Category Archives: paranoid universe

Drone Fever Peaks As Brennan Speaks

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Drone Fever Peaks As Brennan Speaks”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailA recent Huffington Post headline: President Obama decided not to leave the White House without formalizing the drone warfare rule book and reducing attendant secrecy. That process revealed a robust conversation within the … Continue reading →

Posted in Drones, national security, paranoid universe | 108 Comments

Morning Awful: Bane Damage

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Bane Damage”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Image by @MagicLoveHose. Rush Limbaugh has a long history of saying patently stupid and ridiculous things — see, for example, his infamous endorsement of the murderous “Lord’s Resistance Army” — but this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Morning Awful, paranoid universe, rush limbaugh | 91 Comments

Morning Awful: Asymmetrical Polarization

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Asymmetrical Polarization”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail David Roberts is one of the few bloggers who understands the American kulturkampf well enough to write about it. This post from last Wednesday is required reading to understand how right wing culture warriors … Continue reading →

Posted in Kulturkampf, Morning Awful, paranoid universe | 97 Comments

Oh, and George Bush Is a Secret Progressive Too

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Emilia1956

Share the post “Oh, and George Bush Is a Secret Progressive Too”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail No, I haven’t gone mad. This is the latest Gospel according to Glenn Beck, who was in full rant mood after the SCOTUS verdict. Since he gave Willard … Continue reading →

Posted in george bush, Glenn Beck, paranoid universe | 10 Comments

Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Why America Lacks a Scientific Conversation”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail The science is in, and Chris Mooney’s politicization hypothesis is real. Conservatives, especially evangelicals, are less apt to accept scientific evidence than they were 40 years ago. This trend has been driven … Continue reading →

Posted in Civilization, climate change, Kulturkampf, paranoid universe, science education, Teh Librul Media™ | Leave a comment

Morning Awful: Paul Ryan Priorities

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Paul Ryan Priorities”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPaul Ryan’s Path to Prosperity Poverty will cut spending on every function of the federal government except one: defense. Of course! Because America was only spending as much money on national defense as … Continue reading →

Posted in Austerity, national security, paranoid universe | 12 Comments

The Psychology of Conservatism in Decline

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “The Psychology of Conservatism in Decline”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In its quantitative form, politics is about vote counts and polling data. In its qualitiative form, politics is about the state and the relative power of the many kinds of people … Continue reading →

Posted in Cognitive Dissonance, Conservatism, Kulturkampf, paranoid universe, Southern Strategy | Tagged conservatism decline | 10 Comments

Cults, Consciousness, and Culture War Conservatism

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Cults, Consciousness, and Culture War Conservatism”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Paul Krugman describes the basic problem of modern conservatism, which cannot answer any challenge of the 21st Century because it is living in an imaginary previous one: (T)he long-running con game … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 GOP nomination, Conservatism, Kulturkampf, paranoid universe | 16 Comments

On Fog of War and False Flags

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “On Fog of War and False Flags”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI’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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Paranoia, paranoid universe | Tagged abbottabad, military history, osama, pat tillman, seal team 6 | 16 Comments

Bradlee Dean Makes Jeremiah Wright Look Sane

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Bradlee Dean Makes Jeremiah Wright Look Sane”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI 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, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 GOP nomination, Kulturkampf, Michele Bachmann Crazy Counter™, paranoid universe | Tagged 2012, Bradlee Dean, Elections, president, presidential | Leave a comment

Bradley and the Birthers: a Manning-Militia Mix?

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Bradley and the Birthers: a Manning-Militia Mix?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOver 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 … Continue reading →