Gold Standard

Glenn Beck has been recently caught with his hand in a pot of gold.  He has been shilling for a gold merchant on and off the commercial breaks of his show.  This makes a kind of sense.  Wouldn’t you want to buy gold from an expert?  Joel Cheatwood, Fox VP (is that great or what?) … Read more

Emergency Recall

For those who have purchased a Joe Lieberman Menorah this year, consumers are reporting the lights burn down to a fuse leading to an IED which will blow up your friggin’ house.  Happy Holidays.

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Did you see this piece in the Times last week? In their art review of the Lower East Side scene a show was mentioned by an artist named Barb Choit. This show is based on prints by Nagel that are exposed to light so that they fade. And then she prints them again. The critic … Read more

Got the Time?

Here’s the White House’s idea of the perfect Christmas present for Progressives. This image inspired by Barry Blitt’s latest NYr cover and Rep. John Conyers recent comments (below).  On Health Care, Financial Reform and Afghanistan President Obama has been very deferential to the Psycho-Right in this country.  When he’s wrong we have to say it. … Read more

Call to Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Tonight Pres. Obama lays out the escalation into Quicksandistan. 30,000 more young people and their families to die or get permanently broken. So today we ask why? To stop a culture of war that has been ongoing there for 25 years? To help our friend Karzai? To kill the 100 Al Qaeda who live there … Read more