News and opinion from around US-opolis for Tuesday July 19, 2011
Many of the cartoonish GOP figures running for President and in Congress actually appeared in cartoons before heading into the wacky world of Washington DC, you're invited to peruse their former appearances.
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Monday, July 18, 2011
Where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer's horse
Scratches its innocent behind on a tree.
- Auden
St Francis of Assissi had, to be sure, an odd relationship with his body. As a strict ascetic, he...
What happens when a homeless couple shows up at a homeless shelter? The policies and procedures will punish them for their audacity, and rightfully so.
In Mr. Orwell's dystopian novel "1984," he paints a very bleak and totalitarian picture. Mr. Orwell completed this famous work in 1948 and wasn't quite sure what title it should bear and finally settled on the inversion of 1948...
Once again I bring you the highlights of the latest meeting of the "minds" propping up the Tea Party movement. As always, my research is double checked by "Tex" the fact check kitty.
Rep. Bachmann: Hello ladies and gentlemen. So...
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Thursday, June 23, 2011
News and opinion from around US-opolis for Wednesday, July 14, 2011
Dear readers, I apologize but there will be be no Daily Planet today, as I spent yesterday canvassing for the special election here in the Los Angeles area, working for Dem Janice Hahn.
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