Anatomy of a Right-Wing Smear
The right-wing blogosphere is all a-twitter about MoveOn.org allegedly being suckered into publishing an article, allegedly authored by conservative columnist Walter Williams, saying that the...
View ArticleFunniest FREEPER thread in a while!
The FREEPERS frequently do some funny stuff (as well as some frankly scary stuff), but a diary this evening struck me, at the end of a fairly unique week, as much funnier than even their normal funny...
View ArticleTwo top Ehrlich aides indicted in Maryland
Two top aides to former Governor Robert Ehrlich of Maryland have been indicted for making illegal calls designed to suppress the Democratic vote in Maryland in last year's gubernatorial election, in...
View ArticleGOP priorities at their most nakedly selfish!
According to today's Des Moines Register, the Republicans have now revealed, to the extent they hadn't already done so, just how depraved they are in their willingness to accomodate the greed of the...
View ArticleBREAKING: DSK released on own recognizance
The major networks are all reporting that the prosecution has said that as they've continued their investigation, new facts have come to their attention that have caused them not to oppose the defense...
View ArticleHerman Cain: Communities have a right to ban mosques
Republican Presidential candidate and former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain, a darling of the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party, has been opposing a proposed mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee....
View ArticleUpdate on debt limit negotiations
I was just watching CNBC World to try to get an indication of how it looked like the Asian markets would react to the apparent continuing stalemate on the debt limit negotiations, and they had a...
View ArticleJoe Scarborough takes apart the GOP field
Those of us who are to the left of center aren't the only ones who think this season's crop of GOP Presidential candidates are a bunch of clowns. Joe Scarborough agrees with us, and has an article up...
View ArticleHas the Newt swan dive begun?
The Republicans' latest non-Romney flavor-of-the-month has of course been Newt Gingrich, but there are reasons to suspect that his swan dive, like those of diva non-candidates Sarah Palin and Donald...
View ArticleA Question About the GOP Caucus Process In Iowa
I spent a month in rural Iowa before and during the last caucuses, volunteering for Barack Obama, and I understand how the Democratic caucuses work -- or at least how they worked four years ago....
View ArticleRick Perry: Product instructions should only be in English
At least, that seems to be what he's saying when he agreed with a guy in Iowa who made the following statement when Perry asked for questions from the audience:"I don't know how the rest of the...
View ArticleMitt Romney flip-flops twice in his victory speech!
Mitt Romney has outdone himself with the flip-flops in his victory speech last night. Within about a minute, he said the following:He [President Obama] wants to turn America into a European-style...
View ArticleBirthers still chasing their tails
Every once in a while, I take a look at FREEP to see what the lunatics are up to. They're still up to their birther craziness, and now they're saying that armed revolution will be necessary to remove...
View ArticleWyoming still (barely) in touch with reality!
Sometimes, you just can't make this up, so I'll quote the beginning of the article:CODY, Wyoming (Reuters) - In a sign of rising consumer confidence prevailing over go-it-alone pessimism in the Cowboy...
View ArticleCNN projects that Romney ekes out a narrow win in Wyoming
I didn't think it would be this close in the state having the third-highest percentage of Mormons in the nation, but while Romney has apparently won Wyoming fairly handily if one simply counts the...
View ArticleJoe Arpaio joins the birther lunacy today
Sheriff Joe Arpaio says that he will hold a press conference at 3 pm Eastern Time today to announce the "preliminary results" of an investigation by a special "Cold Case Posse" into the President's...
View ArticleBarack Obama's teaching style: What CONSERVATIVE scholars have to say!
The right-wing's latest meme is that the "Breitbart video" is significant because it shows that Barack Obama was friendly with that dangerous radical Derrick Bell. If you go to Breitbart.com this...
View ArticleMaybe SSgt. Bales wasn't such a good guy after all
Ever since the cold-blooded murders of 16 Afghan civilians, we've been hearing about what a great guy the accused murderer was, about how he enlisted in the aftermath of 9/11, and about how completely...
View ArticleA truly INSANE aspect of our health care system!
In connection with the fact that my wife may soon be at the stage of kidney disease where a transplant or dialysis is recommended, we've recently been researching the cost of and...
View ArticleBreitbart.com and Fox News pwned without even trying!
It's Opening Day for much of major league baseball, and so it seems entirely appropriate that Breitbart.com and Fox "News" managed to get pwned without anybody even trying to do it. For those who...
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