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Republican propaganda strategy #3a?turning a weakness into a strength
2007-11-15 00:00:00 In pointing out the pitfalls of the left's defeatist approach to rampant capitalism, Slavoj ?i?ek cites a classic example of Republican rhetorical strategy: The big demonstrations in London and Washington against the US attack on Iraq a few years ago... More About: Strategy , Propaganda , Prop
Top 7 myths of the War on Drugs
2007-11-15 00:00:00 Foreign Policy breaks down the top 7 myths of the War on Drugs . Warning: This substance has been shown to make Republican bullshit seem even more ridiculous than it already is. More About: Myths , War on Drugs , The War on Drugs
Higher oil prices mean more imperialism and more terrorism
2007-11-13 00:00:00 The Washington Post reports on how sky-high oil prices are effecting a massive global transfer of wealth. All over the world, people are spending more of their hard-earned money on gasoline and other petroleum products. This means more money for... More About: Terrorism , Higher , Prices , Imperialism
Fox attacks decency
2007-11-13 00:00:00 The video below summarizes everything you need to know about the glaringly hypocritical difference between Fox New's "family values" rhetoric and its blatant use of smut on the air. The point hammered home by "FOX Atta ck s Decency " is not just...
After 8 years of President Hillary, Republicans will find Schwarzenegger mu
2007-11-11 00:00:00 Dear Economist: You?re missing the big picture about Arnold Schwarzenegger 's future political prospects. California?s rabid Republicans may hate the Governator, and a lot of Bob Jones alumni will never accept the idea of him as Presinator, but after 8 years... More About: President , Find , Years
FOX plays up terror, downplays homeless vets. Coincidence? You decide
2007-11-10 00:00:00 The Fascist Obnoxious Xenophobes Network is obviously on the same strategic page as the Giuliani campaign?keep the American public scared of terrorism. To think Al Qaeda would have the nerve to strike at the very heart of America ? the... More About: Terror , Homeless , Plays , Coincidence , Coin
The NRA wants criminals to have guns
2007-11-10 00:00:00 A mere 1 percent of gun dealers are responsible for a whopping 57 percent of the firearms used in crimes in America. No doubt the police would like to toss those lawbreaking dealers in jail (where they'd be walking the... More About: Guns , Criminals , Mina
Criminal profiling as a variation of palm reading
2007-11-10 00:00:00 Malcolm Caldwell has written an excellent article in which he compares the supposedly scientific techniques of criminal profiling to the tricks employed by psychics and astrologers: A few years ago, [University of Liverpool psychology professor Laurence] Alison went back to... More About: Reading , Palm , Criminal , Mina , Profil
Attention, mainstream media: It's called martial law, not a "state of emerg
2007-11-08 00:00:00 When a dictator suspends all civil liberties in a desperate effort to hold onto power, conservatives in the U.S. might call that a dream come true (as long as the dictator in question was a Republican). However, the correct term... More About: Media , State , Martial Law , Attention , Mainstream Media
Why Pat Robertson picked Rudy
2007-11-08 00:00:00 Pat Robe rtson announced today that he is endorsing Rudy Giuliani for the Republican nomination for president. Said Robertson, "I thought it was important for me to make it clear that Rudy Giuliani is more than acceptable to people of faith."... More About: Pat Robertson
Fox News blasts Hollywood's anti-Führer films
2007-11-08 00:00:00 Classic propaganda seen Monday on Foxnews.com. Not only does it call Lions for Lambs an anti-American film?because it dares to contradict what Der Führer has told us to believe?it also implies that all those pinko commie films aren't even popular... More About: News , Films , Fox News , Anti , Olly
The media-perpetuated fantasy of the Republican who stands a chance
2007-11-07 00:00:00 Richard Cohen points out the stark difference between real-world torture and the Jack Bauer-wannabe chest-thumping contest of the Republican presidential contenders. But the even larger fantasy that the media itself is perpetuating is that any frigging Republican has a chance... More About: Media , The Media , Fantasy , Chance
J.K. Rowling is chickenshit
2007-11-07 00:00:00 J.K. Rowling is chickenshit because she waited until after she had made a billion dollars on the Harry Potter franchise before announcing that Dumbledore is gay. Making him a gay character from the outset, now that would have been brave....
Government incompetence makes us stronger
2007-11-07 00:00:00 Think of all the experience that our firefighters got from the massive wildfires in southern California. That experience will come in handy one day, such as after the next massive terrorist attack engineered by citizens of an oil-rich nation we?re... More About: Government , Incompetence , Stronger
Sorry, Rudy. Parroting Bush's warmongering rhetoric still won't win you the
2007-11-05 00:00:00 Bush used 9/11 as an excuse to occupy Iraq and leveraged Iraq to win re-election in 2004. Can the Republicans use Iran to win in 2008? Frank Rich thinks they might pull it off. They could, he thinks, win with... More About: Rudy , Erin , Sorry
Freedom's on the march in Pakistan
2007-11-04 00:00:00 Pop quiz, sports fans: The president of which country has just declared martial law, suspending the Constitution and replacing the chief justice of the Supreme Court for having the gall to oppose the president's power grab? Sorry, conservatives, the answer... More About: Pakistan , March
Glenn Beck, asshole?and missed opportunity for progressives
2007-11-02 00:00:00 Another piece of evidence to support my theory that the American left?liberals, progressives, reality-based, whatever you want to call them?are a bunch of wimps: the lack of outrage after what radio jerk-jockey Glenn Beck said about a bunch of ?America-haters?... More About: Opportunity , Progressives
The business of Fox Business is business propaganda
2007-11-01 00:00:00 Fox Business Network is to the business world what Fox News is to the political world?pro-Republican propaganda disguised as real news. Just as the overarching message of Rupert Murdoch's Fox News is "Republicans good, Democrats bad," the grand theme of... More About: Propaganda , Prop , Sine
We don't vote Republican in Muskogee (not any more, that is)
2007-11-01 00:00:00 I thought it was a joke when I first heard Bill Maher say it on HBO, but it turned out to be true. The first two people to whom I relayed the story also thought I was kidding. But it's... More About: Republican , Vote
The No Child Left Behind win-win: profits for testing companies and anti-pu
2007-10-29 00:00:00 Found this while perusing the Sunday paper: Over the last two years, 23 states across the country have added more than 11.3 million reading and math tests to their school curricula in order to keep up with the requirements of... More About: Companies , Testing , Left , Profits , Child
War with Iran?inevitable, highly profitable
2007-10-27 00:00:00 The traitorous crooks of the Bush administration have relentlessly sabotaged the Middle East peace process as part of their larger strategy of pursuing war with Iran . Actually, it's not war with Iran that the Republicans want; it's occupation. Says Flynt... More About: Profitable
Bob Jones endorses Romney. And that's all she wrote
2007-10-27 00:00:00 Mitt Romney 's list of religious nutjob endorsements continues to grow. Now, Bob Jones III himself has endorsed Romney. That means two things: (1) Jones and the other Christofascists will be really pissed at the Gang of Petrowhores when they nominate... More About: Wrote
Recession, the other Bush legacy
2007-10-26 00:00:00 Let's remember that the subprime loan debacle and the recession it is about to trigger is yet another legacy of that uniquely destructive form of economics, Reaganomics. [W]hy was nothing done to head off [the subprime loan] disaster? The answer... More About: Bush , Legacy , Recession , The O
The solution to global warming: more pollution
2007-10-26 00:00:00 How pathetic it would be if the only effective action we actually take against global warming is to pump more crap into the atmosphere. Even worse?Halliburton and Blackwater get the contract to do the job. How do you say "Freedom... More About: Global Warming , Pollution , Global , Solution , Armin
The fascists are calling us fascists?
2007-10-25 00:00:00 Sometimes I think liberals, progressives, and others in the reality-based community are a bunch of pussies. I mean, American fascists like that windbag O'Reilly are calling us fascists, and where's the outcry from our side? Bush and his Christofascist brownshirts... More About: Calling , Fascists
Romney, reassure the faithful!
2007-10-25 00:00:00 Richard Land says he would encourage Mitt Romney to tell evangelical voters that "there was no higher percentage of Mormons in my administration than there were Mormons in the percentage of the population in Massachusetts." That is a concern that... More About: Faithful
The James Bond watch - guaranteed to you a manlier man (and a manlier Repub
2007-10-22 00:00:00 Amazon.com is plugging thousand-plus-dollar Omega wristwatches as James Bond watches, because Omega is the watch sported by the actor playing James bond in the movie series of the same name (you know, the series they should just shoot in the... More About: Watch , A Man
Bolivians burn bars where boys were boozing
2007-10-18 00:00:00 Who needs government regulation of alcohol? Parents in Bolivia have come up with a market-based solution for bars that serve booze to underage patrons (and during school hours, yet). More About: Bars , Boys , Were , Burn
The media ignore Bush's pre-9/11 illegal wiretapping. And we're surprised?
2007-10-18 00:00:00 The mass media have so far largely ignored former Qwest Communications CEO Joseph Nacchio's assertion that George Bush's illegal spying on American citizens began before the 9/11 terror attacks. There are three possible reasons for this oversight by the press:... More About: Media , The Media , Wiretapping , Illegal
Finally, a declaration of genocide!
More articles from this author:2007-10-18 00:00:00 Tell the people of Darfur not to worry, and tell the Janjaweed to watch their asses, because sooner or later, the U.S. will get around to officially declaring that what's going on in Sudan is genocide. It may take a... More About: Declaration , Genocide , Finally , Ally , Cide 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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