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GOPasaur Extinction Update: Griftasaurus Karlroveii

As reported in the New York Times and other reputable sources - and widely mocked elsewhere - Griftasaurus Karlroveii has concocted yet another plan to stave off extinction... or at least make some...

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Extinction Update: Brontosaurus Romneii (The Song Has Ended But The Malady...

          Seismometers across the continental plate reverberated as previously-thought-to-be-extinct Onepercentasaur Brontosaurus romneii emerged from one of his well-appointed caves to grace the world...

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GOPasaur Extinction Update: CPAC Fossil Follies!

GOPasaurs and GOPasaur wannabees, journalists, lobbyists, and hookers were joined by paleontologists at the Cretaceous Political Animal Circus (CPAC), proving once again that politics makes very, very...

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GOPasaur Extinction Update: Rewriting The Fossil Record

                                                        Actually, the GOP version is only about 6,000 yearsIt's not easy being green a GOPasaur. All signs points to their individual and collective...

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Stupid Republican tricks special edition: Florida accidently bans linking...

From our "see, this is why we can't have good things" department, citizens of Florida learn what happens when you elect morons to control state legislatures -they pass idiotic legislation.The Miami...

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Happy days are here again: Mitt Romney to headline New Hampshire GOP fundraiser

This just in from our "this is too good to be true" department - Mitt Romney may be on the comeback trail as Steve Peoples reports the announcement of an August 6 Mitt Romney New Hampshire...

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Tea Party Extinction Update: Release The Velociraptors!!

Explanations abound for the mass extinctions of slow-witted lumbering beasts that once roamed the earth only to find their skeletons incorrectly reassembled in the natural history museums of the world....

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Indiana considers decriminalization of marijuana

I just received this missive from Torquemadawg, saying that Indiana is considering decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana. This seems sensible to me. I pass it on here without...

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May God bless America, and all the other countries and peoples of the world

------ Satire Alert: Posts in Hydrant are intended to be humorous and sometimes sarcastic. Some parts of this post contain good natured self-deprecatory humor as a literary device and longer story...

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Is comparing Chris Christie to Tony Soprano stereotyping Italians and...

Credit: Photo Illustration by Jacqueline Mellow/The New Republic  --- Dats a nice house ya got dare Christie, what a shame if something were to happen to it. - The HoundDogio, aka The DaawwggsterThe...

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#mcconnelling - palooza

So ...I'm not new to this #mcconnelling thing. Jon Stewart's crew did a pretty bang up job of introducing the concept, and I have seen some pretty awesome ones already shared here at the Great Orange...

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Galactic oscillations around dark matter disk could cause 35 million year...

Breaking! -- Scientists have developed a theory that might explain the mysterious 35 million year extinction cycle that may have killed off the dinosaurs. According to a publication in Nature, "Dark...

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"Crashing the Estates: The Rise of Corporate Powered Politics and The Daily...

Every now an then a book comes along that not just changes your thinking about politics, but also the way you think about politics. Crashing The Estates: The Rise of Corporate Powered Politics and The...

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Graphic humor medley: dog cartoons, Joy Bahar video, giant python eating...

Huffington Post deserves the hat tip for noticing the new cover of The New Yorker is going to drive the Republicans absolutely bonko. Let me be the first to predict a "subscription cancellation"...

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Koch Brothers' net worth tops $100 billion!

David De Jong, of Bloomberg.com announces the news that the Koch Brothers Net Worth Tops $100 Billion as TV Warfare Escalates."Spread the word! Billionaires of lessor means take heart. Hope exists that...

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'My Cat From Hell' by Jackson Galaxy returns for 5th Season, sends out cute...

"Marking" tonight's premier return of the fifth season of "My Cat From Hell" on "Animal Planet," HuffPost reporter Lauren Duca speaks with Jackson Galaxy, whom she calls "the most famous cat...

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Dinosaur Extinction Update: Fossil Follies Special Edition!

Something's afoot in the land of GOPasaurs, those crass, craven  creatures who rumble across the craton, roaring and wreaking havoc, stealing our resources, despoiling our environment, threatening the...

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497 Chikungunya virus cases so far in 2014: What you need to know about our...

G, Mish-Mish, Kashi, Yeti and I are just six days away from our drive from Massachusetts to Florida so I've been reading up on dreadful tropical diseases that are creeping up from the Mexico and...

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True Tales of "Customer Rage"

Life in the service industry is rough. But hey, we live in the service economy so whaddyagonnado?See the "Customer Rage" survey as reported in USA Today for how we deal with customer service workers....

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The World According to "Duck Dynasty"

First of all, thanks A&E for unleashing these guys on us. No, really thank you. I mean it. They're like a right wing Kardashian clan. I needed that in my life. I really, really really did. Now that...

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