Author - SK Ashby

Open Thread

Damage Estimates

Artist - Joe Heller In other news, former President Richard Nixon's testimony to a grand jury in 1975 concerning the Watergate scandal is going to be unsealed, and the Obama Administration is...

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Poll

Some Are Beyond Saving

I found the results of this new Washington Post poll to be quite remarkable in that it reveals a few things you wouldn't expect to see. According to their numbers, more Republicans than Democrats...

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Open Thread

How To Please The Mob

Artist - John Darkow In other news, the FBI is planning to revise its 80-year-old definition of Rape in the hopes that allowing the inclusion of more scenarios will reduce the gross number of...

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Wingnuts

Rick Perry’s Golf

According to Rick Perry, the way he likes to spend his leisure time is by hanging out with "patriots" and shooting the same rifles "the seals and the delta force guys" use. In an official campaign...

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Open Thread

We Can’t Allow That

Artist - Jeff Parker In other news, the Republican-controlled Michigan House of Representatives is considering legislation that would make it a crime, punishable by up to one-year in prison, for...

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Alternative Energy

Too High A Price

The Secretary of the Navy has big plans for alternative energy for the Navy and Marine Corps. Ray Mabus, Secretary of the U.S. Navy, said at the National Clean Energy Summit 4.0 that the military...

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Wingnuts

No Room For Reason

During last week's Republican presidential debate, Governor Rick Perry actually managed to say something reasonable. Of course, you know what that means. He must walk back his reasonable statement...

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Open Thread

The GOP FEMA Plan

Artist - Bob Englehart In other news, a majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, support President Obama's proposed "buffet rule" which would require millionaires and billionaires...

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Wingnuts

Deadly Ideology

The apple did not fall far from the tree in the Paul family. WASHINGTON (AP) — A senator who opposes federal regulation on philosophical grounds is single-handedly blocking legislation that would...

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Wingnuts

Harry Reid 1. Republicans 0.

The Republicans went through all of that trouble holding disaster relief funds hostage, making themselves look like assholes in the process, and now they have nothing to show for it thanks to Harry...

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Wingnuts

The Great Right Hope

"It's like your ideal candidate is a rare, super-heavy element that can only exist in a particle accelerator, and even then only for a fraction of a second." The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet More:...

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Quote

Quote of the Day

“You’ve got a governor whose state is on fire, denying climate change” -President Obama speaking in Silicon Valley. More like this please.

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Economy

Reverse Robin Hood

In Rick Perry's Texas, Socialism is okay so long as the socialized funds in question are being transferred to the right people. And by "right people" I mean those who need it the least. Three...

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Open Thread

Bed Time Stories

Artist - David Fitzsimmons In other news, Saudi King Abdullah announced today that women would now be allowed to vote and run in municipal elections, and an openly-gay senator may become the next...

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Wingnuts

And The Winner Is

Herman Cain? “This is a sign of our growing momentum and my candidacy that cannot be ignored,” Cain said afterwards in a statement. “I will continue to share my message of ‘common sense solutions’...

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