Conn. Legislator Makes Lewd Remark to 17 Year-old Girl at Hearing; Con

Did you ever mean to say "If you are shy then I have an acre of land in the Everglades." and have it come out "If you're bashful I got a snake sitting under my desk here"? I mean, those sentences are so close to being identical, and these kinds of misstatements happen all the time, right? Well, that's what you have to believe if you're still a defender of Connecticut legislator Ernest Hewett…
Tom Blumer
March 2nd, 2013 7:52 PM

So Much for Hot Climate News: New York Times Shuts Down 'Green' Blog

On Friday, NYTimes.com announced: “The Times is discontinuing the Green blog, which was created  to track environmental and energy news and to foster lively discussion of developments in both areas.” The reality must be that people don't read it, and people simply don't find global warming a scintillating subject. So much for the notion it's the "story of the century." Over on Andrew Revkin's…
Tim Graham
March 2nd, 2013 7:32 PM

George Will: Obama Has 'So Gone Over the Top in His Rhetoric He’s Ev

Syndicated columnist George Will made a statement on the Laura Ingraham Radio Show Friday that should make people on both sides of the aisle and both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue take notice. "I think the President has at long last so gone over the top in his rhetoric that he’s even losing the mainstream media" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 2nd, 2013 4:25 PM

Daily Kos: Tom Brokaw, Chuck Todd Make NBC 'Conservative

Over at the Daily Kos, Bill in Portland Maine wished Happy Birthday to his favorite economic truth-teller Paul Krugman, as he added “I admit I don’t know a fiduciary whatzamahoozie from a hole in the ground.” But the really comical paragraph came on Friday, as he summarized the “vapidity” of this weekend’s Sunday shows, and just as the Kosmonauts think Bob Woodward is a Breitbart replica,…
Tim Graham
March 2nd, 2013 3:19 PM

Pothead Bill Maher Tells Snoop Dogg ‘You Smoke Too Much Pot

Isn't liberal media hypocrisy a wonderful thing? Consider the hilarious spectacle Friday night of HBO's resident pothead Bill Maher telling rapper turned reggae singer Snoop Dogg aka Snoop Lion, "You smoke too much pot" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 2nd, 2013 2:29 PM

Maher Attacks Pope With Series of Child Molestation Jokes

It was a metaphysical certitude that Bill Maher would take cheap shots at the Pope on HBO's Real Time Friday. True to form, Maher actually began the show with a series of Pope jokes mostly involving child molestation (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
March 2nd, 2013 1:46 PM

Leno: Maxine Waters 170 Million Job Loss Stupidity Explains 'Why We're

Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) this week made another in a series of absurd comments actually claiming that 170 million people would lose their jobs if the budget sequester was enacted. NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno actually began his show with Waters’ claim Friday saying that it explains "why we’re in this situation in the first place" (video follows with transcribed highlights and…
Noel Sheppard
March 2nd, 2013 12:39 PM

Krauthammer Mocks Sequesteria: 'We Have Sequestered Against The Lord A

Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Friday perfectly encapsulated the hysteria the White House is trying to gin up regarding budget sequestration. Appearing on PBS's Inside Washington, Krauthammer spoke of Biblical plagues that re-appeared Friday telling host Gordon Peterson, "We have sequestered against the Lord, Gordo, and his wrath is great" (video follows with transcript and…
Noel Sheppard
March 2nd, 2013 11:23 AM

Did Rachel Maddow Use Multiple Fake Twitter Accounts to Boost Her MSNB

"Confession: I yell at my TV while watching Rachel #Maddow talk about filibuster reform in the same way most people do during football." Confession: I yell at my monitor while watching multiple Twitter accounts plug Rachel #Maddow with identical words in the same way most people do during football.
P.J. Gladnick
March 2nd, 2013 9:49 AM

WashPost Celebrates 'Superprogressive' Feminists Playing a Board Game

The Washington Post really hates the Catholic Church. See the top of Saturday’s Style section, which spotlights a group of “superprogressive” feminists and lesbians with boyish haircuts playing a board game critical of the papal election process. It's a "womyn's conclave" in oh-so-leftish Mount Rainier, Maryland, complete with a demand for "pink smoke."  The end of the story by Monica Hesse…
Tim Graham
March 2nd, 2013 9:35 AM

Harry Reid to Media: 'You Guys Have An Obligation' to Report Republica

Liz Harrington of CNSNews.com reported that on Thursday, a reporter asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid if he could understand how the American people are frustrated with all the finger-pointing while “nobody is talking” before the sequester hits. Reid replied that the press has an “obligation to report” that the Republicans are “unwilling to do what the American people want done.” The…
Tim Graham
March 2nd, 2013 7:07 AM

Islamic Cracking Group Vows More Attacks Unless Mohammed Video Removed

The short film  “Innocence of the Muslims” may not have provoked attacks on American interests in Libya but it does continue to rankle Islamic extremists around the world. In the latest development, a cyberterrorist group is now threatening to attack U.S. banks unless YouTube forcibly deletes the clip from its servers. As PC World reported:
Matthew Sheffield
March 1st, 2013 11:57 PM

Daily Kos Week in Review: Jeer the Press

This past week, Kossacks cheered the televised trashing of Sean Hannity and jeered another media personality, Bob Woodward, for questioning President Obama's sequester narrative.   As usual, each headline is preceded by the blogger's name or pseudonym.
Tom Johnson
March 1st, 2013 11:06 PM

Doesn't Everyone Celebrate the Weekend by Dwelling on Cute Obama Photo

Washingtonian magazine is a monthly for the Beltway crowd, and like many other D.C. organs, it’s in love with Obama. For example, peruse this blog post: “Because It’s Friday: The Cutest Photos of President Obama With Kids. POTUS goes way beyond just kissing babies.” Doesn’t everyone love Obama? Washingtonian thinks so. “So because it’s not the weekend yet and it’s STILL cold outside and you…
Tim Graham
March 1st, 2013 10:52 PM