No, this is not The Onion. This is real: I like it when he says that it's not going to be "his point of view", but the moon's. By the way, can you imagine the outcry from the conservative wingnuts if Obama had uttered the words "we would like to change the 4th of July celebration"…..?? [Aside: sorry for the … Read More
Fox Says Bye To Dick
And I love Erik Wemple's editorial on it: No more Fox News contributor Dick Morris. His contract to spout republic-damaging nonsense on Fox airwaves has expired, and the network isn’t renewing it. Taken together with the news that Sarah Palin will no longer be contributing, the Morris development is strong evidence that Fox News has glimpsed the underside of allowing charlatans to … Read More
Palin And Fox Break Up
Palin's contract with Fox News is up, and the news today is that Fox is not renewing. Palin, who was paid a reported $1 million per year as a contributor to FOX since mid-January 2010 when FOX announced her signing, may not have made quite the splash her employers had hoped during this three-year period, and would, on occasion go … Read More
The Infinitely Recursive Conspiracy Theory Conspiracy
So… I guess you know about the Sandy Hook school shooting conspiracy theories — the ones that opine that the government was behind the shootings and that the shoortings were staged by actors. Glenn Beck wants you to know that those conspiracy theories are bunk. AND he wants you to know who is BEHIND those conspiracy theories: the government. That's … Read More
Not Feeding The Trolls
I wanted to badly to do an extensive take-down of this latest screed from The World's Dumbest Blogger™, but I'm mindful of Rachel's admonition about feeding the trolls. So my take-down will be less extensive. Basically, Aaron Walker Worthing, tackles Godwin's Law, which states that anyone who invokes Hitler in an online argument loses that argument merely by showing desparation. … Read More
How Crazy Is The Gun-Crazy Right?
Pretty crazy. After all, how fringe do you have to be to criticize Justice Scalia's views on gun control? Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, said Sunday that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was wrong to assume that the government had the right to place limits on the Second Amendment. "He was not speaking from a constitutional perspective," Pratt … Read More
Don’t Let The Door Hit Your Ass On The Way Out
Gay-hater and founder and former head of the National Organization for Marriage, Maggie Gallagher, having found one outlet to publish her stupid columns, is packing it in, so that no outlet will publish her stupid columns. On the way out, she leaves us with these gems: Every life is precious. It is better to care for your children than to kill them. I can't … Read More
Today’s Faux Outrage: Obama Is Desecratin the ‘Merican Flag
Over at the Obama store, you can buy (for $35) this print: which, along with this logo: has the Dead Breitbarts, Aaron Worthing, and Fox News all in a tizzy, some even going so far as to claim that re-designing the American flag violates the United States Flag Code (it doesn't). Uh, fellas? Obama Logo Fox News Logo And also: … Read More
Head-Scratchingly Stupid
I know, I know. One should never pay attention to what Rush Limbaugh says. But just when you think he cannot get any more desparate and stupid in trying to explain Obama's popularity, he one-ups himself. You see, the reason why Obama is viewed by the American public as being competent in foreign affair is…. because al Qaida is helping! … Read More
God God God God God God
I think what Obama needs to do is to wake up every morning, go to the Oval Office, tap in to all the TV network feeds, sit and look sternly at the television camera, and chant "God God God God God God God God. Have a nice day." Because, for some unknown (comical) reason, the wingnuts bounce off the wall … Read More
I Think A Nerve Was Struck
Breitbart's John Nolte pitches falling-on-floor-kicking-screaming temper tantrum about Liberal Media mockery of Clint: All I can say in response is: Go to hell you Obama-shilling crybabies. Eastwood showed more grit and honestly in those few minutes than you water carriers have during your entire propaganda-for-the-collective careers. What Eastwood did tonight was funnier, fresher, edgier, and braver than anything those comedy cowards Chris … Read More
Exposing Aaron Worthing’s Race Problem
Aaron Worthing has a race problem. He's got many other problems too, but he chose to write about race, so that's what the focus will be here. And please know understand what I am saying. It's not that Aaron Worthing has a problem with other people's racism; he himself has an actual problem with race, which he projects upon others. In his bubbilisicious … Read More
Ugly Wingnut Quote Of The Day
I hope the girls whose boyfriends died to save them were worthy of the sacrifice. — James Taranto (@jamestaranto) July 25, 2012 Taranto is a writer and editor at the Wall Street Journal. UPDATE — Wonkette snarks: The fact that Taranto devotes about 40 acres of WSJ column space per year to the perils of feminism and sexual harrassment law, (and like the greatest minds … Read More
Yesterday’s Google Graphic Ignites The REAL Patriots
So this is what Google had on its home page yesterday for Independence Day: That's "this land was made for you and me", from the Woody Guthrie song. And Woody was a commie! Harumph! Via Tbogg, we see the conservative outrage: Harumph! Why couldn't Google have picked another song harumph?!? Like "God Bless America" written by that Jew from Belarus? … Read More
How Brett Kimberlin Won “Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day” By Doing Nothing
Who is Brett Kimberlin, and why should you care? Well, last Friday, several rightwing blogs tried to get people to care about who Brett Kimberlin is, with a lot of scare stories. I won't try to summarize it all here. You can google and come back. But before you do, be forewarned: you will read a LOT of speculation, a LOT of … Read More