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Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 7:31 am
Now Fatherland, Fatherland show us the sign... (Do you still think you can control them, GOP Establishment?)Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.
Category Archives: celebrity culture
Morning Awful: Ron Paul Homophobia
Remember how Ron Paulites used to whine incessantly that their man wasn’t getting enough attention from the mainstream media? That seems a kindness now that knowledge of his racist newsletters has become general, but of course his fans never meant … Continue reading
My Celebrity Can Beat Up Your Celebrity
A while back we were all complimenting Matt Damon for downing a libertarian with a verbal suplex. How times change. Sorry, but what’s good for the goose is good for Ryan Gosling. By Magic Love Hose. Talk to him here!
Morning Awful: Roseanne Barr
Boo, Roseanne. This is a nonviolent uprising. We aren’t rolling out the tumbrils because that is the road to defeat, and we aim to win. Expect us.
Sarah’s Sex Scandal Jumps 14-Foot Fence, Shark Tank
Remember the fence? It wasn’t high enough. In case you haven’t heard, author Joe McGinnis’s new book about Sarah Palin has a salacious sports section: Palin allegedly slept with future NBA star (Glen) Rice when he was a University of … Continue reading
Exit Through The Gift Shop
I’m a big fan of the street artist known as Banksy, whose documentary Exit Through The Gift Shop is attracting controversy with its Oscar nod. Allegations that Thierry Guetta, AKA Mr. Brainwash, is a Borat-style mockumentary character have been running … Continue reading
The End Of Everything
With Lady Gaga providing a clinic on posthumanist plasticity, it shouldn’t surprise us to see an attempted terrorist show up on the Canadian version of Idol. In the future, all terrorists will bomb on a reality show:
The Greatest Story Ever Leaked To The Tabloids
In 2005, Mel Gibson granted a short interview with CBN.com to promote the kinder, gentler cut of his 2004 gorefest The Passion of the Christ. CBN is the parent company, founded by Pat Robertson, of The 700 Club, a popular … Continue reading
The Elvis Diet
Elvis ate two Fool’s Gold sandwiches every night. That’s a jar of peanut butter, a jar of strawberry jam, and a pound of bacon on a loaf of hollowed out bread. That’s after dinner.
World Cups
Larissa Riquelme is doing her Godiva-walk after all “as a present to the team.” Meanwhile, a single picture of her posted here a few days ago has brought this site’s biggest traffic spike in months (much of it from South … Continue reading
A message from Natalie Portman
What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding. Captain Coolaid.
