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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: Faux Edit™
Faux Edit
This is why I call it FAUX Noise: they edited the applause out of the president’s West Point speech. Cadets cheering Teh Obamanon™ doesn’t fit the narrative, you see. Murdoch’s agit-prop shop doesn’t do journalism, but the “liberal media” jumps … Continue reading
The FOX News Memory Hole
Jason Linkins at HuffPo took note of the FOX News website’s attempt to purge the image of teabaggery: PETOSKEY, Mich. — The Tea Party Express has toured state after state trying to kick up a debate about constitutional rights and … Continue reading
ACORN San Diego: Mucha Dificultad Sobre Nada
This weekend, I watched the New York City ACORN “sting” videos, and found: (T)his one not only shows no evidence of ACORN employees abetting illegal activity at the New York City office, it presents quite the opposite picture. The parting … Continue reading
ACORN Busted For Offering Advice
Watching this caused me to find and watch the infamous ACORN sting videos. Stuff like this is the reason I call it Faux Noise: In case you haven’t heard, Faux Noise has been at the ACORN story hard this past … Continue reading
Faux Edit™ With A Side of Eliminationism
Yes, I admit my part in Teh Evil Plan™. I am, in fact, the guy who spliced this infamous MSNBC video: In my defense, I can only say offer this excuse: that I WAS STARING AT THE AR-15 ASSAULT RIFLE. … Continue reading
Glenn Beck Is Crazy Like A Faux
Beck’s on-camera behavior has become increasingly bizarre and emotional, but I remain unconvinced any of it is real. Beck’s got a strategy to deal with losing fifty-seven sponsors over his racist remarks. As David Neiwart suggested Friday, If you’ve been … Continue reading
Denial Fail
Stovepiping denial, USA Today asks: “Could We Be Wrong About Global Warming?” Maybe so, says a new study published online today in the journal Nature Geoscience. The report found that only about half of the warming that occurred during a … Continue reading
Terror in Alabama UPDATE
FLORENCE, AL – From the Times Daily: Investigators hope today to bring up the 34-foot boat that exploded and sank Saturday at Marina Mar in Florence. Three people were injured in the explosion. Authorities said Sunday they can’t confirm the … Continue reading
