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Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 12:22 pm
"He has some bone to pick with PBO that he isn't brave enough to divulge." True, but it's not just him. Some on the Left (not that GG is o...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 11:25 am
GG can't help himself. He will do/say/write any lie to cast PBO in a negative light, even if he knows instinctively that it's BS. IMO, his...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 11:21 am
Greenwald doesn't care how much of a racist/bigot Paul is proven to be. He has an irrational hatred for POTUS. Wonder why?Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 9:20 am
Glenn Greenwald needs to get off the Ron Paul/Koch/Libertarian teet. Hasn't he read the Anonymous "Ron Paul Hearts Neo-Nazis at Home and Abr...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 8:10 am
Let's not forget Glenn's mindset in the aftermath of 9/11, the very attack that directly led to the AUMF: "This is not to say that I was no...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 7:41 am
As a queer myself, I can bitch about GG. This whiney emoprog needs to get over herself. 'She' sits down in her ivory tower in Brazil with he...Re: Morning Awful: Alabama’s War on Education
02/03/12 4:39 am
"Teaching is a calling, so you shouldn't be in it for the money" -- every time I hear this BS, I want to gag. Teaching is a profession, and ...Re: Morning Awful: Alabama’s War on Education
02/03/12 3:01 am
Every time I'm around my AL kin, I begin to clearly understand how people like this get elected. Shudder.Re: NPR’s This American Life in Alabama
01/31/12 12:48 pm
#1stAL on the forefront with our American Life...Re: Scary Stupid Headupassitis
01/31/12 8:18 am
Are you as weary as I am of the numbskulls who keep bleating out the same tired platitude: "The lesser of two evils is still evil?" Yeah we...
Category Archives: globalization
The Tribal Mind
Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.
Escaping From History
Gwynne Dyer’s excellent 1994 documentary series The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads continues.
The Bomb Under the World
Gwynne Dyer’s surprising documentary on patriarchy, militarism, and feminism starts this excellent 1994 documentary series, The Human Race: A Species at the Crossroads.
The Grass Is Not Greener
By Emilia 1956 For all of you who think Europe is better educated, more sophisticated and tolerant, here’s a racist rant on a London tram, complete with classic British vocabulary. Who said Americans were stupid? This scene is being played … Continue reading
TIME Magazine is Keeping You Dumb
Media doesn’t tell you what to think; media decides what you should think about. If you’ve wondered why Americans are so dumb about the world, the side-by-side comparison of TIME Magazine covers explains a big part of our problem. Original … Continue reading
Morning Awful: European Double-Dip
Europe’s financial crisis isn’t staying in Europe; demand for American goods and services is declining. This is why I don’t understand people who root for Europe to fail: It’s affecting companies like Marlin Steel Wire Products, a 34-employee business based … Continue reading
Science Describes Global Oligarchy
It’s not a conspiracy, just an unmanaged and unregulated system of interconnected ownership. New Scientist: When the team further untangled the web of ownership, it found much of it tracked back to a “super-entity” of 147 even more tightly knit … Continue reading
Youth Always Lead The Way
Watch Chris Hayes, via C&L: No, Egypt and America are not the same country. But it doesn’t matter; today’s young, progressive generation is reaching adulthood and finding it a far heavier burden than their parents. Their demands are as recognizably … Continue reading
Another Reason To Hate France
As 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 de Gaulle developed nuclear weapons; his country … Continue reading
Sim Filibuster
I question the notion that video games can’t say anything profound about the world. Continue reading
Morning Awful: Imminent Global Meltdown
The new head of the International Monetary Fund says the United States has to raise its debt ceiling or risk blowing up the world economy: Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the lending institution, said in an interview broadcast … Continue reading
