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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.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.
Category Archives: Gibson’s Law
Passing Oceania Again
WikiLeaks cables draw the standard picture of oligarchy in decline: The country’s ruling family is described as “The Family” — a mafia-esque elite who have their hands in every cookie jar in the entire economy. “President Ben Ali is aging, … Continue reading
Gibson’s Law Strikes Again
A prominent evangelist’s tale of salvation from the evils of jihad-Islam has been debunked: In recent months, a group of Muslim and Christian bloggers have made an airtight case against many of Caner’s fabrications using the kind of documentation — … Continue reading
Gibson’s Law Strikes Again
The first thing down the memory-hole is the existence of a memory-hole. Communications Minister Stephen Conroy — the man in charge of Australian internet censorship — has been caught censoring his own government site with a script that removes references … Continue reading
CNN’s Virtual Coverage
Usually, there are just two shots in a developing news story. CNN viewers watched the guy in the bomb-proof suit walk up an Airbus jetway about five thousand times the other day while speculation interviews took up airtime. But there … Continue reading
Joe Lieberman’s Comeuppance
Gibson’s Law strikes again. Via Greg Sargent, we have video of Joe Lieberman three months ago proposing the very same Medicare buy-in proposal he now opposes: My proposals were to basically expand the existing successful public health insurance programs Medicare … Continue reading
Gibson’s Law Will Prevail
Faux Noise has shut down a progressive YouTube channel — and only a progressive YouTube channel — in a naked bid to defy Gibson’s Law. It won’t work. Clips of Faux Noise will continue to appear online no matter what … Continue reading
Giuliani Argues With Himself
This weekend, Rudy Giuliani delivered a soundbite destined for skewering by Jon Stewart: From ThinkProgress: In fact, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani praised the prosecution of the 1993 World Trade Center bombers: -– “‘It should show that our … Continue reading
How Faux Noise Fooled Itself in NY-23
A taste of Gibson’s Law from DailyKos:
I Spy
Some video for the afternoon! Even though I’m no longer a licensed PI, I still love microcameras so much that I’m following a spy shop on Twitter: The lesson we should all take from this is that privacy is dead. … Continue reading
Trafigura Meets Gibson’s Law
The future, wielding unimaginable tools of transparency, will have its way with you. The future will find you out. In the end, you will be seen to have done that which you did. – Gibson’s Law Oil trading company Trafigura … Continue reading
