June 1, 2012 Vanderbilt head football coach James Franklin said Wednesday that he makes hiring decisions based on what the wives look like. “I’ve been saying it for a long time, I will not hire an assistant coach until I’ve seen his wife,” Franklin said...
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House Republicans passed a bill yesterday gutting Superfund. Yes, that's right, the Republican Party supports the exposure of Americans to toxic waste. Of course, as we all know there is.
It's official: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has, at long last, published its rule to limit carbon emissions from new power plants. The proposed rule appeared Wednesday in the Federal.
Shorter syndicated columnist William F. George: If you look at no other data but the number one selling vehicle in America, you can sustain the idea that Americans are driving cars no more fuel-efficient than they were 20 years ago. To the Escalade retrofitted to...
Sometimes the jokes just write themselves: Dan Le Batard won’t be voting in future elections for baseball’s Hall of Fame — either on his own, or as proxy for Deadspin.
The menace of political correctness continues in the Age of Obama. Apparently, Microraptor and and Archaeopteryx were also black, or partly black. This is some bullshit. Fucking Microraptor didn't even.
Gov. Christie: "All right, this one time I'll let you ask about my affairs, one last time." Press: "Is it true, Chris?" Gov. Christie: "No. It was a traffic study." Press: "We both need a drink. I should have stopped at Roy Rogers."
Some Thursday links... Every time I read an article about economic inequality at Rolling Stone, I find the comment section is absolutely inundated with wingnuts. It’s the same in this.
Shorter James Taranto: "If fathers don't participate in raising children, we can safely blame women and their highly regrettable reproductive rights."
But it was worth it -- to inflict retaliation on a politician who refused to grant you an irrelevant endorsement! Emergency responders were delayed in attending to four medical situations – including one in which a 91-year-old woman lay unconscious – due to traffic gridlock...
Well, at least good for the three very deserving players who got in. The fourth deserving player who didn't get in by two votes in part because of voters with.
Arguments that the ACA is fundamentally a "Republican" proposal have three potential ways to go. One is to argue that the ACA was based on the Heritage plan for health.