Thursday, September 30, 2010

Virginia Backs Away From Confederacy Month

"Backing away from his usual political pandering to the hard right, Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell announced that next April will be 'Civil War in Virginia' month instead of 'Confederate History Month.'"

















READ about it at Care 2.

White Conservative America Has Lost Its Mind

"The white brain, beset with worries, finally goes haywire in spectacular fashion."
 














READ the article at The Village Voice.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Joe Miller's Illegal Hunting and Fishing License

Another lying Tea Bagger taking advantage of government programs while railing against those programs and the poor who benefit from them.
"At best, he knowingly stretched the intent of the law for his own gain. At worse, he intentionally lied and broke the law. All of this to get a $300 license for $5. I guess that's a dedicated fiscal conservative."
















READ about it at Care 2.

The University of Stupid

What's a little résumé padding to moronic Tea Baggers who don't know what that means? 
"Christine O'Donnell's embellishment of her education record, she claims she studied at the University of Oxford -- but a look at her actual record shows this is at best an exaggeration and at worst an outright falsehood."
"Claremont Graduate University tells TPM that Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell did not attend the Southern California school despite listing it under education on her LinkedIn profile."

















Update 10/02/10: WATCH on Countdown (MSNBC.)
READ about it at The Plum Line (TWP.)
READ about at TPM Muckraker.
READ about it at Care 2.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

'Comrade' Elmo Update (see 09/24/10)

Mr. Elmo Goes To Washington


READ about it at CNN.
READ the  previous reference at Wingnut Theater.

Fact Checking ‘The Pledge’

"GOP's 'Pledge to America' falls short on some of its facts."
Facts? Who needs facts when you're a mindless droog who watches nothing but FUX "News?" (p.s. As usual, Boehner looks half in the bag at midday.)















READ about it at FactCheck.

Census Finds Record Gap Between Rich and Poor

"Income inequality is rising, and if we took into account tax data, it would be even more," said Timothy Smeeding, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor who specializes in poverty. "More than other countries, we have a very unequal income distribution where compensation goes to the top in a winner-takes-all economy."















READ about it at Yahoo News (AP.)

Monday, September 27, 2010

Glenn Beck: Insane Pervert

  

READ and WATCH at the Huffington Post.
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Right-Wing Pervert Update: Thursday, September 30, 2010.
"The story on the latest exploits of James O'Keefe, the so-called conservative activist whose claim to fame is a doctored ACORN video and being arrested in a botched attempt to bug a U.S. Senator's office, continues to evolve."


READ and WATCH at the Daily Kos.

Most Americans Would Prefer Wealth Distribution Similar to Sweden

92% Prefer Swedish Model to US Model When Given a Choice

"Americans generally underestimate the degree of income inequality in the United States, and if given a choice, would distribute wealth in a similar way to the social democracies of Scandinavia, a new study finds."


















READ about it at The Raw Story.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Glenn Beck: Progressives Are Proto-Fascists or Something...Huh?

Self-anointed religious prophet and wingnut conspiracy weaver, Glenn Beck, explains one of his wacky versions of history, again using Hitler and the Nazis as an example. 


READ and WATCH at Crooks & Liars.

Cartoon of the Day

 

Sharron Angle: Woman Punched In the Face 'Looking For a Fight'

"Well it wasn’t really a fight. One of Sharron Angle’s Tea Party supporters punched one woman in the face and pushed another woman over the chairs, simply because they were leaving the event and had to walk past this man who is an Angle supporter and the woman were not."


READ the article at the Las Vegas Democrat Examiner.
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Update Monday, September 27, 2010.
"The more Angle speaks, the more her words get used against her, and the more she tries to defend herself, the worse trouble she seems to find herself in."
READ the article at Care2.com.