Category Archives: politics
Get Out Your Clothespins and Shut Up
This is an interesting article about how right-wing sock puppets infiltrate progressive websites. This is why I get irritated at whiny firebaggers who do nothing but (1) complain about Obama and all the things he supposedly hasn’t done; and (2) … Continue reading
Filed under authoritarianism, politics, the Republican apocalypse
Down the Rabbit Hole
Oh. My. God. Arizona’s Senate-Approved Birther Bill Could Force Presidential Candidates To Provide Documentation Describing What Their Penis Looks Like To Get on Ballot On the one hand, you can’t help but laugh. My state is the laughingstock of the … Continue reading
Filed under misogyny, politics, racism, the Republican apocalypse
Don’t Give Up On the Prez Just Yet
Hm. Maybe Obama’s budget deal isn’t as bad as everyone thinks. (H/T Balloon Juice)
Filed under politics
Slimeballs and Sleazebuckets
This proves what I’ve suspected for a long time–Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald is nothing but a scum-sucking slimeball. I’ve often wondered if he’s the puppet jerking Gov. Walker’s strings, as Walker has always struck me as being not … Continue reading
Filed under current events, politics, the Republican apocalypse, unions
Over the Rail and Far Away
Holy crap. Richard Mellon Scaife–the bogeyman of David Brock’s tell-all book Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative–comes out in support of Planned Parenthood. This is the guy who spent millions of dollars funding an effort to dig … Continue reading
Filed under omg, politics, the Republican apocalypse, Uncategorized, worthy causes
American Shame
Here’s a larger version of this graph, found at the New York Times. You’ll probably have to go there to see it fully. The subtitle to the graph is “How the International Monetary Fund’s “Advanced economy” countries compare on various … Continue reading
Update: SB 1405
Committee Takes SB 1405 Off the Table Yes. This monstrosity needs to be stomped into the ground and buried forever. The piece made a point I hadn’t thought of. Doctors envisioned scenarios in which immigrants with contagious diseases such as … Continue reading
Question Dodging 101
Bill O’Reilly’s producer, Jesse Watters, is a master at dispensing snake oil. Watch My Blazer, Bro In the transcript of the encounter between Watters and Think Progess’ Ben Armbruster, who tried to get a comment on the report that Fox … Continue reading
Filed under Fake Noise, politics
I Read Letters
The “Opinion” section of the Arizona Republic is just endless fodder for snark. Of course, so is the entire state, for that matter. So what have I read today? Heavy-duty guns ensure democracy This title is rather ironic, seeing as … Continue reading
Filed under politics, snarkitude
Please Note…
The above picture is a South Park-style caricature of me attempting to read the Republicans’ “Pledge to America”–and/or just about anything John Boehner and Eric Cantor say.
Filed under omg, politics, the Republican apocalypse
