So yesterday we learn of the sudden passing of Andrew Breitbart at the age of 43, from "natural causes". There is a convention in polite society that you do not speak ill of the dead. Or at the very least, that you allow some time for the body to cool before you reflect — politely — on one's past. And … Read More
Liz Trotta Deserves This
What an assinine thing to say — that women who serve in the military should expect to be raped because they are in close quarters with men. I mean, it's just plain dumb. Jon Stewart does the honors: The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook
More Conservative Outrage… This Time Over The Muppets
No, really: On Fox’s “Follow the Money,” Bolling alleged that the new Disney installment of the “The Muppets” franchise was evidence of a liberal Hollywood conspiracy to brainwash children. The film features an evil oil baron named Tex Richman (Chris Cooper), who wants to raze the Muppets’ old theater to drill for the black gold. The gang reunites to host … Read More
Obama’s Kids Are Eating Asian Food; Conservatives Eat Red Meat
The two Obama daughters attend Sidwell Friends School, and if you mosey on over to the school website today, you'll see that the upper and middle schools have the following for school lunch today: Asian Mushroom SoupOriental Noodle SaladClassic Spinach SaladTeriyaki Marinated Chicken StripsSzechuan Tofu & VeggiesGarlic Roasted EdamameVegetable Fried RiceFortune Cookies [Emphasis mine] OMGF! To the Outrage-mobile, conservatives! That's … Read More
More Lies At Patterico
Aaron Worthing again, making things up as he goes along, writes: And the founders clearly always contemplated corporations and similar business organizations having an outsized say in the political process. Whaaaa?!? This is demonstrably untrue. First, let’s state the obvious. In the Constitution, it says “We the people…”, not “We the corporations…”. The founding fathers never addressed corporations in the … Read More
Shorter Aaron Worthing
The depraved idiot tries to make a deep point, but just spittles on his face: The First Amendment doesn't prevent people from making sexual threats in the workplace, and it shouldn't. UPDATE: Worthing responds in the comments. I stand by my "shorter" representation of what he was saying, and of course, I have provided the links so that readers can … Read More
That Word Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means
Seems some right-wingers have an axe to grind with Elizabeth Warren, running to unseat Scott Brown as Massachusetts Senator. Their complaint? She's rich. Elizabeth Warren may have embraced the Occupy Wall Street movement and the “99 percent” crowd, but public records reveal the liberal firebrand belongs to the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans. Her financial well-being will likely hand conservatives … Read More
Pig (and Stupid Lawyer) Of The Day
Aaron Worthing (who purports to be a lawyer) at Patterico's Pontifications, on the subject of Herman Cain: Or did he do the full quid pro quo (“something for something”) and say, “sleep with me or you are fired/won’t get that promotion, etc.?” Now I want to be careful to say that we are not nearly there, yet, but if that … Read More
Harsh But True <> “Ad Hominem”
In a brilliant piece yesterday, Paul Krugman gives voice to a phenomenon that I, too have noticed lately, to wit, that rightwing commentators, pundits and bloggers (Patterico's Pontifications, I'm looking at you!) can't tell the difference between a valid, albiet brutializing, policy argument, and an "ad hominem" argument where you just call someone a name. Paul, you have the floor: … Read More
Shorter Patterico Bigot: “Real Racism Is When Blacks Don’t Attack Obama”
Seriously, this is the kind of bile you get from the right these days. Here's the background: During a sometimes-raucous session of what’s being called the “For the People” Jobs Initiative tour, a key member of the Congressional Black Caucus told an audience in Detroit Tuesday that the CBC doesn’t put pressure on President Obama because he is loved by … Read More
Patterico Guest Blogger Shows His Ass And Can’t Understand Why He Can’t Get People Interested
COMMENTS CLOSED: The ankle-biters seem to think that repeating the same fallacious argument over and over again amounts to moving the ball forward in some way, and I don't have the time or inclination to respond to the same bad arguments five or six times. (This will be viewed as a "victory" by the ankle-biters, but rest assured, it's merely … Read More
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow
Glenn Beck to leave Fox News. Well, "transition off" it… some time this year. Next stop…. oblivion. It's not terribly surprising. His ratings have plummeted in the past few months. He was a victim to his own success. The problem for Beck was, he had to constatntly top himself. And to do that, he had to get crazier and crazier, … Read More
Glenn Is Getting Really Paranoid
Listen to him worrying about Google:
Juan Williams And Bigotry
"Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I … Read More
Yes, Let’s Just Federalize Manhattan
TPMMuckraker: Newt Gingrich… said he wants the national government to step in and stop the developers from building the Islamic community center by whatever means necessary. "I think the Congress has the ability to declare the area a national battlefield memorial because I think we should think of the World Trade Center as a battlefield site; this is a war," he said, … Read More