“Mitt Romney, whose father was born in Mexico, is now talking up his Mexican heritage. Not to be outdone today, Newt Gingrich said he once cheated on one of his wives with a woman named Juanita.” – Jay Leno “And so it was that on Martin Luther King Day, Newt Gingrich shared his vision of […]
The battle between old media and new media is becoming interesting. Y Combinator, the famous firm that invests in early stage companies, has issued an RFS (Request for Startup) that they are looking to fund companies that can help (in their words) kill Hollywood: Hollywood appears to have peaked. If it were an ordinary industry […]
© Adam Zyglis In December, Congress tucked a provision into the bill extending payroll tax reductions that required Obama to make a decision within two months on the Keystone XL project — an oil pipeline from Canada all the way across the US to the Gulf of Mexico. But they weren’t actually expecting the Obama […]
“When Mitt Romney heard a story about people getting pissed on, he launched into his defense of venture capitalism.” – Bill Maher (regarding the video of American soldiers urinating on Afghan bodies) “During a campaign event on Saturday, Mitt Romney reached into his pocket and gave cash to a woman who said she was broke. […]
Now it’s the Obama Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. This is pretty silly, but who can resist:
© Drew Sheneman I can’t blame politicians and corporations for having the desire to control the internet. If they succeed in sneaking these laws past us, we have only ourselves to blame. Interestingly enough, it seems like support for SOPA and PIPA — at least prior to Wednesday — was one of the few things […]
“President Obama met with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in the Oval Office yesterday. And after they left, Obama checked the White House to make sure Sasha and Malia were still there.” – Jimmy Fallon “Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt visited the White House. There was an odd moment when they tried to adopt President […]
The mainstream media loves a good horse race, and they are sure getting one in the Republican primaries. Just a couple of days ago, Romney had won two races and was on his way to a double-digit knockout in South Carolina. But it looks like he might get Rickrolled. Today Iowa finally announced their official […]
© Jerry Holbert I’d like this comic even better if the money bags sitting behind the Congress character was the money thrown at Congresscritters by lobbyists (like all the money they get from the MPAA, the Chamber of Commerce, and other organizations pushing the SOPA and PIPA bills). To their credit, most Internet companies have […]
“Congratulations to Mitt Romney. He won the New Hampshire primary last night. See, this is proof that even the multi-millionaire son of a multi-millionaire can beat the odds and run for president of the United States.” – Jay Leno “The thing I don’t like about Romney is that he’s not funny. For a while, the […]
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert continue to not coordinate the activities of their super PAC. And make fun of our totally bizarre and corrupt election laws: The Christian Science Monitor says it is all completely legal. In addition, Colbert’s super PAC is running a new ad in South Carolina, encouraging voters to vote for Herman […]
I won’t be posting any articles on Wednesday, in support of the Internet strike against PIPA and SOPA. Meanwhile, go read this article by Andrew Sullivan “How Obama’s Long Game Will Outsmart His Critics”. It is brilliant.
On Wednesday, several major internet sites are going on strike. So if you try to access Wikipedia, Reddit, Craigslist, The Oatmeal, Boing Boing, Mozilla, MoveOn, or hundreds of other sites, you may be out of luck. Some sites, including Google, ArsTechnica, TechCrunch, WordPress, and Wired, have a notice on their main page, but will allow […]
Legislator co-sponsoring a bill requiring drug testing for welfare recipients — Normal Republican tactics. Same legislator getting arrested for DUI — Normal Republican hypocrisy. When arrested, the legislator was driving his gold four-door Jaguar XJ8 — Priceless. What makes this even more ironic is that when the Republican bill to require welfare recipients to be […]
© Tom Tomorrow This would explain a lot. Even in the best of times, politicians (like diplomats) have an uncomfortable relationship with the truth. There is a certain tension between a politician’s need to follow the wishes of their electorate, and the need to actually, you know, lead. But Mitt Romney seems to be especially […]
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