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Sep 3, 2010
| Author: The Huffington Post News Editors
| Source: The Huffington Post
OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge overturned Nebraska's ban on flag mutilation Thursday, clearing the way for Kansas church protesters to continue trampling on the U.S. flag when they protest at military funerals.
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Sep 3, 2010
| Author: DC
| Source: AMERICAblog News
The Mormons, who baptize the non-Mormon dead, have promised (again) to stop doing it to Holocaust victims. See, this has been an ongoing problem: This is the latest development in a series of talks that began in 1994, when Jewish genealogist Gary ...
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Sep 3, 2010
| Author: Barbara Morrill
| Source: Daily Kos
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Pat G.
| Source: Think Progress
A favorite Republican talking point lately is that the businesses are not creating jobs because they are “hamstrung by uncertainty.” According to this argument, the specter of taxes and regulation is paralyzing companies, and if only Congress wou ...
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Joan McCarter
| Source: Daily Kos
House Democrats, led by Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Raul Grijalva, are pledging to stand against any recommendation from the catfood commission to cut Social Security.
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Gaius Publius
| Source: AMERICAblog News
OK, I made up the rumor, but I'm still placing bets. As to the fact, here's Keith Olbermann, subbing for Lawrence O'Donnell on Countdown:
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Zaid Jilani
| Source: Think Progress
As ThinkProgress noted yesterday, Deficit Commission co-chair Alan Simpson recently started a political firestorm by complaining that veterans benefits allocated for servicemembers exposed to Agent Orange run “contrary to efforts to control feder ...
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: NRDC Action Fund
| Source: Open Left
Here's a real shocker for you: the same people who deliberately misread climate science are now offering a phony explanation for the Alaska primary loss of incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who conceded the race yesterday.
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Big Tent Democrat
| Source: TalkLeft
Earlier today, I wrote about Matt Yglesias' critique of a book he has not read. Yglesias urged that the truth matters. Earlier, Yglesias wrote "the truth is that whatever the failings of the White Houses approach to fiscal policy, they have been ...
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Big Tent Democrat
| Source: TalkLeft
It's finally here - the opiate I have been waiting for to take me away from my mundane concerns - COLLEGE FOOTBALL! the first game of the year is Wake Forest versus . . . Presbyterian! I like the Blue Hose(+44.5)! Just kidding. Here are my actual ...
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Paul Rosenberg
| Source: Open Left
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Sep 2, 2010
| Author: Max R.
| Source: Democrats.com
Michael Winship writes:
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Sep 1, 2010
| Author: Free-Spirited Ruminations
| Source: Free-Spirited Ruminations
I don't know anything about this insurance company, but I do know this commercial cracked me up. I carried one of these when I was a kid. Now, looking back, what were we thinking? And they were died bright colors of green and pink?
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Aug 31, 2010
| Author: Rick
| Source: Divine Ripples
by Nate Beeler
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Aug 31, 2010
| Author: Rick
| Source: Divine Ripples
by Eric Allie
The truth will be the exact opposite.
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Aug 30, 2010
| Author: Free-Spirited Ruminations
| Source: Free-Spirited Ruminations
New Orleans is one of the most original cities I've ever been to. The food and the music are both fabulous, the atmosphere is fun, and the residents are some of the most genuinely nice people I've ever met.
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Aug 27, 2010
| Author: Strong
| Source: Strong: Progressive
Anti-Muslim hysteria breeds anti-Muslim hatred, which begets anti-Muslim violence. I've said this before. So what's in the news tonight?
Plan for Mosque in Tennessee Town Draws Criticism from Residents - June 18th
Bloomberg, Palin Agree to Disa ...
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Aug 18, 2010
| Author: Strong
| Source: Strong: Progressive
I'm tired of hearing the wingnuts lie about this. I'm tired of hearing liars like Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich express such concern about a town, New York City, that they like even less than they like San Francisco. And I'm damn angry that the ...
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Jan 30, 2009
| Source: 23/6
Reader(s?), our work here is done. Barack Obama is president and comedy has become less necessary. Sunday, February 1st is our last day on the internet- in this incarnation. On Monday, the starving orphan 23/6 will be adopted by the Huffington Po ...
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Jan 30, 2009
| Source: 23/6
If you chose 9 as the number of days into the Obama administration that we would be seeing a headline like the one below, congratulations, you're the winner!
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Jul 25, 2007
| Author: Bob Fertik
| Source: Democrats.com
PetitionDear FOX News Advertiser,
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