Jay B.

Hey, as long as TBogg hasn’t taken back his keys, I’m gonna drive his nice little Chevette until it stops and I’m stranded far from any exit off this gorgeous Information Superhighway. And since my three-cylinder mind is still grinding, I want to address under-noticed issues that affect the Blogosphere. Like the ramifications of Weigel-o-rama. [...]

Obviously, one of these things is much more sickening than the other two, though none are terribly surprising. Let’s see if we can spot the problem. Worldwide Child-Raping Cult: The Vatican on Monday issued an unprecedented rebuke of a top cardinal who had accused the retired Vatican No. 2 of blocking clerical sex abuse investigations, [...]

From a Slate roundtable debate, Jeffrey Goldberg, October 3, 2002: The administration is planning today to launch what many people would undoubtedly call a short-sighted and inexcusable act of aggression. In five years, however, I believe that the coming invasion of Iraq will be remembered as an act of profound morality. Yeah. That didn’t happen, [...]

I’m a big fan of punk rock, irreverence, even the long con – but to make them work, you have to punch up. Weasels like Glen Beck who leech off the witless, while skewering the poor and co-opting the Civil Rights movement by draping it in the flag, well, it’s enough to get me to [...]

When I read that Edith Shain — the “kissee” in that iconic picture — died at age 91, my first thought was that we’ll never see a V-I Day, or a V-A Day in any meaningful way. Then, realizing that I’m being a boring ol’ cynic, I cheered myself by thinking that if we DO [...]

For my money, McCainia! will never die. Why? Because he can still bring the cutting-edge humor and political perspective of a man 93 years his junior. PARKER, Ariz. — He still tells the story about the call he got at 2 a.m. from the woman in Chandler who was upset about changes in her garbage [...]

Shorter “Best-selling” wingnut welfare legacy: It’s hard out there for a whore! There’s a lot to hate from JG’s latest post — I’d say it’d be physically impossible to cram that much cringe-inducing “thinking” into a mere 142 words, but then, Goldberg’s managed to fit 2 metric tons of bullshit into his Size 40 – [...]

Joe Barton (R-Satan’s Colon): “I apologize for using the term ‘shakedown’ with regard to yesterday’s actions at the White House in my opening statement this morning, and I retract my apology to BP.” Apologies like this are a lot like blowjobs, Joe. Once you commit, spitting it back out just makes you look cheap.

You know, with free oil there for the taking on beaches across the Gulf of Mexico, you’d think things were this good everywhere. But they’re not. Even in this golden era of good feelings and optimism, there are places where not only do they have NO oil, they aren’t literally swimming in it. It seems [...]

How many things are wrong with this photo? Asshole car? Check. Douchebag vanity plates? Check. Laker flag? There were four of them. I took this picture I took 15 minutes ago in a parking garage in the Greater LA area. I had to get some eye drops for the pink eye my kid and my [...]