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Category Archives: Politics
O’Reilly goon gets his rhetorical ass handed to him
Via yet another tangled web of links (via Crooks&Liars, via BradBlog, via RatTube), we find this rather remarkable Fox “News” video. In late March 2008, the Reverend Michael Pfleger invited Jeremiah Wright, conservative demon of the month, to deliver a … Continue reading
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Why I hate the media, part 10,000
CNN’s current headline, as I write this: “President Bush takes part in commemorative tree planting.” This is listed as a “Live, developing story.”
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Incredibly stupid policy comment of the week
So I’m standing in line at the security checkpoint at the airport, and not even a long line at that (10 minutes?). Suddenly a gruff older man starts complaining to his wife next to me. He says, “If they had … Continue reading
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Want conservatives on campus? Use socialism!
This made me laugh. Via The Agonist (through Crooks & Liars), we get the story of the Woessners, professors at Pennsylvania State University. The Woessners (one conservative, one liberal) did a study to investigate why so few conservatives end up … Continue reading
Gun fanatics self-refute their own arguments (updated X 2)
In the wake of the appalling Northern Illinois University tragedy, it has been depressing to see the right-wing gun fanatics making the same tired and irrational arguments against any sort of gun regulation and, even worse, in favor of unrestricted … Continue reading
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What’s in a name, or a label, for Hillary?
Mrs. Bad Astronomy has written a guest post on her husband’s blog (h/t Science After Sunclipse) concerning the media’s tendency to refer to Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as simply “Hillary”. The conclusion drawn is that this represents, either consciously or … Continue reading
A short documentary about Steve Benen… (update!)
Via Kevin Drum, I came across a short (less than 7 minute) documentary about Steve Benen, who writes The Carpetbagger Report political blog and subs quite often on Crooks & Liars and Talking Points Memo. Steve is perhaps my favorite … Continue reading
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Zombies for Romney!
My friend Personal Demon (h/t) forwarded this image of a Romney supporter, from Yahoo! News photos: Yes, the dead have risen and they’re voting Republican! (PD said in his email that he’s a mean, mean man. I have to agree … Continue reading
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Incredibly stupid conservative quote of the week
I’m always amazed at some of the ridiculous things that come out of the mouths of the so-called ‘conservative elite’. Here’s Jonah Goldberg, defending the premise of his book Liberal Fascism on Salon.com (h/t Crooks and Liars): To sort of … Continue reading
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John Grant’s ‘Corrupted Science’
While I was in a bookstore over the holidays, I stumbled across a relatively new publication by author John Grant, Corrupted Science: Fraud, ideology and politics in science. I snapped it off the bookshelf without a second thought (well, one … Continue reading
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