Monthly Archives: December 2009
Happy 2010!
The spectacular fireworks display from Sydney, Australia last night, where of course, it’s already tomorrow. Best wishes to everyone for a safe and happy New Year’s Eve celebration. Let’s all hope the next year/decade isn’t quite as massively craptacular as … Continue reading
Filed under Holidays
One Nation Under God?
It doesn’t seem to matter how easily demonstrable it is from the writings of the founders themselves that the United States was most assuredly not founded on “Christian principles” let alone under the direct auspices of Jesus Christ, evangelical fanatics … Continue reading
Filed under Religion, US Politics, Wingnuts
Cheney & The GOP: Masters of Disaster
Rachel Maddow resoundingly demolishes the Republican’s lying, hypocritical douchebaggery in response to last week’s attempted terror attack. As for Dick Cheney’s latest mendacious tirade, perhaps this recent piece from James Fallows says it best: “The former vice president, Dick Cheney, … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative Hypocrisy, Republican Party, War on Terra
Mmmm… Proroguey!
If anyone seriously thought that the Dear Leader wouldn’t prorogue parliament for the next couple of months, you really need to give your head a shake. And why not? The fact of the matter — that I’m entirely confident will … Continue reading
Filed under STEPHEN HARPER Govrnment of Canada
Terra Grabbag
This clip spanning a mere 11 minutes of coverage from last night’s ABC World News broadcast is quite remarkable if for no other reason that it manages to seamlessly condense so many controversial and highly-charged memes into such a short … Continue reading
Filed under Media, War on Terra
Dead Musicians: 2009 Edition
A sound collage from the New York Times featuring a sampling of the musicians who died this year.
Filed under Musical Interludes
Incarcerex®
Every now and again I feel the need to advocate for the cause of marijuana de-criminalization (if not outright legalization) if for no other reason than because the arguments bolstering the demonstrably failed, multi-billion dollar “War on Drugs” are so … Continue reading
Filed under Crime & Punishment, Drug Policy, War on Drugs
Terra! Terra! Terra!
Sorry to inflict more Fox & Friends on you, but this really is beyond the pale. On this morning’s program, Wayne Simmons, a so-called “Terror Analyst” (i.e., former CIA operative, now raving wingnut and occasional columnist for the far right-wing … Continue reading
Filed under Media Bias, Wingnuts
Better Know a “Liberal” Nitwit
Seeing as the allegedly Liberal, feminist blogger “Pareta” doesn’t allow comments or permit trackbacks on her shitty little website, it seems pretty darn ripe calling Liberal MP Keith Martin a “spineless white man who hates gun control” and oddly quipping … Continue reading
Filed under Liberal Idiots, Wingnuts
Fearmongering & Friends
Speaking this morning on Fox News, barking mad “conservative” radio talk-show host Mike Gallagher proposed that “every known Muslim” in the world (approximately 1.8 billion people) be subjected to an intensified level scrutiny prior to boarding an aircraft using a … Continue reading
Filed under Media Bias
