Blog Profile / Crooks and Liars
| URL : | http://crooksandliars.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | US Politics / Liberal | |
| Posts on Regator: | 32487 | |
| Posts / Week: | 117.3 | |
| Archived Since: | January 31, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Open Thread
Re-arranging the deck chairs (and sunbathers) for the book "The Art of Clean Up." The perfect Father's Day gift your kids can give your OCD ex-husband. Just sayin'. The Art of Clean Up: Life Made Neat and Tidy Author: Ursus Wehrli Price: $9.04 (As of 05/22/13 10:34 am details) Open thread below...
C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Chuck Jackson
Title: Any Day Now Artist: Chuck Jackson Motown Anthology Artist: Chuck Jackson Price: $5.13 (As of 05/22/13 07:01 pm details) Here's a singer. Got a favorite vocal performance?
Colbert Mocks Tea Partiers For Whining About Tax-Exempt Status They Didn't Have to Ask For
Click here to view this media ABC's Jonathan Karl and his part in helping to feed the scandal-mongering over Benghazi wasn't the only recent Republican drummed up outrage Stephen Colbert decided to take on during this Monday's show.Show More Summary
Arizona Abortion Law Struck Down
Arizona’s abortion law is unconstitutional, according to a federal appeals court. About a year ago, the state banned abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in medical emergencies. But a circuit court now ruled that the government...Show More Summary
Virginia Lt. Gov. Nominee: Not Sorry for Hate Speech 'Because I'm a Christian'
Click here to view this media The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia says that he is a Christian and has no reason to apologize for his history against of hate speech against LGBT people, liberals and abortion providers.
It was only after African-American minister E.W. Show More Summary
Virginia Is For Wingnuts Who Want To Track Your Miscarriages
Thomas Jefferson must be rolling in his grave: If a woman in Virginia has a miscarriage without a doctor present, they must report it within 24 hours to the police or risk going to jail for a full year. At least, that’s what would have happened if a bill introduced by Virginia state Sen. Show More Summary
Inspiring Each Other Forward
When I was writing my book on the history of American political debate and change - The Progressive Revolution: How The Best In America Came To Be - in 2008, I was doing some research on the sequence of events in the 1960s, I was struck by the fact that so many big things happened so close together. Show More Summary
Tell the Bankers that the People are Too Big To Fail
Carmen is a 23 year-old fighting to keep her family's home. Yesterday she was electrocuted by a taser at the Department of Justice while peacefully protesting with Occupy Our Homes and the Home Defenders League for her rights as a homeowner.
Call...Show More Summary
It's Time For IRS Official Lois Lerner To Resign
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This morning, Lois Lerner went before a Congressional committee and invoked the Fifth amendment with regard to her role in the selection process for challenging applications for tax-exempt status.
“I have not done anything wrong,” she said. Show More Summary
British Soldier Hacked To Death In London Terror Attack
Link: An active duty soldier was “beheaded” Wednesday afternoon in London by machete-wielding assailants who were shot by police moments later, British media outlets reported. The man was reportedly stationed at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, near the location of the attack. Show More Summary
Wolf Blitzer Asks Atheist Mom If She Thanked the Lord
Click here to view this media Things didn't go quite according to plan when CNN's intrepid reporter Wolf Blitzer asked one of those cliché questions reporters always seem to ask survivors of natural disasters.
WOLF BLITZER: “You’re blessed. Show More Summary
Extra Strength Funny: The Soothing Balm for Scandal Fatigue. Absurdity Today Ep. 39
Scandal Fatigue: n. A condition whereupon suffers "can't F'ing BELIEVE these partisan, government and/or corporate media pricks are crying victim to actions they themselves have been guilty of for the last 40 years and FLOODING the airwaves...Show More Summary
Interior Dept. Adopts ALEC Rules On Fracking On Federal Lands
Somehow, I'm not all that surprised that we went from this hopeful news on Ed's show in February to this crashing disappointment in May. We can say that in this case, the bad guys clearly won -- assuming, of course, that you believeShow More Summary
Bernie Sanders Goes After Wall Street Oil Speculators
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called on Tuesday for an investigation into oil price manipulation. He also proposed a 30-day deadline for federal regulators to use emergency powers to curb excessive speculation in crude oil markets. “We...Show More Summary
Elizabeth Warren Puts New Treasury Secretary On Notice
I sure hope Jack Lew got the message loud and clear. Senator Elizabeth Warren is not going to allow him to mollycoddle banks the way Tim Geithner did. In Wednesday's Senate hearing, she asked him a few pointed questions intended to send...Show More Summary
Rand Paul Demands Congress 'Apologize' to Apple for Tax Avoidance Hearing
Click here to view this media Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday lashed out at fellow members of Congress for looking into how technology giant Apple is able to avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes.
The Senate Permanent Subcommittee...Show More Summary
Inhofe: Tornado Aid ‘Totally Different’ From Hurricane Sandy Aid
Click here to view this media The worst Senator in a body replete with really bad and odious senators tells us why Tornado relief is different than Hurricane relief.
Via WaPo
In the wake of the devastating tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb, Sen. Show More Summary
Mike's Blog Round Up
Ramona's Voices: Six things media personalities could and should avoid when covering a disaster. Rumproast: Coburn the compassionate. Not the Singularity: When conservatives don’t get climate science, part 3,461. A Taxing Matter: Times...Show More Summary
Open Thread
I sure am gonna miss Bill Hader, who is leaving SNL. Here he is in a YouTube from last year (not work safe). Open thread below...
C&L's Late Nite Music Club With Jerry Byrne
Title: Lights Out
Lights Out
Price: $0.99
(As of 05/21/13 05:27 pm details)
Got a favorite from the fifties?