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Those wacky conservatives 27 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
By Richard K. Barry Here's a bit of an oddity as we approach the end of summer. It seems that a number of high profile conservatives think they have found a new hero in actor Ashton Kutcher for his r...
Poor planning, sporadic blogging, much-needed resting 26 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
By Michael J.W. Stickings A quick update, given that nothing new has appeared here in quite some time, an unusual thing for us... Richard and I are both currently on vacation, and that includes a va...
George Who? 22 Aug 2013 | 07:19 pm
By Capt. Fogg Here's a history quiz for you. Which President of the United States do we see on the left, telling the incompetent Mr. Brown he's doing a "heckuva" job responding to hurricane Katrina?...
Who cares about Ted Cruz and his citizenship? 20 Aug 2013 | 08:27 am
By Michael J.W. Stickings So right-wing mouth-frother Ted Cruz, senator from the not-so-great state of Texas, has released his birth certificate. And, yes, he was born in Calgary -- that is, not in t...
Police state intimidation: British authorities detain Glenn Greenwald's partner at Heathrow Airport 19 Aug 2013 | 06:30 pm
By Michael J.W. Stickings Honestly, the surveillance state apologists all across the spectrum, on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world, can go fuck themselves. Because this is how their b...
Even Krazier Bill Kristol says Palin can "resurrect herself" with Senate run 19 Aug 2013 | 08:22 am
By Michael J.W. Stickings You have to wonder. Krazy Bill Kristol has a long history of the Krazy. And it's not just partisan Republican or ideological neocon. Sometimes it's just batshit insanity, "...
Data implies its misuse 16 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
By Frank Moraes Recently, I've been confronted with a lot of people telling me that they don't care about government surveillance programs because, "I don't have anything to hide." This seems like a ...
Karl Rove and the politics of impotence 16 Aug 2013 | 04:38 pm
By Frank Moraes I think I may understand why Karl Rove sounds like the voice of reason in the Republican Party these days. Unlike most of the Republicans in Congress, he's practical. To him, it is ve...
A.M. Headlines 16 Aug 2013 | 04:37 pm
(Washington Post): "NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year, audit finds" (CNN): "Christie raps potential 2016 rivals at Republican confab" (Politico): "Eve of destruction" (Wall Street...
Stillbirth 15 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
By Mustang Bobby Josh Marshall makes the case that it’s pointless to go after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) over the question of whether or not he’s eligible to run for president: the law is pretty clear that...
