Perhaps one blessed day these beleaguered scriveners might ask themselves and each other: What if he gave a press conference, and nobody came?Better yet, instead of whinging about this… Read More
The Juicers have their ten. Here are ten more questions that deserve to be asked:What is your fucking problem?What makes you think you know more about ISIS than the generals?Where do you get… Read More
Was there anyone who seriously thought that Tweety would change from blustery campaign asshole to someone more presimadentiamable? Probably, but that's why they're called suckers.Clownstick'… Read More
I don't know if the PTB at the FTFNY doesn't realize how many people are utterly repelled by bullshit like this, or they just don't care anymore. If they want to keep putting the "anal"… Read More
John Bolton, he of the hilarious facial hair and questionable sex history, really is the worst of the worst -- vainglorious, full of shit about every-goddamned-thing, the stereotypical fake… Read More
It appears that Laura Ingraham's endless supply of snide comments has finally gotten her ass in a wringer. It couldn't happen to a more deserving person, and it's hilarious to watch how… Read More
Three recent events -- two of them closely related to one another -- have surfaced as further evidence (as if anyone needed further evidence) that the god-emperor's compass of logic and reas… Read More
Of course, no one can possibly surprised that that fucking melon-headed mick Hannity is so far up his master's ass he might as well be a tapeworm. Just imagine for a second if (just spitball… Read More
Just finished reading David Cay Johnston's The Making of [Fuckface Von Clownstick], and it a very good (not great, but very good) compilation of the countless small crimes of character His O… Read More
There's something hilarious watching culture critics trying to get a handle on Kanye West's newfound bromance with the one and only Fuckface Von Clownstick. Because they are who they are and… Read More
As it does every year, the White House Correspondents' Dinner serves as a reminder that while individual journalists might be fine people, collectively they pretty much all fucking suck, are… Read More
"She would of been a good woman," The Misfit said, "if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life." -- Flannery O'Connor, A Good Man Is Hard to FindLet's touch back on… Read More
If you read just one moronic Twitter thread today that, despite (or perhaps because of) its trenchant idiocy and utter uselessness, illustrates how lopsided are the stupid little e-parl… Read More
I guess 'murkins need some sort of break from the constant barrage of shit that Captian Combover launches our way on an hourly basis, but e-fucking-nough of the wedding coverage already. I h… Read More
Some light reading:Rebecca Solnit, The Coup Has Already HappenedAssociated Press, The Princes, the President, and the Fortune SeekersDaniel Larison, [Clownstick] Doesn't Have North Korea 'Co… Read More
That letter is a disgrace. It's crawling. It sweats. -- Twitter Richard NixonPer usual, Twitter Nixon is absolutely correct. I've never seen anything so ineptly written being used as an offi… Read More
Feeling like I need a political detox, and I feel like I say that periodically without following through sufficiently. A good night's sleep and we're back on that horse again, tilting at the… Read More
Dave Eggers has a piece in the Fuck the Fucking New York Times that illustrates the rather obvious point that, among countless other things, one distinguishing feature of this metastasized t… Read More
Recently on one of the milliard satellite content vessels, the feel-good classic Grizzly Man was broadcast, so of course I was compelled to watch. If you haven't seen it, I can't recommend i… Read More
It's always good news when soulless cocksucker and borderline traitor Bitch McConnell is run out of a restaurant. But I look forward to the day when useless enablers like Jeremy Peters face… Read More
One of the great things about everyone having a video camera in their back pocket, and a willingness to whip it out (giggity) at a moment's notice, is that the scum of the earth no longer ha… Read More
There's never any point in bothering with the now bi-weekly hate rallies Hair Fucktard needs to soothe his fragile ego, but the Tampa Bay Times has a wondrous collection of photos from the r… Read More
Elections have consequences, part 512,783:ORLANDO, Fla. -- The 16-year-old American daughter of a U.S. Marine held back tears as long as she could Friday before her family was split in two.H… Read More
Since the day this downtrodden nation of ours was inflicted with the venomous scowl and unearned sense of self-regard that makes up the entirety of Omarosa Manigault, it has been useful to p… Read More
Recently attorney Michael Avenatti has been rumbling about running for president in 2020, and there have been some responses at various blogs and Twitters that I frequent. Many of the takes… Read More
There should be a caption/fanfic contest for this pic:We'll throw in a few easy ones to get the party started:So that's what a muscle feels like!He said he'd let me borrow the ass-less chaps… Read More
Look, no one is ever going to mistake me for Brad Pitt, and I'm sure this will annoy many of my politically correct fellow travelers, but the takeaway from this Daily Crawler puff piece is t… Read More
I think Steve is on to something here, that the one thing that could make Clownstick's base start to turn on him is if they felt like he wasn't owning libtards sufficiently. I would (and pre… Read More
Well, it's the end of the line for the Straight Talk Express, and as we all brace ourselves for a weeklong onslaught of corporate media b-roll hagiography, it helps to keep John McCain's leg… Read More
It normally wouldn't be worth the time to read, much less repost, gossip-column bullshit from the third ex-wife of that vile fuckhead Ghouliani. It's hard to imagine what sort of person coul… Read More
Touching back briefly on the week-long Saint John McCain media production: I happened to catch a few choice minutes of the coverage this morning, reverential play-by-play from the duti… Read More
In this brief post at LGM, Paul Campos captures succinctly everything currently wrong with the country's political mechanisms in general, and the Democratic Party in particular. Deconstruct… Read More
Good news is scarce enough to practically be in witness protection, so the news that Paulie the Wig is finally turning state's is surely a welcome development. With or without that fucking t… Read More
There is another highly likely reason they don't want to cut bait on Kavanaugh, and it's basically the same reason he was nominated in the first place: because he's compromised. They o… Read More
Brett Kavanaugh attempted-rape accuser Christine Belsey Ford has asked for an FBI investigation into her claims before she testifies. Unfortunately, but all too predictably, this will not go… Read More
Steve Hilton, Fixed Noise "analyst" and former advisor to British PM David Cameron, lands some pretty solid jabs in his analysis book excerpt regarding China's ascendance as an economic and… Read More
So Fahrenheit 11/9 has dropped, and to perhaps no one surprise other than Michael Moore's, it looks to be pretty much DOA. This essay in Variety magazine (I know, right?) is a fine run… Read More
The following lengthy articles have all come out in the past week, have gotten a great deal of attention, and if you haven't read them all, you really should.Ryan Lizza's Esquire profile of… Read More
Now that the vile deed is done and written in blood, here's a few follow-up points from yesterday:In the initial review of how each branch of gubmint has broken down, I meant to point out th… Read More
So did I tell ya or did I tell ya? The guy has, like, zero fucking redeemable characteristics. He's a perfect acolyte for this anal fissure of an administration -- not one-tenth as smart as… Read More
The conventional wisdom holds that the midterm election is a referendum on that fucking thing currently defiling the White House. This is only partially true -- it is a referendum on us, and… Read More
(apologies to Don Winslow)Over the past twenty years or so, California's fire season has expanded from a late-summer nuisance to a nine-month volley of increasingly more catastrophic firesto… Read More
During my teen years, I would travel downstate to Los Angeles for the summer, mostly to visit my father, but also several other relatives in the area. So an uncle and aunt in Downey, a cousi… Read More
So many excellent turns of phrase in the latest David Roth rundown, all pointing to the same indisputable conclusion -- Fuckface Von Clownstick is a lazy, incompetent dirtbag. He's cont… Read More
Seth Abramson gets some measure of criticism from some circles, primarily for his penchant for earnest, intensely researched, frequently overlong tweetstorms, some of which have run in the n… Read More
Longtime readers of this here eternal rant may recall that back in a more innocent time, I put out a few e-books under the "auspices" of the blog name. Two were annual compendia of blog post… Read More
Tempting as it was to join the rest of Hot-Take Nation and insert my two-and-a-half-cents on the Barr Summary (as opposed to, you know, what has been mischaracterized as the "Mueller Report"… Read More
George Conway, husband of one of Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders in the media, Kellyanne Conway (I know, it’s hard to figure out how this marriage works!), has hit the man… Read More
I need to remember to do this more often, but Her Royal Whineness Fuckface Von Clownstick has that way of sucking every molecule of oxygen out of the room: the down-ticket races matter… Read More
To be a talk-show host, to state the painfully obvious, must be a very weird experience. It is literally your job to get along with everyone you encounter, to always have to know what to say… Read More
Last night, Andy Beshear proved it could be done, and defeated Kentucky's second-most despised politician home. (Well, Matt Bevin is going to kick and scream and contest the results, but he'… Read More
If you had a nickel for everyone who got suckered into thinking that Cadet Bonespurs was really going to start a full-on shooting war with Iran, you could retire young. First and most import… Read More
As irritating and demoralizing as it can be to watch an entire political party give its collective soul away to a vile would-be caudillo, there are some entertaining and even strategic point… Read More
However this movie ends -- and while my prediction wavers week-to-week, I think Biden squeaks through, though it will definitely get much uglier regardless -- it seems we may owe ol' Fuckfac… Read More
Hello everyone! It’s your trusty Scary Mommy staff writer Lindsay Wolf here with some hair-raising stories just in time for your post-Halloween enjoyment.
This spine-tingling list wil… Read More
And crows will eat your eyes. -- Motörhead, Traitor I promise that I don't intend to make a habit of breaking radio silence, especially just a couple weeks after making a show of pullin… Read More
Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline, Elon Musk said that after getting feedback from developers, Twitter wi… Read More
Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline, Elon Musk said that after getting feedback from developers, Twitter wi… Read More
Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline, Elon Musk said that after getting feedback from developers, Twitter wi… Read More
Last week, Twitter said it is shutting down free access to its APIs starting February 9. Now, days before the deadline, Elon Musk said that due to feedback Twitter will provide a write-only… Read More