Vice President Cheney’s former Chief of Staff, convicted of multiple counts of obstruction of justice, lying to federal investigators and purjery in connection with the CIA leak case, has gone by a lot of names. He’s gone by his last name, Libby, his middle name, Lewis, his real first name, Irving (sometimes “Irve”), and of […]
The firms Merrill Lynch and Capgemini, have released the 2007 World Wealth Report, which documents trends among the world’s richest (classified as those with a net worth of more than $1 million, not including their primary residence).
According to the report, the world’s wealthiest spent an estimated $670 billion last year on “investments of passion” such […]
Michael Moore discussed the internet leak of his new health care documentary “SiCKO” with MTV recently. Moore said of the leak, which hit Bit Torrent and other filesharing networks two weeks before the June 29th premier of his film “I’m just happy that people get to see my movies. I’m not a big supporter of the copyright laws in this country.”
I know this may come as a shock to some of you, but PETA is run by some ignorant publicity-whore idiots:
In celebration of Michael Moore’s much anticipated documentary Sicko, the animal rights group PETA told him he was “fat.†PETA sent a letter to Moore slamming his documentary on the U.S.’s poor healthcare system because […]
Nuff said:
Before beginning the drive, Mitt Romney put Seamus, the family’s hulking Irish setter, in a dog carrier and attached it to the station wagon’s roof rack.
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As the oldest son, Tagg Romney commandeered the way-back of the wagon, keeping his eyes fixed out the rear window, where he glimpsed the first sign of trouble. “Dad!” […]
Longtime readers know that the Pentagon’s bigoted and discriminatory “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy is one of my pet issues. CNN/OPR today has an encouraging new poll out, showing that a stunning 79% of Americans believe that the unconstitutional policy should be scrapped, and gay and lesbian Americans should be free to serve openly and […]
As has been discussed here before, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s operations director is in trouble with the law– for pretending to be the law. Jay Garrity (pictured right, looking at Romney in a creepy way), who is now on a paid leave of absence, allegedly illegally impersonated a police officer in multiple incidents, to […]
Rudy Giuliani, September 2006:
“The idea of trying to cast blame on President Clinton is just wrong for many, many reasons, not the least of which is I don’t think he deserves it.”
Rudy Giuliani, Yesterday, at Pat Robertson’s Regent University:
Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday accused former President Clinton of not responding forcefully enough to […]
Today’s quote of the day goes to former Bush Administration EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman, who told the Washington Post in an article published today about her real reasons for resignation, surrounding a pro-industry pollution controls forced into place by Dick Cheney:
“I just couldn’t sign it. The president has a right to have an administrator […]
Did the California state Republican Party actually break the law when they hired an immigrant to work as their Deputy Political Director? ABC News’ The Blotter reports:
The California Republican party may have broken the law when it recently hired a Canadian to fill a senior director post, experts tell ABC News.
Christopher Matthews, a Canadian, will […]
CBS/NYT partnered with MTV to do a poll among the “youth” (17 to 29 year olds) about the 2008 election. The results, while they don’t mean a whole lot right now, are fun.
Take for instance that more young Republicans describe themselves as “excited about Obama” than describe themselves as “excited” by any of the Republican […]
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (a very good pro-equality advocacy group that seeks to protect gay and lesbian people serving in uniform from the Pentagon’s bigoted and discriminatory “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy) sent out a press release today suggesting that the Pentagon’s stance on “Don’t Ask” is evolving (the general public already disagrees with […]
Tom Toles is a bright man.
Earlier this year, Ann Coulter called Democratic candidate John Edwards a faggot. Now she’s says “I’ve learned my lesson, if I’m gonna say anything about John Edwards in the future, I’ll just wish he’d been killed in a terrorist assassination plot.”
John’s wife Elizabeth called into Hardball today to respond to Ann, who is promoting the […]
Doing the jobs Americans won’t do. Part 1:
The California Republican Party has decided no American is qualified to take one of its most crucial positions — state deputy political director — and has hired a Canadian for the job through a coveted H-1B visa, a program favored by Silicon Valley tech firms that is under […]
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