Christopher Hitchens died yesterday after a fight with cancer, which he himself blamed on his own bad habits of smoking and drinking. What I will remember most about Hitchens are his scathing zingers, thrown equally across the political spectrum. For example: On Sarah Palin: “She’s got no charisma of any kind [but] I can imagine […]
Jon Stewart has a serious talk with Republican primary voters:
© Henry Payne Lowe’s home improvement stores pulled their advertising from the TLC network’s show “All-American Muslim” after the conservative Christian group “Florida Family Association” mounted an email campaign against the show, saying that it was “propaganda that riskily hides the Islamic agenda’s clear and present danger to American liberties and traditional values“. I guess […]
During the Republican presidential debate tonight, Michele Bachmann said “After the debates that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything that I said was true.” As PolitiFact puts it, that statement “jolted us out of our seats”, and they declared her new statement a “Pants on Fire” lie. The truth is, […]
“Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14 years in prison. This is the most disgraceful thing to happen to an Illinois governor since their last governor.” – Jay Leno “Rod Blagojevich is going away for 14 Years in prison. His barber got the death penalty.” – David Letterman “The former governor of Illinois […]
© Barry Deutsch I’ve even seen one of these objections voiced in here. I think the biggest cause of confusion over the OWS movement is that we only understand hierarchical power structures in this country. Every movement not only has to have “an official media spokesperson” but they have to have someone who is in […]
© Tom Tomorrow Are Republicans seriously suggesting that this man could be president of the US? UPDATE: Apparently the old-guard Republican party is terrified that Gingrich might win the nomination. National Review just published a scathing attack on Gingrich, saying: His character flaws — his impulsiveness, his grandiosity, his weakness for half-baked (and not especially […]
British newspaper The Guardian has an excellent article on how Fox News is basically running the Republican primary, and as a result is helping Obama’s reelection bid, maybe even giving Obama a landslide victory. You don’t believe that Fox News is running the Republican primary? After all, Fox hasn’t endorsed any candidates. But it is […]
I filed this under Humor because I think it is hilarious. It would be even funnier if it weren’t so scary.
“Herman Cain dropped out. Our writers and I were despondent. But sometimes when God closes a door He opens a window. And standing outside that window is a circus peanut wearing a badger. Donald Trump will moderate a Republican debate Dec. 27. Thank you, Jesus.” – Jon Stewart “Today Herman Cain again denied allegations of […]
See, when I smoked pot it was illegal, but not immoral. Now, it is illegal AND immoral. The law didn’t change, only the morality… That’s why you get to go to jail and I don’t. – Newt Gingrich in 1996. In 1997 Gingrich proposed a law that would invoke the death penalty for possession of […]
© Tom Toles When Newt Gingrich called the Palestinians an “invented people” who had never had their own homeland I was flummoxed. After all, we “Americans” are an invented people, as are almost all modern Arab nations (with the exception of Egypt and Morocco). And while it may be technically true that no Arabs called […]
“In a surprise move, this morning Herman Cain’s penis announced it’s still in the race.” – Conan O’Brien “Herman Cain made a major announcement on Saturday at the grand opening of his new campaign headquarters, announcing that he is suspending his campaign. It was a grand opening and a grand closing at the same time.” […]
© Ben Sargent The American dream is that anyone can become successful if they try, that you can leave your children with a better life than the one you have, that hard work is rewarded. It is what made our country great — the land of opportunity. But now you are just supposed to work […]
Over at Stonekettle Station, retired Navy officer Jim Wright wonders how someone like himself, who started out as a traditional conservative, has become a liberal. And realizes that he hasn’t changed at all, the labels (the little boxes we put people in) have changed. Take the issue of gay rights. Once upon a time, conservatives […]
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