The Federal Aviation Administration issued a press release this morning. The FAA has suspended all employee furloughs. Air traffic facilities will begin to return to regular staffing levels over the...
FAA Suspends All Furloughs
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Where The WMDs Aren’t
Artist – Jeff Darcy In other news, the attorney general of Ohio has executed search warrants in Stuebenvile, Ohio in connection with the infamous rape case to determine if other laws were...
Lunatic Quote of the Day
“But this administration has so many Muslim Brotherhood members that have influence that they just are making wrong decisions for America.” -Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) People actually...
Disasterpiece Theater
Jon Stewart takes on The Decider. No, really. The Bush presidential library has an interactive exhibit where visitors can make their own world-changing decisions based on the advice given to you by...
Conspiracy Theory
If you’re worried that the Obama administration is buying up bullets so you can’t have any — Representative Frank Lucas and Senator Inhofe are here to assuage your fears with...
Shocker: Supporting Popular Legislation Increases Your Poll Numbers
Who says supporting expanded background checks isn’t advantageous? According to a new Quinnipiac poll, Senator Pat Toomey saw a bump in his poll numbers after spearheading the latest effort...
The Martians Are Landing
Artist – Jimmy Margulies In other news, House Republicans are planning to repeal Obamacare again. 34th time’s a charm? Or is this the 35th time? I lost count. Continue reading →...
Weak Constitution
It’s Jon Stewart vs Fox News on the Constitution. I laughed. Hard. But Fox News really is an embarrassment to the nation. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
The Other Paul
Remember the Ron Paul newsletters? The anti-Semitic, anti-gay, racist, conspiracy-mongering garbage published in decades past? The man who published that newsletter was Lew Rockwell, Ron Paul’s...
Are There No Work Houses?
I’m just going to leave this here. via Media Matters By the way, schools spend about 1 dollar per student each day on food. The same applies to juvenile detention centers. They also spend 1...
House GOP Plans Non-Comprehensive Immigration Reform
While it seems likely that the Senate will pass comprehensive immigration reform, passage in the House was always in question and it appears that House Republicans are now planning to pass piecemeal...
Presidential Booky Thingy
Artist – John Darkow In other news, a staffer for Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, and Mitt Romney was charged today for using nude photos which he obtained by compromising email accounts to extort...
Fancy Ivy League Papers
Stephen Colbert tackles Reinhart and Rogoff and the global austerity fetish. “2.2 percent up, 0.1 percent down. You say potato, I say eliminate food stamps.” Colbert deserves our thanks...
Photo of the Day
This is exactly what it looks like. Former South Carolina Governor Mark “Appalachian Trail” Sanford debating a cardboard representation of Nancy Pelosi on some random street corner. No...
Nothing Says Pro-Life Like Murder
An Iowa-based anti-abortion activist who was previously interviewed by the FBI thinks it would be “a blessing” if someone shot the staff of the clinic recently reopened several years...
Rand Paul: I Didn’t Say That Thing I Said
Rand Paul was against the use of drones before he was for the use of drones, but now he’s against them again. Or something. In a statement released Wednesday, Paul said that his comments left a...
Harry Reid is Trolling You
I chuckled heartily as I read this knowing that it will put congressional Republicans in a very awkward position. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced a bill today to require background...
The Bush Library
Artist – David Fitzsimmons In other news, Senator Max Baucus announced today that he will not seek re-election in 2014. Continue reading → Continue reading → Continue reading →...
Video: SpaceX “Grasshopper” Test Flight
Elon Musk’s SpaceX successfully completed a 250 meter test flight of their “Grasshopper” rocket this week which will some day be part of a reusable vertical takeoff and landing...
Canadian Terror Plot Foiled by Muslim Community
While certain voices in America spent the last week calling for restricting immigration for Muslims or even their deaths, Canadian authorities working in concert with American authorities uncovered a...