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President Obama is set to nominate federal appeals court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the vacant spot on the Supreme Court left by the outgoing Justice David Souter. Sotomayor would be the first hispanic judge on the high court, and she also adds another female voice to the bench, and she…  um… OK – so we [...]

So Congress has approved a 90 % tax on those controversial bonuses paid to taxpayer-owned pariah AIG, in a law that goes after about a half-dozen dickwads who may have helped collapse the global economy. But the move is also being criticized as an improper use of legislative powers that undercuts our system of contract [...]

So fraudster Bernard Madoff is officially guilty of bilking plenty of Americans out of billions, taking cash and promising to invest it and guaranteeing too-good-to-be-true returns. Of course, those returns came from other investors in a grand reverse pyramid Ponzi scheme that never actually invested in anything other than keeping Madoff neck deep in hookers, [...]

We’re pretty sure we could have come up with something funnier than this, but we didn’t have the time, so it’ll have to do. Still a better way to spend 90 seconds than what you were about to do.

During President Obama’s address to the joint session of Congress last night Vice President, Joe Biden, appeared to be looking down at something in his lap. The Wrecking Ball Report has determined that Biden was busy setting a personal best on Brick Breaker.

What a strange media world we live in that President Obama’s hand-written notes should wind up in the hands of an obscure satirical blog. Can’t imagine how that happened…. Barring any, uh, last minute edits – it looks like we can expect material stolen from old Seinfeld episodes, abundant pausing, and potential comparisons between the [...]

Kit Bond, the Republican U.S. Senator from Missouri once thought to be a specialty brand of adhesive for model airplane enthusiasts, is apparently still sniffing the good shit.When it comes to the stimulus plan, this good ol’ boy is having his cake, eating it, and sending a flaming pile of resultant crap out through his [...]

He’s a busy boy, our Barry. On Thursday #44 created the office of faith-based initiatives – and this time it’ll actually do more than teach kids that sex is evil in all forms until you’re married. Welcome to the age of faith-based fornication! Oh wait, apparently that’s not quite what it’s about either… We’ll have [...]

If you’re a real political junky or legal geek, you might remember a battle between Congress and President Bush back in 2007 over reauthorizing a program that provides health care for kids in families that don’t qualify for Medicaid, but still can’t afford private insurance and don’t have the time to write to Michael Moore.