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Police target poker games (as sources of Al Qaeda funding, no doubt)
2008-01-21 00:00:00 Question: What do you get when you combine underworked cops out to justify their jobs with America's post-9/11 fascist tendencies? Answer: The undercover infiltration and guns-drawn raiding of a friendly neighborhood five-dollar-buy-in poker game?and in the supposedly liberal San Francisco... More About: Poker , Games , Police , Funding , Al Qaeda
Kucinich in the debate will help Obama, hurt Hillary
2008-01-21 00:00:00 First, Fox News excludes anti-Iraq War candidate Ron Paul from the New Hampshire Republican debate. Now General Electric-owned NBC is trying to keep the most anti-Iraq War Democratic candidate?Dennis Kucinich ?out of Nevada's pre-caucus debate. A District Court judge has ruled... More About: Debate , Hurt , Obama , Hillary
The petro-Islam/petro-fascism alliance
2008-01-21 00:00:00 Turning a weakness into a strength?that's what propaganda is all about. Whatever evil scheme you're planning, you have to sell it to the people via the press as the exact opposite. That's the first thing Karl Rove learned in Evil... More About: Islam , Petro , Fascism , Alliance
TSA detains 5-year-old at Sea-Tac
2008-01-11 00:00:00 The mindless goons of the TSA were really on the job at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport: It’s a case of a mistaken identity for a 5-year-old boy from Normandy Park. He had trouble boarding a plane because someone with the same... More About: Year
Rupert hearts Hillary
2008-01-11 00:00:00 Far more valuable than Rupert Murdoch's chump-change donations to Hillary is the free propaganda he's giving her. Yesterday on Foxnews.com: "New Hampshire Women Stand Up to Sexism in Vote for Hillary." In the Wall Street Journal: "Clinton Victory Resonates with... More About: Hearts , Pert
Obama?more acceptable to racist white folks than you'd think
2008-01-11 00:00:00 Ill Doctrine posits that despite the optimism about Obama 's chances, "between now and November a lot of Americans will come down with tolerance fatigue," a variation of the Bradley effect, wherein voters who tell pollsters that they're "ready to vote... More About: White , Racist
To hell with bipartisanship?it's our turn now
2008-01-11 00:00:00 Seems many in Washington are lamenting the "rampant partisanship [that] has paralyzed the ability of government to act and lead." It's time to "inject some civility and respect and have a really serious, considered debate," they say. Oh, yeah? How... More About: Hell , Turn
Blame Bush on Bill Clinton
2008-01-11 00:00:00 As we ponder what the past seven years of Bush have wrought on this earth of ours, let us not forget that if Slick Willie had been able to keep his willie in his pants, Bush would not have been... More About: Bill Clinton , Clinton , Bill , Blame
Ron Paul barred from G.O.P. debate
2008-01-11 00:00:00 Ron Paul is a right-wing nutjob in his own endearing way, and obviously I'd never vote for the guy, but you have to admit he is a breath of fresh air in a lineup otherwise dominated by the usual corporate... More About: Ron Paul , Debate
Giuliani's old-school Republican fear-mongering
2008-01-11 00:00:00 No, this is not from The Daily Show or Red State Update; it's an authentic campaign video from Rudy Giuliani?you know, the guy with the 0-for-2 record against the terrorists but who says he's the one who can protect us... More About: Republican , School , Fear , Old School
Media plays up tribal war in Kenya, downplays class war
2008-01-05 00:00:00 "Tribal Rage Tears at Diverse Kenya n City" screams the WashPo headline. Other mainstream media are using similarly sensationalistic headlines to describe what is essentially class warfare in Kenya: A more complete headline might be: "Tribal differences in Kenya, normally accepted... More About: Media , Plays , Class
Obama's Iowa victory speech
2008-01-05 00:00:00 Here's the speech Obama gave after winning Iowa last night. Part 1 Part 2 More About: Victory , Speech
How to help moderate Muslims: leave them alone
2008-01-05 00:00:00 Ronald Krebs argues that the U.S. should not reach out to moderates in the Muslim world. But Krebs isn't some neocon warmonger. Instead, his reason for disengagement is a realpolitik one: Explicit or even implicit support from the United States... More About: Muslims , Leave , Moderate , Moderate Muslims
The great Republican Pakistani clusterfuck: a tragedy in three acts
2008-01-02 00:00:00 The essence of a tragedy is not just that it?s a horrible outcome, but an outcome that was completely preventable. The string of Republican screwups that has led Pakistan to the brink of collapse was indeed completely preventable. All that... More About: Tragedy , Great , Pakistani
The genetic basis of religion and other forms of mass deception
2007-12-29 00:00:00 Why would it take a university study to figure out that people are genetically inclined to believe in imaginary deities. Of course there's a religion gene?it's called gullibility. What we call gullibility in adults is, in small children, their "wondrous... More About: Religion , Forms , Deception , Mass
Bhutto's death?the Republican contenders react
2007-12-29 00:00:00 Below are the Republican candidates' initial reactions to the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Rudy Giuliani?"This just goes to show that Americans need a president who is experienced in surviving attacks, even as others around him are dying." Mike Huckabee?"This would... More About: Death , React , Tender , Hutto
Rudy, the jack-booted, duck-stepping fascist, loses conservative America
2007-12-28 00:00:00 When even conservatives?conservatives!?are calling Rudy Giuliani a fascist (which is like Hank Williams, Jr. calling someone a redneck), that tells you all you need to know about his election prospects. More About: America , Conservative , Jack , Duck
Let God sell your home today!
2007-12-28 00:00:00 While radio-surfing the other day, I heard a testimonial-style plug for a "Christian real estate agency." The agency's name escapes me, but it was similar in concept to the Christian Real Estate Network (which by the way is under investigation... More About: Home , Today , Sell
My Xmas message to Dana "Fascist Jerk" Rohrabacher
2007-12-24 00:00:00 Sent to Dana Rohrabacher on December 24: "I HOPE IT'S YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS THAT DIE" said US Representative Dana Rohrabacher to American citizens who questioned the Bush Administration's unlawful extraordinary rendition policies. What a fascist jerk you are. If you're... More About: Message , Jerk , Xmas , Mess
Bush sings "Death of Democracy"
2007-12-23 00:00:00 For your cynical holiday listening pleasure, check out Dutch group 37HZ's tune "Death of Democracy ," sung by none other than George W. Bush : Since Republicans say the exact opposite of what they really mean (i.e., behind the propaganda), songs like... More About: Sings
The G.O.P.'s fundamental problem: They've run out of bullshit
2007-12-22 00:00:00 Adam Nagourney writes that for American conservatives, the problem with their current choices for the G.O.P. nomination is that none of the candidates are worthy of their worship (he uses the word love): It is hard to think of another... More About: Bullshit , Problem , Fundamental , Amen , Dame
Save democracy?start a religion!
2007-12-21 00:00:00 Throughout human history, a fundamental strategy that ruling elites have used to control society is divide and conquer. The idea is to keep the masses of little people fighting among themselves so that they can't unite against the tiny minority... More About: Religion , Democracy , Start , Save
Condi, a sheltered girl who grew up to be a Republican. Surprise!
2007-12-18 00:00:00 This is a theory about conservatives I've been working on for a while: Children who lived sheltered, overprotected lives tend to grow up to become political conservatives. This theory is reinforced by Elisabeth Bumiller's new Condi Rice biography: Page 18:... More About: Republican , Girl , Grew
George W. Bush sings Lennon's "Happy Xmass (War is Over)"
2007-12-18 00:00:00 I know it's hard to even look at Bush 's face or listen to his voice, but this video here is damned brilliant?audio clips patched together so that Dear Leader sings the lyrics to John Lennon's "Happy Christmas (War Is Over)."... More About: George W Bush , George W , George
The junk food/pharmaceuticals link
2007-12-17 00:00:00 Watch TV in the daytime, and you'll see a lot of commercials for junk food: cookies, fast food, soda?anything with a high content of sugar, trans fat, and all that other good stuff. At night, there's nothing but commercials for... More About: Food , Link , Pharmaceuticals , Junk , Junk Food
Mike Huckabee, dangerously naive zealot
2007-12-17 00:00:00 A governor lobbies for the parole of a rapist, then tries to pardon a man convicted of a brutal rape-murder but backs down in the face of public outrage. When asked why he would want to release such vicious criminals,... More About: Mike Huckabee , Mike , Naive , Huckabee , Dangerous
Four years with no president
2007-12-14 00:00:00 Let?s face it?a lot of sensible Americans right now are assessing the presidential candidates not in terms of who would be the best president but in terms of who would do less damage than the others. Well then, let?s go... More About: President , Years
Two crooks' mug shots
2007-12-14 00:00:00 It's time for a walk down memory lane. Remember these two guys? When Tom DeLay's and John "Teflon Don" Gotti's mug shots are side by side like this, you can see the similar strategy: The more guilty you are, the... More About: Crooks , Shots
Girl should escalate fight against bullying jocks
2007-12-14 00:00:00 I read this in a recent Dear Abby and it really got my blood pressure up. (Even if the D.A. letters are made up, the situation isn't.) DEAR ABBY: I am a 13-year-old girl in junior high. I'm being harassed... More About: Fight , Bullying , Girl , Jock
Antichrist buys Beliefnet
More articles from this author:2007-12-14 00:00:00 The Bible says that when Satan comes to Earth, he?ll come in the guise of an angel who will declare his love of the truth (i.e., being fair and balanced). By providing free propaganda to the would-be fascists in the... More About: Antichrist , Beliefnet 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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