[W]hoever finally gets the Republican nomination will be a deeply flawed candidate. And these flaws won’t be an accident, the result of bad luck regarding who chose to make a run this time around; the fact that the party is committed to demonstrably false beliefs means that only fakers or the befuddled can get through the selection process.

Paul Krugman (via dmriedel)

A couple days old but still true. And fun.

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This is something I notice pretty much every time I watch a movie or TV. Saw “Friends with Benefits” recently. Fun. But where was any non-white person in that movie? It takes place in New York, for Christ’s sake.

Hat tip to Kel Munger on this one.

Ah, Newt. Making America safe for white people again. Or at least that’s his pledge. What a dick. I like how the hot florist is the freeze frame on the video.

At a town hall meeting here, the millionaire GOP presidential contender told his audience that he favors a tax policy that will help “those who have been hurt by the Obama economy.”

“And that’s the middle class,” Romney continued. “It’s not those in the low end; it’s certainly not those in the very high end. It’s for the great middle class - the 80 to 90 percent of us in this country.”
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A look at Romney’s personal financial disclosure form, however, reveals he’s in the bracket that President Obama is targeting with his proposed “Buffett rule” to tax millionaires. An analysis of Romney’s 28-page accounting of his wealth by the Boston Globe earlier this year put the former Massachusetts governor’s net worth at between $190 million and $250 million.

I’m sorry, but if Mittens Romney is middle class, I just got downgraded to Dickensian poor.
In one single post, Fox Nation debunks “global warming,” by making sure we all know famous liar Bill Clinton believes in it. Oh, Slam!
Yes, the fact that Bill Clinton was impeached for having sex with someone who wasn’t his wife definitely discredits his opinions on science.

In one single post, Fox Nation debunks “global warming,” by making sure we all know famous liar Bill Clinton believes in it. Oh, Slam!

Yes, the fact that Bill Clinton was impeached for having sex with someone who wasn’t his wife definitely discredits his opinions on science.

Riiiight, because without the American flags on his cowboy boots, no one would know where Rick Perry is from. This guy is demonstrably stupid, executes everyone he meets, and shoots animals while he works out. We get it, Rick! No one is more American than you are!

Riiiight, because without the American flags on his cowboy boots, no one would know where Rick Perry is from. This guy is demonstrably stupid, executes everyone he meets, and shoots animals while he works out. We get it, Rick! No one is more American than you are!

Nicolas Cage awoken by naked man with Fudgesicle

Today in: “Somehow this is a thing that actually happened.”

From Reuters:

For actor Nicolas Cage, making the new thriller movie “Trespass” hit close to home.

Cage, at the Toronto film festival along with director Joel Schumacher promoting the film about a home invasion, said that he has actually lived through the nightmare in real life.

“It was two in the morning. I was living in Orange County at the time and was asleep with my wife. My two-year old at the time was in another room. I opened my eyes and there was a naked man wearing my leather jacket eating a Fudgesicle in front of my bed,” he told reporters on Wednesday.

“I know it sounds funny … but it was horrifying.”

A Fudgesicle is a frozen, ice cream-like snack.

In an all-around fantastic article, our favorite part is that last line, although Reuters forgot to mention that Fudgesicles are delicious.

Speaking at Liberty Univ., TX Gov. Rick Perry (R) “offered himself … as a decidedly anti-intellectual candidate, making light of flunking out of some of his classes at Texas A&M University, and instead casting his life and presidential aspirations in deeply spiritual terms
Will someone please explain to me how this is a good thing? How on Earth is this something people are looking for in a Presidential candidate - in a leader at all?

Watch Megyn Kelly actually call a homophobic fuckhead a fuckhead (in safe-for-network-viewing language).

Huzzah, Belmont horses! This is certainly the greatest 9/11 tribute since Citarella slapped a bunch of shrimp and squid into the shape of an American flag. U-S-A! U-S-A!

Huzzah, Belmont horses! This is certainly the greatest 9/11 tribute since Citarella slapped a bunch of shrimp and squid into the shape of an American flag. U-S-A! U-S-A!