Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 11:54:36 am
Well, it's the end of an era, but the mourning isn't going to be universal. Gawker.com to End Operations Next Week. I have decidedly mixed feelings about this; I believe Gawker has done some good work and exposed some things that needed exposing, and I really dislike the idea that a ...

Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 7:09:52 pm
YouTube Wow. This is one of the most amazing and moving NPR Tiny Desk Concerts I've seen. Read the description below for the back story, then listen to this amazing band and singer. July 27, 2016 by PATRICK JARENWATTANANON • The Colorado River — better known for running through majestic National ...

Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 6:02:35 pm
YouTube Wonkette's Doktor Zoom has a great piece of mockery on the latest ridiculous and stupid attempt to paint Senator John McCain as a "traitor," just in time for the Arizona primary election, oddly enough: ‘Oath Keepers’ Militia Loons Pretty Sure John McCain Needs To Be Executed For Being Tortured. (Notice how ...

Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 6:50:50 pm
Credit: DonkeyHotey Even the right wing hard cases Donald Trump recruited to work for him are getting freaked out by his increasingly unhinged ranting, according to CNBC reporter John Harwood: longtime ally of Paul Manafort, Trump's campaign manager: "Manafort not challenging Trump anymore. Mailing it in. Staff suicidal." — John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) August ...

Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 1:55:37 pm
Credit: Gage Skidmore Paul Ryan and John McCain have both criticized Donald Trump for his disgusting attacks on the gold star family of Khizr Khan and his wife, but neither of them have taken the next step of withdrawing their endorsements of Trump for the presidency. Essentially, Ryan and McCain and many ...

Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 7:09:19 pm
So today, this guy Paul Nehlen, who's actually running for Congress and hoping to beat Speaker of the House Paul Ryan in the upcoming primary, tweeted a link to white supremacist Chuck C. Johnson's blog. Democrats in #WI01 Can Defeat House Speaker Ryan In An Open Primary & Cause Chaos For ...

Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:20:19 am
Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com This morning, John McCain harshly criticized Donald Trump for his ugly attacks on the parents of a fallen US soldier. Which is good, as far as it goes. Unfortunately, it didn't go very far at all, since this grotesque narcissistic display by Trump apparently wasn't sufficient for McCain to ...

Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:12:57 am
If you needed any more evidence that Donald Trump is seriously unhinged and disconnected from the real world, his statements about NATO to the New York Times have to be some of the most bizarre things he's said yet. Trump is explicitly saying he won't help NATO allies even if they ...

Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 11:40:30 am
I'm afraid we have more bad news from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where three police officers have been killed and several others wounded in a shooting. There appear to have been three suspects involved, and one has been killed in a shootout with police. CBS News posted a video in which you ...

Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 6:30:46 pm
YouTube I love Courtney Barnett, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. She makes hard-rockin' music with a great sense of humor, and that's the way to my heart. Taken from the LP: “Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit” - out through Milk! Records, House Anxiety/Marathon Artists ...

Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 4:48:26 pm
YouTube With today's excellent news about SCOTUS ruling in favor of Whole Women's Health and throwing out Texas' extreme anti-choice law (which masqueraded as a "women's health" measure), here's a really good John Oliver segment on abortion from a few months ago -- and the Whole Women's Health case is a ...

Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:07:46 am
NBC News Fantastic news from the Supreme Court this morning, as one of America's most repressive right wing attempts to outlaw abortion by fiat has been struck down. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday struck down one of the nation's toughest restrictions on abortion, a Texas law that women's groups said ...

Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 8:53:18 pm
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Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 4:22:51 pm
Image via Shutterstock Republicans wouldn't even vote to pass the measures they sponsored themselves today. Just one more spineless, cowardly day for a group of politicians bought and paid for by the NRA. The NRA has given more than $36 million to the 56 GOP senators who blocked 4 gun control measures today ...

Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 8:44:52 pm
Vimeo An apocalyptic short comedy about love and neuroses, written and directed by Heather Jack www.facebook.com/letsnotpanic 2 015 Tribeca Film Festival World Premiere 2015 Mill Valley Film Festival Official Selection 2015 Tacoma Film Festival Official Selection 2015 Heartland Film Festival Official Selection 2015 Napa Valley Film Festival Official Selection 2015 Underexposed Film Festival Director's Choice 2016 Santa Barbara International ...

Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 6:32:26 pm
Frontpage / Shutterstock.com This is why I could never be a politician. Donald Trump infamously insulted Senator John McCain to the very core of his being with a grotesque statement about McCain's time as a prisoner of war (during which he was mercilessly tortured): "I like people that weren't captured." And now here's ...

Mon, May 23, 2016 at 11:18:28 am
Imagine my overwhelming surprise that even Lindsey Graham, who called Donald Trump "crazy" and "a race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot" just a few months ago, is now bailing out of #NeverTrump and joining the #GoTrumpGo movement. (CNN)Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Donald Trump's fiercest critics, is now calling on Republicans to ...

Mon, May 16, 2016 at 11:08:13 am
For years he's been one of the most unhinged writers at Breitbart "News," but today we learn the reason why John Nolte's byline hasn't appeared at the site for two months: @Capitalics I resigned from Breitbart 2 mos ago. — John Nolte (@NolteNC) May 16, 2016 Scanning through his Twitter timeline, it's ...

Sun, May 15, 2016 at 6:49:59 pm
Could this election possibly get any weirder? After all, we already have a racist Birther billionaire running for president on the GOP side, so how could it get any more bizarre than it already is? Answer: if that racist Birther billionaire selects Sarah Palin as his running mate. Ben Carson, the ...

Fri, May 13, 2016 at 4:42:50 pm
http://www.bobcesca.com/podcast/051216 /BCS_051216.mp3 Today's program from our podcasting affiliate, The Bob & Chez Show: Snot Walker: Trump's Butler Posts Insane Facebook Message; Paul Ryan Meets with Trump; Republicans Kiss Trump's Orange Butt; Trump's Name is Mentioned Thousands of Times in the Panama Papers; Trump's Nickname for Bernie Sanders; Stephen Colbert Interviews Trump's Insult ...

Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:53:17 pm
YouTube May 9, 2016 by TOM HUIZENGA • Violinist Lara St. John has attitude in spades. It's in the sound of her playing and in the arc of her career. Her first album cover sparked controversy, prompting many classical-music observers to wonder about her motivations until they heard the passionate Bach ...

Tue, May 10, 2016 at 12:45:27 pm
Here they go again. Following a thinly-sourced report at Gizmodo that Facebook "suppresses" conservative news sites by preventing them from showing up in the Trending News section, the entire right wing universe launched into an orgy of whiny victimhood because they knew this was happening they just knew it! The ...

Mon, May 9, 2016 at 8:21:51 pm
He's endorsing Hillary only because he thinks Donald Trump will destroy the Republican Party for years to come (and he's right about that), but Bret Stephens is the latest hardcore Hillary hater to bite the bullet. The best hope for what’s left of a serious conservative movement in America is ...

Fri, May 6, 2016 at 11:53:08 am
The sycophantic relationship of MSNBC's Joe Scarborough with Donald Trump is a long-running joke by now; in his speech to the White House Correspondents' Dinner Larry Wilmore cracked, “Morning Joe has their head so far up Donald Trump’s ass they bumped into Chris Christie.” Well, it looks like that cozy, mutually ...

Wed, May 4, 2016 at 11:20:30 am
Credit: Gage Skidmore He was hopelessly outgunned from the start, posing as a "moderate Republican" (he isn't; he's as extreme as Ted Cruz on social issues), and now the last obstacle to the Trumpenstein's domination of the right wing universe is gone. John Kasich is dropping his presidential bid, according to ...