It’s hard to keep track of the craziness on the right – birtherism, creationism, secessionism, supply-sideism, the Gold-Fringed Flag conspiracy . . . the range of delusions they gin up to obsess over and rile each other up about is so broad and ever-changing that you can’t keep it straight. But weird economic fads, often [...]
Archive for July 28th, 2010
“God, Gold, and Guns”: Right-Wing Whackjobs, Shameless Hucksters, and Economic Fraud
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Culture, Economics, Legal Issues, News & Current Events, Politics, Taxes, Things That Suck, Uncategorized on July 28, 2010 | 14 Comments »
The Muslim Strategy
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
[NOTE: While intending to create a new post, Kevin apparently edited and overwrote my throwaway "Game On" post. So I'm doing my best to fix this, but there will be some comment confusion. -- tgirsch] The GOP used to depend upon a bigoted Southern Strategy. Apparently, they now have a Muslim Strategy — fanning the [...]
Game On!
Posted in Humor on July 28, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Via The Internet’s Own Gary Farber, we have this video, which reminds me that no matter how hard you try to do an over-the-top spoof of musicals, it still just looks like a musical. NOTE: Kevin seems to have munged this post, so I had to recreate it; some of the comments here really apply [...]
Bad Parenting
Posted in Culture, Humor, Politics on July 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I often say that as long as I don’t have to go on television and apologize to the families of the victims, I have fulfilled my obligation as a parent. Maybe I need to add one more qualification for being a good parent …