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Brewing UP Trouble UPDATE 2

The irony of protesting wasteful government spending by purchasing a million tea bags and throwing them in various bodies of water is lost on teh protesting Tea Baggers. Which “grass roots” group came up with those bucks? Then there’s the sheer craziness of middle class Republicans protesting the end of tax cuts for the wealthy (the way the Republican controlled Congress under Bush wrote the law in the first place) after the passage of the largest tax cut for the rest of us, in our history.

And Now, For The Rest Of The Pirate Story

Ever since the collapse of what passed for a legitimate government in Somalia in the early 1990s, the Horn of Africa has suffered at least two major insults. Firstly, it has become a dumping ground for a lot of European toxic waste, including nuclear waste (a major profit center for the Italian mafia). This has been in keeping with a …

Obama Still Not Failing

A disgruntled and frustrated Rush Limpbot washed up in the surf to give evil-eyes to President Obama as he photo-opped with Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, and President Hu Jintao of China, as they find ways to success at the G20 summit in London, Thursday, while Obamacorns magically erupt out of the sea. LONDON — With …

Burning Down The House

Watch out You might get what you’re after Cool babies Strange but not a stranger I’m an ordinary guy Burning down the house -Talking Heads Yesterday while reading an article in the NY Times titled “Banks Starting to Walk Away on Foreclosures” I was reminded of the movie Fatal Attraction. In the climax of this highly successful “bunny boiler”, Michael …

Why I Love Michelle Bachmann

Michelle Bachmann bravely reporting from behind enemy lines Over the last thirty years, the Ruling Class has funded right wing Republican think tanks to perfect the art of political propaganda. Ronald “the Great Communicator” Reagan was the perfect choice to kick off this new media era. During his acting career, Ronnie use to broadcast fake-live baseball games by reading ticker …

The Party Of No Clue

The seemingly always inebriated, chain smoking and perennially tanned Rethuglican House Leader John Boehner (German pronunciation “Boner”) insisted this week on releasing a 19 page, numbers free budget, a supposed alternative to the Democrats’ plan. Reeling from charges that the Rethugs are “the party of no” – no ideas, no ethics, no clue– and despite pleas from less insane party …