I admit it: global warming, or climate change, is a hoax

You have to hand it to the neo birchers, flat earthers, birthers, climate change deniers and free lance commie spotters. Fueled by Fox “News” misinformation and willful misunderstanding, they never let facts or reality get in the way of their delusions and grand conspiracy theories.
They know there is a vast left wing conspiracy to [...]

The Uninformed Agrieved: at least they know they’re mad

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by Mathews conduct of this interview and it brings up an important trend: the proud and willful rejection of any reference to facts and rationality in preference for stridently reactionary emotionalism.
Chris Mathews actually came down pretty hard on Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence Rhode Island over his [...]

Palin booed by disgruntled autograph seekers

This is priceless (via ThinkProgress):

This is one reason why I’m still not convinced she’ll have any real success if she runs in 2012. She and her handlers are so arrogant and inept that they even anger fanatics who took time off from work and waited in the cold and rain all [...]

fox news corrects sarah palin

Link via TPM: How low can a person’s credibility sink? If the answer is lower than Fox’s minimum required truthiness, then may the flying spaghetti monster have mercy on your soul.

Major media not reporting Republican’s extremely low polling numbers

Crooks and Liars has a piece noting the new Dkos poll.
The gist is that while Obama’s numbers have predictably dropped from early highs and House and Senate Dems aren’t the most popular people in the minds of most Americans, House and Senate Republicans, along with the Republican party in general, are miserably unpopular with the [...]

Explaining Sessions (and the rest)

Jamison Foser has a good piece at Media Matters on the racism and sexism on display in Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing.
There have been a lot of posts at various progressive sites and blogs about the racism and sexism so I won’t rehash them here. I just want to briefly examine what seems to lie underneath the [...]

Sarah Palin, please sue me

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According to a story on Huffington Post, Sarah Palin’s lawyer, Thomas Van Flein, is threatening to sue people, like Alaskan blogger Shannyn Moore, who say mean things about Palin:

“To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as ‘fact’ that Governor Palin resigned [...]

Sarah Palin plays Checkers

No, I’m not making a snotty reference to chess versus checkers. I mean Nixon’s Checkers Speech.
She has had a Nixonian orthogonian thing going on for quite a while. Instead of a poor little dog, she references a poor little point guard, but the basic tone and tenor is the same.
Now, of course, Tricky Dick [...]

the boneyard

A common recent refrain from many on the right in response to any criticism, or even any coverage, of Sarah Palin is that the criticism or even basic attention is proof positive that everyone to the left of Sean Hannity is shaking in their boots at the mere thought of the mighty moose hunter. This [...]