Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:03:34 pm
OK, the new release of Mountain Lion is downloaded and a safe copy made, I have a current backup of my startup drive, and the new ML-compatible versions of Xcode and Pages are installed. Every time I upgrade Mac OS I get a little nervous, expecting problems; I think too much ...

Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:42:48 am
Los Angeles Times reporter Maeve Reston was at Mitt Romney's fund-raiser at the home of far right billionaire David Koch in the super-exclusive Long Island community of East Hampton, and interviewed one of Romney's wealthy donors -- who had some interesting remarks about the "common people." EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. – ...

Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:57:10 pm
Wingnuts may be deranged, but they're nothing if not creative. Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett pestered Hawaiian officials into providing him even more verification that President Obama was born in Hawaii, but this was just a speed bump on Bennett's Conspiracy Highway. Kids! Are you ready for the new, improved ...

Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:57:43 pm
The far right religious fanatics of "Live Action" are pushing yet another "hidden camera" hit job on Planned Parenthood today, a hit job so obvious and inept that Planned Parenthood caught on to Live Action's sneaky activities more than a month ago. This time, the heavily edited video is supposed to ...

Fri, May 11, 2012 at 10:14:40 pm
There's always free cheddar in a mousetrap, baby It's a deal, it's a deal -- Tom Waits, "God's Away On Business"

Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:51:53 pm
YouTube Video Well, I got some flowers coming in Got some friends that all call me Jim But you can call me Honeypot 'Cause I like you a lot, yeah, yeah I'm the real thing, oh, baby I ain't no boy king, no, baby I'm a real man, honey I don't need my mama's money But it don't ...

Thu, May 3, 2012 at 10:27:06 am
Yesterday in suburban Phoenix, J.T. Ready, the most well-known neo-Nazi in the state of Arizona, massacred four members of his family including a 15-month old baby girl, then killed himself. Now anti-immigrant Arizona Republican leader Russell Pearce is desperately trying to distance himself from J.T. Ready. As Russell Pearce’s power in ...

Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:27:35 pm
Our WTF moment of the day comes via Michele Bachmann, who told the far right fake news site "Shark Tank" that President Obama was "waving a tar baby in the air." The Minnesota congresswoman and former Republican presidential candidate accused President Obama of "waving a tar baby in the air" ...

Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 11:24:50 am
How interesting! This morning I had a look at that Dan Riehl thread at Breitbart.com that was full of racist insanity, and discovered that administrators have been quietly deleting comments. So, after Riehl and "Investigative Writer" Mandy Nagy spewed insults at me all day yesterday on Twitter, and denied any responsibility ...

Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 8:39:58 pm
From the always wonderful ZooBorns, via Busch Gardens:

Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:36:17 am
I don't even know what to say about this any more; the comments about Trayvon Martin at Fox News are just unbelievable. Here's the article: Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Case of Black Teenager Killed by Neighborhood Watch Captain | Fox News. This opens the door for more than 3,000 comments ...

Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:15:13 pm
YouTube Video A couple weeks ago My wife and I Took a little trip down to Mexico Met this young girl there We brought her back with us Now she lives with us In our home She cleans the hallway She cleans the stairs She cleans the living room She wipes the baby's ass She drives the kids to school She does the ...

Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 6:20:56 pm
Speaking today in Kirkwood, Missouri, Mitt Romney clearly announced his intention to destroy Planned Parenthood. Also on Romney's hit list: two other social conservative targets, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. And his plan to lower gas prices: drill the living hell out of the ...

Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 8:44:33 pm
Before his death, Andrew Breitbart had been promising a true BOMBSHELL revelation about Barack Obama, a STUNNER that would finally put an end to Obama's reign of terror. Some whispered darkly that this may have been the reason for Breitbart's sudden mysterious collapse. Tonight, Breitbart's fearless heirs have unleashed the BREITBARTOCALYPSE! ...

Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:44:19 pm
Meet the new pride and joy of the Prague Zoo, one of two Rothschild giraffes born this month, via the Internet Center for the Study of Baby Animal Cuteness, ZooBorns.

Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:13:59 am
One thing the right is amazingly good at: circling their wagons around an issue and parroting talking points in absolute lockstep. Whenever a controversial issue pops up, the right wing blogs and media can be counted on to almost immediately start building their wall of noise. Today, they're all in unison ...

Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 10:01:05 am
Yes, they're at it again. In the Fox News article about Whitney Houston's daughter, we see the Fox News audience spewing the same kind of nauseating racial hatred they directed at Whitney: Concerns for Whitney Houston's Daughter Mount After Mom's Death | Fox News. Some of these comments were posted by ...

Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 1:25:40 pm
In an interview with CNN's Piers Morgan, Rick Santorum spelled out the inhuman belief system behind the anti-abortion crazies: Santorum To Rape Victims: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation'. SANTORUM: Well, you can make the argument that if she doesn’t have this baby, if she kills her child, ...

Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 5:22:11 pm
Born November 13 at a Tel Aviv zoo, this ungainly yet astoundingly cute baby is named Dolittle. (Via ZooBorns.) Click to embiggen

Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 5:41:42 pm
Oh brother. You thought William Shatner was weird? At first I was sure this was a parody, but no ... it's the real thing, baby! And it's definitely in the running for worst political ad of the season so far. Don't miss the surprising conclusion, a freaky shout-out to Cain's past ...

Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:46:53 pm
Here's an extraordinary speech on climate change and the insanely dangerous behavior of the right wing, by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), via Joe Romm. Mr. President, I am here to speak about what is currently an unpopular topic in this town. It has become no longer politically correct in ...

Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 12:55:46 pm
DERPThe amount of hatred directed at First Lady Michelle Obama by the right wing is disturbingly amazing, and no wingnut is more deranged than Jim "Dim" Hoft (aka "the Internet's dumbest man"). Yesterday the Prince of Derp stoked the outrage of his even dimmer readers by blatantly making up a story, ...

Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 2:33:13 pm
A 20-month old infant with a terminal disease died this week, after his parents sued the Canadian government to allow them to perform a tracheotomy to keep him alive: 'Baby Joseph' Dies at Home After Long Treatment Battle. The "pro-life" movement seized on this case, because they believe God wanted this ...

Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 6:31:26 pm
"Some way, baby, it's part of me, apart from me" You're laying waste to Halloween You fucked it, friend, it's on its head, it struck the street You're in Milwaukee, off your feet And at once I knew I was not magnificent Strayed above the highway aisle (Jagged vacance, thick with ice) I could see for ...

Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 1:49:59 pm
I'd sell your heart to the junkman baby For a buck, for a buck If you're looking for someone to pull you out of that ditch You're out of luck, you're out of luck Ship is sinking The ship is sinking The ship is sinking There's a leak, there's a leak in the boiler room The poor, ...