“During a fundraiser last night, Mitt Romney told Republicans that they need to pick a candidate for 2016 who can actually win. And Republicans said, ‘Yeah, I wish you told us that last year. But hey, thanks a lot.’” – Jimmy Fallon “The Republican National Committee now says if NBC and CNN don’t pull plans […]
© Jen Sorensen The real situation is even more bizarre than the comic suggests. The state’s top insurance regulator isn’t even allowed to be interviewed by the media about this. Also, the person responsible for implementing the Affordable Care Act in Missouri is not allowed to be paid by the state, so he is being […]
“Welcome to a very special edition of ‘The Tonight Show.’ The White House announced that in the coming days, President Obama will be reaching out to Americans who have lost their jobs. In fact, that’s why he’s here with me tonight. He’s talking to me personally.” – Jay Leno “As our studio audience knows, the […]
Lesley Stahl explains the big problem with our political system in one minute. Network responds by queueing the “we gotta go now” music. It is amazing of how ingrained money is in our political system. The next time you hear someone in the news say that so-and-so is not a serious political candidate, that is […]
“Happy birthday to President Obama! He will be 52 years old on Sunday. I bet he can’t wait for Michelle to wheel out that tofu cake with the broccoli icing.” – Jay Leno “If you’d like to get the president a gift, you can’t go wrong with Edward Snowden. He would love that.” – Jay […]
[These are excerpts from an AP story. You can’t make up stuff like this.] A northern Arizona family that was lost at sea for weeks in an ill-fated attempt to leave the U.S. over what they consider government interference in religion will fly back home Sunday. Hannah Gastonguay said her family was fed up with […]
“At a concert this week, Justin Bieber rubbed a fan’s smartphone on his crotch. In a related story, Justin Bieber is now in 3rd place in the New York city mayoral race.” – Conan O’Brien “The latest scandal for Weiner is that his communications director called a former intern a ‘slut bag’. But Weiner says […]
As some of you know, The Pirate Party is a real political party in Sweden, which is loosely associated with the file sharing site The Pirate Bay. But right now, Sweden is cracking down on copyright violations, subjecting file sharers to massive fines and even imprisonment. So it will not surprise anyone here to read […]
CNN’s medical expert Dr. Sanjay Gupta has changed his opinion about medical marijuana. He used to speak out against medical marijuana, but in a documentary to be aired this weekend, he admits he was wrong and apologizes: I have apologized for some of the earlier reporting because I think, you know, we’ve been terribly and […]
© Tom Tomorrow Obama has cancelled his meeting with Putin (formerly scheduled for September), presumably in retaliation for Russia granting asylum to Edward Snowden. Obama says he is “disappointed” with Russia’s decision. But Russia is still managing to make us look bad. All they had to do is point out that the US has repeatedly […]
Watching this video actually brought tears (mainly of joy) to my eyes. If you think that what one person does can’t change the world, you’re wrong. If you think things aren’t generally getting better in the world, you’re wrong. Because, even in my lifetime, some things have changed so dramatically that I have even forgotten […]
“The Anthony Weiner campaign’s communications director is in trouble for calling a former intern an inappropriate name. But Weiner said he’d take care of it. He promised to give them both a good texting to.” – Jimmy Fallon “A new poll came out and says that most Democrats think Anthony Weiner has basically lost his […]
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