He's said he was going to do this since before 2009. He's been very explicit about it, people just chose not to pay attention. They always assume his center-right rhetoric is just a...  more

President Obama has riled loyal Democrats by tossing Social Security onto the table in his poker game with Republicans. Not to worry. I think I know how this story ends. A year from now, when the...  more

Yes, and there was a mini ice-age in early Medieval times, and it seriously fucked up many civilizations. The point is, rapid temperature changes cause massive shifts in climate. Massive shifts...  more

Police officers are monitoring social media, internet forums and BlackBerry messaging networks in the expectation that Margaret Thatcher's funeral procession next Wednesday will be targeted...  more

Several hundred people gathered in south London on Monday evening to celebrate Margaret Thatcher's death with cans of beer, pints of milk and an impromptu street disco playing the soundtrack...  more

There are no "studies" that "disprove" global warming. The planet is unquestionably warming up, no scientist disputes this. The data is abundantly clear. The only question is...  more

Well, no offense, but your opinion is worthless. You're not a climatologist, or a physicist, or anything remotely resembling a scientist. Just because you don't "feel" like...  more

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign said Tuesday that they were asking the FBI to investigate how a secret recording, obtained by Mother Jones, was made of senior aides in February...  more

Shades of the Great Depression. Things like this almost caused state-wide riots, and who could blame them? Preventing people from taking food you were going to fucking *throw away*? If anyone...  more