“How about that oil spill in the gulf? They were going to put down what they called a containment platform, and they were going to lower it into the gulf. But that didn’t work. So now, British Petroleum wants to try something else. It’s a smaller containment device called the top hat. They get the […]
via Friends of Irony So when are they going to make it illegal for politicians to take bribes? Oh, that’s right, they just made it legal for corporations to throw as much money as they want at politicians.
Lebanese-born Arab-American (and Muslim) Miss Michigan Rima Fakih won Donald Trump’s Miss USA competition, and the right-wing is going absolutely bat-shit crazy. Debbie Schlussel calls her “Miss Hezbollah” and says that she won because the contest is fixed and “Clearly, there is affirmative action for Muslim women in beauty pagaents”. Well, except that Rima’s family […]
“Hey, here’s some good news. The price of oil has dropped by $12 a barrel. I mean, why buy it when you can just scoop it out of the water, huh?” – Jay Leno “Oh, speaking of that. If anybody needs a 100-ton concrete containment dome, there’s one on eBay for 75 bucks.” – Jay […]
© Ben Sargent The idea that Supreme Court justices have to be judges is actually quite new.
“It looks like the next Supreme Court justice could be a New Yorker. Her name is Elena Kagan. She has never argued before a judge before. But living in New York City, you know, she’s argued in cabs, she’s argued in subways, she’s argued in delis, she’s argued in her apartment, she’s yelled at her […]
Dick Cheney famously said “Reagan proved deficits don’t matter.” Cheney was presumably talking about the political implications of deficits, because Reagan won reelection even though he blew up the deficit more than all of his predecessors combined (while continuing to claim to be a fiscal conservative). But now, economist James Galbraith claims that deficits don’t […]
In 2005, President Bush nominated his White House lawyer Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. Five years later, President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan. Neither has ever been a judge, however there is no question that Kagan has the more impressive credentials. However, some Republicans see it differently. Here are some quotes, from then […]
John McCain is running a campaign ad in Arizona, saying that Arizona should “Complete the Danged Fence” and increase border security: But McCain himself voted against the fence, and voted against increasing funding for border security several times. Did he just forget?
© Stuart Carlson Is turnabout fair play? UPDATE: This post hit the front page of social news site Reddit, and some pretty ironic flaming is going on over there. What I find amazingly ironic is that most of the arguments are over whether government is good or government is bad, like it could be purely […]
“This oil spill in the Gulf is affecting everybody. In fact, when I went to lunch this weekend and ordered the sea bass, they asked if I wanted it regular or unleaded.” – David Letterman “This is going to be the biggest environmental disaster ever. You know what that means? More bonuses.” – David Letterman […]
Lewis Black is brilliant: UPDATE: I can’t stop laughing every time I watch this.
The Maine GOP (which is historically moderate) had their convention last weekend and adopted a radical, tea-party inspired platform, to the surprise of even the authors of the new platform. But what is really ironic is that the group that wrote the new platform met in a classroom of a nearby school, and objected to […]
“How about that Times Square bomber? Now, I’m no genius, but this guy left his house keys in the bomb car. It was the one flaw in an otherwise perfect crime.” – David Letterman “I just read the hilarious re-post made by a locksmith in Washington DC about the Times Square bomber. The suspect says he […]
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