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Category Archives: fiasco
The Truth About Neal Rauhauser
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Share the post “The Truth About Neal Rauhauser”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail They made Neal Rauhauser into a left-wing supervillain because they wanted and needed one so badly. And for a moment, right wing bloggers seemed to finally be picking on someone their own … Continue reading
Posted in fiasco, Psychological Projection, Twitter, Virtual Reality Living, wingnutosphere
Tagged Jay Batman, Neal Rauhauser
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Another Reason To Hate France
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Share the post “Another Reason To Hate France”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailAs if it wasn’t bad enough that the French Empire has returned triumphant of late, France is also responsible for this disco-themed atrocity that assaulted my eyeballs on Reddit last night. Good thing … Continue reading
SOTU Response Fiasco
Share the post “SOTU Response Fiasco”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailShe gazed not at the pool-camera where a national audience awaited eye contact, but at the Tea Party Express cam. What should have been a national arrival was instead the perfect picture of cognitive dissonance.
Posted in fiasco, Kulturkampf
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Macondo Fiasco
Share the post “Macondo Fiasco”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail “Systemic management problems” at private companies and ineffective federal oversight caused the Macondo blowout: “The blowout was not the product of a series of aberrational decisions made by rogue industry or government officials that could … Continue reading
Posted in BP oil spill, fiasco
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Between Fail And Fiasco There Is Epic Fail
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Share the post “Between Fail And Fiasco There Is Epic Fail”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailMichigan State head coach Mark Dantonio after a disaster-themed 49-7 bowl loss to Alabama, via my local daily: “This game is a roller coaster,” he said. “You go into it … Continue reading
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Netroots Failure
Share the post “Netroots Failure”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail I caught this at Reuters last week. It’s an analysis of the likely outcome of the FCC’s net neutrality decision this week: “There aren’t really any better options for Copps and Clyburn than to support … Continue reading
Posted in fiasco, internet, Net Neutrality, Netroots Nation
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Nothing More Than This
Share the post “Nothing More Than This”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailFor regular readers living outside the south, a brief digression into the history of church and sound: southern evangelicals only recently accepted such musical concepts as “Christian rock,” to say nothing of “Christian metal.” … Continue reading
Posted in fiasco, music, South of Strange
Tagged alabama, baptist, christian music, faith, narcissism, religion, southern
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Anwar al-Awlaki Is A Traitor Who Has Earned His Death
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Share the post “Anwar al-Awlaki Is A Traitor Who Has Earned His Death”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThat is all, or ought to be. But others feel differently: Logically, I would expect that if the government has evidence compelling enough to justify assassinating (or imprisoning … Continue reading
Posted in fiasco, firebaggers, Media Martyrs
Tagged al-awlaki, anwar, awlaki, terror, terrorism, terrorist, yemen
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It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
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Share the post “It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail January 28, 1863: in heavy snow at the Confederate encampment in Virginia’s Rappahannock Valley, the First and Fourth Texas Infantry got the bright idea to fight cabin fever … Continue reading
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The Bush Legacy
Share the post “The Bush Legacy”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Why am I not surprised at this? LOS ANGELES — The federal agency responsible for ensuring that an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was operating safely before it exploded last month fell … Continue reading
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