IS RASH LIMBO THE BOSS OF THE REPUBLICANS - BY DEFAULT?What about Newt Gingrich, you ask? C'mon - Newt is SO-15 years-ago.    (Click on any image to ENLARGE it)       Dean Baker  "... According to the Congressional Budget Office, Social Security is fully funded through the year 2049 with...

Since several states won't be getting that filthy ugly Democrat-approved money for education because their GOP govs want to make a screwed-up point, it's up to us to fill in the void. Jack Sheldon! Take us to school!...

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    February 5, 2ôô9 NAVIGATING THE FRINGE STREAM- LISTING A BIT TO THE LEFT... Minister of Rants - it‘s the #1 blog among people who forgive Keith Olberman for his misspent youth blabbng about sports... (Click on any image to ENLARGE it) 50 YEARS AGO: The Music Died...In a snowy field in Iowa...

President Obama will move early to end the 15-year-old "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has prevented homosexual and bisexual men and women from serving openly within the U.S. military, Robert Gibbs, spokesman for the president-elect has said. In the years since Bill Clinton bobbled the issue of ...

    JANUARY 13, 2ôô9   We're ba-a-ack! Da Rev has taken a few weeks R & R. The return is marked by what we hope is a simpler, sharper focus for the blog. ENJOY... & Comment!  Click on any image to ENLARGE it) A veteran economist and a rookie economist are walking down the road. They co...

While Adult Swim is generally regarded as the pioneer of irreverent short-form animation -- especially for 'toons that reimagine past hits -- it wasn't always the king. In fact, the late-night programming block arguably found its birth in a series of short toons and interstitials that ran in the hey...

Only the French could take such an iconic superheroine like Wonder Woman, and make a point that no one is invulnerable, in this anti-AIDS poster. Yeah, where's your magic bracelet now, honey?...

WELL HOWDY, REV'LERS! I’m Rev. Art. That's our next-door neighbor Butch - He stuck mistletoe in the studded collars on his pit bulls. Welcome to our crib in Metro Fairborn and THE HOLIDAZED STAND-UP!               MERRY CHRISMA -HANUKKA- WANZA ! Fleece Nahbabanah! Season’s Greeting...

  Just a note to let you know about a small format change: "Politics & Skin" will publish on this site, but in a separate posting and, usually, on a different schedule from "The Stand - Up"... As always thanks for your continuing interest in Minister of Rants. ____________ And, of course - P...