Category Archives: Culture

I AM A CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL

Posted on August 26, 2009 by

I AM AN AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE SHITHEEL this morning I was awoken by my alarm clock powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US department of energy. I then took a shower in the clean water … Continue reading →

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They Can’t Kill Us All

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

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Letters from the Front

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

I’m just catching up with Nico Pitney’s live-blog of the ongoing protests in Iran. (Funny enough, I’m seeing him being interviewed by Rachel Maddow in a repeat of today’s show right now.) In his 2:21PM ET entry, Nico reports a … Continue reading →

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Howard Kurtz defends CNN on the lack of coverage in Tehran

Posted on June 14, 2009 by

Twitter was all aflutter yesterday with criticism of CNN for its lack of coverage of the on-going protests in Tehran (see #cnnfail and #IranElection on Twitter, also this article from the NY Times). Howard Kurtz, of CNN’s Reliable Sources offered … Continue reading →

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Accomodationism for the Greater Good?

Posted on April 29, 2009 by

Over at DiscoverMagazine.com, Chris Mooney takes issue with this blog post by Jerry Coyne on what Coyne calls “accomodationism” of religion in stances by the National Academy of Science and the National Center for Science Education, two leading scientific organizations … Continue reading →

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Torture

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

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We have met the enemy… and he is us

Posted on April 20, 2009 by

To read the four newly released memos on prisoner interrogation written by George W. Bush’s Justice Department is to take a journey into depravity. Their language is the precise bureaucratese favored by dungeon masters throughout history. They detail how to … Continue reading →

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Jon Stewart Nailed It

Posted on March 16, 2009 by

I  am with what anecdotally seems to be the majority of people, who thought the Daily Show interview of Jim Cramer conducted by Jon Stewart was brilliant, even while painful to watch. Jim Cramer had the misfortune of representing all … Continue reading →

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Novak: I Would Out Valerie Plame Again

Posted on December 5, 2008 by

Think Progress » Novak: ‘I Don’t Think I Hurt Valerie Plame’ And I Would Out Her Again Because The Left ‘Tried To Ruin Me’ I wouldn’t wish a fatal brain tumor on anyone… except for Bob Novak. Enjoy your last … Continue reading →

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Larry Summers’ True Record on Women

Posted on November 10, 2008 by

In the Huffington Post article Larry Summers’ True Record on Women, Sheryl Sandberg writes an otherwise glowing review of Lawrence Summers’ (former short-term Treasury Secretary and ex-Harvard president) record on women. There was one bit I had to take issue … Continue reading →

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