By Robert Parry: The back-to-back national conventions had a clear winner on policy and presentation; the Democrats trounced the Republicans. But the chief reason for the lopsided result was that the Mitt Romney/Paul Ryan ticket constructed its three-night infomercial around a ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: So you're never going to believe this, but Jason Biggs, the kid who made himself famous by pretending to fuck a pie, apparently has a really crude sense of humor and a filthy mouth to go with it. In case you haven't yet seen the mushroom cloud off in the ...read more

By Chez Pazeinza: My mother has this thing where she refuses to watch violent R-rated movies. No matter how brilliant a film is -- how well it was reviewed, how many awards it's won, how seminal it may be -- if there's even a fair amount of bloodshed in it, chances are she ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via The Huffington Post): TAMPA, Fla. –- After 17 months of speeches, events, tweets and trivia, debates and political battles to unseat the incumbent president, Willard Mitt Romney stepped onto a sports arena stage here Thursday evening and ...read more

By Chez Pazienza: (Glenn Greenwald Honorary Update Below) Well, it was nice while it lasted. I was allowed all of about 24-hours of magnanimity and good will toward CNN before something happened to kind of blow it all to hell. You'll remember that when we last left your humble ...read more

By Bob Cesca: When a political party not only builds a convention theme but an entire political movement around lies, myopic slogans and total fiction, there are bound to be glaring contradictions, confused apparatchiks, gaffes and obvious flip-flops. Yesterday, I wrote about ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via The Huffington Post): TAMPA, Fla. -- Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday that if he and his running mate Mitt Romney were elected president, they would usher in an ethic of responsibility. The Wisconsin congressman and GOP vice presidential ...read more

The Daily Banter Headline Grab (via Yahoo! News): Ann Romney, resplendent in red, vouched for Mitt Romney's heart. Chris Christie vouched for the Republican presidential candidate's spine. The potential future first lady and the blunt-talking New Jersey governor capped the ...read more

By Bob Cesca: As I watch the convention coverage and glance across the throng of Republican delegates, I can't help but to think, "Ah yes. This makes sense. The nation's most confused and contradictory Americans have gathered to nominate a liar for president." I know. I know. ...read more