So Much for Dignity

“I wish the world hadda recognized him when he were living.”
Is Joe Jackson drunk?  What a poor excuse for a father.  Shouldn’t Michael Jackson’s father be planning a funeral, not going to an awards show and plugging a record label? Sorta explains this resemblance, doesn’t it?

Yes, Michael, we have [...]

There Is No Truth To the Rumor . . .

Every Friday, we take a look around and debunk gossip, bust urban legends, and, we hope, give you a little smile to start your weekend.
There Is No Truth To the Rumor that when South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s wife discovered his affair with his Argentinian mistress, she tried to secede from their marriage.  Mark Sanford: [...]

I’ll Be There

Let’s remember Michael Jackson when he was young and talented and sweet and true, before all that stuff from the last few years.

It’s About Time

A white supremacist in New Jersey was arrested on charges of threatening to assault or murder three federal appeals court judges in Illinois.
Hal Turner, a blogger and internet radio show host, published a map showing the judges’ Chicago office, along with the statement,
“Let me be the first to say this plainly: These judges deserve to [...]

There Is No Truth To the Rumor . . .

Every Friday, we take a look around and debunk gossip, bust urban legends, and, we hope, give you a little smile to start your weekend.
There Is No Truth To the Rumor that the GOP’s “alternative health care plan” announced this week was scribbled on a napkin at a lobbying lunch five minutes before the press [...]

Thank Goodness He’s Not President!

Of course, everyone’s entitled to an opinion, but as usual, John McCain’s and the Wall Street Journal’s opinions are seriously flawed about President Obama’s reaction to the Iranian elections.
If John McCain had been elected president, can you imagine the gunboat diplomacy he’d be using on Iran and North Korea about now?  Senator Seldom-Right-But-Always-Certain would just sail [...]

Roads Are Life or Death Around Here

We’ve heard it so often, it’s become a cliche.  ”To break the gridlock on the highways, we have to break the partisan gridlock in Richmond.”  
As much of the country talked about shovel-ready projects, the General Assembly again walked away, doing less than nothing about transportation in an election year.
In hurricane season and election season, [...]

Holocaust Museum Shooter’s Son Apologizes

The 32 year old son of James von Brunn, the white supremacist and convicted felon who stormed the Holocaust Museum with a rifle on Wednesday, killing a security guard, has apologized for his father’s actions, calling them “unforgivable.”  Von Brunn’s son also explained the destructive effect on his own family of his father’s hatred, warned [...]

There Is No Truth To the Rumor . . .

Every Friday, we take a look around and debunk gossip, bust urban legends, and, we hope, give you a little smile to start your weekend.
There Is No Truth To the Rumor that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (at left–right, in February) was serious about demanding time to study all of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s [...]

Sotomayor Turned Me Into A Newt! (I Got Better.)

Enjoy this glimpse inside a Republican strategy session as they plot ways to defeat Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s Supreme Court nomination at Senate hearings later this summer.

Seriously, though, short of accusing Judge Sotomayor of being a witch, Newt Gingrich and others have accused her of being a racist.  (See Karl Rove playbook, [...]