2019-10-19 17:18
Remember that famous photo from the Vietnam War, of a young Vietnamese girl running down a dirt road toward the camera, naked and screaming? She was naked and screaming because she had been… Read More
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2017-09-23 21:38
Do you think that now, with 45 attacking the NFL & NBA, his supporters will finally start to see the light?
Personally, I doubt it. Even with the revelation that former New England Patr… Read More
2017-08-18 02:19
The Racist-in-Chief tweeted this morning that it was "sad to see the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart with the removal of our beautiful statues and monuments. You… Read More
2017-08-07 22:47
The Guardian has an exclusive report that only four days after inauguration, the Trump administration began to censor Agriculture Department staff, instructing them to avoid using the term "… Read More
2017-07-28 02:53
Newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci, hereafter known as the Scarey Moocher, arrived in D.C. this week, with a lot of asskissing for Agent Orange, and a ton… Read More
2017-07-21 03:23
My TV is in grave danger from the Republican Party. If I see one more, just one more fast-talking, superficially slick, intellectually bankrupt, morally deficient GOP representative, senator… Read More
2017-07-16 22:34
I'm catching up on a ton of new information about the Trump-Russia connection, in preparation for the next couple of posts, but this line stood out in all of my reading today, and I wanted t… Read More
2017-07-14 16:51
You really have to hand it to right-wing media. Give them a story about treason, collusion, and a hostile foreign power's interference with U.S. Presidential elections, and they'll respond w… Read More
2017-07-13 03:04
Ah but everybody's only
Looking out for themselves
And you say well who can you trust
I'll tell you it's just
Nobody else's money
Money changes everything
--Cyndi Lauper, "Money Change… Read More
2017-06-30 01:05
I have never been a fan of Mike Brzezinski. I've raged and insulted her for years; in fact, one of my most popular posts starts out by calling her a "dumb bitch." I still don't think she's v… Read More
2017-06-28 19:48
Uncle Don's Condi Rice thinks that Agent Orange "may sound different than other presidents, but he believes in American values."
I believe that Cranky Condoleezza - who for 7 1/2 years wa… Read More
2017-06-16 03:53
So Mike Pence, the whitest man in America, just lawyered up, hiring outside counsel to protect his exceedingly Caucasian ass from the special prosecutor. Meanwhile, Jared "Boy Wonder" Kushne… Read More
2017-04-13 13:51
Every morning, I get up, start the coffee, turn on the TV to MSNBC or
Reuters, check my smartphone for news, and then, after pouring myself a cup while scanning the
headlines, I invariably… Read More
2017-03-22 17:12
I had to share this:
In case Comedy Central kills the link(again), it's: http://www.cc.com/video-clips/5lfgr2/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-jordan-klepper-fingers-the-pulse---why… Read More
2016-11-11 11:07
Drumpf's lawyers think he'll be "less busy" after the Coronation, errr...Inauguration!
From NYMagazine:
Here’s some more fodder for the theory that Donald Trump does… Read More
2016-11-10 00:27
I'll tell you why the polls were wrong: the ignorant, uneducated fools who voted for Drumpf thought it would be funny to lie to the man or woman in the suit asking impertinent (to them) ques… Read More
2016-08-26 04:21
You just can't make this stuff up.
From City Pages:
The Republican Party of Minnesota finds itself in a pickle.
It's their fault.
Earlier
this year at the state Republican… Read More
2016-08-18 03:07
Prediction: By this time tomorrow night (22:00 CDT), Trump
will have revealed some part of his secret intelligence briefing to the public. Also,
Paul Manaport will be investigated for acti… Read More
2016-08-02 22:39
With apologies to George Clinton...
This actually happened yesterday:
A crowd of Donald Trump supporters heckled the mother of an active duty military sergeant after she dared t… Read More
2016-08-01 22:48
Please, STFU. Stop arguing, stop complaining, stop making false and unsubstantiated charges against Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee, and just get with the program. The… Read More
2016-07-31 06:46
Americans briefly returned to sanity Friday night, as the search term "register to vote" surpassed searches for Kim Kardashian on Google:
According to Google Trends, the search term &ldquo&hell…Read More
2013-06-07 05:03
Merriam-Webster:
prism
noun \ˈpri-zəm\
[...]
3: a crystal form whose faces are parallel to one axis; especially : one whose faces are parallel to the vertical axis
In oth… Read More
2013-06-05 00:40
Michele Bachmann (R-CrazyTown) announced that she will not seek a fifth term in office by means of a video released at 02:00 last Friday; an act of typical cowardice for her and her tea part… Read More
2013-06-05 00:40
Michele Bachmann (R-CrazyTown) announced that she will not seek a fifth term in office by means of a video released at 02:00 last Friday; an act of typical cowardice for her and her tea part… Read More
2013-05-31 00:03
You know, being "Strong: Progressive" hasn't been easy the last year or so. Several deaths of people close to me, a couple of surgeries of my own, the concomitant emotional depression that f… Read More
2013-04-08 23:27
I've just about had enough with the wingnuts' mealy-mouthed, duplicitous argument against offering contraceptive services to women who work for religious institutions. They're wrong. Plain … Read More
2013-04-08 23:18
Entering the blog after a long absence.....Turn on the lights!
Walking around the surface, then looking inside, checking old posts and examining the HTML....OK, that looks good. Let's get s… Read More
2012-10-05 06:08
Last night's debate depressed me. I don't know what was wrong with the President, and at this point, I don't care. Here's what I do care about, Mr. President:
You're a Democrat, and in the… Read More
2012-09-18 10:34
The revelations derived from the now-infamous video of Mitt Romney speaking at a private fundraiser last spring have been sending shock waves throughout the media, across the entire politica… Read More
2012-09-18 02:50
After today's revelations, something permanent and pervasive must be done. Just saying "fuck you, Mitt!" and voting Democratic isn't enough. We need to make the name "Romney" have a new mean… Read More
2012-09-09 22:36
Illness has delayed my impressions of the DNC & RNC conventions, but I believe this piece by Ta-Nehisi Coates identifies the GOP's basic problem with Obama, upon which I'll expound later… Read More
2012-09-04 05:50
2012-08-30 19:02
Well, I didn't watch Ryan's speech last night because I knew I'd shout at the screen until I was hoarse, but
reading about it and watching video clips of it aren't doing my throat
an… Read More
2012-08-28 07:56
The first human to walk on the surface of another planet died last weekend. Thank you, Neil, for that early morning walk on July 20, 1969. May we all have a life so accomplished, yet live so… Read More
2012-08-28 01:19
This morning, MSNBC host Chris Matthews gave us a textbook example of how to talk to lying Republicans, backing RNC Chairman and escaped Muppet Reince Priebus into a corner and tearing off a… Read More
2012-08-23 23:09
Usually, a person has to hold high office before catching the "Imperial Me" bug; not so with Romney & Rayn! They're already dictating to the press what questions they will and will not a… Read More
2012-08-23 02:27
Support for President Obama among African-American voters, according to a recent poll, is 94% - 0%.
That's right, zero percent for Romney. Zero!
First Read:
Looking inside the numbers, Ob… Read More
2012-06-17 21:16
"He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again."
--William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: Act 1, Scene 2
My friend Fidel died yesterda… Read More
2012-02-29 21:45
I've been in a cold rage ever since I heard Rick Santorum's disgusting, appalling, and unforgivable words about President John F. Kennedy. I frankly have been too angry to write about it unt… Read More
2012-02-27 20:48
2012-02-10 04:12
....is that nasty piece of work, Cal Thomas:
TPM:
At a CPAC panel discussing the new contraception rule conservatives are
rallying against, the moderator played a clip of Rachel Maddow sa… Read More
2012-02-08 05:25
Rick Santorum, as of this hour, has won nonbinding caucauses in Missouri and Minnesota, and is leading in Colorado.
NYTimes:
His candidacy all but dismissed just days ago, Rick Santo… Read More
2012-02-08 05:25
Rick Santorum, as of this hour, has won nonbinding caucauses in Missouri and Minnesota, and is leading in Colorado.
NYTimes:
His candidacy all but dismissed just days ago, Rick Santo… Read More
2012-02-07 03:30
Just saw what I think is the best comment on Pete Hoesktra's virulently racist attack ad that aired in Michigan during the Super Bowl. No, I'm not going to post it; if you haven't seen … Read More
2012-02-06 23:16
More right-wing hypocrisy: a majority of polled conservatives oppose Planned Parentshood's breast cancer screening.
Daily Kos:
In addition to finding that Susan G. Komen for the Cure's dec… Read More
2012-02-06 01:38
This is why I hate CNN: this morning Candy Crowley had on her show three conservatives and a moderate, and considered that to be a fair representation of all viewpoints. In the course of the… Read More
2012-01-16 00:41
Something different for the blog. This one is for you, B! Read More
2012-01-11 03:20
After listening to the "highlights" of the two Republican debates over the weekend, it finally came to me: Mitt Romney is Thurston Howell III.
No, seriously! Look at the similarities: Romne… Read More
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