The Goat Pen

That's what the two party system does. You're programmed from birth to pick a side and root your ass off for the one of your choosing and the other side is responsible for all the problems in the country. Dems are always liberals and left by definition, despite the fact that both sides are now way o...

I actually kinda like Rachel Maddow. She is a rare liberal talking head that is capable of smiling. Luckily I don't watch MSNBC ever so I don't have to suffer this unholy cross between Bronson Pinchot and John Stewart. I do like Big Eddie though. Used to listen to his radio show. He was on point a ...

Norm Macdonald's last stand up bit on Letterman.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjEvl43zYY

The MSM being firmly entrenched w/the establishment should scare the sh!t out of everybody. If you get your information from a news outlet that is owned by a multinational corporation, you are being manipulated and lied to. Even MSNBC is establishment and ultimately right wing. It's not an accident...

https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/DJIj1dyVAAAQL86.jpg The rising strength and potential impact of the hurricanes in the Atlantic basin has weather experts concerned, as global temperatures continuing to hit record highs. Global warming, which isn’t necessarily causing the formation of hurrica...

Hillary won't get the 20 nomination She's been busy over the last 6 months preparing a fake ass narrative as to why she lost. It's very clear that she felt she deserved the White House. I have a theory that she is almost as big a narcissist as Trump, but she's smarter so she hides it better. They b...

Vagina/Deadskin-Dave, keeper of the Tom Brady flame. Will forever hound Peyton for only winning 5 league MYPs and multiple SBs. The real hatred should be for Aaron Rogers. Arguably the second most talented QB of this era and only 1 Superbowl with plenty of skill players and adequate defense. You ki...

the definition of liberal and progressive has change dramatically in the last 30 years. As has conservative They've all evolved over time and have multiple meanings but it's terms like "liberal", "left", and to a lesser extent "progressive" that are being branded by ri...

"What I did not see is a car plowing through a crowd nor did I see anyone shooting at one of the protesters both of which happened in Charlottesville, as you know." Nor did Trump say there are some very fine folks on the left like he did with the alt right. An anti-fascist group popping up...

Music that makes you contemplate your place in the solar system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow18a-CkLN4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZOaI_Fn5o4 I don't care for Ryan Gosling in the role but this should still be pretty good. If you saw the original trailer, the line used to be "every civilization was built off the back of a disposable war force". That's the most dangerous language ever t...

The new deal had a bunch of ideas that failed. You could also argue that the advent of the war, putting thousands of men on the government script with women at home going to the factories to take their place pulled the country out of the depressions, and after winning the war, being the only manufa...

One thing I wish Republican voters understood is that the New Deal worked. Putting disposable income into the hands of the middle class made our economy thrive. It was the most successful period in American history. But unfettered greed took over. 37 years of tax cuts for the rich, deregulation of W...

hedge wrote:Trump lied, miners died...

Everything else he said was a lie. Why would this one thing be different?

If no one cares what they think then why is everybody in the press making a big stink about it? Let people believe what they want to believe. I think that's a right or something... They can believe what they want. What they can't do is have laws passed that protect some folks but not others. That's...

Is this where we talk about the Mayweather fight? I really liked how he went out at 40 and shut down a game Mcgregor in a fight that he could easily have lost. Reminds me of how Ted Williams went out in his last game and went 4-5 or some shit. Mayweather knew if he played defensively he would be fin...

Welcome to what happens when you don't have unions and social safety nets. So, you see Detroit as a viable alternative? Detroit's descent into hard times is pretty much right in step with the overall moving of our Federal Government well out onto the right wing (both parties are now right of what w...

The original Beatles, 1961. John, George, Paul and Pete. [img2]http://cdn.groovyhistory.com/content/34056/008bc79514ec0a56bdec4f3878fdec86.jpg[/img2] Pete and Ringo were both hired for their looks, not their drumming. Best didn't really fit in with the other three which is the main reason they let ...

I often wonder what would happen if a bunch of dogs got together and created a capitalist system. I can see a few poodles sitting around drinking drinks while a bunch of shepherds toil in the fields. Meanwhile the chihuahuas are telling everyone how lazy the shepherds are and that's why they have no...

I don't know if that's exactly correct, but I have no reason to doubt it, and anyway, I'm sure it's pretty close to what he said, but it is amazing that the 85 richest people in the world have as much wealth as the bottom 3.5 billion... It's correct. You can round up if you want and say the 100 ric...