommit to being sufficiently anti-abortion at their upcoming policy retreat. Furthermore, they aim to...
We’re All Slaves Now (Not Really)
Why would anyone host a gun raffle to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.? The Multnomah County Republican Party of Oregon explains. “The great political issue today is whether or not the American...
Governor Tomblin is Not a Scientist
Is it safe to drink the water in West Virginia? Governor Tomblin says it’s up to you to decide. “It’s your decision,” Gov. Tomblin told reporters at a press conference on...
Big Ideas
Artist – Rob Rogers In other news, an animal feed processing plant exploded in Omaha, Nebraska today, injuring at least nine and killing an unknown number of persons. Meanwhile, Marco Rubio...
Chris Christie Will Learn His Lesson. Maybe.
“I will learn things from this. I know I will. I don’t know exactly what it is yet that I’ll learn from it. But when I get the whole story and really try to understand what’s...
What Inequality?
Inequality in America is bad, far worse than many other nations, but when viewed on a global scale it’s truly epic. The combined wealth of the world’s richest 85 people is now equivalent...
Idiot Quote of the Day
There are plenty of conservative thinkers tripping over themselves in an attempt to both honor Martin Luther King Jr. and attack liberals at the same time, but this is the icing on the dumbass cake...
What Could Go Wrong?
Here’s a brilliant idea. Let’s allow teachers to carry fully-automatic weapons in schools. According to Senator Lindsey Graham’s Tea Party challenger Lee Bright, the Constitution is...
Not a Bully
Artist – Tim Eagan According to the Charleston Gazette, the water in and around Charleston was only tested for 1 chemical out of the 7 that MCHM consists of, meaning it’s entirely...
Lawmakers Push Back Against Sensational NSA Coverage
It’s my opinion that to be truly outraged at the NSA you must have virtually no perspective or inkling of what the private sector does with your data. Data that is far more detailed than what...
The Hits Keep Coming
As Bob predicted in this week’s mailbag, Chris Christie may end up getting nailed for something not even related to the George Washington Bridge closure. According to emails and testimony...
Stand Your Ground
Artist – Dave Granlund Freedom Industries, the company responsible for the recent chemical spill in West Virginia, filed for bankruptcy today. What are the chances? Continue reading →...