Monthly Archives: September 2009

A Poll Of My Own

So I caught this poll on Facebook earlier: “Should the creator of the ‘Should Obama be killed poll’ be arrested poll.” Presently, 19.5% of respondents have chosen to self-identify as “racist dumbasses in favor of lynching.” Reading over some of … Continue reading

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Washington Times: NSF is NSFW

Yesterday, the Washington Times reported on a porn problem at the National Science Foundation. Complete with the all-caps “EXCLUSIVE,” the article gained some notice in the wingnuttosphere: Employee misconduct investigations, often involving workers accessing pornography from their government computers, grew … Continue reading

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John Perry’s Obama Problem

News for wingnuts: inviting someone to vote in favor of presidential assassination is the same as inviting someone to assassinate the president, the latter act being illegal. The same is true for John L. Perry’s column, now taken down from … Continue reading

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Worst Blogger

Dan Riehl gets a hat-trick: three awards in three days. Blowing a dog-whistle for the loony right, he complains: It isn’t the substance that matters with these morons, it’s the appearance of being … well, retarded as far as the … Continue reading

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Dylan Ratigan

Dylan Ratigan hits it out of the park: Dylan Ratigan lets Teh Stupid™ zip past him: Promising, but not perfect.

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19.8% of Facebook Users "Racist Dumbasses"

Actually, racist dumbasses who support lynching. As GottaLaff said last night: “I’ve had it.” The hate speech, the threats have gotten completely out of hand. Hate is not “grassroots,” it is another word for a sin called “Wrath.” The incitement … Continue reading

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Whistleblower Win

A rare win for a whistleblower. James Speegle, 43, contended he was fired in May 2004 two days after he alerted the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the torus, a vessel used to store cooling water for the Unit 1 nuclear … Continue reading

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Worship-Like Reverence

Breitbart is still trolling for Drudge and Malkin linkage with “finds” in the “Worship-like reverence” department. The following video depicts the Gamaliel Foundation, which Breitbart calls “the community organizing group that helped sponsor Barack Obama’s initial work in Chicago.” (Wait … Continue reading

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Best Blogger

GottaLaff of The Political Carnival has my nomination for a Netroots Nation award. Here’s the story she broke on CNN: Her readers are to be congratulated for calling the Secret Service, which has already thanked GottaLaff. The pseudonymous blogger will … Continue reading

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Worst Blogger

For the first time, I am awarding this dishonor two days in a row. Dan Riehl tries to legitimize Andy Williams by mentioning he was friends with the Kennedy brothers. “Proximity to Kennedys = CRED” Fail. Words fail to adequately … Continue reading

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Sun Tzu and the Art of 11-Dimensional Chess

If I determine the enemy’s disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest … Continue reading

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