Author Archives: Matt Osborne

About Matt Osborne

Veteran blogging the culture wars from Alabama. Video journalist, mash-up artist, aspiring novelist, and metalhead. Expect bunnies, geekery, dark humor, and snarky empirical analysis to annoy idealists of all stripes. You can follow me on Twitter, but be ready 'cause it might get loud.

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

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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 →

Posted in astroturf politics, progressives, Twitter | Tagged @EdieVP, @ibub2, @Janeal Eller, @PapiTerra, @SDzzz, @ziletrezo, anonymous, flame war, pedophile, Steven Hatlestad, Unite Blue, William Talley, Zach Green | 7 Comments

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

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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 →

Posted in rush limbaugh | 1 Comment

Cancer Truthers Become Kiddie Porn Defenders

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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 →

Posted in Burn Notices, Shoq Abuse | Tagged @HoneyBadgerLA, @MiltShook, Darshann Padilla, Milt Shook | 3 Comments

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

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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 →

Posted in crime | Tagged Jason Wade Taylor, Randy Hahn, Randy Taylor-Hahn | 6 Comments

Sad Ending To Wild Baby Bunny Rescue

Posted on April 28, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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 | 12 Comments

This Moment Brought To You By StopRush

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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 →

Posted in rush limbaugh | 49 Comments

The Margaret Thatcher I Remember

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Matt Osborne

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 Margaret Thatcher | 8 Comments

The William Talley Burn Notice (UPDATE x11)

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Matt Osborne

William “Bill” Talley aka @Political_Bill on Twitter (pictured) is a convicted sex offender who has managed to stay out of prison during the appeals process. Continue reading →

Posted in Burn Notices, crime, Twitter | Tagged @Healthcare_Bill, @Politaire, @Political_Bill, @Sleeping_Bill, @Strategic_Bill, Anons, anonymous, bill talley arrest, bill talley child abuser, pederasty, pedophile, William Talley | 15 Comments

A Chat Over The Wall With Ladd Ehlinger

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “A Chat Over The Wall With Ladd Ehlinger”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Ladd Ehlinger is a libertarian-conservative filmmaker responsible for some of the most controversial — and viral — campaign ads and videos of 2010. He was less active in 2012, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dale Jackson is the Rush Limbaugh of Huntsville, Kulturkampf, movies | Tagged Ali Akbar, Dan Backer, Dan Wolfe, gaslighting, Ladd Ehlinger, Robert Stacy McCain, Shaun McCutcheon, Tom Pyan, Wehrner Von Braun, Wienergate | 17 Comments

Football And American Social Change

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Football And American Social Change”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOvert racism and segregation died when Paul Bear Bryant announced he would no longer coach a segregated team in 1971. By the following year, the entire SEC was integrated, and George Wallace had … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, marriage, sexual freedom | 218 Comments

The Brett Kimberlin Free Association Game

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Brett Kimberlin Free Association Game”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAs I keep saying, last June a gang of Breitbart goons came into my Twitter timeline trying to push an absurd story about Brett Kimberlin into a story I was telling about … Continue reading →