At Last: The Mystery of their Origins Revealed!

There is nothing particularly unusual about this picture, at first glance:

Or IS there?
Let’s see: The bald guy on the left is either in a law office or on the set of an old hemorrhoid medicine commercial. The sleazy mustache-Pete on the right is clearly in Washington, D.C. and Dan Abrams, above, is standing on the [...]

To Mock The Killing Birds

Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics
And call me “Boo.”
The worthless shitballs of the Whiney Right have no more sense than God gave a jackass. But still they persist in their endless quest to emulate their hero, Robert E. Lee ‘Bob’ Ewell. (From Harper Lee’s book and the film To Kill a Mockingbird). A typical Bob Ewell quote:

Bob [...]

Somebody’s House is Burnin’ Burnin’

The AP reports, one hour ago:
SEC extends restrictions on short-selling
By RICHARD JACOBSEN – 1 hour ago
Federal regulators on Tuesday extended through mid-August a temporary order banning a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said the ban on [...]

Twilight of the GOPs part ii.

[Note: this post was featured on Crooks and Liars 7-29]
In Part the First, we followed Nixon from McCarthy to Reagan, and Reagan to Bush The Elder (chair of the RNC under Nixon). And we concluded with the cliffhanger:
… and for eight long years, Clinton was hobbled, body-checked, cracked back on. Which was when we [...]

GÖPperdämmerung

Götterdämmerung literally means “The Twilight of the Gods.” Part The First:
It seems so long ago, when the nation was in thrall to Terri Schiavo and GOP hate operatives waffle-stomped the national rhetorical landscape with bloodthirsty abandon. When Dick Cheney was going to march down to the Senate to break a tie vote on doing away [...]

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The Mot That Never Bonned

OK. I’ve been waiting all night for some professional comedian to spout the obvious punchline. No dice.

Obama spoke today in front of a crowd in Berlin estimated at 200,000 (fig. 1). John McCain appeared in front of a  restaurant that serves bratwurst and fudge (fig. 2). Got that?
To paraphrase Mark Twain, who said that the [...]

Requiescat In Pace

They say that 90% of politics is just showing up. Dorthy showed up for the Democratic Party of Lane County 100% of the time.

Courage.

Small Craft Advisory

Due to an exceptionally compelling DVD of My Fair Lady, today’s blog has been delayed until tomorrow.

The management regrets any inconvenience to our readership.
Courage.

A Thought on Franklin’s Grave

Moon Day Plus One.
Making the pilgrimage to the final resting place of Ben Franklin, I had wandered the mall with the gigantic buildings dedicated to what happened in two smallish rooms in Independence Hall and at Carpenter’s Hall up the street.