A group called “Project Prevention” is in the news for its tactic of offering $300 payments to “drug addicts” to submit to sterilization or long-term birth control because . . . um, it’s not clear except, you know, “those people” obviously ought to be sterilized. According to the woman who dreamed up this charming scheme, [...]
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Class Cleansing
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Culture, General, Health, How Capitalism Will Ruin You, News & Current Events on May 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Oh, Now It’s a Problem
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Culture, Economics, General, How Capitalism Will Ruin You, Legal Issues, News & Current Events, Politics, The WSJ's Literary Offenses on May 3, 2012 | 5 Comments »
The Wall Street Journal and Jonathan Adler are all het up about the unprecedented, nefarious tactic suddenly invented by liberals: secondary boycotts. WSJ waxes teary-eyed over all those poor corporations missing out on some tiny fraction of potential profits simply because they’re funding anti-democratic legislation, reactionary politicians, environmental disaster, slaveringly vicious fascist radio freaks, or [...]
Thank You, Captain Obvious
Posted in General, Media, Writing on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t like to slag off (semi-)liberal writers, but what, exactly, keeps Timothy Noah employed? He’s a typical mainstream journalist lifer, rotating between right-wing news outlets (US News & World Report, The Wall Street Journal) and center-left magazine-style venues (TNR, Slate). He managed to change sides on the Iraq war not once but twice, and [...]
A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
Posted in General, I do too have a life, Media on April 27, 2012 |
OK, so there’s that thing where you suddenly have to go to the bathroom and you get up and walk stiff-legged down the long hallway in your place of work, trying to get there before embarrassing yourself, and the severe internal pressure in your bowels which you are trying desperately to keep clenched in causes [...]
My Daddy Can Marry and Abandon More Wives than Your Daddy
Posted in Church & State, Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Culture, Doggie Bloggin', General, Media, News & Current Events, Pets, Politics, Religion on April 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
So there’s been a lot of back-and-forth shot trading between the Romney and Obama camps lately. Some of it is hilarious. (“Romney strapped a dog to a car!” “Well Obama ate one!” “Romney’s grandfather was a polygamist!” “Well so was Obama’s father!“) The right wing seems to think these parallels are especially embarrassing to Obama. [...]
Great White Butthead
Posted in Culture, General, News & Current Events, Politics on April 18, 2012 | 2 Comments »
So, Ted Nugent is shooting off his crazed mouth again, this time explicitly advocating beheading members of Congress and declaring President Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to be “criminals” and that they must be dealt with like an invading coyote, by shooting. He followed up by stating that if [...]
Preview My Spam Filter
Posted in General, Media, Things That Suck on April 17, 2012 | 1 Comment »
What is the deal with movie preview special offers? Who goes to these things? Thanks to my penchant for blindly signing up for anything I’m asked to, I somehow got on a mailing list for one of those marketing companies that arranges test screenings of new movies. At too-frequent intervals, I get invitations to appear [...]
Whackjob of Light
Posted in Culture, Flame Bait, General, News & Current Events, Religion on April 10, 2012 |
Yes, I’m alive! Just haven’t had the time or energy to update anything since I can’t remember when. And Kevin Raybould has a real job, and Tom has a new job and a new house. So thanks for hanging in there. I don’t have anything important to say. This story caught my eye today, though, [...]
Hell, No
Posted in Agnostic Reads the Bible, Church & State, Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Culture, General, Humor, Libertarian Problem Solving, News & Current Events, Politics, Read Your Bible, Religion, Science, Things That Suck, Uncategorized, Writing on October 3, 2011 | 10 Comments »
I picked up Penn Jillette’s new book God, No!, yesterday, and am already most of the way through it. It’s pitched as an atheist’s version of the “Ten Commandments”. (This apparently was prompted by an exchange Penn had with Glenn Beck that resulted in Penn dashing off his own version of the Ten Commandments and [...]
Somebody Go Coddle the Children – They’re Making Noise Again
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Education, General, News & Current Events, Politics, Race, Things That Suck, Uncategorized on September 27, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Children flinging poo to get attention: dipshit College Republicans (there is no other kind) at UC Berkeley have been loudly touting their “Increase Diversity Bake Sale” – a racist provocation that has been standard fare for campus right-wing groups for 10 years or more. The gag is simple: they offer cupcakes for sale with prices [...]
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