GOP Teabagging Party in Cleveland

Putting the Oh! Oh! Oh! in Ohio, Tim Russo of Blogger Interrupted mingles with angsty, thinktank Republicans on the streets of Cleveland.  The GOP intelligentsia invented the Teabagging Party ordeal to protest taxation. And good disguises, folks, ‘cuz all of ya’ll look like you get every last cent of your taxes back at the end [...]

Douche Courts a Judge’s Ire

ht The Associated Press Here’s a sentencing that would have Miss Manners’ blessing. “Mr. Hastings” of Washington state unleashed full blown douchiness on the court during the sentencing phase of his trial. Yes, that time of the trial where you’re supposed to be humble in hopes of a little mercy. The convict wasn’t pleased with [...]

Bring Out Your Dead, Bring Out Your Debt

Maybe you’ve heard about Housing Crisis Fail Meisters Countrywide Financial buying up bad mortgages to turn a buck plus a few million? Nuts, right? Well, crazy just keeps on giving…  Debt collectors are now targeting the bereaved to pony up the cash for their dead relatives’ unpaid bills.  These are next of kin who have [...]

Rove Touts Awesomeness of Katrina Response

Make your own Glitter Graphics “With all due respect, the federal government’s responsibilities were met under Katrina [ emph. mine] which were to provide the immediate assistance, to pluck people off of the roofs.  The people in charge with calling the evacuations are the state and local officials.”  –Karl Rove Okay, he should be in [...]

Obama Only Anti-Christish

ht Heathr456 Rachel Maddow ferrets out the codetalking going on among rightwing nutjobs when they refer to Obama as the Antichrist, a Socialist, and a Commie.  Level-headed people will reject an ad hominem at face value.  But these aren’t just ad hominems.  Rachel refers to what appears to be trite political name calling as a [...]

It’s Always Sunny in Hoover, Alabama

….Except when it’s not. A sufficiently adequate March snowstorm kind of blanketed much of Alabama starting in the wee hours of Sunday morning. It’s roughing up Georgia now forcing some flights out of Atlanta to be canceled.  The roads mostly stayed clear, but 1 to 4 inches accumulated off-road, and more than 210 churches decided [...]

New Rules with Bill Maher (Feb 27 2009)

ht Tullycast Bill Maher was so on with his New Rules: Stop being star struck by Obama No head shots on real estate signs The iFart Snuggies Twitters We don’t want to be known as the silly people after all.