“When Democrats Attack,” according to the dictionary of far right wing blogging, is whenever they open their mouths, and say something that the far right wing does not like.
Obama makes a point about the Supreme Court. A good point, too, since it will be impossible to disentangle the pure nationality of many large [...]
Archive for January, 2010
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Megan McArdle — the Famous 17.6 million Jobs Created, “Jobless” Recovery
Posted: 30th January 2010 by admin in Football, Political BS, Politics, economicsPundit (un)cool: “Where’s ma job at “duuuuuude.” Seriously. McArdle, speaking in the Atlantic.
She’s a bit off on the numbers, too.
As noted here, by actual blogger Tbogg (not to be confused with “Tbow” who is Donkey Joel – Here might be the most ignorant and presumptuous media post ever — Achenbach’s “man“):
Megan McArdle – neither [...]
Probably Where Apple Got Their Idea From
Posted: 30th January 2010 by admin in Bad Taste, Business, ComedyWhere did Apple get the name for its new iPad; From the iPhone?
Not exactly:
Worth Repeating — Palin’s Expertise
Posted: 28th January 2010 by admin in Climate Change, Constitution, Knowledge, Media, Media Slant, Political BSTags: Alito, Anchorage Daily News, Carl Cameron, fair and balanced, Fox, ideological, Justice Alito, law, misleading, rhetoric, Sarah Palin, Supreme Court, Wilson
Some lines worth considering:
Talking head and blogger Sarah Palin spoke out on Fox News saying that Alito’s “Wilson moment” was OK, and that Justice Alito was just “calling him out.” She based her careful judgment on her longstanding and intimate knowledge of Supreme Court protocol. Oh, wait.
In other deep layer of Palin analysis, she went [...]
Fox is Tops
Posted: 27th January 2010 by admin in UncategorizedTags: ACORN, conservatives, Fox, Mary Landrieu, mini watergate, most trusted, most trusted name in news, Pimp
Fox, most trusted name in news, largely because it’s ridiculously trusted by ideological conservatives.
It couldn’t possibly be because this heavily ideological “news” station, with the thinnest of obscuring veneers of “fair and balanced” over its persistent and cleverly veiled advocacy, tells some people what they want to hear (while convincing them of how fair and balanced they [...]
NY Times Maureen Dowd Indulges Freudianally, But Loves Stereotypes Even More
Posted: 27th January 2010 by admin in UncategorizedDowd seemingly loves stereotypes, hypocrisy, and playing right into the worse kind of media “false balance” creation. Here is an example where Dowd chastises Republican “caricatures” of Hillary Clinton (mean, and unfair ones, too) and then later engages in similar caricatures herself, in the exact same column:
Notice the irony:
The Alaskan [Palin] who shot to stardom a year [...]
Picking the End of the Game
Posted: 25th January 2010 by admin in Football, SportsTags: Brett Favre, Favre, interception, Minnesota Vikings, pick, Ryan Longwell, Saints, scramble, Super Bowl
Here is what was written in a comment earlier this afternoon, prior to the NFC conference championship game.
Can Favre finally end his career on something other than a pick? Or will he throw one, retire, mow the grass for a while, miss the game terribly, and then go “You know Deanna, why not give it [...]
Yes, Republicans Will Be Able to Filibuster Everything!!
Posted: 24th January 2010 by admin in Congress, Government, Political Communication, PoliticsThe popular liberal Daily Kos website had this — no kidding around here — as the 3d sentence in a front page Post there today:
Brown’s victory gives Republicans the numbers in the Senate to filibuster most Democratic legislation…
Yes, it does, if one goes by the reasoning of the New Yorker’s Hendrik Helzberg, where the Filibuster [...]
Turning Diamonds into Cow Manure
Posted: 20th January 2010 by admin in " "Health Care, Political Communication, Political Strategy, PoliticsTags: " "Health Care, democratic paty, glenn greenwald, Lanny Davis, Republicans
How Democrats can miss the central things going on in terms of politics outside of their own choir, and repeatedly play directly play into their opponents framing, is hard to fathom. But they can do it.
We hate the current health care bill, for reasons to be skipped here. But we agree that given the enormous [...]