© Jim Morin No, the other hole! Isn’t it interesting how many Gulf state Republicans are anti-big government — until they need its help? … You know what they say: a Republican is just a Democrat who hasn’t been the victim of a catastrophic oil spill yet.
© Walt Handelsman This makes as much sense as anything I’ve actually heard from BP.
Why is it that racists always start sentences with “I am not a racist, but …”? Are they really in denial or are they just lying? And they almost always follow up with some comment about being “very good friends” with some member of the minority in question. Arizona is making racist news again. This […]
© R. J. Matson Once again, we seem to have a black person cleaning up for us.
© Tom Toles So which is it conservatives? Do you want Obama to stop the oil spill and clean up after it, or do you really want the federal government to stay out of it? You can’t have it both ways.
Last Wednesday Diebold agreed to pay $25 million in a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for fraudulently manipulating its earnings to meet financial forecasts. But the SEC is pursuing additional fraud charges against three former executives, including their chief financial officer, controller and finance chief, and the director of corporate accounting. Some of […]
© Ted Rall What is it with the current rash of politicians who are overstating their military careers? And did you notice that Fox News was all over Richard Blumenthal’s gaffe about his military service, but hardly gave any coverage at all to the similar gaffe from Mark Kirk (Blumenthal is a Dem, but Kirk […]
This is one of those stories that is either a great example of American ingenuity, or crazy beyond belief. Oh well, that’s Texas for you. Visitors to the state capitol in Austin, Texas are now required to pass through security, including metal detectors and inspections of purses, briefcases, and other bags. This is sometimes causing […]
“The Gulf oil spill, now officially the worst in U.S. history. In fact, they’re calling this the biggest environmental disaster since the State of New Jersey.” – Jay Leno “Today, President Obama flew to Louisiana to see the gulf cleanup effort firsthand. And it was just like President Bush’s trip to Louisiana, except Obama actually […]
You know, when you give political opinions in public, people are going to disagree with you and some of them are even going to throw personal insults at you. Even I, Iron Knee, get some email like that (yes, I know it is hard to believe). But apparently Fox News host Greta Van Susteren has […]
So, curious what could possibly go wrong with Arizona’s new anti-illegal immigrant law? Don’t think it will be used to discriminate against Mexicans (or people who look like Mexicans)? Consider the recent case of Eduardo Caraballo. Caraballo was held for three days by federal immigration authorities in Chicago, was told that he was an illegal […]
The Supreme Court ruled today that in order to exercise your right to remain silent, you have to explicitly tell the police that you are invoking that right. It isn’t good enough to just remain silent. As dissenting justice Sonia Sotomayor put it, this decision turns the famous Miranda rights upside down. “Criminal suspects must […]
“Well, folks, here’s the latest update. I guess this is good news. BP officials say the ‘top kill’ plan is working. The bad news — BP officials are a bunch of lying weasels.” – Jay Leno “A new poll found that 43 percent of Americans think President Obama is doing a good job at handling […]
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