Boehner’s Boner & Newt’s Fruits

The Boner hoists himself on his own petard, er, golf club Oops. Republicans stormed Capitol Hill in January vowing to slash discretionary spending by $100 billion right off the bat. In their pledge to America, they promised that, “[w]ith common-sense exceptions for seniors, veterans, and our troops, we will roll back government spending to pre-stimulus, pre-bailout levels, saving us at …

Moral Insanity: Psychopaths & Sociopaths II (Update)

The head of the IMF was pulled from an airplane and arrested for the violent sexual assault of a hotel maid A few days ago in Moral Insanity: Psychopaths & Sociopaths, I compared sociopaths and psychopaths, concluding that the latter are usually high functioning predators that can be found concentrated in the financial industry. I concluded the post with this: That …

The Rapture Rupture Ride Is Ready!

A week from today, the long awaited Christian Rapture will begin.

Prisons For Profit

You just can’t make this shit up Here’s NPR’s report on the Prison Industrial Complex, from last fall. File it under by previous post: Moral Insanity: Psychopaths and Sociopaths. h/t Digby

Moral Insanity: Psychopaths & Sociopaths

Sometimes I wish I believed in reincarnation. I mean, if all of history’s most prominent psychopaths had reincarnated at the same time, and through their manipulative talents came to occupy positions of power, there could hardly be a better explanation for the situation we find ourselves in today.

The Undeclared GOPers Debate

  One of the best SNL ensemble pieces ever. And props to the set designer for Chump’s golden pillared podium.

Competence Versus Bluster

Six days after the attacks of 9/11, President George W. Bush gave a press conference where he proclaimed in his trademarked macho swagger