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Lies, Damn Lies, and Fox News Statistics

tom — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:00:59 +0000

Can you see what's wrong with this picture?

On the Rick Perry BlunderBus Tour

tom — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:04:15 +0000

I wrote this elsewhere about his failure to come up with the name of the third agency he wants to eliminate. Someone had said, "rote memorization is overrated anyway as an indicator of intelligence." I think that's actually irrelevant. Read on...

Lowest Point Yet

tom — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000

But I expect it to get lower. Booing an active-duty soldier? It’s a mob action ready to happen, and yet they want to run the country.

At Last!

tom — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:26:24 +0000

The news we've been waiting for these last 10 years.

Maybe It Was At The Botanical Gardens?

tom — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:32:24 +0000

Maybe you've seen this joke before, but if not, what's wrong with this picture?

Joke of the Day

tom — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:15:51 +0000

"A unionized public employee, a member of the Tea Party, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table there is a plate with a dozen cookies on it. The CEO reaches across and takes 11 cookies, looks at the tea-partier, and says...

Lies, Damn Lies, and …

tom — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 20:33:02 +0000

Imagine you're in a plane that's crashing. Right before we hit the ground, marked by the dot, we changed pilots. Is it the new pilot's fault we almost crashed? Michelle Bachmann says emphatically "yes."

Why Does Anyone Listen to the Ratings Agencies?

tom — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:56:49 +0000

This really takes the cake.

In Case It Wasn’t Clear Enough The First Time

tom — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:55:04 +0000

"This is simply the latest round of an ongoing pogrom against conservative thinkers." -- The Washington Times

Snow Removal In the Outer Boroughs

tom — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 15:16:08 +0000

Here's the main commercial strip in the Heights, Montague Street, eight days after the storm.