Barking Rabbits

Is there a bottom in the well of insanity that is the Republican Party these days? This is really incredible. I knew that much of the Wing...

Jake: Have you heard the latest, Willie? Obama is going to sign the death warrants for old people. They won’t be able to get life saving ...

Is he: • A radical pro-terrorist? • The most liberal member of Congress? • The anti-Christ? • A concealed Muslim? • The convert of a radical...

(I have the distinct feeling that I am going to annoy a number of people with this post. Talking about guns and gun control is about as ris...

His name is Herman, if you are interested. I am imagining rabbit droppings the size of ping pong balls. Photo and story from here.

I know that Americans are usually obsessed with owning the newest and hippest thing available. It doesn’t matter that the older thing is st...

Walter Cronkite has died at 92. This man lived an extraordinary life and was a journalist in every sense of the word. We do not have anyon...

"See! I was right all along! You can't see them because they are INVISIBLE! The aliens have technology that is far advanced from...

Photo and story from here .

Just like there are people in the world who should not be allowed to be parents, there are also people out there who should not be allowed t...

“Stop asking me if I want some cocoa! I don’t want any cocoa! Look, miss, I don’t care if you ARE from Switzerland. If you can’t produce a...

There are just so many things that are oozing out from underneath the carpet that they are very difficult to ignore. Many people, including...

This is today's Astronomical Photo of the Day from NASA. Isn't that absolutely incredible? And here is the explanation given: The ...

See, this is a scary thought. These two characters, Sarah and Chance , one fictional and one apparently very real, have quite a few things ...

They have security people who won’t let you go pee during the singing of “God Bless America.” From Whiskeyfire : Two uniformed cops who eje...

I absolutely refuse to continue to be the target of unfair media people who keep pointing to all these beer bottles in the road. Oh, and go...

I mean, we would all have to figure out exactly what he IS that we want him to quit from first... I suppose he could just shut up and disap...

There is lots and lots of speculation out there about Sarah Palin’s real motivations for calling it quits. She’s freeing herself up for a p...

(This was originally an update of my earlier post on this subject. However, it turned out to be more angry and full of content than I had ...

This is not some mindless ravings of a basement blogger. (I’m actually in my library on the second floor, and I am not wearing pajamas eith...

Here are a couple of stories from Talking Points Memo about an incident that I doubt will ever show up in the big time MSM . The San Diego...

From the NYTimes : “I disagree with the idea that this shows problems for the modern Republican Party,” said Grover Norquist, the president ...

That’s the headline today at Talking Points Memo . TPM also outlines the history of this weird episode, from his gone “missing”, to his “hi...

It’s the outrage that counts. It all about being able to be on television, casting as much criticism at President Obama as they can. That...

(Because blogging is international, I would like to make plain that the country I am referring to in the title is the United States of Ameri...

This is from the Washington Monthly . Executives of three of the nation's largest health insurers told federal lawmakers in Washington o...

I haven’t written much of substance on this blog for over a year now. I used to write some fairly lengthy posts that took some thought and ...

From the Seattle Times: By The Associated Press RICHLAND — Workers cleaning up the Hanford nuclear reservation are going after radioactive w...

Here's a blog entry at Washington Monthly that gives an overview. Isn't it odd, though, how everyone can really wring their hands a...

A point brought up by Tom Tomorrow in his latest cartoon (see here ) is one that I have thought of many times in the past. I find it absolu...

From Washington Monthly : Two leading voices of the Republican Party's evangelical wing visited Rock Church [in Hampton Roads, Virginia]...

I suppose it is stuff like this that bugs me the most about Republicans and conservatives these days. They think they are brilliant when, i...