Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:36:10 am
There are still well over 400 days left before the presidential election, so polls don't really mean a lot at this point; but still, it's surprising to see Bernie Sanders pull ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has rocketed past longtime front-runner Hillary Clinton ...

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:02:34 pm
The most memorable moment from Donald Trump's short press conference: he said Bernie Sanders was "weak" when he allowed #BlackLivesMatter protesters to take the microphone at his rally... and actually threatened to physically fight them if they tried to do the same thing to him. The exact quote: "I don’t know ...

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 4:28:29 pm
Video At this point I'm only interested in Donald Trump for the inadvertent comedy he's sure to provide. And here's another opportunity for that, as Trump gives his first press conference since the Clown Car Fox News debate.

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:56:33 am
SoundCloud People sometimes ask me why I bother paying attention to the extreme right wing American Family Association and their insane caveman spokesman Bryan Fischer. Aren't they just a fringe group with no real influence? No, they're not a fringe group at all. In fact, they're highly connected politically and it's not ...

Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 2:43:10 am
As St. Louis County Police stage mass arrests of black protesters for suspicion of possessing weapons, tonight in Ferguson, Missouri, the extreme right wing militia Oath Keepers are stalking the streets openly carrying assault rifles. And they were sent by conspiracy lunatic Alex Jones to protect his "reporters." One of the armed ...

Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 3:56:02 pm
Credit: @aussiecred The far-right propagandists at Breitbart "news" are denying it, of course, but BuzzFeed's McKay Coppins is reporting that he has sources inside the Breitbart fever swamp telling him Donald Trump is paying them for their non-stop glowing coverage of the rude, crude billionaire. According to four sources with knowledge ...

Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 11:18:39 am
It's a mark of how extreme the conservative movement has become that Republican candidates for President are now saying they're against abortion in all cases without exception, even for rape or when the mother's life is in danger. The latest one to come out and say this is Marco Rubio ...

Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 9:57:17 pm
Image via Shutterstock Just an old-fashioned open thread for a Sunday night.

Sun, Aug 9, 2015 at 1:45:41 pm
YouTube When he started to make the music that appears on his new album, trumpeter Terence Blanchard wasn't thinking of Eric Garner, Michael Brown or any of the other recent high-profile police killings of African-Americans. He was thinking of desired collaborators: Donald Ramsey, a bassist and high-school classmate; Oscar Seaton, ...

Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 9:34:43 pm
http://www.bobcesca.com/podcast/080615 /BCS_080615.mp3 Here's the latest edition of our podcast affiliate, the Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show. Jackass: Chez on Stephanie Miller's Happy Hour; Farewell to Jon Stewart and the End of Late Night Satire; The First GOP Debate; The Fake Story About Drinking Games; Jeb Bush Rips Donald Trump; Fox News ...

Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 10:46:10 am
In the aftermath of yesterday's comments by Donald Trump about Fox News debate moderator Megyn Kelly, RedState's own Erick Erickson decided to disinvite Trump from his extremist right wing confab. Apparently, Trump's comments were a bridge too far. It is a shame that a candidate for President confuses political correctness and ...

Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:31:28 pm
There's no video online as of this writing, but Donald Trump, the leading GOP candidate for President of the US, actually said this tonight on CNN: Trump actually said this about @MegynKelly: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her... wherever." — Brian Stelter ...

Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 2:35:15 pm
This is a hoot. The Donald has been ranting at Fox News, Megyn Kelly, Frank Luntz and Charles Krauthammer all day on Twitter. The mighty ego speaks: "@timjcam: @megynkelly @FrankLuntz @realDonaldTrump Fox viewers give low marks to bimbo @MegynKelly will consider other programs!" — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 7, 2015 ...

Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:01:16 pm
Image via Shutterstock And now, the wrap-up thread for the first Republican Fox News debate. Hoping these GOP debates will awaken liberals to the importance of fighting back, and voting. — Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 7, 2015 Because there's a very determined movement afoot to pull this country back into a very dark ...

Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 6:44:54 pm
Image via Shutterstock Here's another thread to comment on the insanity going on in the Fox News Republican "debate." The crazier the candidates talk, the more the audience applauds. Huckabee says he'll invoke the 5th and 14th Amendments to destroy safe, legal abortion in the US. Wow. — Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) August 7, 2015 ...

Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 5:56:28 pm
Credit: @aussiecred With 459 days still to go before the 2016 presidential election, Fox News brings you tonight's main event, featuring Donald Trump. I'd mention the other candidates, but let's face it -- nobody cares about them. Biff Trump is the new kid on the block. The Republican Party wishes Trump would ...

Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 2:14:41 pm
Image via Shutterstock Yes, it's time for the GOP candidates who didn't make the cut for the prime-time debate tonight to have their own sad mid-afternoon clown show. So here's our first open thread to marvel at how many clowns can fit into that tiny GOP car of policy opinions. The audience ...

Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 11:33:20 am
Rick Santorum is one of the many Republicans in this campaign's Crazy Clown Car who didn't make it into the "prime-time" debate tonight on Fox News, and boy is he ever whining about it. "They probably need to apologize to the American public more than the candidates; they're the ones ...

Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 9:15:36 pm
YouTube We live in an age of miracles and wonders. Sometimes, anyway. From a Million Miles: The Moon Crossing the Face of Earth. A NASA camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of ...

Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:13:54 pm
YouTube Here's the President's speech today at American University in Washington, DC. Brace yourself; this one goes deep, and it left a real mark on the GOP.

Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:01:26 pm
The Senate voted today on a Republican bill to harm millions of women, otherwise known as "defunding Planned Parenthood," and the bill failed to advance. It needed 60 votes to go further, and the final tally was 53-46 in a vote that broke almost entirely along party lines. And many of ...

Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:10:37 pm
Joan Walsh has an interesting piece on the rising popularity of the gross term "cuckservative" on the right, and what it actually means: The GOP Crack-Up Continues: The Raging Civil War Over the Disgusting "Cuckservative" Slur. "Cuckservative" started showing up in my Twitter mentions last week, after I suggested Donald ...

Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 5:40:28 pm
DERPHere we go again. It's one fake story after another from the right wing, and tonight they're all screaming in unison about a completely bogus outrage launched by discredited war criminal Allen West and quickly picked up by the Stupidest Man on the Internet, Jim Hoft, without ever checking to ...

Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 11:10:34 am
We may need a category named "Why Bother?" for this one, because the guy who's currently in first place in the GOP presidential field because the right wing base loves his outright xenophobia and racism has just fired a staffer for... outright xenophobia and racism. Sam Nunberg allegedly wrote racially ...

Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 6:02:11 pm
http://www.bobcesca.com/podcast/073015 /BCS_073015.mp3 Bob and Chez's latest podcast is a hoot as always. Sarah Palin Gets Totally Confused with Bill O'Reilly; The Insufferable Jesse Watters Punches More Hobos; It's Possible to Care About Cecil the Lion and Other Issues at the Same Time; Bob's Latest Twitter Battle with Dan Bidondi; The Bionic Dan ...