The funniest two minutes I’ve seen in a week

Filed at 6:10 pm, Thursday January 28th 2010
by Arlen Parsa

Major hat tip to Oliver Willis.

Does the Huffington Post have no editorial guidelines?

Filed at 3:02 pm, Sunday January 24th 2010
by Arlen Parsa

For an article about childhood obesity and how the first lady is stepping up to urge mayors across the country to combat it in their communities, the Huffington Post gives this us headline:

Pathetic.

What Scott Brown’s win in Massachusetts means for health care reform

Filed at 8:34 pm, Tuesday January 19th 2010
by Arlen Parsa

Hopefully little or nothing.
The AP just called the special election in Massachusetts about a minute ago and Coakley (D) has just conceded. Well, that was pathetic, no matter what the final tally turns out to be. Unbelievably pathetic. A Republican won Ted Kennedy’s seat in the bluest state in the country by campaigning against the […]

Yep, that pretty much sums it up.

Filed at 6:19 pm, Tuesday January 19th 2010
by Arlen Parsa

Jon Stewart brings it. Nothing much more to say here.

Really, MoveOn.org? Really?

Filed at 6:01 pm, Thursday January 14th 2010
by Arlen Parsa

So, with as many as 50,000 people dead in Haiti right now due to a terrible natural disaster the scope of which is very rare, MoveOn.org sent out this very important message to its members:

To be fair, a day later they sent out another, much shorter email with links to charities to donate to. But […]

Established fact: Republicans have bad memories

Filed at 8:50 pm, Saturday January 09th 2010
by Arlen Parsa

You would think that of all people, Rudy “a noun, a verb and 9/11” Giuliani would not make a statement as stupid as this one.
The HuffPost also helpfully recounts:

“Um, really?” wrote ABC News reporter Rick Klein on Twitter. Later he added, “even if Rudy MEANT to say post-9/11, what makes this incident different than [shoe […]



Asides


 # Every progressive blogger ought to read Chris Bowers post on building a bigger carrot.

 # Obama formally announces Tim Kaine as the new DNC Chair.

 # Eugene Robinson eviscerates McCain on the economy

 # McCain & Palin are lying about their crowd sizes