“Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks guy, is out on bail and everybody wants to interview him. Barbara Walters wants to know if he’s a lesbian. Today in the holiday spirit he leaked 200 letters to Santa.” – David Letterman “Someone apparently found an old Internet dating profile posted by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, and it has […]
© Tom Tomorrow Sometimes I’m afraid to wish people “Happy Holidays” or even “Season’s Greetings” for fear that I might be accused of being anti-Christmas. What would Jesus do?
[fake news by Andy Borowitz] Julian Assange to Launch Social Network for Diplomats, Twofacebook WikiLeaks Founder Plans ‘Portal of Deceit’ Moments after being released on bail, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was already making plans for his next venture, a social network for diplomats called Twofacebook. Mr. Assange said he came up with the idea for […]
“Sarah Palin flew down to Haiti to help earthquake victims. Poor Haitians, they can’t get a break. First the earthquake, then the hurricanes, and now Sarah Palin.” – David Letterman “Palin went camping with Kate Gosselin on her TV show. What a pair. You have a vapid media star desperate for attention — and then […]
Is anyone else really really happy that John McCain is not our president? In a few years’ time, McCain has gone from maverick, to loose cannon, to a temper-tantrum throwing brat. The latest example is the recent vote to end “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. Once again, McCain has completely reversed his position. Once in favor […]
Just how in bed with the health insurance industry is our government? And just how lazy is our media? I’ll leave it up to you to decide, but I can’t think of any other way to describe this. On Friday, WikiLeaks released another set of secret State Department cables, including one from a state department […]
© Nick Anderson If you are worried about your taxes paying for other people’s health care, don’t worry, you’re already paying for it.
“Sarah Palin is going to Haiti this weekend to deliver humanitarian aid. If there’s one thing that’s reassuring, it’s seeing Sarah Palin above you in a helicopter.” – Jimmy Fallon “George W. Bush’s daughter, Jenna, just put her home in Baltimore on the market for $500,000. The real estate agent said, ‘I just want to […]
And they aren’t even a real news organization, they are a freakin comedy show.
[Richard Stallman, who started the free software movement, has an excellent editorial in The Guardian. It is also interesting that this was published in a British newspaper, not an American one. Stallman published it under the Creative Commons license that disallows derivative works, so I’m going to reprint the whole thing.] The Anonymous WikiLeaks protests […]
PolitiFact has picked its 2010 Lie of the Year, and to nobody’s surprise it is “A government takeover of health care” repeated over and over (and over) again by the Republicans in describing Obama’s health care reform bill. PolitiFact had already evaluated statements from Republicans using this phrase five times and rated it a lie […]
© Joel Pett If the Republicans on the Supreme Court somehow get the individual mandate declared unconstitutional, who says the Republicans in Congress don’t have an alternative plan? The banks can even create a derivatives market for organs! UPDATE: The Judge’s ruling that the individual mandate is unconstitutional is fatally flawed (even according to conservatives).
“According to WikiLeaks, the airing of American TV shows in the Middle East is helping to stop Islamic extremism. Would-be terrorists watch our reality shows and realize they’ve already won.” – Conan O’Brien “WikiLeaks supporters have hacked into Sarah Palin’s credit card information after she criticized Julian Assange. Sarah said she’s very upset, and hopes […]
© Jim Morin Is it constitutional, or isn’t it? And if we don’t get reform, how many more people will die?
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