Monthly Archives: September 2009
Concentrated Stupidity
Extreme right-wingers (aka so-called “conservatives”) are understandably quite defensively agitated whenever it’s dismissively asserted by Hippie-Liberal-Nazi-Communist Obama supporters that the raging teabaggers and other protesters in last weekend’s expression of diffuse outrage are little more than a lunatic fringe group … Continue reading
Filed under Activism, Obama Administration, Wingnuts
Clinton Deployment Condemned
Shocking new footage shows innocent Pakistani civilians sent fleeing in panic from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s rambling anecdotes and picking up the pieces of their ruined lives after her brutally tedious visits to farms and cultural centers in the … Continue reading
Filed under Humour
Billionaires for Wealthcare
Nice to see that the Billionaires for Bush have found a new cause. From their blog about the 9/12 protest: We set up our post on an elevated curb along Pennsylvania Avenue, proudly surveying the throngs we’d funded. The crowds … Continue reading
Filed under Health Care & Medicine, Humour
Cracker Barrel Confessional
Whatever you may think of the histrionic demagoguery and kooky on-air fulminations of Glenn “Lonesome Rhodes” Beck, it’s hard to deny that the guy is hugely entertaining. On today’s show, for example, Beck provocatively unveiled an obscure Fox News studio … Continue reading
Filed under Wingnuts
Beyond Prop 8
Jesus still loves you if you get divorced — just not as much as before. Inspired by California’s voter-approved ban on gay marriage last year, satirist and commentator John Marcotte has taken the first steps in the initiative process to … Continue reading
Your Moment of Steampunk
Title: Requiem for Industry Artist: Kazuhiko Nakamura Born in Hyogo, Japan in 1961, Nakamura works as an environmental graphic designer in Tokyo while producing awesome 3D art works in his free time.
The Future of High-Speed Rail
CanWest News reported yesterday that federal MPs are headed to Washington to find out more about the Obama administration’s high-speed rail plans: A foreign fact-finding mission this month by a four-party delegation from Parliament will raise the profile of high-speed … Continue reading
Filed under STEPHEN HARPER Govrnment of Canada
Speaking of “Indoctrination”
President Obama said in an interview to be aired tonight on 60 Minutes that he sees “a coarsening of our political dialogue.” Gee, no kidding. In case you’re curious about what the young man’s sign says, just click on the … Continue reading
Filed under Obama
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs…
Another of Michael Ignatieff’s Songs From the Wood — this time about creating “the jobs of tomorrow today.” It’s a perfectly fine message, but also one that could easily be rebutted by the Conservatives insofar as pointing to the investments … Continue reading
