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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...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.
Category Archives: paranoid universe
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
Bradlee Dean Makes Jeremiah Wright Look Sane
I noted Michele Bachmann’s membership at an anti-papist Lutheran church the other day. She has now reportedly left that church and distanced herself, but maintains her open adoration for punk-rock evangelist, homophobe, pope-baiter, and Obama conspiracy-nut Bradlee Dean. A few … Continue reading
Bradley and the Birthers: a Manning-Militia Mix?
Over the weekend, a progressive organizer and friend was approached by members of Oath Keepers. Apparently, the organization is looking for allies in the peace movement by comparing Bradley Manning to Terry Lakin. From the Colorado Independent: “What if Terry … 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
Individuality Under Assault
Via David Neiwert at C&L: CNN offers a disturbing look into the rhetoric of the Hutaree militia. Neiwert does a good job dissecting it all here, but there’s one aspect that I don’t think gets enough attention: the Fight Club-like … 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
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
Lady Gaga Will Eat Your Brain
Some weirdness for your weekend: a website called “Vigilant Citizen” has a nice, long post detailing the mind-control propaganda in Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” video. In the video, the “telephone” is a metaphor for Gaga’s brain and the fact that she … Continue reading
