From a political party overflowing with sociopaths and creeps, none other than Dick Cheney encapsulates to a greater degree what it is the Republican party has become. The blood of ...
It can be debated as to whether the filibuster came about as a political accident or was created to give minority parties a stronger say in opposing specific legislation they ...
While gun nuts sink a little deeper into madness with each passing day, Seattle is turning guns into bricks.
The Seattle Police Department collected more than 700 guns during a buyback ...
Had enough of right-wing political crap and find yourself with a deep desire to get as far from the madding crowd as you can?
Read on...
The opportunity to travel to Mars ...
Here's the full quote from Charles P. Pierce.
If your "way of life" involves handing deadly weapons to five-year olds, your way of life is completely screwed up and you should ...
A guest post from James Fidlerten.
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After September 11, 2011, America became united, as it grieved the loss of so many lives on American soil. The tragic event also changed so ...
I'm not sure that 'crazy' is strong enough an adjective to describe the many (or few) who go to the absurd lengths they do in defending America's out-of-control gun culture. ...
When an enabler of sexual abuse directed at children sits on the threshold of sainthood, you know you're living in a world of screwed-up priorities.
The canonisation of Wojtyla is getting ...
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, ponders Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 presidential election.
Looking back, O'Connor said, she isn't sure the high court should have ...
Barbara Bush on a Jeb run in 2016.
"We've had enough Bushes."
An entire planet concurs.
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The 19-year-old suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has told interrogators that the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan motivated him and his brother to carry out the ...
The above is in response to Maureen Dowd's ridiculous assertion that President Obama is incompetent for failing to get the 60 votes the Senate required to move the gun background ...
In desperate need of an excuse for voting against background checks, here's the one an unnamed Democratic senator is using.
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The vote came in at 55 to 45 in favor of expanding background checks for gun sales. In most institutes of democracy, that would have been more than enough to ...
Even for Louie Gohmert apologists who can't quite grasp the fact that the man is a complete moron whose Idiot Quotient rivals that of Michele Bachmann, it has to be ...
Exactly.
Boston. Fucking horrible.
I remember, when 9/11 went down, my reaction was, "Well, I've had it with humanity."
But I was wrong. I don't know what's going to be revealed to be ...
Less than 24 hours after the tragedy at Boston and without a clue as to whom the perpetrator might be, the bigots have crawled out from under the rocks they ...
When did ignorance become
a point of view? ~Dilbert
Is it time yet to make a double-digit IQ a prerequisite to running for public office?
Via Foolocracy:
Texas Rep. Joe Barton doesn’t believe ...
For every hypocritical homophobe out there, this classic from Ed Stein is for you.
Every time I hear another lying bigot going on about the sanctity of marriage being destroyed by same-sex marriage, I want to laugh. I’d have a bit more respect for these people if they simply stated their true thoughts about how they find homosexuality revolting. I’d still think of them as ignorant dicks but I’d give them a point or two for honesty.
I’m with you, so sick of the hatred, bigotry, racism, homophobia etc…etc. coming from the RIGHT. I don’t ever remember a time when it was this bad, and the disrespect for the President was so bold and outrageously vile ever! And to add to all of this, we have THE MOST political SCOTUS that this country has ever seen. I’m sickened and sad at the same time, but trying to keep the faith that Obama will be reelected because there is no doubt in my mind that if Romney (the biggest fool to come down the pike) gets into the WH……we are DOOMED!
The empty-suited Romneyan Shape-shifter as prez? Think Cal Coolidge… No! No! Think Herbert Hoover and a cast of squid-weasel, bible-thumping, flag waving one-percenter vultures criminally -nay, traitorously picking over the carcass of what had been one of the noblest expressions of mankind: THE LATE, GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. It wasn’t ’29, folks; it was the summer of ’30. Panic on the Vienna bourse followed by London…then to Wall Street. This is how the world goes broke. Slowly…and then, ALL OF A SUDDEN!!!
And Bush in blackface, our promised transformational messiah for another four? We cannot win. You see, children, HEEZ ONE OF ‘EM!!!
Now think of someone to lead us who isn’t owned lock, stock and barrel by the Bilderberg’s.
Havin’ a hard time, citizen? How about Harry S Truman? You say he’s dead. Really? Nah! He’s down on Baja…on the beach…off the grid… waitin’ the call of the sleepy citizenry!
DO NOT ASK WHAT IS IT,
LET US GO AND MAKE OUR VISIT:
BROTHERMAN!!! We desperately need you…nobody owns you and we all can imagine the warning those guys in the black suits doubtlessly made to you and probably your family, but your warrior ticket is still good!!! an’ you even lectured at Harvard fer chrissakes!
JESSE VENTURA FOR POTUS IN ’16!!! NOW IS THE TIME>>>We need you the way Rome needed Cincinnatus
at his plow as Hasdrubal and his Carthagenian hordes came over the mountains into Italy with a legion of elephants. And after he saved Rome Cincinnatus went back to his beloved farm, just like you can return to the surf when the job of saving our beloved country is done. That’s right, JESSE in ’16!
Come on, Governor! Let’s make some history…JESSE -YEAH, JESSE IN ’16
So BasicFunguist’s grand “illusion” is to appoint a dictator, in this case, Ventura, who would take charge of the army and destroy the enemies, which apparently must be either or both political parties.
In which then, the “empire” will be saved ( don’t know who’s going to be left after all the destruction) and Ventura will then give up his dictatorship and return to his “plow”. Sorry but this all sounds COO COO !
Perhap’s BasicFunquist has forgotten we have 3 part’s to our Government – Legislative, Executive and Judicial!
In reference to “Pinkamena, Panic Pony’s” comment re “The Invisible Gorilla” and “Illusion of Cause” -
“Beware of the “illusion of cause.” Know the difference between being manipulated and being given information. Do not fall for these political parlor tricks. Each side should compete in the area of ideas, not insults. And when a side can do no more than denigrate, personalize/demonize the other side, they have run out of ideas or never had them to begin with.
Better government starts with a well-informed electorate (that means us). Do not abdicate your right and duty to think critically. Investigate all facts from all sides. Then, and only then, make an informed decision.”
- Dan Bell professor at Cardinal Stritch University
Pinkamena Panic Pony! No ad hominem, he promises himself.
What a spanking from my cyber-interlocutor! Why, I’m almost hurt! That a thoughtful ‘cri de couer’ on the sad state of US politics would prompt the not too helpful suggestion that BF “…shove {his} conspiracist [sic]. divisive, streetcorner, ravins [sic] crap where it belongs.”
OK. First, we’ll etch these and other thoughtful, mildly entertaining remarks from BasicFunguist on individual copper plates. Then we will bind up the inscribed plates with leather strips of seeming ancient patina. These will be placed in the principal place of worship on the old road to Damascus; in the cave of James, brother of Jesus, I think. The ephemera dealers from Jerusalem to Oxford will be wild for a viewing…perhaps just to touch the plates.
I grow old… I am sad to reveal this has all become tiresome to BasicFunguist, before (now, in the voice of Forrest Gump) addressing Professor Dan. Professor Dan, (a la Gump) was Cardinal Stritch a contemporary of the suspected cross-dresser from New York, Francis Cardinal Spellman? Professor Dan (voicing Gump), I trust you look forward to a billet-doux from BasicFunguist on -perhaps- the sauces an’ causes of your anger . (Yes, “sauces’)
Most Funny – Is this what an “educated” tightie-rightie sounds like – almost as bad as Gingrich .
Besides being a legend in your own mind in contemplation that “your words” are worthy of of being “etched” in copper plates LMAO , your mis-application of the french language is hilarious !
Cardinal Stritch University is the nation’s largest Franciscan University – obviously your contempt for the archdiocese implies that you must be of the Libertarian persuasion ;- )
I would enjoy reading your “billet-doux” or love letters on or in regards my “sauces” or anything else your attention deficit disordered mind would want to parler about mon ami délirant ;-)
I wish the Republicans would hurry up and get some statistics out there showing exactly how many traditional marriages have been destroyed by the legalization of gay marriage. Because I haven’t heard of any yet.
I was just out riding my bike, and one has a lot of time to think in that situation, and I was wondering: has the first official “gay divorce” occurred yet? It’s bound to happen some time.
Oh. Gay marriage, of course! Gay? How about “droll marriage”? I suspect most of the citizenry really doesn’t care. Life is hard enough. Why deny a little joy to a minority of our brothers and sisters whose neuro wiring is probaqbly different from the majority? As to divorce, I see no reason why droll tops and bottoms enthusiasts’ numbers should be any different from “normal” (ha ha) folks’ numbers: Two outta three I think is the latest metric on failing marriages in USA. BasicFunguist may have been married the year before last; others who wonder about him think he was married in early ’69. 6Quien sabes?
Mario,
I’m with you, so sick of the hatred, bigotry, racism, homophobia etc…etc. coming from the RIGHT. I don’t ever remember a time when it was this bad, and the disrespect for the President was so bold and outrageously vile ever! And to add to all of this, we have THE MOST political SCOTUS that this country has ever seen. I’m sickened and sad at the same time, but trying to keep the faith that Obama will be reelected because there is no doubt in my mind that if Romney (the biggest fool to come down the pike) gets into the WH……we are DOOMED!
The empty-suited Romneyan Shape-shifter as prez? Think Cal Coolidge… No! No! Think Herbert Hoover and a cast of squid-weasel, bible-thumping, flag waving one-percenter vultures criminally -nay, traitorously picking over the carcass of what had been one of the noblest expressions of mankind: THE LATE, GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. It wasn’t ’29, folks; it was the summer of ’30. Panic on the Vienna bourse followed by London…then to Wall Street. This is how the world goes broke. Slowly…and then, ALL OF A SUDDEN!!!
And Bush in blackface, our promised transformational messiah for another four? We cannot win. You see, children, HEEZ ONE OF ‘EM!!!
Now think of someone to lead us who isn’t owned lock, stock and barrel by the Bilderberg’s.
Havin’ a hard time, citizen? How about Harry S Truman? You say he’s dead. Really? Nah! He’s down on Baja…on the beach…off the grid… waitin’ the call of the sleepy citizenry!
DO NOT ASK WHAT IS IT,
LET US GO AND MAKE OUR VISIT:
BROTHERMAN!!! We desperately need you…nobody owns you and we all can imagine the warning those guys in the black suits doubtlessly made to you and probably your family, but your warrior ticket is still good!!! an’ you even lectured at Harvard fer chrissakes!
JESSE VENTURA FOR POTUS IN ’16!!! NOW IS THE TIME>>>We need you the way Rome needed Cincinnatus
at his plow as Hasdrubal and his Carthagenian hordes came over the mountains into Italy with a legion of elephants. And after he saved Rome Cincinnatus went back to his beloved farm, just like you can return to the surf when the job of saving our beloved country is done. That’s right, JESSE in ’16!
Come on, Governor! Let’s make some history…JESSE -YEAH, JESSE IN ’16
BasicFunguist, go read “The Invisible Gorilla”. Pay close attention to the section on the illusion of cause.
Then shove your conspiracist, divisive, ravins streetcorner crap where it belongs.
So BasicFunguist’s grand “illusion” is to appoint a dictator, in this case, Ventura, who would take charge of the army and destroy the enemies, which apparently must be either or both political parties.
In which then, the “empire” will be saved ( don’t know who’s going to be left after all the destruction) and Ventura will then give up his dictatorship and return to his “plow”. Sorry but this all sounds COO COO !
Perhap’s BasicFunquist has forgotten we have 3 part’s to our Government – Legislative, Executive and Judicial!
In reference to “Pinkamena, Panic Pony’s” comment re “The Invisible Gorilla” and “Illusion of Cause” -
“Beware of the “illusion of cause.” Know the difference between being manipulated and being given information. Do not fall for these political parlor tricks. Each side should compete in the area of ideas, not insults. And when a side can do no more than denigrate, personalize/demonize the other side, they have run out of ideas or never had them to begin with.
Better government starts with a well-informed electorate (that means us). Do not abdicate your right and duty to think critically. Investigate all facts from all sides. Then, and only then, make an informed decision.”
- Dan Bell professor at Cardinal Stritch University
Pinkamena Panic Pony! No ad hominem, he promises himself.
What a spanking from my cyber-interlocutor! Why, I’m almost hurt! That a thoughtful ‘cri de couer’ on the sad state of US politics would prompt the not too helpful suggestion that BF “…shove {his} conspiracist [sic]. divisive, streetcorner, ravins [sic] crap where it belongs.”
OK. First, we’ll etch these and other thoughtful, mildly entertaining remarks from BasicFunguist on individual copper plates. Then we will bind up the inscribed plates with leather strips of seeming ancient patina. These will be placed in the principal place of worship on the old road to Damascus; in the cave of James, brother of Jesus, I think. The ephemera dealers from Jerusalem to Oxford will be wild for a viewing…perhaps just to touch the plates.
I grow old… I am sad to reveal this has all become tiresome to BasicFunguist, before (now, in the voice of Forrest Gump) addressing Professor Dan. Professor Dan, (a la Gump) was Cardinal Stritch a contemporary of the suspected cross-dresser from New York, Francis Cardinal Spellman? Professor Dan (voicing Gump), I trust you look forward to a billet-doux from BasicFunguist on -perhaps- the sauces an’ causes of your anger . (Yes, “sauces’)
Most Funny – Is this what an “educated” tightie-rightie sounds like – almost as bad as Gingrich .
Besides being a legend in your own mind in contemplation that “your words” are worthy of of being “etched” in copper plates LMAO , your mis-application of the french language is hilarious !
Cardinal Stritch University is the nation’s largest Franciscan University – obviously your contempt for the archdiocese implies that you must be of the Libertarian persuasion ;- )
I would enjoy reading your “billet-doux” or love letters on or in regards my “sauces” or anything else your attention deficit disordered mind would want to parler about mon ami délirant ;-)
I wish the Republicans would hurry up and get some statistics out there showing exactly how many traditional marriages have been destroyed by the legalization of gay marriage. Because I haven’t heard of any yet.
Saint Stephen,
You and me both on those statistics!!! LOL
I was just out riding my bike, and one has a lot of time to think in that situation, and I was wondering: has the first official “gay divorce” occurred yet? It’s bound to happen some time.
Oh. Gay marriage, of course! Gay? How about “droll marriage”? I suspect most of the citizenry really doesn’t care. Life is hard enough. Why deny a little joy to a minority of our brothers and sisters whose neuro wiring is probaqbly different from the majority? As to divorce, I see no reason why droll tops and bottoms enthusiasts’ numbers should be any different from “normal” (ha ha) folks’ numbers: Two outta three I think is the latest metric on failing marriages in USA. BasicFunguist may have been married the year before last; others who wonder about him think he was married in early ’69. 6Quien sabes?