It’s just about time to schedule the piteous press conference.

And the KosKids have the proof!

With bonus typos and misspellings in the lyrics.

Harold Camping admits (again) that he got his math wrong. The end of the world will now come in October: Camping, who made a special appearance before the press at the Oakland headquarters of the media empire Monday evening, apologized for not having the dates “worked out as accurately as I could have.” Through chatting [...]

Obama brings rapid response, blogger “hand holding” in-house.

For the first time in a while, I haven’t already read the winning novel. And just when my To Be Read stack had gotten to a manageable size…. The full list, courtesy the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America: Winning Novel: Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Spectra) Also Nominated: The Native Star by M.K. Hobson [...]

It’s 5:59, 21 May 2011, where will you’ll go? That was pretty obvious, so here’s BONUS TRACK that only seems appropriate on the surface:

Birtherism dies a quick death–and with it the notion that Obama’s opponents are motivated purely by race.

I can’t remember where I saw it earlier, but it was well-put: Iran’s politics aren’t like ours…. Close allies of Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been accused of using supernatural powers to further his policies amid an increasingly bitter power struggle between him and the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Several people said to [...]

“Reports of Cantor’s remarks apparently came as a surprise to… Eric Cantor.” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) is denying a published account claiming Republicans are preparing to ditch Rep. Paul Ryan’s ambitious plan to revamp Medicare in pursuit of a debt ceiling compromise with Democrats — but both sides have begun seeking common ground [...]

No sooner did players start coming back to team facilities, than the 8th Circuit granted the league’s request and issue as temporary stay of the injunction ending the lockout. “The purpose of this administrative stay is to give the court sufficient opportunity to consider the merits of the motion for a stay pending appeal,” the [...]

A conspiracy theorist is never troubled by facts.

“A man who tried to hijack a Paris-Rome flight and take it to Libya was overpowered by cabin crew during the flight and arrested when the plane arrived in the Italian capital.” One man armed with only a small knife isn’t much of a hijacking plan. But there was still a time when the crew [...]

By engaging in a blatantly unconstitutional prosecution of Pastor Terry Jones, Dearborn has actually boosted his nonsensical cause.

Why, yes, my iPhone has indeed been tracking me since last summer.

How can anyone, anywhere think this is okay?!? And the utterly classless author having lost all sense of decency, how could any editor or manager have let this attack on a toddler go live? Today is the day we come together to celebrate the snowbilly grifter’s magical journey from Texas to Alaska to deliver to [...]

Tax compliance employs more workers than Wal-Mart, UPS, McDonalds, IBM, and Citigroup — combined.

What? “Spending reductions in the tax code”? The tax code isn’t where we spend, it’s where we collect, and that…. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I guess what you said is tax “code”, code for raising taxes. You managed to talk about a tax hike as a spending reduction. Can we afford that and the royalty checks you’re going [...]

Judge Sumi’s TROs arise from a veritable cornucopia of error.

Kurt Cobain died 17 years ago today.

You remember how the House GOP was trying to pass laws without the Senate or the President agreeing? Yeah, about that….

Whether due to innumeracy or intentional deceitfulness, ThinkProgress has the JobsOhio bill totally wrong.

With the Draft only 27 days away, multiple lawsuits pending, and the lockout only in force for a few weeks, the NFL announced that an agreement on a new CBA had been reached with players.

The NRSC helpfully provides President Obama with his first campaign ad of the 2012 cycle: