The above quote comes from one pundit’s statement about the Republican presidential candidates being pushed to the far right by an increasingly loony Republican base. He believes that if these candidates keep taking insane positions, they’ll be unable to scramble back to the center in the general election, and he urges them to take a […]
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Posted inOccupy
How Dare This Woman Fight for What She Believes In?
Because she felt so strongly about Occupy Wall Street, Florida woman Stacy Hessler left her family in Florida to go to the protests in New York. Fox News calls Hessler worse than the rest of the “filth” at Occupy Wall Street and notes that she’s “clearly having a midlife crisis of some sort,” while suggesting […]
Posted inElection 2012
Rick Perry Doesn’t Quite Believe in President Obama’s Birth Certificate
In what is possibly the most interesting interview published in Parade in the last twenty-five years, Rick Perry seems to be outing himself as a birther. And—I don’t really understand this bit—part of his reasoning is that President Obama has never seen Rick Perry’s birth certificate. Governor, do you believe that President Barack Obama was […]
Posted inTech
I WANT
You can call me an Apple-wanker all you want, (although I use Android, Chrome, and Google Plus, too, which I guess means I’m wank-cheating on Apple on a regular basis) but if Microsoft follows through with this interactive hologram desktop idea, I will be one of the first people lining up to buy it: Of […]
Posted inElection 2012
New Mitt Romney Ad Shivs Rick Perry In the Ribs
This new Romney ad is just brutal. (The original video was pulled by Romney’s camp, but here’s a watchable version.) The Romney campaign is done pretending Perry is a real candidate and they’re publicly calling him an idiot. As we head into the last stretch before the caucuses and primaries start, the air of niceness […]
Posted inMedia
Pat Buchanan Isn’t Racist, but…
In an interview with Sean Hannity to discuss his new book, Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?, Buchanan expanded on part of the book’s premise, that America is “disintegrating” because “white America is an endangered species.” Though he claimed that minorities aren’t “bad for the country,” the America of 2041 Buchanan sketched […]
Posted inElection 2012
Will It Ever Get Better for Poor Rick Santorum?
Seems that Rick Santorum is feeling “bullied” by Saturday Night Live: Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum criticized a “Saturday Night Live” skit that poked fun at his anti-gay marriage views by showing him seated at a gay bar in the Castro section of San Francisco. Santorum — depicted by actor Andy Samberg in the sketch, […]
Posted inOccupy
In Which Godwin’s Law Finally Comes to the Occupy Protests
Conservative/libertarian site Pajamas Media finally makes the connection we’ve all been waiting for: Don’t those hashtags look an awful lot like swastikas? Don’t these people see an echo of the swastika in their new power symbol? Don’t they realize that the early Nazi Party was (among other things, obviously) also overtly anti-capitalist?…Don’t they know that […]
Posted inBooks
Lemony Snicket on Occupy Wall Street
Funny, true stuff: 5. There may not be a reason to share your cake. It is, after all, yours. You probably baked it yourself, in an oven of your own construction with ingredients you harvested yourself. It may be possible to keep your entire cake while explaining to any nearby hungry people just how reasonable […]
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Donald Trump: Mouthpiece of the 1 Percent
Politico says that Donald Trump thinks the Occupy Wall Street protests were fun, but that the government is letting them go on for too long: “I do think that government maybe is letting this go a little bit too far,” Trump said on Fox News Monday morning. “People are having a great time. They’re all […]
Posted inBooks
Wait, Where the Fuck Should I Go?
My current favorite website: gothefucktothelibrary.com. Do you ever find yourself wondering about whether you should go the fuck to the library? If so, gothefucktothelibrary.com has the answer for you. Some samples: It would be great if there was something like Netflix™, but for books! There is! You should GO THE FUCK TO THE LIBRARY. I […]
Posted inTech
Arrested (App) Development
I’m Getting Arrested is an app that was created after its developer was arrested for civil disobedience. Here’s the description from CNET: It lets you quickly notify your family, friends, and crack legal team (if you have one) of your situation with a single tap of your finger. Just initially enter a custom message and […]