© Matt Bors How is it that the people who say they want to “starve the beast” are the same people who want to let the government spy on everyone, insist that we increase military spending, and also want to invade Iran?
“No one’s talking about taking away ALL the guns. But now I get it, now I see what’s happening. So this is what it is. Their paranoid fear of a possible dystopic future prevents us from addressing our actual dystopic present. We can’t even begin to address 30,000 gun deaths that are actually, in reality, […]
It is well-known that the White House has a website for submitting petitions. Any petition that gets enough signatures gets an official response. Someone submitted a petition that called for the government to “Secure resources and funding, and begin construction of a Death Star by 2016.” But they probably didn’t expect this awesome nerd response: […]
“What do you put on a trillion dollar coin? On the tail side obviously a bald eagle breathing fire while making love to the American flag. What is on the heads? Obama? Boehner? I’ll tell what you it should be, those Charmin bears – because when you pull an idea like this out of your […]
Saturday, January 12, 2013
© Ruben Bolling I’m not totally sure if the originators of the idea of the US minting a trillion dollar coin were serious, but a former head of the US mint claims that the idea would work and would be totally legal. Then for an added twist of irony, Fox News once again shows that […]
“This week Congress approved some version of the fiscal tax bill, which raises taxes on rich Americans. President Obama was determined to do this right away – while there are still some rich Americans left.” – Jay Leno “While working on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, members of Congress spent New Year’s Eve […]
Thursday, January 10, 2013
© Lee Judge Every time a terrorist does something crazy, but not with a gun, we overreact and prohibit it. Not just shoe bombs, but liquids, knives, even knitting needles. But every time a terrorist does something crazy with a gun, we do nothing. I don’t get it. Why would it matter whether there is […]
Thursday, January 10, 2013
“Well folks, it is December 21, or as the Mayans call it, April Fools Day.” – Jay Leno “It’s late Friday night, which means the world did not end after all! So the good news is, we’re still here. The bad news, I got A LOT of Christmas shopping to do.” – Jimmy Fallon “The […]
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen Jon Stewart this angry.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
“As you know, the Mayans said the world will end tomorrow, and like everybody else, they blame Bush.” – Jay Leno “According to the Mayan calendar, Friday is the end of the world. You know what? There is a sign of the apocalypse. The New York Knicks are in first place.” – David Letterman “Even […]
© Ruben Bolling Just because something is a right, doesn’t mean that it can’t be regulated at all.
A man in California has been driving in carpool lanes by himself on purpose, hoping to get a ticket. Why? He had with him the incorporation papers for his company and wants to try a novel defense in court: because California motor vehicle law recognizes corporations as people, he claims that he did indeed have […]
“It looks like President Obama is going to pick John Kerry to be our next secretary of state. This is a very strategic move when it comes to foreign policy. Obama plans to use Kerry to bore our enemies to death.” – Jay Leno “Yesterday, President Obama and John Boehner talked about the fiscal cliff […]
“In what’s being called a stunning literary find, a Danish historian has discovered the last remaining, unpublished fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen. It’s called ‘Congress Solves the Fiscal Cliff’.” – Jay Leno “It’s rumored that John Boehner and President Obama are considering a partial deal to avoid the fiscal cliff at the end of […]
Saturday, January 5, 2013
The Atlantic has a fascinating (and short) interview with former Ohio GOP Congressman Steve LaTourette, who just resigned after 18 years. He answers questions about what’s going on with the extremist Republicans in the house and how John Boehner is attempting to deal with them (and largely failing). My favorite answer is the very last […]
