Consider this your regular reminder that television is not real life and that “24″ was not a documentary. via TPM In an interview set to air Sunday on “60 Minutes,” Cheney...
Author - SK Ashby
Horrible People
The Koch Brothers’ Americans for Prosperity group is launching a campaign against the expansion of Medicaid under the guise that doing so will cost state taxpayers billions of dollars...
Mission Accomplished
Artist – Bob Englehart In other news, Representative Randy Douchebaurer (R-TX) has apologized for being a smug asshole telling a park ranger that she should be “ashamed” for his...
Bedfellows
If you find yourself on the same side as the Klu Klux Klan, that’s as good of a sign as any that you should reconsider your position. Local residents in Jacksonville, Florida are urging the...
Quote of the Day: Harry Reid vs. Ted Cruz
“Ted Cruz is smart. He has always been able to talk down to people. He is now in the Senate. People are as smart as he is. He can’t talk down to anyone anymore. But he has still not...
They’re Closed
Artist – David Fitzsimmons This should give you a fairly good idea of how budget conference negotiations are going to look when the begin. Meanwhile, President Obama will reportedly nominate...
Stockman: Impeachment is an Option We’re Pursuing
Texas congressman and guns for babies advocate Steve Stockman told World Nut Daily that he has hired attorney Bill Olson and his batshit law firm to look into impeaching President Obama. More on...
Obamacare is Working
The expansion of Medicaid in Oregon has enabled to state the cut it’s number of uninsured persons by 10 percent in just the last two weeks. The low-income, Medicaid-funded program has already...
GOP Rep: I Voted No Because It Funds Child Soldiers (It Doesn’t)
Republican congressmen have their reasons for voting against a bill to reopen the federal government and prevent a national default but, as dubious as their reasons may be, I doubt any of them come...
Study: Dramatic Change for Oceans by 2100
I’m sorry to bring you down from one apocalypse (the debt ceiling) just to begin talking about another, but this is important. Using data provided by the latest U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on...
Worst Persons in the World
This is completely wrong, unnecessary, irresponsible, and cruel. Conservative media has been quite exercised this week by a story about a transgender student at Florence High School in Colorado...
McCain Casts Aspersions On Gohmert’s Asparagus
“Sometimes comments like that are made out of malice, but if someone has no intelligence I don’t feel it as being a malicious statement.” -John McCain on Louie Gohmert’s Al...
Cory Booker Wins
It turns out a Steve Lonegan victory did not compel President Obama to “fold” on the debt ceiling as he predicted. BREAKING: Cory Booker declared winner of New Jersey special election...
That’s All Folks
Artist – David Fitzsimmons Now that the second unnamed victim in the Maryville rape case has come forward, Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder has called for a grand jury. Anonymous plans...
S&P: “Our Forecast Didn’t Hold” Because the GOP is Insane
The GOP Government Shutdown of 2013 may end tonight, but plenty of damage has already been done. Standard & Poor’s calculates that the shutdown that has so far lasted just over two weeks...
Medieval Land Fun-Time World
And now for something completely different. Bad Lip Reading tackles Game of Thrones. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading...
“McConnell-Reid Sellout Bargain”
FreedomWorks prefers that we default on our debt and keep the government shut down rather than sign off on the “McConnell-Reid Sellout Bargain.” I think it’s safe to say that if...
Ted Cruz is a Fraud
Now that we’re approaching zero hour and Senator Ted Cruz will be presented with his last opportunity to cancel the socialist apocalypse, Cruz has announced that he will not filibuster the...
House of Horror
Artist – Jeff Darcy It’s possible the Maryville rape case may be even worse than I made it sound last night. The mother of the older victim said during an interview with CNN today that...
Another Casualty
North Carolina will be the first state to officially suspend Temporary Assistance for Need Families (TANF) in the coming weeks. While current enrollees will get October benefits, county offices have...