Taking Trump To The Dump (Update)

After enjoying weeks of prime time media exposure for his pandering to the Birthers’ crazy conspiracy theories, which did have the effect of  rocketing him to the the top tier of GOP presidential candidates (what does that tell ya), Donald Trump got his just desserts Saturday night at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Leading the televised evisceration was President Obama …

When Lightning Strikes

Don’t you just hate it when this happens? Saul of Tsarsus, aka the Apostle Paul, was a Jew, a highly trained Pharisee in fact. He enjoyed Roman citizenship, a privilege that less than 8% of those who lived in the vast Roman Empire at the time could claim. Legend has it that despite his penchant for helping send many early …

Birther Barf & Obama Derangement Syndrome

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Goldie Taylor exposing the racism at the core of Trumper Birtherism on the Rachel Maddow Show* [* Excuse the fracking fracking commercial.  I don’t have to wonder how Rachel feels about being sponsored by Exxon.] As should be apparent to anyone with half a brain, the whole Birther …

Atlas Mugged: Making The World Safe For Sociopaths

What do Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan, the Teabaggers, and Lucifer have in common? (If you want to feel the backward, you must click it.) In Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel and current movie, Atlas Shrugged, the ideological template for those wishing to usher in a new Gilded Age run by billionaire plutocrats like the Koch Brothers, Atlas is meant to symbolize …

Leaked Vid of Royal Wedding Rehersal

I routinely ignore media coverage of the upcoming royal wedding between Prince Whatzhizname, and his bride to be, the commoner and soon to be Princess Whatzhername, whenever same happens to pass before my cognitive screen. But as a longtime Monty Python fan who pines for the golden age of their satirical brilliance, this little ditty (ignore the commercial sponsor) had …

Norwegian Northern Lights

The Aurora from Terje Sorgjerd on Vimeo. Music by Lisa Gerrard, from the movie Gladiator.

Not Intended to Be A Fatual Statement: Scrubbed

Senator Jon Kyl (Rethug-AZ) lying on the Senate floor Barbara Morrill over at The Big Orange today reports the following: Last Friday, Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) stood on floor of the United States Senate and lied through his teeth, saying: If you want an abortion you go to Planned Parenthood and that’s well over 90% of what Planned Parenthood does. …