Politico parodies itself (via): The Senate, once the chamber of deliberation and reason, is getting its own extreme makeover. Moderates such as Maine Republican Olympia Snowe and Democrat Ben Nelson are bolting an institution that barely resembles the one they entered as idealistic deal makers. Ben Nelson? Idealistic dealmaker? These are words that should not be in the ... (1 comments)

“Given the propensity for members of the homosexual community to engage in frequent and anonymous sexual encounters, the risk to national security of having a homosexual in a high-ranking position with access to secret information is obvious.”  Bryan Fischer, Nutbag (0 comments)

I guess a cover featuring Uncle Sam hungrily masturbating to a painting of Jesus wearing an American flag was deemed to be insufficiently patriotic.

[Embiggen]

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Definitive proof that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Catfood) reads this blog. (0 comments)

Yay! (2 comments)

Ah, the land of Mississippi – that shining bastion of God-fearing, limited-government conservatism.  Well, unless you want to father illegitimate babies — then the government will throw you in jail. (5 comments)

Obama takes on oil speculators. (7 comments)

Over in the UK, Labour is now up big over the ruling Tories. Part of that is almost certainly a stalled, ailing economy, but what’s sort of interesting because a big part of their drop is due to implementing a cap on charitable deductions, which is essentially what Obama wanted to do here to cut ... (0 comments)

Connecticut ends the practice. I have to say, this is one of those social movements that is regularly winning big victories, but almost nobody seems to be paying attention. Which is fine by me–under the wire is probably the best way for this thing to go for now. (0 comments)

Look, Mitt, I know you want to get women back on your side, but the notion that women have lost 92.3% of jobs in the recession may be technically correct in some manipulated and spun context, but it’s not correct, and it’s not even a good bullshit statistic. You might have been able to get ... (0 comments)

He’s open to suggestions. (5 comments)

I think this gets it right. Additionally, though, while I find Rick Santorum’s beliefs to be pretty risible, and his inability to accept that his ideas had some less-than-ideal results during the ’00s is a personal failing, but at the very least he seemed to possess some sense of personal honor and integrity. Not as good as ... (0 comments)

I hadn’t used Instagram because I’m not so much a pictures sort of guy, but an article in the SF Chronicle article makes an interesting point that they were a much bigger threat to Zuckerburg’s empire than the other commonly named competitors. (0 comments)

Wil Wheaton reimagines Robocop as a generic ’80s sitcom. (0 comments)

John Lanchester in the LRB (6000 words) (1 comments)

I will not be around either today or tomorrow due to personal business, but I’ll be back on Wednesday. Have fun, be safe, and I’ll see you all soon. (0 comments)

Why is this addled sociopath still allowed out of the asylum? (0 comments)