The First Amendment served us well for a time, but now it’s outdated. Remember reading that England had arrested a guy for anti-Muslim Twitter postings in the aftermath of the Woolrich slaughter? And remember thinking, “Well, this is America, that
That’s adorable. At NPR, which should be lauded for promoting the mentally impaired, a Very Special American named Ron Elving writes: The sudden eruption of second-term scandals in his administration will have many costs for President Obama, but surely the
It’s time for a full, complete boycott of all of NBC and a boycott of links to all media channels, except in the absolutely legally or ethically required cases. We link a lot of time when it’s easy enough to
…illustrating an article about Buzzfeed’s aggressive promotion of Shepherd Fairely, the guy who did the Obama “BELIEVE” photoshop-claimed-to-be-a-painting… …deserves a raise.
I imagine Fox will cut to it, but if you’re not at a TV, you can view it on the below YouTube channel. I don’t expect there to be any news; news that the Tsarnaevs were headed to NYC to
Iowahawk sums it all up in less than 140 characters: Ben Carson or Kermit Gosnell: guess which doctor the media consider “controversial.” — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) April 14, 2013 I linked this as an afterthought in my last post but
But only briefly. A woman attempted to pull a prank on her sister with this prank call: “I shot my husband. I’m cleaning up the mess. Let’s go bury him in Blackwater.” I imagine she had a whole night of
I’m a litte unsure of the etiquette of self-linking but I think this is an important topic. Our schools are failing our children, and they’re doing it by design, relying on a misconceived theory of the pedagogy of reading —
I can’t even repeat what she said here, as I think people would find the imagery she uses too graphic. Whenever Ashley Judd doesn’t like something, she says it’s just like rape. Mining coal? Just like rape. Anchovies on a
PopSci reviews a personal flying robot, an entry in the growing personal flying robot consumer market, and finds it’s rather a more complicated and less user-friendly personal flying robot than one might wish. It’s a sign of the times
One source who viewed the docs says someone in a federal agency “press shop” was involved in changing the talking points to remove al Qaeda — Sharyl Attkisson (@SharylAttkisson) March 6, 2013 Sharyl Attkisson is reporting bits of the documents
In response to RE: Are You Claiming….: Because they were all subject to an inherently mortifying action, being made the butt of a joke in front of a large group of people. Same reason that children are universally mortified when
But I’m in such a mood I can only think bring it on, oh Sweet Meteor of Death. It turns out the meteor that landed in Russia last week was a bit bigger than the 10 tons first reported. About
In response to But That Abortion Saved Toure’s Life: Toure seems to have very divergent opinions as regards one rare thing, abortion, as opposed to another, protecting yourself from a crime. In the latter case, he says that defending yourself
In response to Get Up! Get Out! And Get Big Boi!: … but, based on what he says, he seems to be a left-libertarian, the sort that can’t vote Democratic because they find them too conservative on most issues (such
In response to Re: CNN Water Carriers: Seriously? The media tried to make an issue out of how the Romney familytraveled with their pet dog on vacations thirty years ago and thatflopped. You know why? Because Obama ATE a dog.
Someone who thought her cutesy title for a book, Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt, was JUST AWESOME and OMG SOOOO FUNNY LOL (WINK) LOL ROFLAMAO, turns out to be a complete idiot? That can’t be right. Have
In response to Dude!: I come away from the ad believing two things: First, Ling’s Cars deals are so good they are Stupid! Very sexiful cars for very sexiful prices. Second, Raymond Shaw is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful
Speaking of the San Jose rag deliberately withholding information from its readers — or “marks,” I believe they say in the confidence business — Sexton had a sorta-overlooked piece last night, The NY Times’ Shifting Standards on Mixing Murder and
In response to Return of the Job Pivot: Obama has it on good authority that Chris Stevens’ murderers are “holed up” near the pro shop. My God, he’s like Javert, if Javert wasn’t good at golf. Or finding criminals. Or
Just got a tip I made up from a reliable source who doesn’t exist. CNN’s new fair and balanced schedule: 6pm: You Never Had It So Good with Ashleigh Banfield 7pm: Embarrassment of Riches with Erin Burnett 8pm: Champagne Wishes
When I was younger I thought psychology (and the closely related field of social anthropology) were twaddle, hokum, balderdash and other words which sound funny. And yet over the past few years I’ve become a fan of the fields. In
Re: Right Wing Hecklers Attack Chuck Hagel Seems that articulateness and ready command of the facts are suddenly not so terribly important after all. MSNBC’s starring “conservative” Joe Scarborough is all butthurt that the GOP wasn’t nice enough to Chuck
The FBI is now investigating Melgen and Menendez for illegal possession of Drakkar Noir, turtlenecks
At this point I’ll give him a charity point if he can tell me where babies come from.
