I read Dan Riehl’s latest ‘tiny violins’ post and laughed right out loud. It pairs nicely with this video (which you should play while you read the below excerpt):
Opposite-land
I’d like to elaborate a little on this fight because it’s worse than a lie, it’s exactly the opposite of what actually occurred: The president jumps into the Trayvon Martin controversy without all the facts being known, essentially calling for the shooter to be arrested and convicted, and yet it is GOP cadidates criticizing the …
Very Stupid People
Another heaping helping of fail for the Breitbart crowd: Today’s loony wingnut conspiracy theory comes from Breitbart.com blogger Dan Riehl, who has yet another BOMBSHELL REVELATION to report: As Media Reports Conflict, Why Was Trayvon Martin Photo Altered? You have to click through and read the story to fully appreciate how stupid these people are. …
Not Sure This Changes Much
Here we go, as we enter the inevitable “Trayvon had it coming” stage of this story: Trayvon Martin may have attacked a Neighborhood Watch captain before the man shot dead the unarmed teen in a gated community in Florida, an anonymous witness who spoke to police claimed yesterday. The witness, known only as John, told …
Faith vs. Reason: Stand Your Ground/Violent Crime Edition
Last night the PBS News Hour program held a roundtable on the Trayvon Martin murder. Ta-Nehisi Coates was on, as were Reihan Salem and Donna Britt. So was Dennis Baxley, the Florida state representative who co-authored the Stand Your Ground law under whose cloak George Zimmerman stalked and gunned down the 17 year old Martin. …
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Symptoms Of A Syndrome
On a day where President Obama spoke about Trayvon Martin’s murder and said the following: “All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen,” President Obama said Friday morning following a White House Rose Garden ceremony when asked about the 17-year-old’s death. The president called the shooting …
Southern Cuisine?
John’s post about the resignation of a blogger who can’t see the racism in dressing up the President of the United States in drag and sitting him down with a bucket of fried chicken is enough to trip the last of my rage+sorrow circuits. We’re back in Carthage Must Be Destroyed territory with our wingnut …