Yearly Archives: 2013

The William Talley Burn Notice: Final Update

Share the post “The William Talley Burn Notice: Final Update”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Picture via the Tennessean. The following update has been added to The William Talley Burn Notice: Bill Talley, a former health-care executive turned social media personality, will serve one year … Continue reading

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William Talley Sentenced To Prison

Share the post “William Talley Sentenced To Prison”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailWilliam Talley aka @Political_Bill on Twitter was sentenced to one year in prison and eight years of probation for possession of child pornography. My tweets reporting the decision are included in a Chirpstory … Continue reading

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Drones

Share the post “What We Talk About When We Talk About Drones”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo on Thursday, May 23rd 2013, President Obama made this speech. It’s a good speech. I agree with quite a lot of it (by no means all of it.) … Continue reading

Posted in Drones, Obama's Speeches, Obama's Wars, war on terror | 85 Comments

Ken White Knows Who The Real Bullies Are

Share the post “Ken White Knows Who The Real Bullies Are”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Los Angeles Deputy DA John Patrick Frey aka @Patterico posted unredacted documents (.PDF) at his blog revealing Nadia Naffe’s personal and medical information, then treated Twitter as his courtroom to cross-examine her (.PDF). As a … Continue reading

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Not Your Personal Army: How Unite Blue Ignited A War With Anonymous And Then Tried To Blame Their Critics

Share the post “Not Your Personal Army: How Unite Blue Ignited A War With Anonymous And Then Tried To Blame Their Critics”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The Anonymous hacktivist collective likes to say they are Not Your Personal Army (NYPA), meaning they do not … Continue reading

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Moments Brought To You By #StopRush: Limbaugh’s New Contract

Share the post “Moments Brought To You By #StopRush: Limbaugh’s New Contract”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Even after admitting that #StopRush has ruined his advertiser base, Rush Limbaugh is deflecting blame for the resulting losses at Cumulus Media — and says that if the … Continue reading

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Cancer Truthers Become Kiddie Porn Defenders

Share the post “Cancer Truthers Become Kiddie Porn Defenders”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail After a period of relative silence in the wake of the Cancer Truthers post, several proud participants in the @Shoq Twitter brigade have fallen all over themselves to attack the cat … Continue reading

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Jason Wade Taylor Arrested, Held As “Fugitive From Justice” (UPDATE)

Share the post “Jason Wade Taylor Arrested, Held As “Fugitive From Justice” (UPDATE)”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailJason Wade Taylor aka “Randy Hahn” was arrested Saturday afternoon at an off-ramp on Interstate 25 in El Paso County, Colorado after assaulting a woman he had met … Continue reading

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Sad Ending To Wild Baby Bunny Rescue

Share the post “Sad Ending To Wild Baby Bunny Rescue”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail My home was briefly blessed by the unexpected arrival of baby wild cottontail bunnies recently. We took in three survivors from a rescued litter and enjoyed six wonderful days with … Continue reading

Posted in Obituaries, Rabbits | 126 Comments

This Moment Brought To You By StopRush

Share the post “This Moment Brought To You By StopRush”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Yesterday, Rush Limbaugh admitted that the StopRush movement has virtually destroyed his advertiser base. He could no longer pretend otherwise, as 2,638 advertisers have dumped his show. This morning, David … Continue reading

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The Margaret Thatcher I Remember

Thatcher, who famously said “there is no society, only families,” was mainly successful at atomizing and attacking the society she denied existed while pretending to fly a flag of freedom over it. Continue reading

Posted in Austerity, Authoritarianism, Obituaries, United Kingdom | Tagged | 111 Comments