“Hey, have you all started making your summer vacation plans? I’m not sure what to do this year. I’m stuck between a Somali pirate cruise or a trip to a Mexican pig farm.” – Jay Leno “A beautiful day here in New York City, wasn’t it? But it was cold, so cold that I was […]
A new study says that white evangelicals are more likely to approve of torture than other religious groups. People unaffiliated with any religious organization were least likely to say that torture is acceptable.
“As you know, a big holiday is coming next week here in Los Angeles and Mexico: Sicko de Mayo.” – Jay Leno “Hi, I’m Jimmy. I’m the host of the show. Let’s make this quick. I have to get back into my quarantine bubble.” – Jimmy Kimmel “See all those people on the news walking […]
On Obama’s 100th day in office the House passed the budget with absolutely zero yes Republican votes, continuing their run as the party of NO. In addition, John McCain boasted about voting against the confirmation of Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of Health and Human services on Twitter: voted against Sebelius – already moving toward […]
On Monday, I wrote about how — despite the danger of a swine flu pandemic — Republicans were blocking the appointment of Kathleen Sibelius to head Health and Human Services because of her views on abortion (for example, she vetoed a bill that would have prevented abortion even when the mother’s life was in danger), […]
This one really makes my head spin. The Republicans seem to have found those WMDs that they had been looking for so hard. A few days ago, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter stunned everyone by switching parties (leading to puns such as the Politico headline “GOP is Specter of its old self“). The former moderate Republican […]
“Great to be back. As you know, I was sick for two days last week. Had to go to the hospital after I ate a raw pig a friend brought back from Mexico.” – Jay Leno “I wasn’t that sick, but some people are, because of this swine flu, which has knocked the torture stuff […]
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court upheld new stricter rules against obscenity on television. Previously, so-called “fleeting expletives” were allowed occasionally. For example, what prompted the lawsuit were live broadcasts of awards shows where “foul-mouthed glitteratae from Hollywood” (as Justice Scalia put it) let slip the F-word. One instance was musician Bono saying that an […]
Jon Stewart has the clearest (and most enjoyable) explanation of the Jane Harman influence scandal: Yes, that is an image of someone strangling a manatee.
“Of course, the really big news is what’s going on in Washington, and Obama opening the door, now, to prosecuting former Bush officials about torture, or, as they call it, severe interrogation procedures, which include waterboarding, sleep deprivation, forced nudity. We have outlawed all of these practices, although they are still challenges on ‘The Love […]
First Sean Hannity called waterboarding to “dunking somebody’s head in water“. Then Charles Grodin went on Hannity’s show and asked him (since Hannity claimed that waterboarding was such a benign thing) would he be waterboarded? Hannity said yes (several times) and said he would do it for charity. Grodin immediately called his bluff and asked […]
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