'Twas the Day Before Christmas—in Virginia
'Twas the day before Christmas, and all through the land All the candidates went to events that they'd planned. There were breakfasts, and lunches, and dinners galore; There were so many speeches their...
View ArticleRick Perry hasn't sacrificed any children to make it rain in Texas. As far as...
I ran across this sad story out of central India today:Two farmers from Bijapur district have been arrested for allegedly killing a seven-year old girl to offer her body part as a sacrifice to God for...
View ArticleUnexceptional "Exceptionalism"
Do you still believe in "American Exceptionalism"? You know, that self-congratulating, masturbatory, loved-by-conservatives theory fantasy that claims the United States is innately better than every...
View ArticleLone Star lunacy: judges rule Texas' mandatory rape law enforceable
It's true: rape of women—pregant ones, to be exact—is now mandatory in Texas. A panel of federal appellate judges decreed as much this week. Iris Vander Pluym explains it all over at her Perry Street...
View ArticleFuture news clipping: Citizens United, & President Romney's wet dream
So did you read the news this week? Were you as smacked-upside-the-head-with-a-big-stick-while-you-weren't-looking surprised as I was when you saw it? Did you laugh when you found out? Did you cry? Did...
View ArticleClimate change, or just coincidence? Some numbers to help you decide...
I had a few minutes to kill last evening—a rare thing—so thought I might use it to throw together a small sampling of climate, weather, and other factoids I've run across over the past year or so. I'm...
View ArticleAnd the award for Honest Comment of the Day goes to...Mitt Romney!
It's another Wednesday, so it's time for our dear Mittens to once more put his mouth where his money is, and he hasn't disappointed us yet. Here's what he told CNN's Soledad O'Brien:"I'm not concerned...
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Here's what climate change looks like
In case you're curious as to just what climate change is going to look like when it really gets cranked up in a few years, here's a sneak preview:These two maps are from NOAA's National Climatic Data...
View ArticleAnatomy of an unsafe abortion: a letter
Dear Anti-Choice Moron—Yes, you. You know who you are. You're the one who is still sadly taken by the illogical fantasy that by outlawing the termination of unplanned pregnancies you'll actually...
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This is just so very sad...
...for supporters of Mitt "Richie Rich" Romney. For the rest of us, however, I think it's hi-fucking-larious.You know, I do believe I've seen bigger crowds in the ordering line at Five Guys. It is, of...
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Invisible Children ("Kony 2012") co-founder caught masturbating in public
From the "'This probably won't do much to help the cause" file: A co-founder for Invisible Children was detained in Pacific Beach Thursday night for being drunk in public and masturbating, according to...
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The He-Man Woman Haters Club
Yes, the "Jobs, jobs, jobs" party in the Volunteer State has turned up the fucknuttery yet another notch--this time maybe all the way up to 11: that state's woman-hating miscreant GOP lawmakers are...
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BREAKING: Texas Democratic State Sen. Wendy Davis’ Fort Worth Office Firebombed
From WFAA:Sen Wendy Davis FORT WORTH — Police are trying to identify the man who entered the West 7th office of State Sen. Wendy Davis Tuesday afternoon and threw two firebombs just outside the door....
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BREAKING: Keith Olbermann fired from Current
Keith Olbermann is no longer with Current TV, effective immediately. From a letter from Current Founders Al Gore and Joel Hyatt: To the Viewers of Current: We created Current to give voice to those...
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Here's what climate change looks like (Part II)
Back at the beginning of February, I published a somewhat well-received diary on what climate change looks like. Present tense. That is, not just what it will look like in the future, but what it does...
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BREAKING CLIMATE NEWS: Libya loses title; California now officially the...
Death Valley, California The new heavyweight champion of the world (of weather records, that is) 90 years ago today—on September 13, 1922—a temperature of 58ºC (136.4ºF) was recorded at El Azizia in...
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Romney's latest, greatest disconnect: the graph you must see to believe
The increasingly-disconnected-from-anything-remotely-resembling-reality Mitt Romney told George Stephanopoulos on ABC's Good Morning America today that he believes taxes should be lowered on middle...
View ArticleTennessee lawmakers introduce 'terrifying new plan' to base family welfare...
A pair of Republican douchebags lawmakers in Tennessee have introduced a draconian piece of legislation that will, if passed, withhold welfare benefits to mostly poor, black low-income families if...
View ArticleFor-profit school lunch provider forces public school kids to go hungry for...
If you're one of those low-information nimrods who still believes that the privatization of essential services traditionally run by government is a great capitalist idea that serves everyone well,...
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Lindsey Graham: "[W]hite men... are going to do great in my presidency."
CNN is reporting that South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham said that very thing in a private gathering earlier this month. (Okay, CNN didn't say Graham said that; they said "he joked". Because, you...
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What WILL be learned vs. what SHOULD be learned
The Democratic Party this morning. If you played a drinking game last evening where the rules dictated you swallow a shot every time a Republican defeated a Democrat, you're probably still asleep. Or...
View ArticleGunman Kills ________ (fill in the blanks)
A gunman opened fire inside a _____ (state) _____ (venue) earlier today, killing at least _____ (number) and injuring an additional _____ (number) before (being shot by police / taking his own...
View ArticleA Picture is Worth A Thousand Words...
Apologies in advance for the lack of a true diary—I’m just a little too pissed off right now to coherently express my thoughts—but I wanted to shared this just-now snapshot from CNBC's World Stock...
View ArticleThank you for everything, Hillary. Now please go away.
Can we now--finally--be done with the Clintons? Please?Voters repudiated the Bushes in 2008, and kicked them to the curb for good with Jeb's very expensive primary campaign beatdown a year ago. It's...
View ArticleNew York AG: SecState Tillerson used an email alias for climate messages...
Well, isn’t this special.Bloomberg is reporting this evening that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson allegedly used an email alias account for many years to discuss climate change matters while he was...
View ArticleOK senator and Trump state campaign chair allegedly caught in a motel with...
The Oklahoman, along with other sources, is reporting that GOP Oklahoma state senator Ralph Shortey (R-44) is under investigation after being caught in a Moore hotel room last week with a “teenage...
View ArticleDisney's Hall of Presidents may break decades of tradition and feature a...
From the “You Can’t Make This Shit Up” Department comes word that the Hall of Presidents Attraction at Walt Disney World in Orlando will naturally include #45, but Trump won’t be speechifying like...
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Though the Competition is Fierce, Texas's Agricultural Commissioner Vows Not...
See? What’d I tell you?! Hilarious!!!Sid Miller, The Texas State Agricultural Commissioner and—surprise!--major campaign supporter of Donald Trump, decided to hop on Facebook this afternoon and join...
View ArticleTea Party Leader and Trump Campaign Chairman Pleads Guilty to Prostituting...
If recommendations are followed, another wonderful representative of today’s GOP will (soon) be locked away for the rest of his life, and that sentence is far too short, if you ask me.FRANKFORT, Ky....
View ArticleHillary Clinton's Security Clearance Revoked; Sen. Grassley Politicizes It...
The Hill Reporter is out with an article claiming that Hillary Rodham Clinton’s security clearance (along with those of five of her aides, including Cheryl Mills) has been revoked at Clinton's request....
View ArticleAll In The (Crime) Family: New AG William Barr's Son-In-Law Hired as Trump's...
It appears as though The Swampland Saga just spawned another chapter: CNN and other outlets are reporting that the son-in-law of brand spanking new United States Attorney General William Barr has been...
View ArticleAll In The (Crime) Family: AG William Barr's Son-In-Law Hired as Trump's...
NOTE: I published nearly this same diary five weeks ago, and it received very little traction at the time. I’m publishing it again as it seems maybe slightly more salient now. A few grammatical and...
View ArticleFox: "TRUMP CUTS U.S. AID TO 3 MEXICAN COUNTRIES"
This is barely even diary-worthy, really, so apologies in advance. But it’s Sunday, and I think this “mistake” nicely illustrates the “you can’t tell brown people apart and everything south of Texas...
View ArticleJust this once, I think we can all agree with Sen. Lindsey Graham (NSFW)
Even a broken clock...xPretty sure @LindseyGrahamSC just read this random and offensive transcript potion of "Trump is a fucking idiot," on purpose to get Conservative people and teachers to turn off...
View ArticleOn the day of Trump's First Re-Election Rally, the Orlando Sentinel says: we...
Today’s editorial headline in the Orlando Sentinel:Our Orlando Sentinel endorsement for president in 2020: Not Donald TrumpThis is a big deal.The Sentinel was founded 143 years ago, and it’s grown in...
View ArticleBiden tells GOP voters to stay Republican because "we need a Republican Party"
In the latest addition to the ongoing saga of “He still doesn’t get it and probably never will,” ex-VP and current Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden told a Buzzfeed reporter that Democrats...
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