April 2014 Archives
- April 30, 2014
Love is in the wind: They probably met on teapartymingle.com - April 30, 2014
Donald Sterling: Life plus $2.5 million - April 30, 2014
Desperate times call for desperate measures - April 30, 2014
Texas Republicans: Keeping Texans scared and stupid since the Johnson Administration - April 30, 2014
This is what happens when you value ideology more than people - April 29, 2014
Can I assume we're not talking about Idaho?? - April 29, 2014
RIP, Jack Ramsay (1925-2014): Most of us can only dream of making an impact as he did - April 29, 2014
Better to be thought a dick than to be Tucker Carlson and...oh, never mind.... - April 29, 2014
When you're a pig, you don't care who knows it - April 29, 2014
Oregon: Wave your hands in the air like you just don't care...'cuz evidently we don't - April 29, 2014
The Party of Lincoln- fools, flat-earthers, Christian zealots, and racists welcome - April 28, 2014
Today on "People Unclear on the Concept".... - April 28, 2014
If your skin is this thin, perhaps politics isn't your best career choice - April 28, 2014
Today's random silliness from Portlandia - April 28, 2014
Racism isn't dead; it just has a better marketing department - April 28, 2014
If these are your heroes: The Tea Party's a lousy judge of character - April 27, 2014
There's another side to "religious freedom" laws - April 27, 2014
Cliven Bundy and the Sovereign Citizen movement: When hypocrisy meets self-interest - April 27, 2014
Where is your God now?: A giant cross collapses and kills an innocent bystander in Italy - April 27, 2014
The Ballad of Bundy Ranch: Liberty, Freedom, and "What I know about the Negro" - April 27, 2014
If God meant for you to be happy, you'd have been born in Margaritaville - April 26, 2014
So it turns out that Canadians really ARE trying to kill us.... - April 26, 2014
If Donald Trump is criticizing you, you're doing something right - April 26, 2014
In case you were wondering what Matthew McConaughey is up to these days.... - April 26, 2014
Hypocrites come in many colors, but White gets more than its fair share - April 26, 2014
Cliven Bundy: Sow the wind....reap the Twitter (Part Deux) - April 25, 2014
More writer's humor: Syntax am overrated - April 25, 2014
Today on "The Schadenfrede Report": "Patriots" should be careful who they hitch their wagon to, eh? - April 25, 2014
Cliven Bundy: Sow the wind....reap the Twitter - April 25, 2014
Hey, Houston: Don'tcha think it's a bit too early to panic? - April 25, 2014
OMG!! Al Franken makes a funny...and Conservatives are suddenly defenders of women? - April 24, 2014
Equality: It's not just the right thing, it's good business - April 24, 2014
Portland 2, Houston 0: The sound your heard was Rockets fans wiping the smirks off their faces - April 24, 2014
When you lose the distinction between the truth and the absurd, you have CNN - April 24, 2014
Memo to the Tea Party: Guess what? Your hero's a racist. What does that say about you? - April 24, 2014
Today's nominee for Headline of the Year: No pants? No problem!! - April 24, 2014
Thomas Jefferson warned us.... - April 23, 2014
Better to be thought a fool than to be Caribou Barbie and remove any lingering doubt - April 23, 2014
Portland's next foodie trend - April 23, 2014
Today's Communique from The Ministry of Silly Walks - April 23, 2014
Tea Party Patriots? Not when cowardice is their primary strategy. - April 23, 2014
So you're STILL thinking equality is guaranteed to everyone? - April 23, 2014
That awkward moment when you realize White doesn't make right - April 22, 2014
The definition of "weak and pathetic": claiming persecution when you have an 80% majority - April 22, 2014
Better to be thought a fool than...this - April 22, 2014
Because when Pamela Geller is unhappy, ain't nobody happy - April 22, 2014
Teapublican fantasies have consequences - April 21, 2014
If you hate government so much, why do you cling so tightly to the things it protects? - April 21, 2014
Next on the 11 o'clock news: Scarlet Letters make a comeback - April 21, 2014
The best Republican appeal to women you'll see all day - April 21, 2014
Today's exercise in futility: Expecting an interview with a teabagger to make sense - April 21, 2014
Today's WWJD Public Service: What not to do if you meet a lesbian - April 20, 2014
Lucifer's Testicles? And you wonder why I love Easter.... - April 20, 2014
If you allow someone to define what you "must" believe, do you really have any belief at all? - April 20, 2014
A very good reason to hate Easter.... - April 20, 2014
Because we're just that fascinated and enthralled by our collective quirkiness - April 20, 2014
Today's exercise in pointless hyper-religiosity - April 19, 2014
Oklahoma City: Proof that terrorism isn't the sole domain of Evil Swarthy Islamofascists - April 19, 2014
American Right Wing 34, Radical Jihadists 21 - April 19, 2014
Who says the Russians aren't trying to kill us? - April 19, 2014
Who needs gender equity when you can rationalize treating women as property? - April 19, 2014
Random blind luck: Not the same thing as Divine Intervention on your behalf - April 18, 2014
I'm much too young to be this damned old (again) - April 18, 2014
And you think it's easy to write? - April 18, 2014
Today's communique from the Department of Two Wrongs STILL Don't Make a Right - April 18, 2014
Mama, PLEASE let your babies grow up to be editors - April 18, 2014
When is diversity the same as ethnic cleansing? When the Radical Religious Right says so. - April 18, 2014
Selective outrage and hypocrisy: An American tradition - April 17, 2014
The People's Republic of Passive-Aggressive - April 17, 2014
When there's a Black Man in the White House, can you ever truly be guilty of sedition? - April 17, 2014
Just what the doctor ordered - April 17, 2014
Twitter 101: What you don't pay attention to may come back to haunt you - April 17, 2014
A quiet Sunday afternoon in the park in Kramatorsk, Ukraine - April 16, 2014
The Nietzsche Family Circus - April 16, 2014
Texas women: When you willingly participate in your own subjugation, you get what you deserve - April 16, 2014
And you wonder why I don't eat burritos? - April 16, 2014
Because time off and equal pay are for losers and Liberals - April 16, 2014
Christianity: More people unclear on the concept...and this one used to be a preacher - April 15, 2014
I know; atheistz r so stoopid!! - April 15, 2014
Gun violence: Why solve the problem when you can deflect debate on to pointless issues? - April 15, 2014
And then people wonder why I'm vegan.... - April 15, 2014
Science: The leading cause of children growing up to be godless Liberals - April 15, 2014
Hmm...and all this time I'd been thinking only The Black Guy in the White House rules by fiat - April 14, 2014
You know your day's REALLY going to suck when.... - April 14, 2014
Baseball in Portland? Nah, just put a bird on it. - April 14, 2014
It's a dessert topping AND a floor wax!! - April 14, 2014
Love really does triumph over hate - April 14, 2014
George Bush's artistry- the worst form of torture imaginable - April 13, 2014
Funny how your God supports whatever you need Her to get behind, isn't it?? - April 13, 2014
Right...and this shining example of Christian humanity wonders why he can't get a date - April 12, 2014
Prancercise: Keeping Portland weird yet again - April 12, 2014
American democracy: Only for Conservative White Christians...and those with strong bladders - April 12, 2014
Today' WWJD Philosophical Musing of the Day - April 12, 2014
Kindness: Because there's no wrong way to be nice to someone who needs it - April 12, 2014
Why I've run this blog for almost 13 years now - April 11, 2014
The real reason Tyrannosaurus Rex became extinct - April 11, 2014
Florida Republicans: If this isn't the definition of Evil, I don't know what would be - April 11, 2014
Have you ever had that "Man, something REALLY horrible is about to happen" feeling?? - April 11, 2014
Freedom of the press: Offer not available in Alabama - April 11, 2014
Good News!! Now all y'all can donate as much "speech" as you want! - April 10, 2014
Sometimes all it takes to be a hero is to put a human face on hatred and bigotry - April 10, 2014
One of a few things I miss about Texas: Bluebonnet season - April 10, 2014
There' stupid...and then there's Louie Gohmert, uber-Jesus-y stoopid - April 10, 2014
I suppose the slaves just freed themselves, right? - April 9, 2014
The rain in Spain falls mainly from a plane - April 9, 2014
If it's inevitable, you might as lay back and enjoy it...'cuz it's a man's world, don'tchaknow? - April 9, 2014
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Oregon backwoods.... - April 9, 2014
Sweden: EXACTLY like North Korea...except for the rampant human rights abuses - April 9, 2014
Mitch McConnell and karma: It couldn't happen to a nicer hypocrite - April 8, 2014
Good morning, Seattle! - April 8, 2014
But...if we teach our kids about sex, they'll schtup anything that moves...right?? - April 8, 2014
It's not a video game. It never was. - April 8, 2014
It would appear my Nigerian relatives are stepping up their game - April 8, 2014
House Republicans release their long-awaited alternative to Obamacare - April 7, 2014
We all mourn someone - April 7, 2014
Facing the question of when a boycott mirrors the intolerance and bigotry it's intended to oppose - April 7, 2014
Unions: Justabuncha unAmerican Marxist thugs...right?? - April 7, 2014
Freedom of speech: Now available only to Conservative White Christians - April 7, 2014
Elections matter - April 6, 2014
Toronto politics: Like Texas politics without the hyper-Christian self-righteousness (#3) - April 6, 2014
Even theologically speaking, you can't have your cake while eating it - April 6, 2014
This is what happens when you lower the bar - April 6, 2014
Misogyny and sexism are next to godliness - April 6, 2014
Mississippi: Homophobia, self-righteousness, and bigotry deserving of commemoration - April 6, 2014
Mississippi: A safe haven for good, God-fearing, Conservative White Christians - April 5, 2014
Better to be thought a fool than to have your own sports talk radio show - April 5, 2014
Political reality once again destroys the Republican myth generator - April 5, 2014
Congratulations, America; this is what buying democracy looks like - April 5, 2014
Class...nothing but pure class - April 4, 2014
Today' WWJD Public Service: Never mix corn dogs and politics - April 4, 2014
Cue the Conservative White Christian outrage in 4...3...2...or not - April 4, 2014
Branding 101: Today's epic fail - April 4, 2014
As if we need to be told not to pee in swimming pools.... - April 4, 2014
Evidently, being a member of Red Sox nation doesn't come with spell check - April 3, 2014
The best April Fools Joke EVER...or was it a joke?? - April 3, 2014
Better to be thought a fool and a bigot than to be Patrick Dollard and...oh, never mind.... - April 3, 2014
I wonder if you can send your mother-in-law to Kabul via Priority Mail? - April 3, 2014
Today's lesson in not judging a book by its cover - April 3, 2014
Once upon a time, we actually had a use for Osama bin-Laden, A Saudi "businessman" and "job creator" - April 2, 2014
Toronto politics: Like Texas politics without the hyper-Christian self-righteousness (#2) - April 2, 2014
Exhibit A as to why the separation of Church and State is a good thing - April 2, 2014
Today's nominee for "Worst Own Goal of the Year" - April 2, 2014
Never ask a question you're not prepared to hear the answer to - April 2, 2014
Something tells me this kid isn't destined to become a militant vegan - April 1, 2014
It's been a great ride...and thanks for all the fish - April 1, 2014
What really happened to MH370 - April 1, 2014
How can we expect Latinos to continue cutting our grass and washing our cars if we edumicate them? - April 1, 2014
Sometimes, being lost is a good thing for someone