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Missouri GOP Calls for Revolution

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:05:57 am
Missouri’s Lafayette County Republican Central Committee has put up a billboard proudly advising citizens to prepare for the violent overthrow of the US government: Lafayette County Politics: New I-70 billboard replaces famed OBAMANATION sign. Reads: Vote Out Incumbents. Live Free or Die! UPDATE at 11/22/09 11:28:16 am: More billboard bad craziness: [Video] (Hat tip: ...
172 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:42:19 am

Dems Get Votes Needed to Begin Health Care Debate

Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:41:14 am
An interesting development in the health care reform battle, as the Democrats get the 60 votes they need to begin the debate after Thanksgiving: Sen. Blanche Lincoln also on board, 60 in hand. Sen. Blanche Lincoln is a yes for debating health reform, but a no for the public option, ...
70 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:38:57 am

Overnight Ocean

Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:55:30 pm

592 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:46:29 am

Saturday Night Music: Tiny Tim, 'The Ice Caps'

Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 5:30:35 pm
Tiny Tim at the peak of his talents. One of the strangest performances you’ll ever see. Via Boing Boing, where they inform us that this extremely weird song is referenced by Thomas Pynchon in his new book, Inherent Vice. [Video]
988 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 5:53:13 am

Glenn Beck Poised to Implement 100-Year Plan

Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 2:45:31 pm
It’s going to take him 100 years to get it all done, but Glenn Beck has a master plan. And to find out what it is, all you have to do is buy his new book. I have begun meeting with some of the best minds in the country that ...
364 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 11:29:38 am

Tech Note: 'Return After Posting Reply'

Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 12:50:31 pm
We have a new feature in our commenting system, requested by several people. If you click the ‘Reply’ or ‘Quote’ buttons on the top line of a comment to post a reply to someone’s comment, you’ll see a new checkbox appear at the top left of the comment posting box, ...
205 comments | Last comment: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 3:31:15 pm

Update: Palin Apologizes for Leaving Books Unsigned

Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 10:43:06 am
At her Facebook page, Sarah Palin apologizes for leaving hundreds of people with unsigned books after they waited in the rain for 6 hours: Not Enough Hours in the Day. I’ve been told that yesterday there were supporters in Noblesville who stood in long lines for hours in the cold ...
210 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 10:56:21 am

Overnight Ocean

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:48:30 pm

563 comments | Last comment: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 1:01:01 pm

Ace Beclowns Himself

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 5:08:58 pm
Normally I’d ignore this, but “Ace” has posted something so moronically misguided and false it calls for a response: Charles Johnson Now Deleting Posts for Mentioning Hacked Global Warming Fraud Emails. “Ace” says I deleted this comment by LGF reader ‘bosforus’ with “no explanation,” and that I’m “suppressing the data.” That’s ...
606 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 8:56:47 am

Video: Palin Booed in Indiana

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 2:44:57 pm
After Sarah Palin ended a book-signing event in Noblesville, Indiana, without signing more than 300 books for people who waited more than 6 hours to see her, the crowd turned on her outside her tour bus, booing and yelling “Quitting on the job!” [Video] Here’s a story on the embarrassing incident at ...
392 comments | Last comment: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 8:49:44 am

Global Warming Nontroversy of the Day

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:19:33 am
Right wing bloggers and climate “skeptics” are ranting and fuming about “the global warming scandal of the century,” after the email server of one of the UK’s leading climate research centers was hacked, and thousands of emails were stolen and promptly posted all over the web. (Which is, of course, ...
483 comments | Last comment: Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:22:54 am

Kindle Now Available for Canada

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:19:41 am
Here’s some good news if you live in Canada and you’ve been waiting for Amazon to release their terrific Kindle e-book reader in a Canadian version: your wait is over. In addition to having full access to more than 300,000 titles in the Amazon store, Amazon announced that Canadian newspapers ...
29 comments | Last comment: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 4:06:43 pm

ACORN Sting Operatives Pose with White Supremacist

Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:24:57 am
White supremacist blogger Robert Stacy McCain continues to be welcomed in Republican circles; here he is posing at the American Spectator dinner with the two videographers who filmed the ACORN sting tapes: An O’Keefe/Giles Victory Lap. Also see: Sarah Palin’s Book Ghostwritten by Associate of White Supremacist McCain Robert Stacy McCain and the ...
348 comments | Last comment: Sat, Nov 21, 2009 at 9:03:46 pm

Overnight Fauna

Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:02:47 pm

676 comments | Last comment: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:05:05 am

The Door Opens - Update: The Door Closes

Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 6:25:08 pm
The registration door swings open and the turnstiles turn, clicking and counting the hatchlings as they enter. If you decide to take that momentous step and register, it’s not a bad idea to read all the rules and commit them to memory. The short version: %%LIST=Don’t register with a proxy. Don’t register with ...
711 comments | Last comment: Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 8:51:49 am