2016-11-18 05:05
There are things in American politics that become "played out" and if there was anything more played out than the idea of a Bush or a Clinton being President again, it would be that. Mark Mc… Read More
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2016-08-26 14:48
That's just a sampling of what is being dumped on Stephen Bannon this morning as we head into the weekend. It's a week before the start of the Labor Day weekend and the Trump campaign is a f… Read More
2016-08-26 14:09
You know, there's a problem here but I'm damned if I know how to solve it:The presence of pharmaceuticals, including illicit drugs in aquatic systems, is a topic of environmental significanc… Read More
2016-08-26 04:18
Today, the White Nationalism Party, which has the initials GOP, held a rally in Nuremberg and things went south from there:A man who identified himself as half-Indian was escorted out o… Read More
2016-08-25 14:43
How are things in the world of white nationalism?I know I am not a seasoned campaign veteran like Kellyanne Conway, or a seasoned political vandal like Steve Bannon, but I wish the new brain… Read More
2016-08-24 18:47
How many broken-hearted believers will Bernie Sanders create today?Hard to say. But those of us who understood that his revolution was bullshit from day one know that anything that includes… Read More
2016-08-24 17:18
Someone had to write about this, and it is beginning to percolate through the media that when a state like Kansas throws government regulation out the window, people die. In the case of what… Read More
2016-08-24 17:16
There is a conflict of interest brewing in the wake of Donald Trump's insane comments about how people with guns might be able to stop Hillary Clinton from appointing judges:Donald Trump&rsq&hell…Read More
2016-08-24 17:16
This really needs to get out there and it should be communicated explicitly to the Hillary Clinton campaign:I live in the bluest damn state there is east of Hawaii. My senators are Senator P… Read More
2016-08-24 17:15
Do you have any cash laying around? Instead of giving it to Hillary Clinton so she can beat Donald Trump, why not give it to Bernie Sanders so he can continue trying to destroy Debbie W… Read More
2016-08-24 17:14
I found this amusing and strange:US Marines need to put away their cell phones, forget about their fancy coffees and get back to doing what Marines used to do -- dig a foxhole, cover up, sta… Read More
2016-08-24 17:13
How often does Zillow remind you that real estate values in coastal areas are about to go underwater and by that I mean actually under the surface of the water.Nearly 1.9 mill… Read More
2016-08-24 17:13
Every penny that goes to the new "social welfare organization" created by Bernie Sanders is money that won't help elect Democrats this fall. Every penny they take in becomes part o… Read More
2016-08-24 17:09
Honestly, why the hell not? He's going to lose anyway?Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a rally on Saturday in Fairfield, Connecticut. His campaig… Read More
2016-08-24 17:08
I'm going to miss Vice President Joe Biden. I suppose he'll get around to writing a sequel to this book, but, until he does, we can get into the way-back machine and remember what it was lik… Read More
2016-08-24 17:07
Paul Manafort is probably the crookedest campaign manager in a hundred years. Why isn't he scheduled to appear before a House subcommittee? Well, as the saying goes, he's a Republican, so&nb&hell…Read More
2016-08-24 17:06
The Trump campaign is now, officially, a complete and utter fiasco. A good word for it would be Donaldshambles:In what was billed as a major foreign policy address in Ohio, Donald Trump… Read More
2016-08-24 17:05
There is a real tragedy unfolding in Louisiana and no one seems to be paying any attention to it because it is a safely Republican state with a (temporary) Democratic governor… Read More
2016-08-24 17:05
Why is Donald Trump sitting on $82 million dollars that could be spent on television ads in places like Iowa, Florida, and Ohio? That's a very good question:Exactly two months ago, Hill… Read More
2016-08-24 17:04
President Obama Did Not Bribe Anyone to Go After Trump UniversityAn American Lion by WJS / 7d // keep unread // hide&nb&hell…Read More
2016-08-24 17:03
It's really, really too bad Donald Trump sucks as bad as he does. Nate Silver wrote today that nobody who trails at this stage of any previous race has ever gone on to win the presidenc… Read More
2016-08-24 17:02
You already knew that this was going to happen:Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has diminished the role of campaign chairman Paul Manafort and brought on Breitbart News executive… Read More
2016-08-24 17:02
This is how little Ben Shaprio describes Steve Bannon, the dude from Breitbart who is now in charge of making Donald Trump lose the presidency to a girl:Ben Shapiro, the former editor f… Read More
2016-08-24 17:01
Bernie Sanders and his wife Jane are wealthy, so shut up, peasants:Sen. Bernie Sanders has pushed hard for transparency on U.S. trade and campaign finance, but has been far less aggress… Read More
2016-08-24 17:01
Bob Goodlatte (R - Benghazi), House Judiciary Committee ChairmanGuess how desperate they are in the U.S. House of Representatives?House Republicans are doubling down in their effort to bring… Read More
2016-08-24 15:30
You guys, I'm serious. You can't start this rumor right now.Ryan Lochte is "swim shady," a young man--no, scratch that. He's in his thirties.Ryan Lochte is an asshole, but he's the kind of f… Read More
2016-03-07 14:19
Yeah, let's just gloss over everything and forget what happened in the 1980s:President Reagan and his wife, Nancy, are both deeply interested in astrology, the White House spokesman, Marlin… Read More
2016-03-04 15:53
I haven't been this excited about a national flag since Scottish independence went into the crapper:The New Zealand flag, which has flown for more than a century, features multiple symbols r… Read More
2016-03-03 19:02
This is nice and all, and it has undercurrents of sweetness in it, but Chris Christie doesn't plan on resigning from anything:Gov. Chris Christie has made it abundantly clear that governing… Read More
2016-03-02 14:16
Don't yell at me. Yell at Robert Morrow, your new chair of the Travis County Republican Party:The newly elected chair of the Republican Party in the county that includes the Texas Capitol sp… Read More
2016-02-27 17:59
When an insane, racist bigot who does not even know how to properly veto legislation is worried that Donald Trump is going to embarrass the Republican Party, you know that the Chinese curse… Read More
2016-02-26 21:06
Melissa Harris-PerryHoly cow:MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry is going on strike from her eponymous weekend morning talk show over what she alleges to be a loss of editorial control. In an em… Read More
2016-02-26 16:26
Last night's debate was an utter shit show, but that's what we've come to expect. You would think that the Republican National Committee would put a halt to these affairs. You would be wrong… Read More
2016-02-25 18:08
This is a boat that is similar to the one Marco Rubio paid $80,000 for...Mitt Romney can't help but step on his own junk:“One thing I’ll mention is that before I would endorse so… Read More
2016-02-25 14:30
Incompetence seems to be a way of life now:A hapless American sailor who has been rescued nine times while trying to cross the Atlantic has admitted he is on the verge of finally quitting hi… Read More
2016-02-24 16:25
Nonsense:Let me lay down a marker: If either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz is the Republican nominee for president, I predict that John Kasich will jump the GOP ship and agree to run as Hillary C… Read More
2016-02-23 21:19
Oh, come on. The people who book guests at CNN did not know who Roger Stone really was?Just a day after Media Matters, and then this website, surfaced new and old sexist and racist tweets wr… Read More
2016-02-23 15:25
This is what a true grifter says to keep his name in the news:Carson, speaking during a half-hour sit-down with POLITICO’s “Off Message” podcast as he waited for the result… Read More
2016-02-22 19:44
You know, this kind of article just had to be written:When Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire by a wide margin, he was understandably excited. "Because of a huge voter turnout — and I sa… Read More
2016-02-21 05:15
This is the end of them:Haunted by his famous last name and perpetually stuck in the shadows of his anti-establishment rivals, Jeb Bush repeatedly confronted rejection by voters and frustrat… Read More
2016-02-20 06:00
If you viewed what's happening in American politics through the prism of the last ten years, there really isn't anything to be outraged about here. Donald Trump is a celebrity running for Pr… Read More
2016-02-20 06:00
Somehow, Jerry Seinfeld ended up broke and his dog won't even heed his commands:It's well known that Jerry Seinfeld, host of the web video series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee," has… Read More
2016-02-19 14:15
This man is remarkably upright after being kicked in the family jewelsI hate to be crude, but how do you top this?Some of Jeb Bush’s most steadfast allies think Saturday might be the e… Read More
2016-02-18 21:32
I think we can dispense with the notion that Mitch McConnell has any control over the United States Senate:A crack opened Tuesday in Republican opposition to an Obama appointee filling the S… Read More
2016-02-18 21:32
It's a Henry VIII kind of a deal:When Pope Francis announced he would be holding a large Mass on the U.S.-Mexican border as part of his apostolic journey to the region, Republican presidenti… Read More
2016-02-15 14:46
Well, that isn't going to go over too well with the nutjobs:The sudden death of Justice Scalia creates an immediate vacancy on the most important court in the United States.Senator McConnell… Read More
2016-02-12 16:19
You're not gonna believe this:Federal authorities say the armed protesters who occupied Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge told them they left behind booby traps when they surre… Read More
2016-02-12 15:27
This is an issue that should be addressed by the presidential candidates, but, really, it needs to be dealt with now. Here's what happened when actress Emily Ratajkowski came out in support… Read More
2016-02-12 05:42
We've known for months that Bernie Sanders was a grassroots insurgent campaign that relied heavily on social media, small donor financing, and relentlessly attacking the one percent. Sanders… Read More
2016-02-11 19:41
The people who occupied the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge should be evaluated by mental health professionals:At the final moment after the first three had walked out, Fry said he was feel… Read More
2016-02-11 14:32
Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesThis demonstrates that Hillary has mastered the art of trolling her enemies:The 2016 presidential election has been one to remember, with mini-feuds brea… Read More
2015-11-19 21:02
It doesn't get any weirder than this, and when it does, you can be rest assured that corruption, money, and sex are about to appear before your eyes.I do think it is important to note that t… Read More
2015-10-23 18:12
The thing that really bugs me about the collapse of Corinthian Colleges is that we've known there were problems with this method of education for years. Now, the wolf is at th… Read More
2015-10-23 14:52
I don't know if the Jade Rabbit is going to paint a red star on the visible face of the moon large enough for everyone to see, but I do know this--America needs to send a rover-eating machin… Read More
2015-02-25 18:21
And that's the end of them.Parks and Recreation was the last "NBC" comedy that I liked. Community lives on in a Yahoo! format that I don't think anyone will decry or mind, but that show has… Read More
2014-06-24 02:58
Dumbassery abounds. The Swiss made a "chalet" style cuckoo clock hundreds of years after the Germans stole the idea from the Bohemians (or something like that). But, as everyone knows, the c… Read More
2014-04-14 15:38
This is a mixed bag of misplaced outrage:Twenty years ago, [David Foster] Wallace wrote about the impact of television on U.S. fiction. He focused on the effects of irony as it transfer… Read More
2014-03-21 19:30
This is one of the most important op-ed pieces of the year so far:Americans are mostly disconnected from the labor movement — only 6.7 percent of private sector workers are part of a u… Read More
2014-02-15 04:20
This was not Snowmageddon. This was a lot of snow that fell on us and inconvenienced us but not much more than that.What you're looking at is a picture snapped while on a long walk. It clear… Read More
2014-02-13 21:28
Academic books about religion--any religion--face an uphill battle for acceptance. You cannot make a scholarly attempt at explaining something that defies scholarship, and organized religion… Read More
2014-02-07 20:12
David Carr says that, despite all of the bluster, Patch is all but dead.What started out as a noble experiment ends up being a cautionary tale for trying to do something--anything--at the lo… Read More
2014-01-27 16:56
The Jade Rabbit is the Chinese rover sent to study the moon. It was supposed to last for a few more months but it has shut down and said a heartfelt "goodnight" to the people of Earth. In ot… Read More
2014-01-26 23:13
I don't have a lot to add--the shooting today at the Columbia Mall here in Columbia, Maryland has rattled a lot of nerves. The loss of life in any senseless shooting is a tragedy. Well, trag… Read More
2013-12-19 19:30
What a fiasco:Former NBA star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Thursday, the country's state-run media reported.Rodman was there for his latest round of controversial "basketball dipl… Read More
2013-12-19 19:26
You don't change the date of the Superbowl; you play the Superbowl--and any other football game--no matter what the weather. I do get that if there's lightning that you might suspend play. B… Read More
2013-12-19 16:10
The scandal over phone hacking has exploded once again:Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, had her cellphone voicemails hacked by staff members of Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World while… Read More
2013-12-19 05:19
We're already talking about 2014? Okay, then.Chris Cilizza is dumb on purpose. How could he possibly know which ad is going to cause the country to send more obstructionist, crazy Tea Party… Read More
2013-12-18 21:58
President Obama keeps being called a failed President, a lame duck, and just about anything else you could throw in there.If his tenure as President is so awful, why is the Dow shooting past… Read More
2013-12-18 18:18
Senator Elizabeth Warren is actually doing something on behalf of freedom and fairness--a rare novelty in a world where the only entities who get anything do so through cheating and bribery… Read More
2013-12-18 04:02
Andrew Sullivan rips into Ron Fournier and leaves him with nothing to stand on. The payoff is right here:And the truth is: nothing this president has done compares even faintly with the dama… Read More
2013-12-17 19:38
Somebody's $25 billion dollar industry is likely to get a lot smaller once people realize that they're throwing their money away on vitamins. This could send shockwaves through the retail wo… Read More
2013-12-17 14:17
Do you remember voting for this? Each and every time you voted since 2001, did you vote specifically for a candidate who would dismantle the Patriot Act? Did you vote in your local elec… Read More
2013-12-16 22:04
The public meltdown of MSNBC host Ed Schultz has played out exactly the way I thought it would--stung by criticism, Schultz reveals that he has no power whatsoever to actually pressure the p… Read More
2013-12-16 05:59
2013-12-13 15:33
There is no saga here--nothing to laugh at. An extremely dangerous and unstable individual with a background straight out of a horror movie was allowed within mere feet of numerous world lea… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The standoff in Oregon is an armed insurrection against the United States Government. What makes it a deadly and dangerous situation is the fact that the men involved have military experienc… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The Ted Cruz campaign created this lovely photo of President Obama helping patriots turn over their guns because, hey, who doesn't give up their guns to a guy in a kevlar helmet who's all da… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Click to try and make bigger...I had a lot of the same questions, too.God damn, I have so many questions.What if you’re having a shitty day and you just want to be alone? You can&rsquo&hell…Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is a long, in-depth article about the guru movement that paralyzed parts of Oregon back in the 1990s. The only thing I remember was the satirical piece that Berke Breathed did on it--tr… Read More
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No apologies necessary. Did I just burn down your heritage? My bad.My favorite William Tecumseh Sherman story is the one where, long after the war was over, people in Georgia still swear tha… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This is a good attempt to demonstrate why Ezra Klein is paralyzed with self-doubt when trying to "figure out" this whole Donald Trump thing:On Tuesday, Ezra Klein, the editor-in-chief of Vox… Read More
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