Year: 2011

This week’s Weekend Caption Contest™ was another smash success. The assignment this week was to caption the following picture: Source Here are the winning entries: 1) (iwogisdead) – “Frustrated …

Hey, remember all that talk about the “super-committee” that was going to handle the dirty work of deficit cutting? The one that would make the hard decisions about the …

About two weeks ago, I put up a post defending Colorado Representative Doug Lamborn’s use of ‘tar baby’. I think it ought to be re-read for context.  I think …

Former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty dropped out of the Republican presidential race after a disappointing third place finish in the Iowa straw poll. Pawlenty announced his withdrawl on ABC’s …

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned a story out of Massachusetts where the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission had decided on a new interpretation of a regulation that threatened …

The rumors flying this morning out of the Middle East are that on September 20, the Palestinian Authority will formally apply to the United Nations for recognition as a …

Amazing video of a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair that killed 4 people and injured at least 24 others this evening. The stage collapsed right before Grammy …

From @andylevy RT @FixAaron: Results: Bachmann 4823, Paul 4671, Pawlenty 2293, Santorum 1657, Cain 1456, Romney 567, Gingrich 385, Huntsman 69, McCotter 35 Ace of Spades is also reporting …

What follows comes our way via the folks at Reason: It’s election season! Time to exploit children for political gain! Today’s entry: This video from Rebuild the Dream, the …

The Republican field just got a lot more interesting, and our old friends at RedState had the good fortune to host Texas Governor Rick Perry’s official candidacy announcement at …