Military Intelligence Strikes Again

Death is always at the door in a lumbering— or landing— Chinook C47. WASHINGTON —Fresh off the worst single event loss of life in a decade of war in Afghanistan, remarks made by a couple govmint turkeys recently about al-Qaeda being on the brink of collapse look particularly foolish. During a recent visit to Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta …

Rattigan’s Righteous Rant

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Rattigan tells it like is  Caught this live this afternoon. Made my day.

Thank You, Baggers

Ohhhhhh yeah. Thank you. Thank you for making 2012 historic in ways you are too stupid to ever comprehend. And thanks to these guys: really.   D.C. Douglas, and Tengrain.          

Rick Perry’s Response

Last August, we had to endure wanna be cult leader Glenn Beck‘s “Restore Honor” rally on the anniversary and locale of  Dr. Martin Luther King’s   iconic I Have A Dream speech.  Billed as a non-political event with the message that America “has wandered in darkness”,  the bullet proof vest wearing Beck told his television audience the following week that “many, many miracles” …

THE UNDEFLATED

Ex-Goldman Sachs banker and conservative quasi-documentarian Stephen K. Bannon has gone where no one has cared to go this summer until now: Iowa.

Bachmann: Truth In Advertising

Following the release of today’s dismal employment numbers, former IRS tax attorney and tea party darling Michele Bachmann took heart in America’s continuing unemployment crisis. CARL QUINTANILLA (CNBC): Does it strike you that as the unemployment rate goes up that your chances of winning office also go up? MICHELE BACHMANN: Well, that could be. Again, I hope so. ‘Nuff said.

Trouble In The Temple

Slightly more than 63% of Americans are overweight or obese. That’s a staggering number, and it says we’re losing the battle against obesity and its attendant diseases.