© G B Trudeau Are conservative Christians going to be fooled again, the way they were with Dubya? I mean, for heaven’s sake, Ted Cruz is married to an investment banker and his only motto seems to be something like “Praise the Lord and gimme the greenbacks”. And while he has the most hardline stance […]
“A new poll shows Donald Trump has 36 percent support among Republicans and Ted Cruz is in second place with 16 percent. Meanwhile, Jeb Bush is at 3. Not percent — people.” – Jimmy Fallon “Donald Trump said today that all Muslims, even U.S. citizens and those serving in the armed forces, should be barred […]
© Adam Zyglis Anyone who thinks our country is not still incredibly racist isn’t paying attention. Either that, or you are so racist yourself that you are clueless as to what is going on. Like this situation, where an heavily armed group takes over a federal building by force and threatens violence. Now imagine the […]
“Christmas is right around the corner which means any day now, Donald Trump should be tweeting out an insult to Santa. ‘He’s fat and old and he uses illegal laborers.’” – Jimmy Fallon “After CNN said they would not pay Donald Trump the $5 million he wanted to appear at the next debate, Trump said […]
Trump pissed off Latinos by promising to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants. But he left open the possibility that those people could apply for a visa to return legally. This week, Ted Cruz decided to get even tougher, and said that not only will he deport all of them, but he will deny them […]
“Things haven’t been going too great for Jeb Bush, but he’s not giving up. His campaign has spent the most money on TV ads, $30 million. I don’t want to say Jeb’s run too many ads, but his new Secret Service code name is ‘Geico’.” – Jimmy Fallon “In New York, Federal authorities have seized […]
I’m out of town and just discovered the place where I’m staying has no internet (or even cell coverage). I’ve scheduled a post for each day, but I won’t be around much to respond to all your typically great comments. Back soon!
Here’s a new twist to an age old problem. The problem is that when you ask people how the economy is doing, their answer has more to do with whether the president is currently from the same political party they are, than it does with objective reality. When the president is a Republican, then Republicans […]
© Jen Sorensen This has become a very political issue, with some people on the right calling them patriots, and some people on the left calling them terrorists. As usual, the reality is somewhere in the middle. There is a good, balanced article in the New Yorker discussing this called “The Bundys and the Irony […]
© Jerry Holbert This comic would be way funnier (albeit a bit more subtle) if the first panel said “I am sick of politicians being bought off by billionaires.” After all, why should billionaires go the indirect and inefficient route of bribing politicians, when they can just do whatever they want directly?
To nobody’s surprise, the very first act of Congress in 2016 is a bill that (once again) attempts to repeal Obamacare and defund Planned Parenthood. Speaker Paul Ryan seems proud of this action, and even admits that he knows the bill won’t become law, telling a conservative talk host: “You’re going to see us put […]
To help you start the new year right, here’s an excerpt from Margaret and Helen, by Helen Philpot: Yesterday was the anniversary of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, a document that gave me the right to call Sarah Palin a bitch (1st Amendment) and idiots the right to own guns (2nd Amendment). And […]
One of my favorite things is checking up on people’s predictions of the future. Even better is when someone else does the checking up for me. Which brings us to this interesting article in ThinkProgress, containing four predictions made before the 2012 election of the dire things that would happen if Obama was reelected. The […]
© Matt Bors When I first heard about protestors with signs saying “All Lives Matter” I thought they were protesting abortions. Of course, the same people want us to indiscriminately bomb some countries until the “sand glows in the dark“. And Donald Trump doubled down on his proposal to kill the family members of ISIS […]
Go read Matt Taibbi’s latest column in Rolling Stone, “In the Year of Trump, the Joke Was On Us. Yes, even if you are sick and tired of reading about Trump. This isn’t about Trump, it is about us. UPDATE: If you need something lighter to read on this fine New Year’s day, I suggest […]
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