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Rest in peace, bro . Update: Digby : If you would like to have a surreal experience akin to the effects of downing ten shots of cheap tequil...

This one pisses me off. Fuckin' Kansas again. From the WaPo : KANSAS CITY, Kan., Dec. 8 -- Most of the time, 16-year-old Zach Rubio conv...

... Dead heroes are supposed to come home with their coffins draped with the American flag -- greeted by a color guard. But in reality, many...

The Poles don't believe Condi* . WARSAW, Poland -- Poland's prime minister said Saturday he has ordered an investigation into whethe...

From AlterNet : Many of our favorite sex toys are made with decidedly unhealthy chemicals. Is it time to kick the toxins out of the sack? So...

Will Durst grades the Bush administration. [...] But this report was strictly focused on the Administration's response to 9/11; the Com...

Bob's got a bunch of 'em.

... The single mother from Medford has been unexpectedly pulled from the inactive Army reserve and ordered to report for active duty by Feb....

A clear, concise table of Republican scandal . Thanks: Thomas Leavitt Update: Granny has another list .

And going home . Bush-administration officials privately threatened organizers of the U.N. Climate Change Conference, telling them that any ...

Now, we know how the wingnuts like to wrap themselves in their own icons, the 15...er, 10 Commandments, the Bible, Christmas, stuff like tha...

Pam does a wingnut . Stupid Country with a Nobel laureate . And Karlo hits close to home .

"I hate that camera, dad!"

Does that mean both sides abdicate their ethics and principles? Since 1998, there has been an ethics "truce" in the House of Repr...

Mrs. G sent me this in an e-mail today: Subject: Living Will A man and his wife were sitting in the living room and he said to her, "Ju...

People living in the Arctic have filed a legal petition against the US government, saying its climate change policies violate human rights. ...

Bob Geiger comes up with the one occasion to have WH Press Secretary Snot McClellan as a friend.

Our pal Jo Fish shows what Congress means by 'tax relief'. OK, so they gave themselves some cover by passing some tax relief for US...

I got a chuckle .

via BoingBoing : Insurgents Using Chem Weapons - On Themselves? This has to be the most bizarre twist in the WMD saga yet. Insurgents in Ira...