Wednesday, August 18, 2010
© Matt Wuerker And the actual building is one block further away than this cartoon indicates.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
© August J. Pollak On the internet, everyone is an expert.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
“President Obama had a 24-hour vacation on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Some Republicans are attacking him for not staying longer. They have a point. President Bush used to vacation for weeks at a time.” – Jimmy Kimmel “The president was there to promote tourism in the Gulf. He even jumped into the Gulf to […]
© Jen Sorensen Personally, I’m not sure there is much left to be destroyed.
[from Jason Mustian] In fairness, we’ve been building ‘ground zeros’ near Iraqi mosques since March 2003. UPDATE: Really great rant on this issue over at The Daily Beast, titled “America has Disgraced Itself”. I would try to excerpt it, but you really need to read the whole thing. It is fairly short and to the […]
Those who do not learn from the past are doomed to repeat it. This is a short anti-fascism film from 1947. How soon we forget the lessons we paid such a high price to learn. So, the next time some politician, pundit, media personality, or spokesperson for the rich or powerful tries to divide us […]
[reprinted from Deciminyan] Back in December, 2008, Massey Energy, which was responsible for the recent mine disaster in West Virginia, pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the deaths of two miners two years prior. Now that the Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are the same as people, shouldn’t Massey get the same penalty as […]
The conservative Right Wing News asked conservative bloggers to select the 25 worst figures in American history. As they put it: Out of all the gangsters, serial killers, mass murderers, incompetent & crooked politicians, spies, traitors, and ultra left-wing kooks in all of American history — have you ever wondered who the worst of the […]
If you can believe Karl Rove, he and Bush had a friendly competition to see who could read more books each year. According to Rove, Bush read 95 books in 2006, 51 in 2007, and 40 in 2008. That’s an average of more than one book a week over 3 years. Apparently, Obama is not […]
Saturday, August 14, 2010
© Ruben Bolling Question: what’s the difference between democracy and mob rule?
Saturday, August 14, 2010
If there was ever any doubt who the Tea Party is fighting for, it isn’t you. Yes, I know, they pretend that they are fighting for regular American people, but I guess they were confused by the recent Supreme Court ruling, because is seems like the “people” they are fighting for aren’t actual people, they […]
Saturday, August 14, 2010
“Everyone is talking about Steven Slater, the flight attendant who cursed at a passenger, grabbed two beers, and slid down the escape slide, in what may be the best resignation ever. In fact he’s so good at quitting, they’re thinking about making him the next governor of Alaska.” – Jimmy Kimmel “It could be the […]
© Matt Bors Just how stupid are we?
“A JetBlue flight attendant cursed out passengers, grabbed two beers, slid down the chute and took off. The pilots were furious. Those were their last two beers.” – Jay Leno “This flight attendant really went crazy. The good news: terrorists are now afraid to fly.” – Jay Leno “Levi Johnston is planning to run for […]
