In case you were looking for more dimwitted, low-rent cardboard cut-ups, Riley Waggaman at Wonkette generously shares the news that “Breitbart Will Save Scott Walker From Ordinary Working Americans!“: WHO WILL RESCUE SCOTT WALKER FROM ALL THOSE PEOPLE STANDING AROUND PEACEFULLY?… (Haha, we imagine that Scott Walker is probably just relaxing quietly at home, maybe …
Republican Venality
Friday Evening Open Thread: Mad Man
I still think Jeff Danziger is the single greatest editorial cartoonist of our age. Who’s got plans for the evening, especially plans involving retrograde amusements?
The Human Sacrifice Encouragement Act of 2011
There really isn’t any stopping the extremists in control of the Republican Confederate Party anymore. Every week and almost every day they can be counted upon for some new crazy in their never ending quest to move the Nation backwards as they pursue fantasies of a ‘better time’ that never existed. These romanticized ‘Good Old …
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So, they really do want to kick puppies…
In a post today on Mike Huckabee’s support for White Male Exceptionalism and Ethnic Cleansing, I opened with a reference to a bit of snark from my gracious host: John noted the other day that after attacks on Rape Victims and Veterans he expected somebody to introduce the “Kick an Orphan and Beat a Puppy …
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Locking up the Pro-Ethnic Cleansing Vote…
It looks like the race to the bottom among the folks in the Republican Confederate Party is moving faster than events in Egypt. John noted the other day that after attacks on Rape Victims and Veterans he expected somebody to introduce the “Kick an Orphan and Beat a Puppy Act of 2011” any day now. …
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The Abortion=Slavery meme debunked
One of the recurring memes/lies of wingnutopia is that abortion is just like slavery and that a fetus is just like a slave. A corollary to this meme/lie is that President Obama (or any black man or woman) is a race traitor if they support a women’s right to choose. Fetishist Rick Santorum has been …
An Update
I wrote yesterday that the Democratic co-sponsor of the latest anti-choice bill was “not talking”. He has since responded to a question from Talking Points Memo, so I wanted to update. Here’s the response: The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, H.R. 3, will eliminate the need for numerous separate annual abortion-funding prohibitions (called riders) …