Is becoming the party of white supremacists the best way for the Republican Party to attract new members? Pat Buchanan seems to think so, but the result was not just dripping with irony, it was positively drowning in it. Last Saturday, Buchanan hosted a conference — optimistically entitled “Building the New Majority” — on how […]
“They’re having a lot of trouble over there in Iran. They had the presidential election. And Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — it was controversial, they were tied, and now he’s claiming that he won by a landslide. So his opposition, they’re out on the streets. And you know, when you’re out in Iran, you’re not supposed to […]
They never say Colin Powell lied. They don’t say Condi lied. In an article in Time Magazine, Donald Rumsfeld proves that not only is he incompetent and a liar (lots of people have said that Powell and Rice lied), but that he is also a self-pitying coward whose main qualification to be Secretary of Defense […]
Imagine that you are diagnosed with lymphoma (a form of cancer) and need expensive treatments. Good thing you have been paying your health insurance premiums for all those years, right? But then, your health insurance company assigns someone to go over your health records in detail, looking for a reason to cancel your coverage. And […]
The recent murder of a doctor who performed abortions, after right-wing pundits such as Bill O’Reilly called him a “baby killer” on the air, and said that people who didn’t do anything to stop him had “blood on their hands”, has started a conversation about the ethics of the news profession. First, I have to […]
US District Judge Jeffrey White has ruled that Jose Padilla has the right to sue John Yoo, the government lawyer who wrote the memos that approved the torture of terrorists, including torturing Padilla (according to his suit). Padilla — a US citizen — was arrested in Chicago in 2002 and was declared an “enemy combatant”. […]
© Jim Morin No, this is not a joke. There are a number of neocons who really do want Ahmadinejad to be re-elected president of Iran. Daniel Pipes even said that he would vote for Ahmadinejad. Their reasoning seems to be that if Iran becomes more moderate, then it will be harder to talk the […]
First there was that study that showed a correlation between being a conservative and low intelligence. Now this: Are you very bothered by the sight of a cockroach, the smell of urine, coming into contact with a toilet seat in a public restroom, or accidentally drinking from a stranger’s soda can? If so, then you’re […]
“The newest nominee for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, broke her ankle at LaGuardia Airport. Broke it in three places. And listen to this, at least two of those breaks have to be approved by the Senate.” –David Letterman “This morning, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor fell and broke her ankle at LaGuardia airport. Yeah, […]
Fox News analyst Charles Krauthammer says: What Fox did is not just create a venue for alternative opinion. It created an alternate reality. Ironically, I think he meant it as a compliment.
Ronald Reagan, speaking to the United Nations on June 19, 1982: I speak today as both a citizen of the United States and of the world. … My people have sent me here today to speak for them as citizens of the world, which they truly are, for we Americans are drawn from every nationality […]
The Pirate Party won enough votes in Swedish elections to give them two seats in the European Parliament. They managed to get over 7% of votes cast in Sweden. Pirate Party leader Rick Falkvinge declared “We’ve felt the wind blow in our sails.” In a similar election in Germany, the Pirate Party received 1% of […]
“Did everyone see Brian Williams’ special with President Obama that was on? Yeah? Anyway, there’s this big NBC News special with Brian Williams, and in the special, President Obama showed Brian Williams what tricks his new puppy, Bo, could do. Isn’t that cool? Yeah, in fact, Bo has already learned to sit up and beg […]
Identity Politics is a difficult issue, because (if you’ll pardon the pun) it is not just black and white. The nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court has raised issues of identity politics and discrimination, which one would hope would lead to a public discussion of these issues (the same way that Jeremiah Wright’s incendiary […]
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