San Francisco, the nation's leading progressive city is regularly ridiculed by the Limbaughland lot who enjoy disparaging that metropolis' implementation of cutting-edge social programs. The thing about the liberal bastion that probably drives them so crazy is that these program…

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The ultimate astroturf project known as the 9/12 March on Washington will encompass all aspects of what's left of the Republican party in one place this weekend. Propped up by Dick Armey's Freedom Works Foundation and charging upwards of $10,000 for some groups to take part, this corp… Read full post »

As Diane Sawyer prepares to take the reins from Charlie Gibson over at ABC's World News Tonight, let's take stroll down memory lane and have a look back at some of her most memorable TV moments from the last few years.

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Desperate Republicans continue to show their political anxiety with a shameless new Internet ad that uses video images from the 9/11 attacks and over-the-top scary movie music. The failed strategy of Rudy Giuliani's all-9/11-all-the-time presidential bid seems to be the only way the GOP can go these… Read full post »

               

Slate's Jonah Weiner and his piece, "I Want to GOP to There" attempts to argue that NBC's sitcom "30 Rock" doubles as an argument about the viability of liberal ideals and the allure of a pragmatic, col… Read full post »

                   

Talk about a crazy secret identity. Joe Shuster, the famed artist who created the Superman comic series was also the man responsible for the now legendary underground S&M por… Read full post »

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Jonathan Krohn wowed the crowd at CPAC and even impressed progressives like Ana Marie Cox and Sam Seder with his mesmerizing stage presence. I looked at his performance in a different light. What I saw reminded me of little Marjoe Gortner; the 4 year old ordained Pentecostal preacher who… Read full post »

Okay, perhaps the title is a tiny bit overblown but it is true that Forrest Gump has been chosen to hit the reset button on the repaired Large Hadron Collider when it starts up again in September.

You remember the $6 billion particle accelerator that sends beams of… Read full post »

Remember back in the old days when you dreamed of being a rock star? You'd sit there in algebra class and drift off into la la land visualizing yourself strutting around in leather pants and a concho belt, posing with the mic stand while the fan-girls (or boys) hysterically screamed and… Read full post »

Do you have too many 'friends' on Facebook? You know, the 'friends' that paid you no mind in high school but then, when they find you on Facebook, it's all good times and buddy-buddy. Maybe you thought you were living in the 1930's when you introduced yourself with… Read full post »

In case you didn't know, Brad Pitt really digs architecture.

Through work in New Orleans with his Make It Right Foundation, Pitt is trying to make a difference by bringing together architects, residents and community leaders to create guidelines for rebuilding. Their goal is to make new hom… Read full post »

Congress under Barack Obama will of course look very different than it did during any part of the Bush Administration. One of the most interesting aspects of the Democratic shift is that almost everywhere in Congress, someone from California is in a position of great influence.

California. Th… Read full post »