Alternate Brain

Follow up to Thursday's post : LATimes So far this year, five people have died on Mt. Whitney, and an untold number of hikers have suffe...

Yikes McGee's blog It's true that the Democrats are total chickens, but they're our chickens for the most part, and if we abando...

Bob Koehler Speaking out a year ago against the idea of holding civilian trials for terrorism suspects, Liz Cheney captured the paranoid arr...

So, about 10 days ago, our older (20 month) dog Chooch went under the knife. As responsible dog owners, spaying/neutering is de rigeur . Da...

A very nice clip of Emmylou harries. Unfortunately a WMG Chappel. si expect it to go off and me with it. Thanks to fairopinion , UK.

Heh ... Breitbatshit refuses to go on NPR until they rehire Juan Williams*. I'd say that's a win-win for NPR . *And just to make cl...

The run-up to election day - this way madness lies. I'm so disgusted by all the crap the Repugs are pulling, you know, tons of money to ...

Witness: I quit al Qaeda over lack of health benefits Not much of a burial program either. Nothing left to bury.

Michael Winship Here in New York State, of course, we have Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who combines the boyish charm o...

I don't think this was the doing of the evil Muslims: LATEST: The package that was sent to [Rep. Raul] Grijalva’s office today was cove...

As we all know, the definition of "small business" in the United States is a very wide, gray area. The other day, Idiot Glenn Bec...

The Rude One follows up on Fixer's post : One part of the picture that's missing here is that the journalistic landscape has change...

EssEffChron Snowstorms are hampering the search for three missing hikers on California's Mt. Whitney. Park spokeswoman Dana Dierkes says...

And yer point is...? Last coupla ¶ of an op-ed by George Skelton , LATimes : A blogger who calls himself the Cowboy Libertarian, Dorinson ad...

Der Spiegel , a 'recommended read'. US Tea Party Should Keep Its Hands Off Hitler For most Germans, though, the Hitler comparisons a...

Fez : No intelligent statement has ever followed, "I'm not a bigot, but..."

Most of the time, when Long Island makes news lately, it's because some redneck, cracker assholes (and boy do we have our share) decided...

Being I'm doing the puppy thing right now, this little vid gave me a laugh: Thanks to Watertiger .

It ain't just Fixer any more! Nuevo York's gubernatorial debate was a heartwarming demonstration of democracy in all its glorious u...

Andy Borowitz I know what you're saying: "It'll never happen to me. Virginia Thomas doesn't even have my phone number!...