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Re: Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets
05/14/12 4:48 pm
You can add this to the list of idiocies. –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Closet Romney
05/13/12 9:58 am
As Bill Maher said in his monologue on Friday (one of the more prescient comments), in most salons, the guy wielding the scissors is the ga...Re: The Democratic Party Marijuana Evolution
05/11/12 3:48 pm
Buy stocks in marijuana too. It goes to a good cause and you make some money on the side. If marijuana is so bad, why is it that there are ...05/09/12 2:47 pm
I swear, I wrote this last night, and I had no idea what was coming today.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 10:37 am
My thoughts on this are going up in a comic later tonight. Good news is, it appears the President listened to them before they even got ...Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 6:03 am
I was so disappointed when I heard the news about North Carolina this morning. There's still a lot of work to do.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 2:26 am
Thank you. I could not have said this better. The more they bemoan and bully the President for a response, the more divided the Democrats l...05/08/12 12:39 pm
This makes perfect sense. My problem is that I have come to dislike organized religion so much, feel so cynical about it, I don't know...Re: #StopRush, ALEC, and the Howard Stern Category
05/08/12 11:59 am
Like “class warfare,” it is only wrong when we fight back. Sounds an awful lot like every bully, everywhere, doesn't it? –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Mitt Romney is Weak
05/08/12 6:46 am
Rachel Maddow is rooting for Ron Paul...and thinks the current president has too much power - like there ARE two other branches of governme...05/04/12 6:55 pm
"All men are created equal... Sam Colt made them that way." Great stuff.Re: Morning Awful: God Says Beat Your Kids Straight
05/03/12 4:45 pm
Hey, great advice. Make absolutely certain your children grow up in a constant state of seething rage and resentment. What could possibl...Re: Morning Awful: God Says Beat Your Kids Straight
05/03/12 1:08 pm
The only reason I entertain speculation about Limbaugh's sexuality is that it fits the pattern of the homophobic authoritarian. Expect more...Re: Morning Awful: God Says Beat Your Kids Straight
05/03/12 8:46 am
I read and hear things. Saw once where this Baptist preacher got in some trouble for liking young boys just a little TOO much. There's th...
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Wingnut Fail
This one hits close to home. Parker Griffith, my representative in Congress (a Blue Cross Democrat) was accused of “cutting a deal” on health care reform. Except that he isn’t even on the committee they’re screaming about. Talk radio shows … Continue reading
My New Hero
Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) puts paid to the nonsense spouted by Republicans about “gummint-run health care:” H/t to Bob Cesca
Malkin Malevolence
Photographic proof that something is really, really wrong with Michelle Malkin: Made by Kyle, from images created by Zirgar.
Birthers Control the GOP
Via Sam Stein at HuffPo, news that a poll finds more than half of those identifying themselves as Republicans either believe the president is not a US citizen or are “not sure.” In June, Paul Krugman said: “at this point, … Continue reading
Fellow Bloggers: A Call To Arms
Oy. A friend just forwarded this to me a little while ago. It’s a trifecta of Wacky, Stupid, and Crazy. And it’s probably infected a million minds already: ================================================== If you haven’t seen any of this stuff, be prepared to … Continue reading
Habeas Corpus: A Theory
At HuffPo, Andy Worthington wonders why Obama is allowing the Pentagon to continue legal proceedings against a Gitmo inmate despite a federal judge’s ruling that the government has “no case:” I still have no firm idea why Obama and Holder … Continue reading
Morning Video
Steve Earle’s 1988 appearance on David Letterman: Copperhead Road LYRICS Well my name’s John Lee PettimoreSame as my daddy and his daddy beforeYou hardly ever saw Grandaddy down hereHe only came to town about twice a yearHe’d buy a hundred … Continue reading
Teh Train Wreck™ Begins
“I don’t think Clear Channel really believes that Sarah Palin couldn’t ramble on radio 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, I think they know that America couldn’t handle listening to her for 3 hours a day, 5 days … Continue reading
Glenn Beck Fail
You might think it impossible for Glenn Beck to keep topping himself for Teh Stupid™, but here it is: a rant about sea turtles and otters. Beck’s blowing a dog-whistle here: the bit about spending 80% of the turtle conservation … Continue reading
Birther Fail (UPDATE)
Missouri Representative and Senate-hopeful Roy Blunt doubled-down on the birther Wacky™ today. Greg Sargent asked Blunt spokesman Rich Chrismer for clarification of Blunt’s comments on a video by blogger Mike Stark that made the rounds yesterday, in which Blunt asked … Continue reading
