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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: Teh Wacky™
Bachmann: Obama “First Post-American President”
Craig Stellmacher at TheUptake.org caught Bachmann’s bill-killing rally. Bachmann says “some have called Obama the first post-American president” about 90 seconds in. Watch her eyes for prolonged blinking as she gets really crazy: Word-salad garnished with nontroversy: “Obama…Pelosi…Reid…They don’t represent … Continue reading
Histrionic Personality Disorder
After checking comments on my latest HuffPo article, Palin-Bachmann Syndrome™, I spotted a news item about Sarah Palin. It seems she was under a misapprehension that the McCain campaign had charged her $500,000 to vet her for VP. The McCain … Continue reading
Why People Believe Glenn Beck
At Newsweek, Sharon Begley delves into the minds of those who believe crazy things about Obama and finds a phenomenon called motivated reasoning: “Rather than search rationally for information that either confirms or disconfirms a particular belief…people actually seek out … Continue reading
Krauthammer Invites Palin Cult Fury
I came across this op-ed by Charles Krauthammer on some right wing site: Let’s see if we can have a reasoned discussion about end-of-life counseling. We might start by asking Sarah Palin to leave the room. I’ve got nothing against … Continue reading
Sarah’s Wacky™ Gives Conservatives Second Thoughts
Why is Sarah Palin suddenly changing the subject? Her latest Facebook missive is a tirade against cap-and-trade legislation. Her “sources” are the Heritage Foundation and her own previous op-ed. She’s going back to the previous fail to change the subject … Continue reading
Michele Bachmann Deconstructed
Sarah Palin’s weekend missive to her Facebook fanatics referred to this speech by Michele Bachmann on the House floor. The video clip is a centerpiece in the Republican smear effort against health care reform. As you might expect, Bachmann is … Continue reading
DEAR MRS. SARAH PALIN:
DEAR MRS. SARAH PALIN: We regret to inform you that your application for an individual health insurance policy for: TRIG PALIN is hereby: DENIED due to a pre-existing condition and diagnosis of DOWNS SYNDROME “We regret the necessity” of refusing … Continue reading
Another Palin Trifecta
Sarah Palin came out of her seclusion today to offer up another Trifecta to her Facebook fans. It’s a grand mélange of Teh Crazy™, Teh Stupid™, and Teh Wacky™, all delivered with that trademark of the fringe: the breathless sense … Continue reading
What Sotomayor’s Confirmation Tells Us About the GOP
We have a new Supreme Court justice. Sonya Sotomayor was confirmed today by a vote of 68-31. The fact that every “nay” vote came from a Republican tells you what is wrong with the Grand Old Party these days. As … Continue reading
Teh Samsara of Wacky™
Responding to a wave of Teh Wacky™ over health care reform, the White House put the following on its website yesterday: There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there, spanning from control of personal finances to … Continue reading
Orly Taitz Deconstructed
This being a website of media deconstruction, I have developed a hypothesis that the entire canon of wingnuttia can be distilled into three overlapping and mutually-supporting parts: Teh Crazy™, Teh Wacky™, and Teh Stupid™. Definitions are still somewhat fluid at … Continue reading
