Yesterday, Sarah Palin was scheduled to give do a book signing at a Costco store in Salt Lake City. So in preparation, the store … removed all the tomatoes from their shelves. It turns out that at the Mall of America a week ago, a man was arrested for attempting to pelt Palin with a […]
People who use microblogging sites like Twitter are used to URL-shortening services like Bit.ly, Tr.im, and Tinyurl.com. But apparently those sites are not “conservative” enough, so the Republican party launched their own URL-shortening service on Monday called GOP.am, but with an annoying twist. When someone clicks on a GOP.am shortened URL, it displays the original […]
On the twelfth day of Christmas, Wall Streeters gave to we Twelve Senators corrupting, Eleven industries shuttering, Ten percent unemployment, Nine mortgages foreclosing, Eight‐figure bonuses a‐paying, Seven homeowners a‐sinking, Six banks a‐failing, Five golden parachutes, Four calling lobbyists, Three pink slips, Two endless wars, and corporate socialism that is risk free. (By Tim Stewart, with […]
On Sunday, Senator Joe Lieberman infuriated Democrats by announcing that he would vote against the latest compromise health care legislation, despite the fact that during the delicate crafting of the compromise he had told them he would support it. His stated reason? The compromise would allow people starting at age 55 to purchase health insurance […]
It is no surprise that Republicans hate ACORN. After all, ACORN is an organization of community activists, and Republicans really hate our president — the community activist in chief. Even worse, ACORN mostly helps poor people, including helping them register to vote, and most of them vote Democratic. Initially, Republicans claimed that ACORN was guilty […]
© Matt Wuerker I find it fascinating that many people feel like their responsibility ended after they voted for Obama and got him elected. If people really believe that the election is the only thing that mattered, then no wonder politicians act like getting elected is all that matters. On the other hand, if you […]
“It’s a great day for President Barack Obama. He accepted a Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. I don’t want to say this Obama love is out of control, but his acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize just won a Pulitzer Prize, and his overall performance has just won an Oscar.” – Craig Ferguson “Big day […]
© Tom Tomorrow When the conservatives are pissed off at Obama for being too liberal, and the liberals are pissed off at Obama for being too conservative, then he must be doing something right.
On Saturday Night Live, Mark Sanford, John Edwards, and John Ensign complain because Tiger Woods is stealing their limelight:
William Shatner does an interpretive reading from Sarah Palin’s Going Rogue, and Palin gets revenge by reading from Shatner’s autobiography Up Till Now. Beam me up, Scotty:
Astroturfing is corporations creating fake “grassroots” opinions to affect legislation, and you couldn’t ask for a better example than this: On Facebook, the political action organization “Get Health Reform Right“, which is funded by health insurance trade groups, is paying people to send anti-health care reform emails to their congressmembers. But in this case, they […]
© Tom Toles Five US nationals were arrested in Pakistan for possible extremist links.
“Do you know what President Obama is doing tomorrow? And this is kind of cool, especially if you’re the president. He’s going to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. And as you know, the Nobel Prize is a predictor of the Academy Awards.” – David Letterman “I looked this up. In the history of presidents in […]
“How about the couple that sneaked into the White House for the big state dinner? Now, they’re going to be subpoenaed by the House Homeland Security committee. And I thought, well finally, they’re being invited somewhere.” – David Letterman “Hey, remember that incident last week with the uninvited guests sneaking into the White House? Well, […]
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