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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.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:41 am
2 is a higher number than my preferred number of "zero," and it's still lower than 30. I think you can summarize a lot of the Obama Era in t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/06/12 6:47 am
Who has the irrational hatred of POTUS ? Greenwald or Paul ? Which POTUS ? Bush? Obama ? Lincoln ? Madison ? Any ideas about why ? rather...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...
Category Archives: Paranoia
Morning Awful: Cuban Missile Paranoia
Gee, who woulda thunk that Hezbollah was setting up missile sites in Cuba? Michele Bachmann, that’s who: “Why would you normalize trade with a country that sponsors terror?” the candidate asked a crowd of supporters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “There … Continue reading
On Fog of War and False Flags
I’m not surprised by how much paranoid conspiracy claptrap exists around the Osama bin Laden mission. It has become all too routine for “false flag” allegations to wave madly after such events, and that is in great part due to … Continue reading
Actual, Real, Not-Imaginary Tyrants
It just gets worse. The security outfit Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller hired to manhandle nosy reporters has (A) bragged about being staffed by former Blackwater employees (B) had an expired license. Oh, and Miller ran over an 8-year old … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Nothing New, Newt?
This weekend saw Newt go full metal birther: What if [Obama] is so outside our comprehension, that only if you understand Kenyan, anti-colonial behavior, can you begin to piece together [his actions]?” Gingrich asked. “That is the most accurate, predictive … Continue reading
Called It
It was inevitable. The timing is too good. Rush Limbaugh is now a full-fledged conspiracy theorist, and it was predicted here. He’s trying to spread a paranoid meme in full-fledged denial of evidence. He will be joined by Alex Jones. … Continue reading
TIMEOUT
Did I mention I am working on video of 300 tea party patriots assembled under this today? They are working hard to transform the country in their image. They mean to destroy the Constitution in order to save it. End-times … Continue reading
The Golden Age of Paranoid Politics Revisited
Writing for the Philadelphia Enquirer, Tirdad Derakhshani deconstructs the paranoid flavor of the seventies so well, some editor has imposed false balance: Beck’s penchant for finding enemies around every corner makes him one of today’s leading mouthpieces for what the … Continue reading
Paranoia Is Not An American Value
Via Dave Neiwart at Crooks & Liars, here’s a video the Hutaree militia made in which they overthrow a United Nations command post (presumably after Teh Obamanon™ brings in the UN to keep civil order after Teh Global Socializms™ inspire … Continue reading
Two Swords Are Enough
I was selling flags at a gun show all weekend and had to spend yesterday evening catching up with a news cycle that’s finally catching up with me. Frank Rich recognized the teabag terror and its enablers: Are these politicians … Continue reading
Obama’s Middle Name is Nicholae Carpathia
That’s right. The linchpin of anti-Obama rhetoric is a popular novel about rapture and tribulation. Let us raise a hymn: Beloved brethren and sistren, I posted this here one year ago today: Without delving into an argument I’ve been having … Continue reading
