Former Georgia Attorney General Mike Bowers will team up with LGBT advocates in opposing legislation pending in the state now. Bowers is best known nationally as the man who defended sodomy laws in Bowers v. Hardwick. View this image › Michael Bowers unsuccessfully ran for governor in Georgia in 1997. Erik S. Lesser / Associated […]
“Trust me on this: No regular people are going to finish this book.” A humor essay by Simon Rich, author of Spoiled Brats. View this image › Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed In 1939, James Joyce published Finnegans Wake. Literary critics praised the 628 page experimental novel, calling it a “work of genius.” Here is page […]
When people say, “I hate Valentine’s Day,” what they often mean is, “I hate being forced to take inventory of the quality and volume of love in my life.” View this image › Justine Zwiebel/BuzzFeed There are few holidays that conjure the collective groan of the public like Valentine’s Day does. Every year, there is […]
http://twitter.com/#!/UUJames/status/288645470673321985 Oh, good grief! Ron Fournier penned an article for The National Journal, titled “The Perils of Being Aloof,” in which he theorizes that good schmoozing can make a good presidency. FDR mixed drinks. Clinton flattered Newt. Lincoln courted 13th Amendment rivals. Can #Obama schmooze? bit.ly/ZleQxR Does he need to? — Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) January […]
http://twitter.com/#!/thegettygirl/status/372457817384296449 We can only imagine the look on Debbie Allen’s face as she watched Miley Cyrus’ VMA twerk-out. It’s probably safe to assume she wasn’t smiling: http://twitter.com/#!/msdebbieallen/status/372412373870473217 Ouch! Allen continued: http://twitter.com/#!/msdebbieallen/status/372412770701938688 We can agree that Cyrus’ performance was less than ladylike, but is Beyoncé really the one young women should look to for inspiration? http://twitter.com/#!/Aries_Noir/status/372433318668550144 […]
From Reason: But the comedy ain’t done yet. Over at The New Republic, Timothy Noah explains why it’s like totally different when Bill Maher calls Sarah Palin “a tw@t” and “a c*nt,” or when Keith Olbermann calls Michelle Malkin a “mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it.” Here you go: It’s different in two […]
http://twitter.com/#!/Liberty_Chick/status/306597575509823489 Either Sean Hannity is having a really good night tonight, or he’s spiking his guests’ water with moonbat juice. Not long after Congressman Keith Ellison embarrassed himself and his state with six minutes of nonsensical ranting, Tamara Holder upped the ante. In a segment dedicated to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s nanny-state food regulations, […]
http://twitter.com/#!/SenTedCruz/status/456564239226785792 The Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a plan to put the lesser prairie chicken on a list of threatened species. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and other state officials criticized the decision, which could adversely affect agriculture, oil and gas drilling, and wind farms. (Yes, wind farms. Al Gore must be pretty conflicted.) Yesterday, Tea Party favorite Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, […]
http://twitter.com/#!/SarahKSilverman/status/293056251489816576 Wonder why that is, Sarah? Maybe it’s because liberals like yourself support candidates who take legislative measures that considerably restrict freedom. @sarahksilverman thats your fault — Morgan Warstler (@morganwarstler) January 20, 2013 “@sarahksilverman: People don’t say “it’s a free country” much anymore” because LiBS like you help usher in socialism – ur still funny […]
http://twitter.com/#!/connmarkey/status/346583241911844864 Seriously. Sarah Palin continues to live rent-free in the alleged minds of liberals. As Twitchy reported, Joan Walsh won the idiotic tweet of the day yesterday with her pitiful attempted slam of Sarah Palin. She continued Monday morning. http://twitter.com/#!/joanwalsh/status/346600331381198848 Her “article” reads like a Brady Bunch-inspired school girl slam book: Sarah, Sarah, Sarah! http://twitter.com/#!/imbillydevo/status/346603622865453056 […]