The Nutty Professor: The Rise & Fall of Glenn Beck (Update)

Not just an April Fool— he’s good to go 365 days a year. If you want to drink the fear, you must click it. UPDATE (4/6/11) Well, that didn’t take long: Fox News and Glenn Beck announced Wednesday that Beck will “transition off of his daily program” later this year. Apparently, Beck will still be working with Fox to develop …

Republican Party Suicide

It was always evident they were giant asshats, but literally big heels, too?? Who knew.

The Paranoid Stylings Of Glenn Beck

Solange Uwimana over at Media Matters draws our attention to an interesting conjunction between Glenn Beck and the late Richard Hofstadter : The year Glenn Beck was born, Harper’s published an essay by Richard Hofstadter in which the historian explained a “style of mind” common among “extreme right-wingers” of his time. He referred to it as “the paranoid style” for …

ROGER & REGAN

The Story of a big fat liar, a little rebel, and his mike.

Finding Gad Daffi

No, really— where the fuck is this guy?? Bet you didn’t know there are just two branches of government in Libya.  The “revolutionary sector,” which is “Revolutionary Leader” Muammar “Moe” Gaddafi hizzelf, and the 12-person Revolutionary Command Council;  which is not elected, and cannot be voted out of office;  they’re in power by virtue of their “involvement in the revolution,” …

POLITICAL PLAYTHINGS

In free enterprise America, you can go shopping for and purchase an angry mob. I don’t mean just a few “action figures,” either.

Bed Bugs Infest CPAC Convention

Teabaggers flex their political muscles at this year’s CPAC convention (Sung to the melody of “Bad Boys”) Bed Bugs, Bed Bugs– Whatcha gonna do, Whatcha gonna do When they come for you? Bed Bugs, Bed Bugs… I can’t help but wonder if the manager of the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C., where The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) …