© Tom Toles Now that the SEC has accused Goldman Sachs of securities fraud, are we going to find ourselves with a new category of company: Too Big to Jail? Or will their defense be more like this? © Walt Handelsman UPDATE: Here’s the best explanation I’ve seen of the fraud charges against Goldman Sachs, […]
Congratulations to Mark Fiore for winning the Pulitzer for his editorial cartoons (like this one). Ironically, Apple computer rejected an iPhone/iPad app that plays Fiore’s (Pulitzer winning) cartoons, because “it contains content that ridicules public figures”, and thus is “objectionable” and “defamatory”. Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch has praised the iPad, saying “There’s going to […]
Conservatives all know that labor unions are the root of all evil (well, besides community organizers like ACORN). So when 29 miners were killed at a mine in West Virginia, Rush Limbaugh couldn’t wait to attack the union, saying: Was there no union responsibility for improving mine safety? Where was the union here? Where was […]
© Kevin Siers Thank goodness that Obama finally called out Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. Immediately after having several fundraisers with Wall Street executives, McConnell shifted position and is now absolutely against any banking reform. He even claimed that banking reform would lead to more bailouts. In other words, he is telling us that not […]
Yesterday (in honor of tax day), there was a Tea Party protest against taxes on the Boston Commons. But as usual, I’m only interested in the (obvious) irony and humor. Like how the Tea Partiers were protesting on the commons (as in communist), a place paid for by taxpayer dollars. Or that Tea Party protests […]
© Tony Auth Ever get the feeling that the Tea Party is missing something? UPDATE: CBS News reports that “taxes are at their lowest levels in 60 years” following Obama’s tax cuts in the stimulus package. And yet 64% of Tea Party supporters think the administration has raised taxes, even though Obama’s tax cuts went […]
An amazing opinion piece in the NY Times has sparked an even more amazing discussion. The piece is “The Price of Assassination” by Robert Wright. It makes an interesting point about Obama authorizing the assassination of a US citizen living abroad who is strongly suspected of masterminding terrorist operations. For a moment, ignore whether this […]
Fox News sticks up for the rich, and identifies the real villains — the poor! Jon Stewart has fun destroying their logic from every possible angle.
It is almost too easy to make fun of Fox News, like they no longer even care whether what they are reporting has any even small basis in truth. And yet, many people believe their crap. During the cold war, it was always said that people in the Soviet Union knew that they were being […]
I’m stealing this outright from Andrew Sullivan, because it precisely illustrates why there are very few Republicans I can take seriously anymore. Being against everything Obama does, does not good policy make. Reagan v. Today’s GOP (Part 2) “A nuclear-free world has been a 60-year dream of the Left, just like socialized health-care,” – Rudy Giuliani, […]
In an interview with ABC News, RNC chairman Michael Steele claimed that his race may be a reason motivating some of the attacks against him. Some people are calling for Steele to resign, after it was disclosed that a trip to a sex club was paid for with RNC funds. But in a sign that […]
© Tom Toles I’ve been looking for a comic about the simmering violence underlying the GOP response to health care reform, but until now none of them had just the right amount of irony. This one is perfect. The Republican party is now controlled by their extremists, and it will only get worse. The main […]
As you have probably heard, 14 states are filing suit against the health care reform bill, calling it an “unprecedented encroachment on the sovereignty of the states”. They claim that “The Constitution nowhere authorizes the United States to mandate, either directly or under threat of penalty, that all citizens and legal residents have qualifying health […]
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