The Republicans seem to be flailing and self-destructing. It truly boggles the mind watching it happen. If I were to use the terminology of the Christian right, I'd say it was even miraculous...the latest C Street Family debacle a case in point. more »

Let me get this straight. The new ATM machines are really cool. You dump in a stack of up to 30 checks and the machine scans the checks, confirms the amounts, and post the transactions in your account. In other words, you've eliminated the vast majority of labor involved in the transaction. (The labor was always negligible when you withdrew cash--whatever was required to fill up the machine with cash.) So what's up with the ATM fees? Why do I have to pay up to $3.00 to use an ATM to withdraw my money from my account. (On a $20 withdrawal, that's a 15% charge to withdraw your money.) Come on man, I can get cash back with my purchase at the grocery store for free!! Common sense says we're getting ripped off. more »

It was revealed today that Kenneth Starr, he of Star Chamber fame from his ludicrous attempts to find fact behind the whitewater charges at great taxpayer expense is counsel in charge of defending Prop 8, which itself appears to be the result of massive expenditures on the part of Utah Mormons. more »

There are two reasons people use drugs: they are bored, or their life sucks and they're trying to get fucked up enough to escape it. There is only one reason people deal drugs: to make money. more »

Are you signed up to the do not call list and still get bombarded by unsolicited telemarketing calls on weekends and holidays in addition to the weekdays? I know I am. The loophole in the do not call list is that internet phones are exempt so these tel… more »

One of those classic American moves right out of a Laurel and Hardy "This is another fine mess you've got us into Stanley" "I'm sorry Ollie" scene. more »