2008

Sep

Perfectly summarizes why I don’t have any sympathy for Sarah Palin.

Aug

Jul

Segment from This American Life about a Chicago hotdog stand that has suspended the normal rules of...

Awesome music video

“We had to keep Fannie and Freddie in business, but we could...”
— Dean Baker

I met the Walrus

Conservatives And Jesse Helms

Jun

A tempting view

Barack Obama: More Popular Than Jesus,...

Can’t tell if this is robbery or larceny. I guess I need to hit those MBE flashcards some...

I guess you’ll do

“It’s hard to believe right now, but it was only two...”
— Greg Sargent, TPM Election...

If every press conference were like a Tom Waits press conference we’d be a little more than...

“Tomorrow I will go to the African American cemetery outside...”
— An African American reader of...

Apropos for today

May

Gin, Television, and Social Surplus

Yet another reason Radiohead is awesome

China pwns U.S.

An indictment of the entire Clinton campaign

Clinton Campaign Threatens "Open Civil War"

Great new video from Weezer featuring a ton of YouTube memes.

Nebraska Justice

This is why I <3 Obama

Absolutely disgusting. I can’t even begin to describe how appalled I am.

Apr

ANGEL OF NO MERCY.

“I began to understand what it meant when the curtain of the...”
— Shane Claiborne, The...

Great Obama mashup

How long will women shoulder the blame for...

Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising...

Maybe we can just skip the rest of the primaries and...

“It is a reminder of what an utterly different era it was in...”
— Ben Smith of The Politico,...

Why we're getting nowhere in Iraq

Bill Clinton a flip-flopper? Maybe all that hanging out with Kerry in ‘04 rubbed off on him

The First 21st-Century Campaign

Obama's Feeling Like a Pimp?

Dear Bulk Mailer

France PSA touting condom use. Or something.

Super disturbing Canadian workers’ safety PSAs. The soup lady is definitely the worst.

The dangers of being a TV news reporter

CLASSES MY TOP-TIER LAW SCHOOL SHOULD HAVE...

Jon Stewart puts the whole Bitter-gate kerfluffle in perspective.

Fantastic perspective on Rev. Wright

What are you afraid of?

“Barack Obama bowled a 37. Is he black enough for you now?”
— Bill Maher

Black is the new President

Hillary Receives 3 a.m. Phone Call From...

What happens when you slow down an Apple ad starring Jeff Goldblum? You get an Apple ad starring a...

“Even more unsettling is the fact that government is partly...”
— Florida’s NippleGate

What passes for after dinner...

Wife: Your tummy is makin' lots of noises.
Me: That's because I'm cooking meth in there.

Mar

What a charming bottle

Lessig @ UPenn 4 Barack

Original Ending for "I Am Legend"

Clinton & Wright

Senator Clinton’s remarks that she would have left Trinity over Rev. Wright’s...

Illuminating, but in a way that only further muddies the question of what to do in Iraq.

Best Protest Sign Ever

That NPR Interview

The Long Defeat

That was a bad idea.

Welcome Evan James

I was a huge McCain fan back in 2000, and if I’d had my way, he would have been elected...

An abridged history of American-centric warfare. Countries are represented by their food.

There Will Be Bud

The $3 Trillion War

A different kind of liberal. Make sure to watch the whole thing.

Jesus Christ, War Criminal

Does this qualify as an endorsement?

Why this Republican is voting for Obama

Feb

Words Aren't Cheap

Savage on the Democrats' fucked up...

Obama's Open Letter To Gay Americans

I’m running for President to build an America that lives up to our founding promise of equality...

Life imitates West Wing

Disk encryption not so secure?

Discounting experience.

“Let me lobby you for a second”

Wikilinks shut down by court order

Why words matter

“We’ll have as much spine as we possibly can, under the...”
— Senator Hillary Clinton

A day late for the holiday, but priceless nevertheless.

Char-lay! I’m so going to teach my kids to speak in a British accent.

One of the very best videos on the internets

The Clintons' Terror Pardons

A critical question on this superest of Tuesdays

The Year of the Organizer

Missing Information

Miller’s response to all the commercials from Sunday’s Super Bowl. Very funny, and very...

Arlen Specter considering hearings on...

On ESPN’s “Outside The Lines”, Specter told host Bob Ley that he will call...

Stopping Time @ Grand Central Station

This Is Your Army, Breaking

People sometimes talk about “doing what it takes in Iraq”, or “giving the surge...

Jan

A Progressive Endorsement

Obama’s diagnosis of the obstacles to progress is twofold. First, that the division of the...

The Stupid Party

Minneapolis may ban elephant rides

As a former wrestler, I am completely in awe of this move.

He sent me to dinosaur times!

Evolution

[S]omething essential shifted inside of me and in my 43 years, I have never experienced anything...

And what if the Karl Rove virus does...

Watching the debate last night, I wondered what happens when we become as bad as they. (WE=Dems;...

Obama is a leader, not