It's at times like this that I'm reminded of the story about the depressed man who went to see a psychiatrist. Times were hard, with many people out of work and hungry. The man told the doctor of how miserable, depressed, alienated and lonely he felt. The doctor listened patiently, and at the end he...

While many of you think that Jonah Goldberg was just making shit up when he put forth his convincing theories about the causal relationship between President Obama’s electoral odds and day-to-day market performance, I think it would be unwise to dismiss someone who has produced such scholarly ...

Glancing at memeorandum, it appears the wingnut tour de farce shows no sign of letting up: Soon after President Barack Obama signed an executive order lifting the ban on the use federal funding of embryonic stem cells in medical research, the wizards behind the White House web site posted the photo ...

Ladies and gentlemen, the Republicans have some ideas how to move forward out of this economic mess: John McCain and Richard C. Shelby, two high-profile Republican senators, said on Sunday that the government should allow a number of the biggest American banks to fail. “Close them down, get th...

As Britney Spears’s concert tour The Circus starring Britney Spears continues to roll across the country, it would seem that Britney has decided to carve out some time along the way to give back to some very needy people. Before her live performance at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL ...

I like Keith Olbermann’s name for the ugly-ass racist hatemonger: Boss Limbaugh. What’s missing, though, is the right note of affection, so I’m going to affectionately contract it to “Bimbaugh”. I also want to be sure I strike a properly respectful note, given his enorm...

Michael Steele groveling at Rush Limbaugh’s feet on Monday was pathetic enough: Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele says he has reached out to Rush Limbaugh to tell him he meant no offense when he referred to the popular conservative radio host as an “entertainerâ€� whose s...

The interweb is a wonderful place full of information, entertainment, sports scores, porn, and really creepy people. I present before you for your judgment, ridicule, and entertainment two such people. First up is my favorite eBay auction ever titled: Experience Your Fear of Clowns. Here is the auct...

As one may discern from the heading above, we have a historic announcement today on these cyber pages at Mayor Sam. It is time to bless one Jack Weiss as the first multiple winner of the "Ass Clown Award" for dubious achievements and misdoings as a Councilperson/Candidate for City Attorney. With... ...

Fresh off the news that Obama’s poll numbers have rebounded to 67% approval, some in the GOP have come up with an innovative new strategy to knock him down a peg: Top Republicans charged President Barack Obama with driving the United States toward socialism on Friday, opening an ideological at...