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Monthly Archives: August 2015

We get what we deserve

Bloomberg put together a focus group of twelve Republican and independent voters to find out why Donald Trump is so popular. I’ve gotta wonder what reality these people are living in. Saying “Trump tells the truth”? I’m having trouble finding a single thing on PolitiFact where Trump earned a “true” rating.

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Fox News is Killing the GOP

A recent article in Salon starts with a headline that says it all: “Sean Hannity is killing the GOP: Fox News & conservative media have the party in a stranglehold“. At one point the Republicans might have thought Fox News was on their side, but one has to wonder what the GOP is thinking now […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Donald Trump’s not backing down. Yesterday he said he doesn’t need to be lectured by the other Republican candidates, who he says have no business running for president. Not to be confused with Donald Trump, who ran for president and now has no business.” – Jimmy Fallon “In a speech in South Carolina, Donald Trump […]

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Corruption

Techdirt has a stunning article showing how corrupt we have become. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) was trying to force Google’s search engine to stop linking to content that MPAA didn’t like. Search engines are supposed to search for websites, but the MPAA wanted the power to make sites they don’t like simply […]

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Late Night Political Humor

“Donald Trump got in some trouble for saying that John McCain is not a war hero, and said, ‘I like people that weren’t captured.’ Not good. In fact, Trump’s people are telling him to lay low for a while until this all combs over.” – Jimmy Fallon “On Saturday Donald Trump had some unkind words […]

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