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Very Serious Question
Why aren't there angry mobs of shoe-tossing citizens grouped outside of the corporate headquarters of bailout recipients like Merrill Lynch?
Four Days
In four days, President Obama accomplished the following: •Closed Guantanamo •Banned the use of torture by the CIA and all other personnel •Closed CIA "Black Sites" •Restricted the use of executive...
389 Years Ago
Poster artist Jess Bachman created a poignant text-based image documenting 389 years of African American history.View the full poster after the jump...
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "The Home Economics Story" Part 1 of 2
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the constant variety of cable news hackery, and whatever else shmears your bagel. Tonight! He won.
‘I Won’ Means ‘Don’t Take Advantage’
Apropos of the president's earlier "I won" remark: Clearly the president's bipartisanship has a very well defined limit. Basically, the Republicans can eat at the Big Boy Table -- that is until they...
The Hope Photograph
Someone found the source photograph for Shepard Fairey's HOPE poster. After the jump...
Quote of the Day
"I won." —President Barack Obama to Congressional Republicans griping about his economic recovery program. This is a pretty big deal. It indicates that the president will take the bipartisanship only...
The Biggest Bird-Flipping Of All Time
Genius.
Inauguration Panoramic
Photographer David Bergman assembled an incredible panoramic of the inaugural dais during President Obama's address. This is a must-see.
Run Away, Brave Sir Rudy!
The following terrorists are being held in Florence, Colorado: Zacarias Moussaoui, Conspirator in the September 11, 2001 attacks Omar Abdel-Rahman, "The Blind Sheik"; involved in 1993 WTC bombing...
Most Ridiculous Story of the Day
This. They should've forced Chief Justice Roberts to lip-sync.
Dracooooolah
Rudy Giuliani just now on Morning Joe: It's very, very strange that on the day the president announced this, they discovered a guy that was released, who was killing people. (laughter) I follow this...
Yeah, I’m Taking the Bait
Limbaugh is clearly baiting everyone with the crazy. And okay -- I'm taking the bait because it's important to remind ourselves who's running the show on the far-right. And I'm obsessive about the...
They Do What?!
I really hope she meant to say "fist bump."
Morning Awesome
Afghan Whigs - "Gentleman"
Worst Person
Rush Limbaugh: "We are being told that we have to hope he succeeds, that we have to bend over, grab the ankles, bend over forward, backward, whichever, because his father was black, because this is...
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for mocking the cable news hackery, and whatever else is smacking you silly. Tonight! Clintons! Kennedys! Drama!
Let This One Really Sink In
President Obama today: On the 36th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we are reminded that this decision not only protects women’s health and reproductive freedom, but stands for a broader principle: that...