Cross-posted at The Daily Kos. RealtyTrac today is reporting that foreclosures in America set a record in April. Foreclosure filings in the U.S. rose to a record for the second consecutive month in April as banks increased efforts to seize homes from delinquent borrowers. A total of 342,038 properties received a default or auction notice or were seized last month, […]

Well, for some folks. Like insurance company bigwigs. And these guys: Awesome. I’m just sayin’…

Back in March, I posted a blog entry about a trip my wife and I took to our beloved Arbor Brewing Company on St. Patrick’s Day. Unbeknownst to me, it was picked up by a local online newspaper called The Ann Arbor Chronicle and was on their front page for several days under their “New Media Watch” section. I happened […]

Actually, it’s not just Eric Cantor (R-VA) that’s doing Rush’s bidding, it’s the whole damn Republican Party. To whit: or When are these guys going to learn to get Rush’s permission first??? It would save them so many headaches having to retract things, to apologize, to change their course when Rush sets them straight. And they’d look a whole lot […]

We’ve been biding our time, patiently waiting since mid-February, to plant our garden. In the meantime, we got our seedlings planted and added a raised bed to plant our early cold weather-tolerant crops. With the new bed we now have a total of about 1400 square feet of garden including our herb garden. Here’s our seedlings: We have 60 heirloom […]

With the retirement of Justice Souter, President Obama, a man with nothing better to do these days (wink, wink) now has to tread a very narrow path to pick a new justice. Progressives will surely pressure him to appoint someone who follows in Souter’s liberal-leaning footsteps, perhaps a woman. Conservatives will, of course, are already condemning him for the choice […]

Well, it’s been a week since the Tea Bagging Extravaganza of April 15th. With that bit of distance, I think it’s time to have a look at what the Tea Bagging Parties were all about. It’s time to call them what they were: The Tea Bagging Parties were, plain and simple, nothing more than Anti-Obama Rallies. When you consider who […]

Well, it looks like I picked a great fucking week to be in Texas. Looks like they are seceding from the nation. Great. As usual, Wonkette describes it best: Texas Gov. Rick Perry is such a badass, right, and he doesn’t like it when those incompetent fucktards in Washington start fucking around with his Texas fucking budget. Ever heard of […]

This edition of Who Said THAT???! brings us a quote from a person who holds a supreme position of judgment. That fact makes this quote particularly bizarre to my sane mind. “I have to admit,” he said, “that I’m one of those people that still thinks the dishwasher is a miracle. What a device! And I have to admit that […]

I was wondering. Brave Combo: I’m just sayin’…

It’s a bright sunny day in southeastern Michigan today. Yeah, we’re reeling from 12+% unemployment. Yeah, our automotive companies are the latest whipping boy for what’s wrong with the U.S economy. Yeah, our two biggest newspapers are not even delivering every day of the week anymore. But today, for one day (or hopefully TWO!), we’re putting that all aside to […]