Monthly Archives: February 2011
Googlespiracy
Trying to make sense of Glenn Beck is always something of a fool’s errand, but Jon Berhad at Mediaite does his best to explain the hopelessly tangled web of crackpot lunacy behind Glenn Beck’s latest bête noire: Google! I wonder … Continue reading
Filed under Conspiracy Theories, Wingnuts
Jimmy 2012
The only person to have actually declared as yet that he’s running for president in 2012 made an appearance at last week’s CPAC event: Jimmy McMillan will, if nothing else, bring some much needed amusement to a Republican primary race … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, Republican Party
Trumping Ron Paul
I’m sure I wasn’t alone in cheering on Donald Trump’s impromptu remarks at the CPAC event last week with respect to Ron Paul, stating “honestly he just has zero chance of getting elected.” Well, duh. Look, Ron Paul knows full … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, Libertarianism
Rules, Schmules…
This is quite a long video, and seeing as vita brevis, I don’t expect many to actually watch the whole thing, but it’s quite an instructive, albeit maddening, exercise do so. You may recall that at the start of the … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative Hypocrisy, US Politics
Revolution 2.0
Wael Ghonim, Google’s Head of Marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, speaking to CNN just shortly after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak… “They convinced us for 30 years that Egypt had died, that there was no more Egypt. … Continue reading
Filed under George W. Bush, Global Politics, History
Biomimicry
How can architects build a new world of sustainable beauty? By learning from nature. At TEDSalon in London, Michael Pawlyn describes three habits of nature that could transform architecture and society: radical resource efficiency, closed loops, and drawing energy from … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Climate Change, Technology
War Criminal!
As former Vice President Dick Cheney takes the podium at the CPAC convention, an audience member loudly denounces him as a “war criminal”… What’s particularly funny about this clip is that if you listen closely to the chatter in the … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatism
The Lifecycle
The second installment of Charlie Brooker’s brilliant new series How TV Ruined Your Life demonstrates how television has something to infuriate anyone of any age. “In summary then, TV has never quite got you. When you’re a kiddywink, it’s just … Continue reading
LPC Pre-election Ad
As imagined by Rick Mercer… I think this definitely falls into the category so aptly described by Homer Simpson’s immortal quote: “It’s funny ‘cause it’s true.” I mean really, what does the Liberal Party stand for these days? Other than … Continue reading
Filed under Humour, Liberal Party of Canada
GOP Voters
TPM offers up an amusing snippet from one of pollster and evil genius wordsmith Frank Luntz’s infamous focus groups; in this case with Republican caucus voters in Iowa – who are, evidently, some of the most obtuse and profoundly ignorant … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, Media Bias, Obama, Racism, Republican Party, Right-Wing Haters, Wingnuts
