Spooks Lying? What Next . . .
After five years of investigation, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is about to release a 630 page report that concludes that the CIA misled government officials and the public about its War...
View ArticleThe Congressman Who Cried Ebola
Rep. Todd Rokita (R-IN) left the fraught halls of Congress to return to his home district in the heartland, this weekend, but had no time to spare for homecoming vacation activities.By Monday, Rokita...
View ArticleDoocy High Fives The Taliban
Fox and Friends achieved a record-setting industry low, yesterday, for overall execrable bad taste and gross politicization in the cable news category, with a totally awesome combined score of...
View ArticleNational Impeach Obama Week To Cap Off 2014 Silly Season
The brain trust at Western Journalism is predicting that National Impeach Obama Week (August 23) "could be a game-changer" for the Impeach Obama movement. Apparently the Impeach Obama Coalition, which...
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Ebola - Proof That God Is A Republican
The deadly outbreak of Ebola virus in west Africa has the world's attention. The American Center for Disease Control recently declared that the current crisis is "unprecedented," and, yesterday the...
View Article"And So You're Back, From Outer Space . . . "
Jason Zengerle of New Republic recently published an excellent, timely article entitled The New Racism which focuses on the political career of Hank Sanders, who took his diploma from Harvard Law back...
View ArticleWar on Women: Friendly Fire Casualty Report
One of the Republican National Committee's New Year's resolutions in 2013 was:The RNC must improve its efforts to include female voters and promote women to leadership ranks within the committee....
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Back in 2011, after the TEA Party wave handed Republicans control of the US House of Representatives, Michael Tomasky of The Guardian prophetically wrote :Having taken control of the House of...
View ArticleWe Got Trouble, Right Here in Mississippi
Scratch a sore loser and you'll often find a frustrated bully.Chris McDaniel is now trying to bully his way into the nomination that he lost to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in June; and he will probably...
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Whiter Shade of Unreal
I am white and my first brush with overt American racism didn't occur until 1960 when I was twelve years old and visiting cousins who had relocated from the Northeast to a small town in North...
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Paul Ryan Whitesplains How Political Leaders Should Let Ferguson Fix Ferguson
Finally, the moment we've all been waiting for! Rep Paul Ryan (R-WI) shares his own Mature Young Gun take on how best to react to events taking place in Ferguson, MO. Ryan, looking quite...
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Brevard County Commission Takes Liberties With Liberty
Back in May of this year the US Supreme Court ruled on a gnarly little problem that causes no end of mischief in America: the separation of church and state. This was not the first time SCOTUS...
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Republican Action Hero Mitt Romney's Electoral Advice For The 100%
Yesterday Willard "Mitt" Romney and his former running-mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) met up for the first time since their 2012 tilt at the White House. The two got together for a little bromantic back...
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Rich Lowry's Homicidal Moment
Rich "Sparkle Pants" Lowry, National Review editor, Fox News contributor and President emeritus of the Sarah Palin Fan Club, seems bent on proving how strict adherence to a paleo-conservative diet can...
View ArticleIf You Think Immigration Is A Problem, Wait'll You Get A Load Of Corporate...
There is nothing sexy about corporate tax law and, even if there was, most of us wouldn't get it. The average American is more than happy to cede the details of such economic mechanics to "the few, the...
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Speaker Boehner Bags A Bargain
Well, the suspense is over, fellow Americans. Speaker Boehner has found a lawyer to present his case against President Barack Obama and, you'll be happy to hear -- since we are all footing the bill...
View ArticleChief Belmar Has No Regrets
The dust appears to have settled in Ferguson, MO, at least for the time being. And Chief Jon Belmar, head of the Saint Louis County Police, is taking advantage of the lull to rehab his department's...
View ArticleGov. Scott Walker Making Lemonade From Life's Lemons
Gov Scott Walker may be up to his neck in the shark tank, these days but that doesn't mean that he appreciates a well-informed electorate any less. And to that end, during a recent interview on Brian...
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Guns And Hosers: Rio Grande Edition
Well it was only a matter of time, I suppose . . .A Border Patrol agent pursuing a group of immigrants in a wooded area near the Texas-Mexico border on Friday fired several shots at an armed man who...
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ISIS: They're Coming To Take You Away . . .
Well, here we are on the Labor Day weekend with another 9/11 anniversary quickly approaching so it is no surprise to find the Wingnut-o-sphere lighting up with madly creative xenophobic expressions....
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