At Balloon Juice, John Cole – a better writer than me (not a high bar, I confess) — puts words to my sentiments: [I]f one more motherfucker tells me that unless I stand up and yell “You go girl” every time Pam Geller opens her noxious piehole to spew venom that I am responsible for creeping Sharia and am a hopeless … Read More
Geller: Blaming Me For Texas Shooting Is Like Blaming A Woman For Her Own Rape
Bill O’Reilly says he would have done it “another way”. But that’s not the worst of it. Greta Van Susteren — also on Fox — editorialized against Geller: Van Susteren said that while the group has the right to exercise free speech, they should not have knowingly endangered police officers by doing do. “It is one thing for someone to stand … Read More
How Abhorrent Is Pam Geller?
Want a good measurement of the toxicity level of Pamela Geller, whose American Freedom Defense Initiative worked so hard for so long to attract the sort of violence that struck its Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest in Texas on Sunday? Two survivors of theCharlie Hebdo murders went on Charlie Rose’s show to make it clear they want nothing to … Read More
The Stewart- Miller Interview
People wonder if The Daily Show will be as funny when Jon Stewart moves on. Maybe, Maybe not. But comedy aside, I wonder if the new host will have the same journalistic chops as Stewart. Judith Miller is making her rounds with a new memoir titled “The Story: A Reporter’s Journey.” She reportedly got a $1.2 million dollar advance for the book … Read More
The Bizarre Story Of The U.S. Military Takeover of Texas
Look, if I wrote about nothing but crazy right wing conspiracies, I would be writing all the time. But this crazy right wing conspiracy is unique — the state of Texas is taking it seriously. Here we go, from the Associated Press: AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday asked the State Guard to monitor a … Read More
Pity The Rich
Monday night, Bill O’Reilly wanted you to know about America’s poor, put-upon rich people. “[Y]ou can see that taxes are through the roof on affluent Americans and business profits.But for the rest of Americans, things are not so bad. The bottom 60% of wage-earners pay just 2.7% of federal income taxes. The bottom 40% actually get money from the feds; … Read More
Our Favorite Ex-Congresswoman Predicts The End Of Times
Go ahead, Michele Bachmann. Break out your “THE END IS NEAR” sign. You know you want to. She came close in a radio interview: Michele Bachmann says the rapture is coming, thanks to President Barack Obama’s policies on Iran’s nuclear program and marriage equality. In a radio interview last week, Bachmann, the former Minnesota Republican congresswoman, told “End Times” host … Read More
Boston Marathon And Memory Lane
The Boston Marathon is happening right now, and like last year, I’m sure I’m not the only one holding my breath, and hoping for a safe run. Then again, with all the security, it’s probably the safest place on the planet right now. Anyway, here’s how I covered it two years ago. By the way, two years ago this week, … Read More
Whiny White Man Whines
Bill O’Reilly lays down the law because he’s white, Christian and oppressed. Not that gender matters and not that he’s using his victimhood to bash a female candidate or anything: If you are a Christian or a white man in the U.S.A. it’s open season on you. Therefore Hillary Clinton has an advantage. She can run a general campaign, first … Read More
Pace Yourselves, Media
Sometime in this campaign season, several months from now, the press will start complaining of “Clinton fatigue”, and how everybody is sick of Hillary Hillary Hillary. When they do, I want everyone to remember that the New York Times ran an article yesterday about Hillary Clinton ordering a burrito bowl at Chipotle in Maumee, Ohio. UPDATE: Fox’s Andrea Tantaros, even … Read More
It’s Perving and Slut-Shaming Season
Like clockwork, around this time of year, Sean Hannity has the unpleasant job — no, he really hates doing this — of telling his viewers about the terrible terrible debauchery going down in Florida, as students flock to places like South Padre Island or Daytona Beach to drink, do drugs, have wild and glorious hook-up sex — all the things we think … Read More
Jon Stewart Drops The Mic On Fox News And Benghazi
He’s leaving it all on the field. This is nice…. The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,The Daily Show on Facebook,Daily Show Video Archive
Our Old Friend Bryan Fischer Has A Theory
Bryan Fischer is the host of the daily ‘Focal Point’ radio talk program on American Family Radio Talk, a division of the American Family Association. And he writes today: Why Obama wants a Republican to win in 2016 It is by now fairly well established that Valerie Jarrett, President Obama’s advisor and brain, is the one who leaked the business … Read More
Michele Fiore Tries Even Harder To Replace Bachman
It was only a few weeks ago that I wrote about Michele Fiore, a local congresswoman in Nevada, where I wondered aloud if she was to become the next Michelle Bachman. It seems that she’s still trying to win my heart, using an offensive racial term common in the 1960s to describe an African American colleague. Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, R-Las Vegas, … Read More