Alternate Brain

Our pal Patrick of I speak dog is traveling abroad as the guest drummer in a really loud rock band. England, France, Spain. Go read his jou...

Americablog Tucked in to the bottom of an article in the New York Daily News about the Hoyer/Murtha election was this little tidbit: Fo...

And shameless blogwhoring. This week's installment (Chapter Five) of my novel The Captains is up at Fixer and Old White Lady's Wri...

The Mail via BuzzFlash : Tony Blair admitted that British intervention in Iraq has been a disaster last night - sending shockwaves through ...

How you Vietnam guys feel about this? I wonder how the Chimp feels with Uncle Ho looking over his shoulder saying "Missed you the first...

Raw Story In a letter addressed to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, soon to be chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D...

Don Davis While George Bush the Elder is currently being hailed for pulling in the reins on his ne'er-do-well son, local authorities in ...

L.A. City Beat The midterm election was a long night, and I didn't rise until the next afternoon, but when I did finally drag my hangov...

From one who always seems to come up with great quotes, our pal 42 on Mitt Romney's Presidential aspirations: ... I guess the next thin...

I can't beat her? She's my wife, ain't she? Another of the 'values crowd' shows his true colors* : State Rep. Mark Ols...

Almost 7 min long, this video packs a lot of doom... There is a detailed diary on this on DKos, so here's a bare outline of how 2 polic...

I've had one of these decals - yes, decal - on my toolbox for thirty years and I decided I needed another one and found one on the int...

San Francisco Chronicle . Story and pictures. Steven said Del Norte County officials received a notification from the National Weather Servi...

Sidney Blumenthal via True Blue Liberal . Read the whole thing. Bush family guardians James Baker and others are trying to rescue "Son...

Yahoo News BOGOR, Indonesia - A renowned black magic practitioner performed a voodoo ritual Thursday to jinx President George W. Bush and hi...

David Sirota I thought when the campaign ended, we would all get a break from people lying about the Iraq War - and especially from faux ...

Think Progress Yesterday, the White House website featured a graphic with the flags of the three countries he's visiting on his trip - S...

You know, I get this feeling that something's gonna happen. I can't help thinking that the White House cabal has something up their...

Would you go to a tobacco company for help to quit smoking, a beer company to keep your kids from drinking, or an oil company to help you co...

Four years makes : WASHINGTON - Mississippi Sen. Trent Lott, ousted from the top Senate Republican leadership job four years ago because of ...