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Really, Congress? Really?

Saturday Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers asked for a little reality from the conservatives and Congresspeople who are attacking contraception and women’s reproductive rights more broadly: Your Thoughts?

Colbert Takes On His Church’s Demands For Exemptions From Health Care Law

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Colbert’s remark about Bishop Bucks struck me as eerily like a comment on Camels With Hammers from someone named Lyra the week before:

Mitt Romney Is No Longer A Mormon.

That’s right. Mitt Romney, America’s most famous representative of the Church of Latter Day Saints no longer belongs to the Mormon faith. His associations with the church were invalidated when a moment ago I took it upon myself to unbaptize him. So, spread the word far and wide, fellow atheists, Mitt Romney is now one [...]

Suddenly Gingrich and Romney Will Save the Poor!

  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the econom Okay, as I always note when discussing anything remotely related to economics, I am not an economist. I rely on my trained economist readers to provide expertise about the strictly economic aspects of what I am about to comment on. I am [...]

Christian Children: The True Victims of the War on Christmas

This is so well done: War On Christmas PSA Your Thoughts?

An Atheist’s Reply To Rick Perry

James Kotecki responds to this. Friendly Atheist has a reply of their own up too. Your Thoughts?

“Persecuted Male Syndrome”

Colbert highlights the newest civil rights hero: The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Ed Brayton has the discouraging story of his latest unconscionable defeat in court. Your Thoughts?

Jon Stewart Considers “In God We Trust” Debate Just A Waste of Time Distraction. Is It?

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook After watching that clip from The Daily Show, I think I can finally crystalize what I hear from the average secular progressive voting in Congress, writing for The Daily Show, or watching at home when a [...]

Plan 999 From Outer Space

This put a smile on my face: via Thoughts in a Haystack Your Thoughts?

Having Trouble Figuring Out What Conservatives Really Think?

Bret translates 10 popular phrases used by conservatives into ordinary English. Your Thoughts?

Colbert on Whether Being Gay is a Choice

The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Your Thoughts?

Scapegoating Through Song, Swedish Style

If you know how to sing in Swedish, sing along, otherwise be sure the subtitles are on (the cc button on the YouTube player): Via Friendly Atheist Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: Facebook The CIA Program

Perfectly done: Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: The President's Speech

This looks like a profound and moving film: Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: Republicans Confuse Reagan For Eisenhower

The Onion reports on the blunder: WASHINGTON—At a press conference Monday, visibly embarrassed leaders of the Republican National Committee acknowledged that their nonstop, effusive praise of Ronald Reagan has been wholly unintentional, admitting they somehow managed to confuse him with Dwight D. Eisenhower for years. The GOP’s humiliating blunder was discovered last weekend by RNC [...]

"To The Victims Of This Tragedy We Send Our Thoughts And Prayers" By Roy Zimmerman

A satirization of Sarah Palin and what she represents: Of course, as it turned out there were no direct connections between Sarah Palin and Jared Lee Loughner. Nonetheless this is entirely valid criticism of the completely reckless conflation of guns with politics, self-righteous apocalyptic theocratic jingoistic religion, loose talk about revolution, and hyperbolic associations of [...]

Birther Madness In The Republican Party

Anderson Cooper interviews Montana State Representative Bob Wagner who refuses to admit that he knows either that President Obama was born in America or even that being born in America makes someone a citizen: Stupefyingly, Representative Wagner is representative of more than 50% of likely Republican primary voters: Birthers make a majority among those voters [...]

Bill Maher: Michelle Obama Is Not Stalin

Pearl Jam vs. Social Darwinism

A really well made music video for their otherwise mediocre song “Evolution”: Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: Concurrence Round Table

There are more instances of emphatic agreement in this 34 second clip than I have ever witnessed between debating philosophers in my 15 years spent in philosophy. Your Thoughts?

Is This What Secretary Clinton Really Means?

I have already made my case that Secretary Clinton is saying the right things. In the interest of giving equal time to alternative viewpoints, here is a wholly uncharitable and scathing video which “translates” recent remarks to show that she allegedly “really means” the wrong things: Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: Bill Maher On The Founding Fathers Vs. The Tea Party

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Daily Hilarity: Cranky Puppet John McCain

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Let’s All Stand on John McCain’s Lawn www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog</a> The Daily Show on Facebook Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: The Senate Candidate

Via The Daily Dish, which also provides some Hitchens. Your Thoughts?

Daily Hilarity: Protect Yourself With Censorship

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