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Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 2:39 pm
ferallike Thank you! I am so honored. Wish I could inspire someone that much every dayRe: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 2:15 pm
Anyone who's got extra cash might want to make a donation to the SPLC https://secure.splcenter.org/d... They're gonna need it now that ...Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 1:38 pm
Chris Loesch, hubby of Dana Loesch (CNN praiser of Marines urinating on Taliban corpses), really showed his ass with a rap he did today at C...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/10/12 1:32 pm
You should write posts.Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 11:19 am
Thanks, I've been asking that same question since the tea party first emerged.Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 11:19 am
Between "don't know" and "don't care," I'm not sure which one is worse -- at least in terms of the cognitive dissonance level.Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 10:59 am
Shorter Kevin Deanna: Colleges are supposed to reinforce my prejudices! Shorter Devin Saucier: We're the real victims! These young men are...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...
Category Archives: Iran’s Green Revolution
The Memory Hole
Radio Free Europe reports that the only books allowed at this year’s Tehran book fair are those written since 2005, the year he took office. Iran’s Writers Association has said in a statement that a number of prominent publishing houses … Continue reading
Security Council Whip Count
There is no greater test of a consensus-builder than the United Nations. Literally nothing happens in that building without everyone who matters plus a majority of the rest. So when we read that a diplomatic effort in Europe has led … Continue reading
Iran Explodes (UPDATING)
11:47 PM What did I say about the divisions within the regime? Oh, yeah: the battle lines are drawn between the clerics and the soldiers as well as between the clerics. Exhibit B: Mr. Milani, for example, pointed to what … Continue reading
Iran: Jet Prep
There’s a lot going on this morning. Radio Netherlands is reporting the Supreme Jurist of Iran has ordered his plane prepared in case he must flee the country. Just so we understand, Khamenei never leaves the country — it’s part … 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
A Question Ahmadinejad Won’t Answer
Judith Shulevitz reviews Nicholas Wade’s “The Faith Instinct” and sums up his argument thusly: (R)eligions are machines for manufacturing social solidarity. They bind us into groups. Long ago, codes requiring altruistic behavior, and the gods who enforced them, helped human … Continue reading
Paranoid Dictators Say The Funniest Things
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Ahmadinejad reportedly claims he has documented evidence that the U.S. is blocking the return of Mahdi, the Imam believed by Muslims to be the savior. “We have documented proof that they believe that a descendant of … Continue reading
Question Time for Khamenei
In case you have not heard, a 20-year old Iranian math whiz spent 20 minutes questioning the Supreme Leader of Iran on October 28th. The news is only now reaching a wide audience in the US: “I don’t know why … Continue reading
Neither Gaza, Nor Lebanon. My Life For Iran
Today was Quds Day in Iran: the last Friday during Ramadan, when the clerical government encourages citizens to display their hate for Israel with marches and chants. Ahmadinejad gave a speech filled with Holocaust denial and apocalyptic language towards Israel. … Continue reading
Morning Awful
Her name was Mona. Her crime was teaching. Her sentence was death. In Jerusalem Post today, a member of the Basij religious police makes a shocking confession: He said he had been a highly regarded member of the force, and … Continue reading
