Republicans are consciously deciding to downplay their stances on social issues like abortion and gay rights because they’re unpopular.
Profiling the Mass Murderer
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Friends and neighbors are shocked to learn the identity of the man suspected of coldly taking the lives of six people, all members of the same ethnic group. To those who keep track of extremist hate groups, however, the violence was not a surprise. For one thing, he was already under investigation for earlier, similar crimes
In the Future
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In the future, after the economic, environmental and military apocalypse, the last two Americans meet on the last remaining patch of American soil in order to consider what to do next. The answer is painfully obvious.
Jared Diamond, Call Your Office
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In one of the most overtly racist statements ever made by a presidential candidate, Mitt Romney attributes the difference in GDP and average income between Israel and the Palestinian Occupied Territories not to the occupation and trade embargo, but to Palestinian’s supposedly inferior culture.
The Bare Minimum
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Mitt Romney says that if he paid more taxes than required legally, he wouldn’t be qualified to be president. Chintziness: it’s a way of lifeâand a constitutional requirement!
Massacre in Colorado: Bring on the Schmaltz
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When Americans die, especially in batches, dignity goes out the window. Let the mawkish memorials begin!
Afghanistan Redux
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Free Syrian Army rebels, supported with money and arms by the United States, are establishing Taliban-style sharia law in the areas they control. Here we go again, replacing secular socialist governments with Islamist fanatics poised to become our future enemies.
Zombies
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Americans go crazy after a gunman shoots 12 people to death at a movie theater. Meanwhile, 12 Pakistanis are killed by a US drones–and nobody cares.
