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Monthly Archives: October 2011

Smorgas-Bored

© Jack Ohman Will Cainfather’s Pizza deliver?

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Late Night Political Humor

“It’s the 24th day of the Occupy Wall Street protests, also known as the largest homeless slumber party in the world.” – Jimmy Kimmel “Some protesters brought their kids to the demonstrations. Some of the kids got bored and decided to occupy Sesame Street instead.” – Jimmy Kimmel “Because of Columbus Day all the banks […]

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The Zero Sum Jobs Game

Kudos to former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm. Finally, a politician (at least a former one) who makes the obvious point: local governments who give tax breaks to bring jobs to their locales don’t create jobs, they just move jobs from one state to another and in the process destroy the infrastructure that actually creates jobs […]

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The Wall Street Spring

© Lalo Alcaraz What took us so long?

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The Fickle Finger of the Right

© Lee Judge To be honest, I don’t blame this entirely on the right. The media loves a horse race.

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Late Night Political Humor

“Chris Christie announced he would not enter the race. In a statement he said ‘Look at me. Do I look like I’m ready to race anyone?’” – Bill Maher “And Chris Christie isn’t running. This guy had a lot of followers. Most of then were ivory poachers, but still …” – David Letterman “On Tuesday […]

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You Can’t Always Get What You Want

© Matt Bors I like the speech bubble going through the halo.

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Even more reasons to end the “war” on drugs

A NYPD narcotics detective has testified in federal court that it is common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people in order to meet their arrest quotas. “It was something I was seeing a lot of, whether it was from supervisors or undercovers and even investigators.” When asked by the judge whether he was […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Here’s why Sarah Palin says she won’t be running for president. She says she can be more effective at getting others elected by not running. And I thought, well, that’s true, because in 2008 she got Obama elected.” – David Letterman “Palin said she could help the country more by not running for president. Today, […]

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Protest, American Style

© Jen Sorensen House Majority Leader Eric Cantor expresses his concern about the Occupy Wall Street “mobs”. Unfortunately, in the wake of Citizen’s United, the free speech of ordinary citizens (even expressed as protests) is dwarfed by the “free speech” of unlimited corporate cash. Not only that, but since it is corporate cash (in the […]

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Media Filter

© Tom Tomorrow The media seems to be slowly waking up to the fact that they can’t just ignore the Wall Street Protestors. So they are making fun of them or insulting them instead. Ironically, many of the criticisms of the protests are the same ones that were leveled against the Tea Party movement, but […]

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Which Mitt?

The Democratic National Committee has created a brutal website WhichMitt.com that shows up some of Mitt Romney’s more egregious flip-flops, using only his own words (including video). As Politico puts it “It’s not just what he says, but the total forcefulness and sincerity with which he says it.” Here’s just one example — Romney on […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Sarah Palin will not run for president, which is good news for Palin-haters, but bad news for the moose population.” – Jimmy Kimmel “Sarah Palin announced she’s not running. Finally, a Palin who pulls out before it’s too late.” – Jay Leno “Are you telling me that driving around the country in a bus with […]

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Broke and Broker

Jon Stewart interviews Michael Lewis, who talks about the new third world — countries like Iceland and Greece that have gone broke — and the funny and ironic ways it happened. Watch both parts:

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Occam’s Razor

[Written by Fred Wickham, reposted from Bullseye Rooster] My debate plan. I can share this because I know no Republican candidates, nor their staffs, will be reading my blog. I have made it unavailable to them. Here’s the plan — and the debate’s sponsors have taken me up on it. So be ready for fireworks […]

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