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Late Night Video: Beyonce’s Single Ladies Spoof

By nemski August 23, 20092 Comments

This spoof by Nic Billington of Beyonce's Single Ladies is great. Here's a link to Beyonce's video if you've never seen it, but trust me, you don't need to watch…

Bill Maher Covers the Health Insurance Debate

By cassandra_m August 23, 200916 Comments

Smart, funny and some of the language is NSFW. Dana Gould really hits the heart of what passes for the debate on this right now -- lots of yelling a spittle on whatever the wingnut fear and resentments are and then there are the people just trying to take care of themselves.

If Loving Bush Was Wrong, Marc Ambinder Doesn’t Want To Be Right

By Unstable Isotope August 23, 200912 Comments

Journalist Marc Ambinder reacts to the news that Tom Ridge admitted to politicizing terror alerts by giving the DFHs (the people who were right about Bush) another kick. The news…

Read All About It In the Sunday Papers-Aug. 23 Edition

By El Somnambulo August 23, 200921 Comments

LEAD STORY-Miami Herald: How Cyberthief Committed 'Heist of the Century' Nobody does crime reporting like the Miami Herald does crime reporting. Albert Gonzalez stole to his heart's content, while on…

President Obama Highlights a Favorite Cause of Bloggers

By cassandra_m August 23, 200911 Comments

At his Town Hall at the DNC the other day, President Obama took notice of how dysfunctional the media's role has become:

Late Night Video — Quentin Tarantino Edition

By cassandra_m August 22, 20093 Comments

The thing to know about QT movies is that the language is brutal and definitely in the NSFW or probably little kids category. That said, this is a video essay from Matt Zoller Seitz that is quite good -- showing how his characters use language to best and dominate each other:

Support the Billionaires

By cassandra_m August 22, 2009

Make sure you watch this all the way through the credits -- nicely done! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHVwrCzRUX0[/youtube] h/t Bob Cesca, who also notes that one of the organizing tenets of the C…

‘Bulo’s Music For the Masses: Jason330 Edition

By El Somnambulo August 22, 20097 Comments

You reallyreally thought the Beast Who Just Can't Help Himself would pass up this opportunity? Even though 'bulo wants Jason back, there are some bridges too far. No, not Jason's…

Weekend Open Thread

By Unstable Isotope August 22, 200919 Comments

What's on your mind? The birthers have a new obsession. I'm beginning to think their obsession is rooted in something else... The may be some new torture allegations in the…

Hurricane Charlie (Or How To Win Votes In The New Republican Party)

By pandora August 22, 200913 Comments

No, that's not the name of the storm after Bill - It's Charlie Crist's new approach to the Religious Right. Town Hall reports that Crist was speaking to a group…

Late Night Video — Performance Enhancing Genie Edition

By cassandra_m August 21, 2009

Baseball Superstar Accused of Performance-Enhancing Genie Use: Baseball Superstar Accused of Performance-Enhancing Genie Use from The Onion!

Wonder How We Can Become More Stupid?

By pandora August 21, 200950 Comments

Well... we could put Texas Republicans in charge of textbooks. The first draft for proposed standards in United States History Studies Since Reconstruction says students should be expected “to identify…

Actions Have Consequences?

By Unstable Isotope August 21, 20091 Comment

Betsy McCaughey, last seen being dismantled by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, has "resigned" from the position with medical device company Cantel. Dick Armey was forced out of his…