I was born from Origial Sin. And if I had a dollar bill For all the things I've done, There'd be a mountain of money Piled up to my chin. 

It's kind of hard to know where to begin in addressing the death of "Moral" "Majority" founder and professional rock-throwing villager Jerry "Hellmouth" Falwell.  It seems like it was about two hours after I came out of the closet back in the deep, dark Reagan 80's that Falwell rose to prominence on a wine-dark wave [...]

Ever since Tommy Franks called Doug Feith "The stupidest fucking guy on the planet," an endless stream of Republican challengers have been vying to claim that mantle for themselves.  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, if not the clear-cut winner, should at least be considered a very strong finalist for the honor.  Bad enough that he didn't [...]

Tomorrow at 12 noon PT/3pm ET we'll be having a chat with Tom Shaller, the controversial author of Whistling Past Dixie who successfully predicted (much to the consternation of many an overpaid pollster) the results of the 2004 election. Tom had an article in the Baltimore Sun last week that Phoenix Woman profiled, to the [...]

Yesterday, we discussed Sen. Chris Dodd's statement calling on the Senate leadership to have an up or down vote on Feingold-Reid instead of attaching it as an amendment to the Water Resources Development Act Reauthorization currently on the floor. The vote on the amendment is expected tomorrow. Senator Dodd's position is that Feingold-Reid should get [...]

Eric Boehlert documents something that has been obvious for quite some time.  If it wasn't evident during their attempt at hiring Box Turtle Ben, the Washington Post has a huge crush on Wingnut fantasists: In truth, there is no comparison between the work Marshall and Malkin do. Their lone similarity is that they both fall [...]

When he goes through his confirmation hearings, I hope they ask him about these comments, uttered several Friedmans ago: US general sees significant withdrawal in Iraq By Peter Spiegel in London and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington Published: August 24 2005 21:46 | Last updated: August 24 2005 23:49 The US is expected to pull significant [...]

Well this is good news — it looks like Hillary Clinton's campaign is going after unmarried, unregistered women voters: "What we have seen everywhere is that women are giving Sen. Clinton anywhere from an 8- to 15-point gender gap advantage, and it's greater among younger women," said Maren Hesla, the Women Vote director at EMILY's [...]

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MSNBC is reporting Jerry Falwell died.