“Rush Limbaugh is losing advertisers. Crisco was one and then he lost Hostess Cupcakes. Now the only advertiser Rush has left on his radio show is Conrad Murray’s Sleep Clinic.” – David Letterman “President Obama was at one of the games at Dayton, Ohio, tonight. He brought British Prime Minister David Cameron with him. It’s […]
The State Integrity Investigation has released the results of its study of corruption in state governments. First, the bad news. No state received a grade of “A”, and eight states received an “F”: Michigan, North Dakota, South Carolina, Maine, Virginia, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Georgia. Ironically, New Jersey received the highest grade (a “B+”) despite […]
© Tom Toles Is anyone still actually paying attention to the Republican primary? John McCain on Meet the Press said this presidential primary is “the nastiest I’ve ever seen” and added “it’s gone way too long and gotten way, way too personal.”
“Here’s some very scary news: They say gasoline could be $6 a gallon. But the good news is the White House says President Obama is aware of the problem, and will continue to talk about it between fundraisers.” – Jay Leno “President Obama today released his NCAA bracket. He is a huge basketball fan. But […]
© Ruben Bolling People are outraged that the president has assumed the authority to assassinate anyone he determines to be a terrorist, without judicial review or congressional oversight, and even if the target is an American citizen. But the constitution does give the president the power to prosecute wars, and wars do involve killing people. […]
CBS smuggled secret cameras into a weekend-long fundraiser for twelve freshman Republican Congressmen, held at an exclusive resort in Florida and attended by lobbyists and special interests, who each paid a minimum of $10,000 and as much as $46,200 (the legal maximum) to attend. The CBS article points out the hypocrisy of the event, using […]
“Rick Santorum has come out against contraception and against college. He wants us literally to be fucking stupid.” – Bill Maher “Rick Santorum nearly won Ohio, despite a flood of ads that said that Rick Santorum is a creepy, far-right, socially backward extremist – and those were his ads. That’s how he sells himself.” – […]
[Politicians who are shaming and blaming woman for having sex are forgetting something. Written by Emily L. Hauser, reprinted from her blog “In My Head“] Dear GOP: You do know how pregnancy works, right? I have been pregnant four times. These pregnancies led to the following four results, in this order: abortion, baby, miscarriage, baby. […]
© Jen Sorensen Commentary by Jen Sorensen: I spent way too much time last weekend reading about pink slime. I really wanted to get to the bottom of the slimebucket, if you will. This particular controversy has been burbling (and oozing and gurgling) ever since celebrity chef Jamie Oliver did a segment trashing the stuff […]
“The latest polls show President Obama’s approval rating among women has risen by 10 percent. Many people believe this increase is due to Obama’s new campaign slogan: ‘Tell me about your day.’” – Conan O’Brien “In a few months Obama’s going to unveil this one: ‘Would you like white wine and a foot massage?’” – […]
Somehow, you knew this was going to happen. The woman who owns a small auto repair shop and is now the lead plaintiff in the case going to the Supreme Court to overturn Obama’s health care reform because she claims she should not be required to have health insurance, has filed for bankruptcy with a […]
The financial world is in a tizzy about an editorial published yesterday in the NY Times written by an executive of Goldman Sachs (who simultaneously tendered his resignation). It doesn’t paint a very pretty picture of the company. Ironically, the reaction from both supporters and detractors of Goldman Sachs is pretty much the same — […]
This week, Doonesbury is featuring a series of strips dealing with the controversial laws that require women to go though a gauntlet of unnecessary requirements before receiving an abortion. Many newspapers have declined to run these strips, while some have moved them from the comics page to the editorial page. If your local paper isn’t […]
Are you getting tired of all the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth from the religious right about the moral decline of America? Rick Santorum claims that “Satan has his sights on the United States of America”. Newt Gingrich says “A country that has been now since 1963 relentlessly in the courts driving God […]
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