I believe the technical term for this is....

clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com ALBANY (AP) - A dissident Democratic senator is back with his party after helping lead the Republican-dominated coup that shut down New York's Senate for more than a month. As part of the deal, Espada takes the title of Senate majority leader.

Extortion.

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Never forget, that just like men's cars....

clipped from www.talkingpointsmemo.com Helicopter Porn Remember last week we learned that that goofball deputy from San Diego County Sheriff's Department had flipped out at that small Democratic fundraiser hosted at a home in the suburbs, spraying pepper spray into people's eyes, throwing people to the ground and calling in a fleet of police cars, a canine unit and even a police helicopter. And we got to thinking, are these guys in the habit of flipping out like this? Sending in the helicopter at a moment's notice, like an underutilized toy? That was a bit hard to figure out. But we did find out that the Department's website has a special section devoted to para-militaryish photos of its helicopter force, with even some beef-cakish photos of the pilots with assault rifles

...The bigger the gun, the smaller the dick.

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But wait!!!....There's more!!!....

clipped from tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com Coburn On Hampton Claims: "Ask What's the Motivation Here" It looks like when Tom Coburn denied today that he urged his friend John Ensign to pay restitution to the family of the woman he had an affair with, the Oklahoma senator wasn't speaking just to Roll Call (sub. req.). Rather, in a sign of the potential trouble the story could represent for Coburn, he appears to have given an impromptu press conference, in what's likely to be a failed effort to nip it in the bud.

Tom Coburn, M.D. is now claiming doctor-patient confidentiality re his conversations with Ensign. Perhaps they were also discussing the possibility of Ensign having contracted a sexually transmitted disease?

I swear you can't make this shit up.

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Like I just said below....

If you thought King was bad wait'll you see this. It's a doozie.

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They just can't help themselves....

clipped from tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com Steve King: I Opposed "Yet Another Bill" To Commemorate Slavery, In Order To Protect Judeo-Christian Heritage Rep. Steve King (R-IA) has released a statement explaining why he opposed a House measure to erect a plaque in the Capitol Visitors Center, recognizing the history of slave labor in the construction of the Capitol. King was the only one to vote "No," and it passed by a 399-1 margin. Late Update: DCCC national press secretary Ryan Rudominer gives us this statement: "Steve King's lone vote against acknowledging the role slaves played in the construction of the United States Capitol is a slap in the face to the very sacrifices and contributions African Americans made to our nation. This is the latest in a long line of erratic behavior from King that has made him an embarrassment to Iowans and to the Republican Party."

One by one they just keep jumping off that cliff into political oblivion. And I say here, here!

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There's more to it than the money....

clipped from www.talkingpointsmemo.com Sarah Palin, says David Frum, "quit to cash in. Her admirers can excuse anything, but to the much larger audience of non-admirers, Palin will look a lot like those CEOs who wrecked their banks and the national economy while accepting huge bonuses for themselves personally. John McCain's slogan in 2008 was "Country First." Palin's in 2012? "I seen my opportunities, and I took 'em."

There is an old song called "How Yer Gonna Keep Down On The Farm After They've Seen Paree?" It was written shortly after World War I and it was about the new world view that the returning doughboys had when they came home to America. All those bright lights, shiny women, and endless possibilities.

Sarah Palin has seen the big world outside of Buttphuck, Alaska and, to paraphrase Thomas Wolfe, she can't go home again. Just imagine yourself if you had been scooped up from the depths of political obscurity and suddenly became the most talked about person in America, literally overnight. And along with that came the security details that surrounded you, the fleet of cars and drivers, the personal assistants, the press aides, the make-up artists, the hair dressers, the fabulous new wardrobe. It was stardom writ large.

And just as suddenly, it was all taken away. She had become Cinderella but without the happy ending. There was no Prince Charming waiting to whisk her away from her once again humdrum life and moil and toil as governor of Alaska. So Sarah decided to write her own happy ending and she wasn't about to wait another year and a half to realize it. So true to form, Sarah decided to do what was best for Sarah. Screw Alaska. And never forget that she has an ego to match the size of that state.

I can imagine her getting up every morning and counting the days left until she can return to the "real America" where she is worshipped and adored by millions. And she has found the perfect gimmick to sustain her celebrity. It's a kind of political striptease act where she slowly reveals if she will run for president in 2012. But she knows that even the presidency is immaterial to her know. She can still have all the attention and press that she wants without having to break a sweat by having to run for office.

Nice work if you can get it. And I think she just did.

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I'd hold off buying any franks for a few weeks....

clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com Oscar Mayer Dead MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95.

Ya never know.

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Is that a new toe I see testing the presidential waters?....

clipped from politicalwire.com Bush Claims Obama Pursuing "Secret Plan" Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) tells Esquire that President Obama didn't tell voters what he was going to do during the presidential campaign.

Just what we need...another president named Bush.

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In case anyone questions the unemployment rate....

clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com Michael Jackson Memorial Ratings: 31 Million Watch On TV

QED.

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Correction....

clipped from www.huffingtonpost.com VERNON, N.J. — A northwestern New Jersey man said he was mugged in his driveway by a sandwich-craving bear. Henry Rouwendal said he was packing his car last Friday when he was hit from behind and knocked to the ground. He said the culprit was a black bear who took his Italian sandwich.

That was no bear. That was Republican candidate for governor, Chris Christie. One can see how in the dark such a mistake could be easily made.

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My advice to the former governor?....

clipped from www.chicagobreakingnews.com Ex-Blagojevich aide pleads guilty, will testify John Harris, the last chief of staff to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, pleaded guilty today to a single count of wire fraud in federal court -- and agreed to cooperate in the federal probe against his former boss in return for a recommended prison term of just under 3 years.

Learn to play the harmonica and buy some soap-on-a-rope.

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Part of Palin's "real America"....

clipped from www.nbcphiladelphia.com Campers sent packing after first visit to swim club More than 60 campers from Northeast Philadelphia were turned away from a private swim club and left to wonder if their race was the reason. "I heard this lady, she was like, 'Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?' She's like, 'I'm scared they might do something to my child,'" said camper Dymire Baylor. "When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool," Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. "The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately."

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Prediction....

Sarah Palin will be elected president of the United States.

When it is proven that Michael Jackson is the father of those three white kids.

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The national product of Wingnuttia...Bullshit....

clipped from crooksandliars.com Hannity says Palin faced a double standard: 'Obama never got asked tough questions about his radical friends' Hannity: You know, Jennifer, it makes me mad, because Obama had zero qualifications -- he was a state senator, he didn't even serve a full term in the U.S. Senate, he'd never had executive experience. He never got asked tough questions about his radical friends and associates, except by me and others. I find -- why the double standard exist here?

I know. I know. I shouldn't be surprised anymore by the far right's ability to spout "facts" that are so easily disputed and dismantled.

They need to re-brand their "Tea-Bagging Parties" as the more accurate "Mad Hatter's Tea Party".

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Is it safe?.....

Can I turn the TV back on now?

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