The First 100 Days of…

TOTUS Today is the day when the world waits with baited breath to hear all about the accomplishments of the leader of the free world.  We here at the Confluence are no different.  We anxiously await the spectacular run down.  So let us begin by reminiscing about some of TOTUS’s phenomenal moments. So,…what has TOTUS done in [...]

Coming Soon – Bad Commercials

This Saturday at 8pm Eastern – bring out your worst We’re having a bad commercial contest. Multiple categories (foreign, domestic, sexist, stupid, classic, etc) Pick yer brains and scour YouTube. (no comments, this is just an ad)

War Porn

YEE-haw! Videos like this one are the kind of thing that makes war look fun and exciting, so impressionable kids enlist to be John Wayne and come home in body bags. The video was edited down from approximately one hour. This is an open thread.

Wednesday: ExSpecterating

(Early morning TC means this will have to be somewhat short and underdeveloped) If any Republican senator was going to switch sides, it would have to be Arlen Specter.  Color me unsurprised.  He’s come through brain tumors, cancer and eight years of the Bush administration.  The man is a survivor.  I remember when he became [...]

Your Breakfast Read, Served By The Confluence

US has its first flu death First U.S. swine flu death confirmed A two-year-old child in Texas has become the first fatality from swine flu in the United States, officials said Wednesday. Arlen Specter decides to make life even more miserable for the GOP Specter Leaves GOP, Shifting Senate Balance GOP Confronts Its Future Viability [...]