On Decision '08: Countdown to the Debate (a.k.a. "Who the Fuck Cares?") Chris Matthews just said, in reference to Romney and Huckabee's Great Devil War, that "this is the first time in recent history" that religion has been a divisive issue. Hello, Chris, are you at all familiar with the pro-choice/pro-life issue? Gay marriage? The "culture wars ( Read more... )

At a Rose Garden ceremony last Wednesday to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, about a dozen guests were forced to stand around awkwardly while others streamed past them and into the event. Though invited, their names had apparently been left off the list. After waiting fifteen minutes or so for things to be sorted out, they realized that the ( Read more... )

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services have released their new naturalization test questions. Immigration officials said they sought to move away from civics trivia like "Who wrote The Star Spangled Banner?" in order to emphasize basic concepts about the structure of government and American history and geography. They also wanted applicants to ( Read more... )

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As both Oscar Season and Pre-Pre-Primary Season are apparently upon us, it might be a good time to review the candidates nominees:

Best Performance by A Republican in a Leading Role:


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The Beast's recent ranking of The 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2006 is brilliant. While I can't agree with all of their inclusions and omissions (Pamela Anderson, but not Tucker Carlson??), much less their ranking - though who could, really? - it's a great cross-section of the country's more dubious characters among many that are downright ( Read more... )

So it looked like the "resignation" of Donald Rumsfeld was going to effectively upstage the Democratic "sweep" of Congress - as planned. Turns out, they needn't have bothered - indeed, Rummy could probably have kept his job. Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have managed to shove both the Democrats and the White House below the fold ( Read more... )

Below is one of the instant message exchanges between former Republican Representative Mark Foley and a teenage Congressional page. You've probably seen it or read transcriptions, but I'm enjoying this too much not to reproduce some of it:


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I couldn't resist...


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More Americans approve of gay marriage than approve of George W. Bush. Two thirds more. Should this tell us anything?