Jimmy O’Keeffe political prankster, who took himself to be the conservative answer to Michael Moore, Borat, Jon Stewart, finds himself and his network of conservo-kids (funded by the Scaifes and Coors) ready for trial and then the Slammer for illegally entering a senator’s office. Here he is on his first day in the Pen, arriving … Read more
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Here are some of my best and worst moments from last night’s State of the Union. Worst: 1- Obama’s giving away the store on NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS and CLEAN COAL Technology, which is an oxymoron (perhaps requiring Oxy-clean) . Was that necessary to advocate for climate legislation? Uchhh. 2- Bipartisan veneers, in the face … Read more
Paul Krugman’s blog, 1/23/10: A spending freeze? That’s the brilliant response of the Obama team to their first serious political setback? It’s appalling on every level. It’s bad economics, depressing demand when the economy is still suffering from mass unemployment. Jonathan Zasloff writes that Obama seems to have decided to fire Tim Geithner and replace … Read more
Yesterday at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a woman apparently got into an altercation with a painting. The picture in question, Picasso’s “The Actor”, reportedly lashed out and flung her to the floor, creating a six-inch tear in the canvass. “I was looking through her sketches”, a guard said. “I guess the … Read more
