Archive for the 'Politics' Category
Chris Floyd
January 3rd, 2009Finding Chris Floyd reminds me of when I first read Digby. It’s so fun to find great writers armed with facts. His blog’s called, “Empire Burlesque” - the high crimes and low comedy of the American imperium. Great post today on hatred, check it out.
Jon Stewart skewers Mike Huckabee on gay marriage — comedians better than so-called “journalists”
December 10th, 2008It’s a great interview/skewering by Jon Stewart when he talks about gay marriage with Mike Huckabee.
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Mike Huckabee Pt. 2
Barack Obama InterviewJohn McCain Interview
Sarah Palin Video
Sad that a comedian is so much better at interviewing and exposing the contradictions in Mike Huckabee’s than so-called […]
Fake NYTimes is totally achievable
November 14th, 2008This is one of the greatest pranks by the Yes Men, at least for its visibility and scale. If you haven’t seen the Yes-Men, watch their movie. Visit their site. Read their paper.
An excerpt, from New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically
NEW YORK — Officials from the Department of Transportation today opened […]
McCain is just out of it.
October 30th, 2008Yeah, this is a couple days old. But it’s still pretty sad. McCain should go into hiding.
Civilized society
August 14th, 2008Did you know there’s a dungeon in the white house?
In Ron Suskind’s new book, Suskind describes a disturbing case in Washington, D.C., where security officials detained and interrogated Usman Khosa, a Pakistani U.S. college graduate, because he was “fiddling” with his iPod near White House gates. Officials took Khosa to an interrogation room “beneath” the […]
Diebold accidentally leaks election results
June 9th, 2008McCain squeaks it out. Man.. those public opinion polls wrong again! Check it out:
Diebold Accidentally Leaks Results Of 2008 Election Early
Tahini terrorists
May 22nd, 2008If the Islamo-fascists don’t get you, apparently the Tahini Terrorists will.
From Emptywheel
apparently, Minneapolis’ Joint Terrorist Task Force is recruiting people to infiltrate vegan potlucks to look for potential–what?–tahini enthusiasts?–in advance of the RNC convention this fall.
“[FBI Special Agent Maureen E. Mazzola] told me that I had the perfect ‘look,’” recalls Carroll. “And that I […]
They don’t especially like it when we kill them and wreck their country.
March 28th, 2008The “they” is the Iraqis.
This video is courtesy of the incomparable Glenn Greenwald, who reminds us that
The significance of the interview lies as much in what it says about the American occupation of Iraq as it what it illustrates about the American media. In the American media’s discussions of Iraq, when are […]
Barack Obama’s speech on race
March 18th, 2008Barack Obama made an honest speech today. That ought to be enough to make news. Check it out.
Portions of the speech:
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For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division and conflict and cynicism. We can tackle race only as spectacle, as we did in the OJ […]
Get scared-er!
January 23rd, 2008A truly great ad:
From a citizen supporter of Jackie Broyles for President. You may not know of Jackie yet, so go check out RedStateUpdate to get more familiar. These guys are hilarious, and the ad makes a great mockery of the fearmongering the US has gotten used to.
“We’re more scared now […]