On Veterans' Day

No more veterans.

No more war.

Is that too much to ask?

Fact-Checkers: They Aren't Hard to Find

Attention, Associated Press: If you're going to essentially accuse someone of being a complete and utter cockmonger, then you might want to get the story correct before you do so, you stupid fucks.

State Sen. Ernie Chambers is suing God. He said on Monday that it is to prove a point about frivolous lawsuits.

Chambers said senators periodically have offered bills prohibiting the filing of certain types of suits. He said his main objection is that the constitution requires that the doors to the courthouse be open to all.

"Thus anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody -- even God," Chambers said.

Chambers said he decided to file the lawsuit after a suit was filed in early September in federal court against Lancaster County Judge Jeffre Cheuvront. He's the judge who was hearing a sexual assault case in which the plaintiff wants to use the words rape and victim during her testimony.

Hat tip to Pandagon for the story, and commenter Kaethe for bring the facts to light before things got much worse.

Boy, 8, Kills Dad and Man

From MSNBC: Boy, 8, charged with killing two, including dad

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona - Police in this small eastern Arizona community are looking into the possibility that an 8-year-old boy who is charged with killing his father and another man with a rifle had been abused, the police chief said Saturday.

The boy, who faces two counts of premeditated murder, did not act on the spur of the moment, Police Chief Roy Melnick said.

I'm just left wondering when the vultures will descend on this one. This sounds like a prime opportunity for them to re-establish a foothold in the media, now that the election is over.

And to go with the new name...

a new look!

Courtesy of your graphic monkey, Phage. Slight tweaks still coming, but it's getting there.

Nebraska splits.

From Omaha.com: Obama wins electoral vote in Nebraska

The Democratic presidential candidate claimed an electoral vote in the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District — the first time in more than four decades a Democrat won any of Nebraska’s electoral votes.

See, now? Now we're just being greedy.

The future of the Republican party.

Hello again all, it's time for another edition of: The Podium

So the election has come and gone, and Obama won with 364 electoral votes, and 53% of the popular vote, a win over his opponent of 7%.

A sound drubbing against the Republican machine, and now we watch as the Republicans turn on themselves. I've seen numerous hard-line conservatives saying that they lost because they weren't conservative enough, that they must ostracize and cast off the moderates, the "mavericks".

Other than the ridiculous logic of that, "The country went left, what will we do?" "I KNOW! Let's go farther right!" I have been giving it some thought.

To any conservatives out there, I think you're right. No really, I think the only option is to refine your message, make it more 'pure'. Absolutely. Toss out the intellectual Conservatives, toss out the moderates, the libertarians, the mavericks. Kick them to the curb.

It's for the good of your party, and more importantly our nation. Because you'll never be anything but a regional party again by doing that, and that's good for everyone.

(Edit. I fucked up the percentages.)

The Last Frontier of GOP Dishonesty

Stop Alaska Voter Fraud

Seems there's a bit of a discrepancy in Alaska. Oh, obviously it doesn't mean there's anything foul afoot; that would be dumb of us to say, right? I mean, obviously things like ACORN are real fraud while stuff like this is just us being evil liberal partisans, right?

Doing favors

And now, a message from your local skeptic:

Sylvia Browne

I encourage everyone to put that link on their weblogs, in their link lists, everywhere they can. Go here for more info.

Chris Wallace on Daily Show

COMEDY GOLD.

Watch it here.

The Palin reveal begins.

I'm expecting quite a bit of this in the next few days, as the avalanche of information about Sarah Palin begins to appear - after all they don't need to put up appearances anymore.



We are SO lucky to have dodged this bullet.

Michael Crichton Dies at 66

From the Chicago Tribune: Author Michael Crichton dies at 66

LOS ANGELES - Michael Crichton, the doctor-turned-author of bestselling thrillers such as "The Terminal Man" and "Jurassic Park" and a Hollywood writer and director whose credits include "Westworld" and "Coma," has died. He was 66.

Crichton died in Los Angeles on Tuesday "after a courageous and private battle against cancer," his family said in a statement.

It's tempting to point up the fact that Crichton had submitted to right-wing hackery and immaturity in recent years... but if it's all right with everyone, I'll just remember him as the guy who wrote Jurassic Park.

Adpot-A-Wingnut Returns

Well, now that things have changed somewhat in this former rathole of a country, I feel it's time to do something good. I'm restarting my Adopt-A-Wingnut program.

You see, now that we've come to our senses and gotten past bigotry (somewhat), wingnuts are going to be taking it pretty hard. Wingnuts aren't like you and me; they're unstable and prone to harming themselves or others when they lose. Sane right-wingers aren't like that, but wingnuts certainly are.

Therefore, now is the time to adopt your favorite wingnut and make sure they don't do anything stupid.

A New Name for a New Era

At long last, I gave this place the new name I've always wanted to give it.

The URL hasn't changed, just the name.

Now how much do I need to change to totally revamp this place...?

INDIANA TURNS BLUE!

MSNBC JUST CALLED INDIANA FOR OBAMA.

Attn. John McCain:

Thank you for being the better man. For knowing that you shouldn't fight in a situation like this.

But fuck your crowd for still being gutless slime.