I really dislike Megyn Kelly. I think her politics are terrible, and she doesn’t carry even the semblance of being “fair and balanced”. But she was an excellent moderator and while I don’t think that questions about “elect-ability” are the best questions for a presidential debate, she treated everyone equally. And even for a conservative, she’s better and smarter than the … Read More
Fox Is Breaking Up With Trump And He’s Not Taking It Well
It’s pretty clear that the Fox moderators were coming down pretty hard on Trump, and although he got the most speaking time, he wasn’t really asked much on policy. Instead, he was put on defensive (more than the others) about his elect-ability and tone. After the debate, Trump complained that the moderators asked him “unfair” questions, and criticized Fox’s Megyn Kelly … Read More
Good Television Night For Political Comedy
At 11:00 pm EDT, we say goodbye to Jon Stewart. End of an era really. The Will Rogers of the modern era. There are and will be others in the political comedy arena, but none as astute as Stewart. I won’t indulge in a Stewart retrospective. Others are doing that, and much better than I could. I’ll just showcase two … Read More
Trump/Fox Thoughts
Another day of all-Trump news. Only because some new polls showed him way ahead, but only one day of that poll was taken after Trump’s McCain comments. I guess the latest is that Trump gave out Lindsay Graham’s phone number in a speech. Intentionally. Serious douche. But the only thing I wanted to add was how Fox is handling the … Read More
Gawker Does The Right Thing . . . Too Little, Too Late Though
I was going to write about a certain story, but I didn’t want to promote it. Basically, the Gawker news site put a story up online about a certain person you have never heard. And it doesn’t matter who it is. But he is the brother of someone in Obama’s cabinet, and the CFO of a major publishing company. And … Read More
I Venture In The Loony Bin So You Don’t Have To
This Jade Helm thing that I wrote about a couple of months ago is still going strong. For those of you still unfamiliar with “Jade Helm 15”, it is the name of a US military operation, or a series of operations actually, that is taking place throughout the Southwest, and a little bit of the South. Nothing new about that … Read More
Fox News Airs “Dehumanizing” Segment On Homeless
This O’Reilly segment on the homeless in Penn Station is… one of the most dehumanizing things I’ve seen on Fox. http://t.co/OHV428A8G1 — Carlos Maza (@gaywonk) June 30, 2015 Yeah, I tend to agree. This segment plays into some of the worst stereotypes about the homeless. This “Watter’s World” guy is Jesse Watters, and his shtick is to interview people on the … Read More
What Digby Says: Ann Counter
A good article in Slate notes the fall of Ann Coulter and postulates why: [New York magazine’s Anne] Lowrey thinks Coulter is pretty much an act that’s gone sour in the age of polarization and she may be right. She compares her to Donald Trump (who Coulter extols for his “immigrants are rapists” comments, which she believes he got from … Read More
Charlestown Shooter Was A Product Of The Left Wing: Fox News
Wow, this spin is laughable. Fox News guest Kevin Jackson said today that Dylann Roof — who was photographed sporting white supremacist flags and badges and whose alleged manifesto cited the white nationalist group the Council of Conservative Citizens before killing nine black parishioners in a Charleston, South Carolina church — was clearly “a product of the left” and that his killing spree “absolutely … Read More
Fox Drops Palin
Fox News has decided not to renew the contract of former vice presidential nominee and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), according to Politico The reason? Because Fox “executives consider her less relevant now, and her appearances were sometimes hampered by the vast time difference with Alaska” But mostly the first reason, I imagine.
Obama Uses N-Word; Media Misses The Point
President Obama appeared on the WTF podcast with Marc Maron and had a long, thoughtful, and useful conversation about race in America, which included this point: “We’re not cured of it. And it’s not just a matter of not being polite to say ‘nigger’ in public. That’s not the measure of whether racism still exists or not. It’s not just a … Read More
The Conservative Denial That This Is About Race Is Getting Bizarre
This conservative columnist for the Miami Herald (and Fox News contributor) may be the most desperate person on the internets: UPDATE: Still in denial, she later tweeted, “None of this story adds up. Even if a ‘white supremacist,’ their targets/hatred isn’t usually church-going African-Americansty” Huh?!? She got a lot of blowback and has sense set her Twitter account to private.
Palin Word Salad Of The Day
The Great Pundit takes on Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who pretended to be black, who headed up the Spokane chapter of the NAACP. Let’s see how far we can wade in before we get tangled and swallowed: Ok, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t laugh… this hard. I know this isn’t a victimless crime, what this white chick perpetrated. But it’s … Read More
Religious Bigots Use First Amendment Protections To Spew Hate…. Again
Another crazed anti-Muslim right winger — this one in Phoenix — is planning to hold a ‘Draw Muhammad’ Contest right in front of the Islamic Community Center. The organizer of the event, Jon Ritzheimer, has held two protests in Phoenix since the Texas shootings. The chants and slogans at the protests are brash and hateful. Some supporters wear t-shirts that … Read More
Allen West: Anti-Sharia Law Crusader
Former congressman and Fox News contributor Allen West went to Walmart and thought he was the victim of “Sharia law”. Let’s hear what happened in his own words from his own blog in a post that was originally titled “Sharia Law Comes To Walmart” (ominous music): My daughter Aubrey and I arrived in Dallas and our home in Woodbridge on Sunday morning. We … Read More