Monthly Archives: January 2012

Assorted shit Sunday!

Updated below Oakland is burning! Associated Press photo So hundreds of people were arrested in Oakland yesterday and last night, a night during which some individuals reportedly broke into Oakland City Hall, snatched an American flag, and burned it in protest. The responses … Continue reading

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Science: Conservatives are stupid

Synchronicity is fun. As I compose this, the top three most-viewed Yahoo! News stories right now are: “Low IQ and Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice” “President Obama, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Share Tense Tarmac Moment” “Arizona Gov. Brewer Gets Book Critique … Continue reading

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Did Newt Gingrich just swiftboat ‘Massachusetts moderate’ Mitt?

Reuters photo Former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, pictured above campaigning in South Carolina, where he decisively was victorious yesterday, now goes on to Florida in his quest to prevent the coronation of “Massachusetts moderate” Mitt Romney as … Continue reading

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Another one bites the dust

Reuters photo Texas Gov. Rick Perry, shown in South Carolina earlier this week, is to drop out of the presidential race today. Perry couldn’t catch fire even in the backasswards, white supremacist state of South Carolina, polling dead last. When … Continue reading

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Golden Globes gets it mostly wrong

Associated Press and Reuters photos Martin Scorsese poses with his undeserved Golden Globe for best director for his overhyped “Hugo” in Los Angeles last night, and George Clooney poses with his undeserved Golden Globe for best actor in a drama for his … Continue reading

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The two Pricks vie to be the top fascist

Associated Press photo “Christian” presidential aspirants Prick Perry and Prick Santorum falsely greet each other at an apparent all-white-male “prayer breakfast” in South Carolina today. With “Christians” like these, who needs demons? Presidential wannabes Prick Perry and Prick Santorum, with the presidential … Continue reading

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Bogus warfare is the real pisser

Reuters image In this viral video grab, four U.S. Marines reportedly are shown urinating (or pretending to urinate?) on the bodies of at least three vanquished members of the Taliban in Afghanistan. But Repugnican Tea Party presidential wannabe Rick Perry has … Continue reading

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‘Bomb-throwing’ Ron Paul wins wingnuts’ New Hampshire debate

Associated Press photo U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, left, gestures at front-runner former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney during tonight’s Repugnican Tea Party presidential primary debate in Manchester, New Hampshire. Romney was polished and toed the party line, while Paul kept … Continue reading

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Michele, we hardly knew ye (and other notes on the horse race)

Reuters photo Repugnican Tea Party U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann announces today that her sixth-place finish in yesterday’s Iowa caucuses has induced her to quit her quest for the White House.   We won’t have Michele Bachmann to kick around anymore. At … Continue reading

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Four more years! (Of paralysis and stagnation…)

Reuters photo WTF is the matter with Iowa? Repugnican Tea Party presidential candidate Rick “Man on Dog” Santorum — known primarily for having his surname usurped to describe a sexually oriented substance — campaigns in Sioux City, Iowa, yesterday. Although Santorum … Continue reading

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