Slobber And Spittle (Archive)

Caption: For future reference, this is not my happy face. The old backup Slobber and Spittle site at Wordpress.com is no longer the bac...

It's Independence Day in America. Like Joyce Arnold , I can't think of a better way to celebrate it than showing this video of Pete ...

Since it's Sunday, here are some of Richard Dawkins' Twitter musings on religion: "Because it's a faith some people feel c...

Trevor Timm, perhaps best known as one of the founders of the Freedom Of The Press Foundation , on the decidedly contradictory messages we a...

Caption: I wonder if the Texas state house looks like this. Image credit: public domain/Wikimedia Yes, believe it or not, there's ...

Referring to Edward Snowden's run to daylight , Atrios writes at Eschaton : Apparently we are at war with Russia, China, Venezuela, and...

Update/correction June 24 Marcy Wheeler, AKA emptywheel , nails it: emptywheel ‏@emptywheel The Admin that did not prosecute anyone for ...

Caption: A protest against the Vietnam War in Washington, DC, April 24, 1971. Image credit: Leena Krohn/Wikimedia In a guest editorial ...

Dr. Michael Shermer has done some great work in the realm of debunking nonsensical claims about paranormal activity, and describing the diff...

There's another problem with a government agency conducting surveillance when it won't reveal either the targets of its surveillance...