Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 9:17:06 pm
This is one of the most spectacular views of Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft; more images here: Pluto 'Wows' in Spectacular New Backlit Panorama | NASA. Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft looked back toward the sun and ...

Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 1:15:39 pm
Christopher Halloran / Shutterstock.com As we wrote in the previous post, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina blatantly lied in last night's debate about a gory scene in one of those deceptively edited Planned Parenthood "sting" videos; she described this imaginary scene like this: "A fully formed fetus on the table, its ...

Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:26:32 am
YouTube There were lots of distortions emanating from the Republican debate stage last night, but Carly Fiorina's outright lies about Planned Parenthood had to have been the most appalling. Fiorina called on Hillary Clinton and President Obama to watch the videos produced by religious right group Center for Medical Progress, and said ...

Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 7:34:29 pm
Image via Shutterstock Here's another thread for the second Republican debate, to keep up with the crazed lies and hypocrisy coming off that stage at the Reagan Library. This segment comes right after advertisements from the Koch brothers and the anti-immigrant hate group NumbersUSA.

Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 6:11:38 pm
Here's what I tweeted a little while ago: They're all bragging about "defunding Planned Parenthood." Yeah, good for you! You deprived women of health care! Yay! — Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) September 17, 2015 And now they're moving on to immigration, so we can expect a hefty dose of crazed xenophobia in this ...

Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 5:17:47 pm
Image via Shutterstock Here we go. The Donald Trump debate begins now. Here's our thread to express horror and dismay.

Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 3:05:08 pm
Image via Shutterstock Here's our first thread to discuss, mock and laugh at the second tier Republican candidates as they "debate" on CNN. I put the word "debate" in quotes because this really is nothing like a formal debate; it's more a forum to let candidates recite their stump speeches and ...

Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 1:03:17 pm
Mollie Hemingway is Senior Editor for conservative journal The Federalist, and this was her reaction to the arrest of 9th grader Ahmed Mohamed for bringing a self-built digital clock to school. The deleted tweet pic.twitter.com/f9ptRIdEHx — Michele (@inthefade) September 16, 2015 She deleted it. So here’s a screenshot. pic.twitter.com/X3WjlhlIuq — Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) ...

Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:18:58 pm
The right wing establishment group Club for Growth has launched a couple of high-priced attack ads at Donald Trump (reportedly costing more than a million dollars), trying to paint him as a stealth liberal. Here they are: YouTube YouTube It's kind of weird to watch these, because they betray a fundamental misunderstanding of Donald ...

Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 1:27:28 pm
Speaking of racism, as we were in the previous post, today a writer for Glenn Greenwald's The Intercept website called Daily Beast columnist Maajid Nawaz ... a "talking monkey." Nice shot of Sam Harris with his well-coiffed talking monkey: pic.twitter.com/O13U69dsIl — Murtaza Hussain (@MazMHussain) September 15, 2015 Some of Hussain's readers reacted ...

Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:44:45 am
a katz / Shutterstock.com In his speech to Liberty University, Sen. Bernie Sanders made the following objectively true statement: "I would also say that as a nation - the truth is, that a nation which in many ways was created, and I'm sorry to have to say this, from way back ...

Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:47:21 am
Anti-gay hate group Family Research Council announced today that they're giving their "Cost of Discipleship Award" to none other than Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, as she begins the usual right wing cycle of cashing in on her high-profile bigotry. In announcing the award, Perkins praised Davis for her "courage" in ...

Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 6:59:25 pm
California Governor Jerry Brown heard about GOP candidate Ben Carson's rote recital of the Republican Party's anti-science talking points on climate change, and sent him the following official letter, accompanied by a flash drive filled with scientific evidence: Dear Dr. Carson, I hope you enjoyed your visit to the Golden State. ...

Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 5:59:07 pm
Rich Koele / Shutterstock.com Rand Paul's campaign is pretty much running on fumes at this point, and this quote almost made me feel sad for him -- because he obviously understands he's being whipped by a creepy charlatan. Rand tells me re: Trump: "Someone has to bring him down. Someone has to ...

Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 4:13:43 pm
It took Kim Davis less than a week to start pushing her bigoted agenda again, enabled by a team of religious right lawyers who are playing her like a violin: Kentucky Clerk Asks for Order Allowing All Couples to Marry to Be Put on Hold. WASHINGTON -- Lawyers for Rowan ...

Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 3:26:21 pm
Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com With one last feeble slap at his nemesis Donald Trump, Rick Perry is the first Republican candidate to bail out. That is why today I am suspending my campaign for the presidency of the United States," he said, adding that he has "no regrets" about his run. He ...

Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:23:59 pm
Yes, folks, he's walking back his "clown" remarks, but he's still very unhappy with the weirdo from Wasilla. The super-long post is at his Facebook page, but Right Wing Watch has most of it here: A Contrite Glenn Beck Apologizes for Calling Sarah Palin a 'Clown'. We all have bad ...

Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:52:51 am
http://www.bobcesca.com/podcast/091015 /BCS_091015.mp3 Kicking off Friday with the latest edition of The Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show: So Much Winning: Colbert's Debut on The Late Show; Christian Sharia Law on the March; Shep Smith for the Win; Sarah Palin's Incoherent Iran Speech; Huckabee Says Dred Scott is Still the Law of the ...

Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 6:48:06 pm
National Review's Jim Geraghty is disturbed and upset because Donald Trump isn't intoning the correct magic right wing words in his speeches: Donald Trump's Message Doesn't Include 'Liberty' or 'Freedom'. Did you ever think you would see the day when the GOP front-runner rarely uttered the words "freedom" and "liberty"? Perhaps ...

Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:46:45 pm
That high-pitched whining sound you hear is the Republican Party: Dems Filibuster Iran Vote. Senate Democrats held ranks Thursday and blocked a resolution disapproving the Iran nuclear deal, handing President Obama a major political victory. Only a few months earlier, some Senate opponents of the deal predicted they would be able ...

Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:07:03 pm
Phil Plait has more images here, but this picture of the left side of Sputnik Planum, the "heart" area of Pluto, is absolutely breathtaking. The light-colored plane is probably frozen nitrogen.

Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 12:33:48 pm
Image via Shutterstock YouTube Sure, Donald Trump is horrible. But you have to admit his candidacy is leading to some fantastic inadvertent right wing comedy; moments like this. "I'm going to say it," Beck declared, "I don't care what Sarah Palin says any more. Sarah Palin has become a clown. I'm embarrassed ...

Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 9:02:20 am
SoundCloud In case you thought the Kim Davis story wasn't already grotesque enough, now the extreme right wing, batshit crazy, heavily armed Oath Keepers militia has announced they're going to prevent federal marshals from detaining the anti-gay Kentucky clerk if/when she decides to break the law again. Oath Keepers founder Stewart ...

Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 7:39:01 pm
Northfoto / Shutterstock.com At today's ridiculous, poorly-attended Tea Party rally against the Iran nuclear deal, Donald Trump used the R.E.M. song, "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" as his walk-on music. The band was not amused: R.E.M. Slam Trump: 'Go Fuck Yourselves'. "Go fuck ...

Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 5:41:49 pm
a katz / Shutterstock.com The Rolling Stone cover article on Donald Trump contains this lovely anecdote about Trump commenting on Carly Fiorina, capturing the boorish misogynistic nature of this repellent dancing right wing clown: On the Trail With the GOP's Tough Guy. With his blue tie loosened and slung over his ...