The NYT has an article showing about how a number of the Tea Bagger groups questioned have, most likely, violated the terms of the charity status. It's clear that those groups should have been investigated. However, the NYT handily ignores (no surprise, really) the bigger issue. It's hard to believe that many left wing 501(c) organization didn't do ( Read more... )

Last night's Colbert Report has a very interesting segment. It seems that 501(c) organizations have no legal requirement to ask permission from the IRS to form. Colbert then asked the funny question: Why did a bunch of right wing people, who hate the government and say big government is bad, bother to ask the government something they didn't need ( Read more... )

Is again shown on last night's Daily Show. Jon Stewart cuts deeply at the government for the IRS and phone records scandals. It's a Democratic administration and he hassles it for violating our constitutional rights. The problem is that you don't see that on Faux Snooze or any of the other regular right wing shows. They only hassle the other side ( Read more... )

The State Department already said that their processes failed ( Read more... )

There are a few articles about Israel hitting an arms shipment in Syria that was bound for Hezbollah. That's not the reason for this post. What is are the reactions of the far right ( Read more... )

Even a 19-year old can school what passes for today's right wing "economists." Catch this clip from Bill Maher. Also note, towards the end, how the pundit argues we have the highest corporate tax rates, is proved wrong, and, without hesitation, goes on to claim he's always wanted higher taxes on GE because it doesn't pay enough. The hypocrisy is ( Read more... )

Yes, I understand it's an allusion fraught with danger, but I feel it's becoming more and more accurate ( Read more... )

A Republican switches his gay marriage stance after his son comes out? It's no surprise, just another sad example, including Dick Cheney's about his daughter, of the consistent Republican double standard ( Read more... )

"I don’t think there is anything to be gained by any senator to vote against continuation of this act," Scalia said during a Supreme Court ( Read more... )

Why is it that Jon Stewart points out that when these two things were said ( Read more... )