Archive for February, 2011

The O’Reilly Obama Interview

Filed in National by on February 7, 2011 11 Comments

Before last night’s Superbowl, Bill O’Reilly did a ridiculous interview with President Obama.

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AOL To Buy The Huffington Post

Filed in National by on February 7, 2011 6 Comments

AOL has announced the acquisition of the Huffington Post for a reported $315M. Arianna Huffington will become the editor-in-chief of the new entity.

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Superbowl Open Thread

Filed in National by on February 6, 2011 24 Comments

It’s time for the once-a-year event called the Superbowl. Use this thread to trash talk, cheer and jeer and give reviews of the commercials. Also, go Packers!

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The Reagan Mythology

Filed in National by on February 6, 2011 33 Comments

Will Bunch tears down some myths about Reagan and Mike Stark leaves Rush Limbaugh sputtering.

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on February 5, 2011 8 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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How the World Sees Us

Filed in National by on February 5, 2011 2 Comments

…at least via our right wingnut crazies.

This hit my mailbox ALOT over the past few days, and I cringed every time I saw it: Middle East unrest according to Glenn Beck and friends. The Guardian rounds up a the crazy, the stupid and the dangerous of the Wingnut-o-Sphere, and you should go over there to see it all.

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A New Front is Opened in the GOP’s War on Reason, Common Sense and (yes I am going there) Democracy

Filed in National by on February 5, 2011 22 Comments

It is hard to wrap your head around what the GOP is thinking when it comes ot waging war on Planned Parenthood, until you accept the reality that Republicans don’t care about anything other than making headlines and fucking shit up.

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Plug

Filed in National by on February 4, 2011 9 Comments

See my exhibition…..

Extravagant Relevance: Defying Gender

It is going to punch your bourgeois, lite beer drinking, paradigm in the balls.

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Friday Open Thread

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Friday Open Thread

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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Look Who’s Back – It’s Donald Rumsfeld

Filed in National by on February 4, 2011 1 Comment

Donald Rumsfeld has a new memoir. By Rumsfeld’s account, he’s a hero surrounded by incompetents.

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AIG Doesn’t Want Your Business

Filed in National by on February 4, 2011 7 Comments

AIG CEO Robert Benmosche told an audience that their business is better in “red states.”

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Conservative Nutbag Blogger Super Angry That Mike Castle Lost To Christine O’Wackjob

Filed in National by on February 3, 2011 22 Comments

The guy has a point. Castle would have voted for that horrendous healthcare repeal bullshit.

You know it. I know it. Castle, when you pump him full of sodium pentathol, knows it.

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The Achilles Heel(s) of Job Creation in 2011

Filed in National by on February 3, 2011 1 Comment
The Achilles Heel(s) of Job Creation in 2011

ADP has released its January payroll data today, showing an estimated addition of 187,000 private sector jobs. The usual suspects are forecasting that this Friday’s Labor Department employment number for January will be 140,000. Neither of these numbers shows anywhere near adequate job growth, but it is some growth.

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