Monthly Archive:: January 2009

The Audacity of Nope – Colbert

Colbert’s response to the house Republicans voting against the stimulus package:

What century do we live in again?

A hospital in England is being investigated by a chaplain because people think it’s haunted: Staff at Derby City General hospital, where a £334m building project is ongoing, have reportedly seen a mysterious apparition in the building.

Edward Current on Occam’s Razor

Best Lines: “It wasn’t fire and gravity [that caused the WTC towers to collapse].  It was secret ninjas of the shadow government. Ask any Ron Paul supporter.”

Irony meters explode worldwide

I missed this when it first came out, but a top official at the Vatican had this to say about President Obama getting rid of the global gag rule: The same day, the secular Milan daily Corriere

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most biased of them all?

If you’re one to pay attention to the major news networks, you may have noticed they’ve been covering Obama’s stimulus plan, which the Republicans really, really despise. Guess which one has been extremely biased towards the Republicans

Why the Republicans Oppose Obama

So funny I forgot to laugh

Number 41 on pro-choice women: For those of you who can’t watch or don’t want to watch the video here’s the rundown: Talking head says something about lighter moments, Bill Clinton & cuts to: Pappy Bush making

Boy Scouts: Enemy of Equality

What else can you say about an organization that fought for the right to discriminate against atheists and gay people? Oh, I know. Ignoring the fact that the Boy Scouts (BSA) chose to discriminate ,  is suffering

Darwin the Abolitionist?

Did you know that Charles Darwin was an abolitionist as were other of his family members and that it may have motivated his research into natural selection? Science historians Adrian Desmond and James Moore have compiled compelling

Blagojevich: "I Thought About Mandela, Dr. King, And Gandhi"

You may have read about Blagojevich comparing himself to the biggest names in Civil and Human Rights, but here’s your chance to actually watch him do it: Words fail me. Well, no they don’t. It’s absolutely fucking