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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Vice President Biden Eulogizes The Late Senator Frank Lautenberg

Personal note: In late April I had a PET scan which gave me some sad news - that my cancer has spread. Back in January, my doctors had told me that the brachytherapy radiation treatment I had earlier this year had most likely conquered my cancer (which had been localized in my uterus up until that point). Unfortunately, instead of conquering it, the treatment caused the cancer to metastasize to my liver, my spine, and numerous lymph nodes. Now I am undergoing chemotherapy again. I've been dreadfully sick over the past few weeks and haven't been able to post much to this blog. I have a few more treatments and then I will have another PET scan to see if the chemo is working. If my pain and sickness levels are any indicators, then hopefully the chemo is working well.

Anyhow, I thought it would be fitting to post this clip from Joe Biden's beautiful and poignant eulogy to Senator Frank Lautenberg, the New Jersey Democrat who died of complications from pneumonia and who fought ferociously for passenger rail:

...and this tweet from Amtrak:

We are honored to carry Sen. Lautenberg back to D.C. Thank you for your service to the nation. You have arrived at your final station.
— Amtrak (@Amtrak) June 5, 2013

Stephen Colbert examines PolitiFact's fact-checking of Chris Christie's "Scoobygate" claim to being a Scooby-Doo fan when he was four:

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While on the subject of fact-checking, Stephen brings to our attention a significant spreadsheet error in Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff's 2010 austerity debt study:

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Finally, an interview with Thomas Herndon, the University of Mass Grad Student who debunked the Reinhart and Rogoff results in his academic paper: "Growth in a Time of Debt."

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Ugh! Malkin the Mocker

Michelle Malkin (a conservative blogger) attempts to parody Michelle Obama’s dancing (with Jimmy Fallon), but actually Malkin is just showing her mean and ugly personality--and she can't even dance. On top of that, her ‘Finger of Blame’ move is much more characteristic of the typical republican. Just look at common nicknames they use every day: ObamaCare (as if it was a bad thing), the ObamaQuester (as if the sequester was his fault--actually, the republican majority of congress passed it), the ‘Diggie’ (referring to Obama’s “spending sinkhole,” when it was Bush’s wars that plummeted us into that hole). Malkin’s mockery is repulsive, immature and insulting…but very typical of a right-wing blowhard.

Jolly PolitiX

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Vice President Biden Eulogizes The Late Senator Frank Lautenberg

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Just the Facts, Ma'am...

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Anti-Gun Memes and Cartoons at About.com Political Humor

Monday, April 15, 2013

SNL Spoofs the Sausage-Making Process of Politics

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Jon Stewart: Rand Paul Can’t Just ‘Yada Yada Yada’ The GOP’s Past

Thursday, April 11, 2013

The Irony is Gut-Wrenching

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Morning Joe VS the Colbert Report!

Monday, April 1, 2013

A Special Message From the White House :-)

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Happy St. Patrick's Day, Mr. President!

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Megyn Kelly Thinks it's Unseemly to Call Scalia a Troll

Rachel Maddow Calls Supreme Court Justice Scalia a Troll on Jon Stewart's Daily Show

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Ugh! Malkin the Mocker

Saturday, February 23, 2013

First Lady Michelle Obama Dances with Jimmy Fallon

Friday, February 22, 2013

The GOP Makes Hyper Hokum out of a Fictional Hagel-Hamas Connection

Tyranny and Texas with Jessica Williams from TDS

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Not Political Humor, But a Cool Look into the Future!

Jon Stewart and How I Meteored Your Motherland

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

David Letterman's Top Ten Things You Don't Want to Hear From a Guy Dressed As Lincoln

Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Special Valentine's Day Gift From Rachel Maddow

Oh, Stephen!