Saudi Arabia
Inside Trump and Toby Keith’s Bizarre Visit to Saudi Arabia
by Kate Harveston Some folks defend President Donald Trump because they want a seat at the table in this new world order. Think Paul Ryan and Mike Pence. Others defend him because they simply don’t know any better. Give a warm welcome to Mr. Toby Keith, everybody. By now, it’s ...read more
Right-Wing Websites Claim To Have Solved The 'Covfefe' Definition Mystery
Covfefe. Trump tweeted it and the internet went crazy. Everyone assumed it was exactly what it looked like -- a 70-year-old man on the internet late at night, ready to go to sleep, and bitching for the hundred-millionth time about the terrible, awful, very bad press coverage he ...read more
Best of Banter: Sarah Palin Got Crazier, 'Friends' Was Racist, and Ted Nugent Is Still An Asshole
From Mike Huckabee's fever dreams of a secular America to the Lovecraftian gibberish spewing forth from the Iowa Freedom Summit, the final week of January confirmed that American politics in 2015 will be just as twisted and deluded as they were in 2014. In fact, they might even ...read more
275 Troops and Then What? We’ve Never Had Any Idea What We're Doing
On Monday the White House announced the deployment of 275 American soldiers to Iraq to protect the American embassy in Baghdad, a city currently in the crosshairs of the militant group, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). That group, which was repudiated by al Qaeda in ...read more
Saudi Arabia Threatens to Build Nuclear Weapons
(Prince Turki al-Faisal - Image via Wikipedia) According to a report in the Guardian, the Saudi government is planning on building nuclear capabilities in response to Iran's proposed nuclear program: A senior Saudi Arabian diplomat and member of the ruling royal family has ...read more