Dow Down, Blame Brown

Not really, the reasons are multifold, but using the logic of Fox News and the conservative media, the 157 point drop in the Dow is clearly a reaction to Scott Brown’s election last night, right guys? Riiiiight. Oliver WillisOne of the first political bloggers in the world, Oliver Willis has operated OliverWillis.com since 2000. Contributor … Read more

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Slaps Down Rush Limbaugh

Bwahahaha. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell failed to offer support of Rush Limbaugh’s bid to buy the Rams on Tuesday and said the talk-show host’s ‘divisive comments’ would not be welcome in the league. ‘I’ve said many times before, we’re all held to a high standard here,’ Goodell told reporters, via the New York Times. ‘I … Read more

Glenn Beck 9/12 Logo Based On Commie Designs

Of course, pretending to not be a communist would be the perfect cover for a communist, right? Unity and resistance are what the fist represented in 1917, when it was first employed by the Industrial Workers of the World, a union organization founded by socialists. And in the 1940s, when it stood for various nations’ … Read more

SNL Hires Two New Cast Members, Still…

I’m guessing their hiring may not be over, but is SNL going to go through another season without hiring any more minority cast members? The Fred Armisen Obama is a total mistake (SNL does best when they have a great political impression – Tina Fey as Palin, Will Ferrell as Bush, Phil Hartman as Clinton…), … Read more

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrested Trying To Get Into His Own Home

Remember how we totally solved racism that one time? Black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. is accusing a Massachusetts police department of racism after being arrested while trying to get into his locked home near Harvard University. Police say they were called to the home Thursday afternoon after a woman reported seeing a man try … Read more

Politico Gets Played By House Republicans

The imaginary alternative budget popped up today. Oliver WillisOne of the first political bloggers in the world, Oliver Willis has operated OliverWillis.com since 2000. Contributor at Media Matters for America and The American Independent. Follow on Twitter at @owillis. Full bio.

11 Days To Go

Let’s give Damon Weaver an event to cover in Washington in January… Oliver WillisOne of the first political bloggers in the world, Oliver Willis has operated OliverWillis.com since 2000. Contributor at Media Matters for America and The American Independent. Follow on Twitter at @owillis. Full bio.

McCain: I’m Losing Because “Life Isn’t Fair”

Call out the waaaaaahmbulance. Sen. John McCain said Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama’s poll numbers are rising as the economy seems to sink “because life isn’t fair.” “He certainly did nothing for the first few days,” McCain told Fox News on Thursday. “I suspended my campaign, took our ads down, came back to Washington, met … Read more

Dave “Mudcat” Saunders Is An Idiot And No Democrat Should Hire Him

In an interview with the London Times, political consultant and apparent snake oil salesman Dave “Mudcat” Saunders says the following: “The Democrats talk of tolerance, but in reality the only tolerance they ever exhibit is for their own intellectual arrogance — and they don’t have tolerance for my culture,” says Mudcat. “They think we’re a bunch … Read more

Media Bloggers Association And The AP Story

A lot of noise is being made about the Media Bloggers Association and their role in the AP cease and desist story. Most of it is uninformed. I’ve been a member since the thing began. It’s not a sham. It’s got members from the left and right. Robert Cox is a conservative, I don’t agree … Read more