Monthly Archives: December 2013
Vile Prog Ethics 101 – Stealing from Corporations is Okay!
Mediaite: ‘Ethically Murky’: Josh Barro, MSNBC Hosts Outline How to Lie to Amazon to Get Parental Discount Slate economics blogger Matt Yeglesias sparked a firestorm of controversy when he wrote a post discussing the process of inventing a fake child … Continue reading
The Truth Comes Out
Newsbusters: PIERS MORGAN, HOST: You have interviewed every president of my lifetime. Why is Obama facing so much opposition now? Why is he struggling so much to really fulfill the great flame of ambition and excitement that he was elected … Continue reading
President Selfie
(Image courtesy of Legal Insurrection) The Wilderness: Selfie Control: The Media Loses Command of the Obama Image …Pro Obama web media thought they had their day’s work cut out for them when Barack Obama taking the stage to give his … Continue reading
Relapse Open Thread
I was feeling better last night and had a new post planned out in my head, then I woke up feeling like warmed over dog puke. It’s like being hungover, without the alcohol, regret and shame. I’ll try to write … Continue reading
Cat Etiquette
Why your cat claws and bites when you rub its tummy Animal behaviour experts have worked with Cats Protection to produce a guide to help pet owners know what their cats want. It helps explain often contradictory behaviour by these … Continue reading
Gothic Christmas Open Thread
I still feel like shit. There was a lot of stupid yesterday. There are only 24 shopping days left until the new season of Justified starts. Discuss
I’m Dreaming of a White Privilege . . .
First I get suspended from Twitter twice in two days, and now I’m coming down with a cold/flu/plague despite having no face-to-face real life contact with another human being in three days. The postman must have sneezed on my mail. … Continue reading
Santa Claus and the War on FOX News
Alyssa Rosenberg at Think Progress: How To Explain Megyn Kelly’s Fear Of A Black Santa Much of Megyn Kelly’s mainstream appeal to viewers who wouldn’t normally praise an employee of Fox News is the idea that she’s not afraid to … Continue reading
Texas Panty Twist
I love a food fight: In surprise move, Steve Stockman challenges John Cornyn Firebrand Texas Republican Rep. Steve Stockman on Monday mounted a surprise primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), setting the stage for the latest potentially explosive battle … Continue reading
Lose Weight Without Dieting Or Exercise!
It looks like the GOP has learned its lesson: Budget agreement reached Rep. Paul Ryan and Sen. Patty Murray unveiled a two-year budget agreement late Tuesday night that they say will end years of bitter budget wars on Capitol Hill. … Continue reading
Sure, Why Not?
She’s a better choice than Obama: Miley Cyrus Named a Finalist for Time’s Person of the Year A couple of hackers may have conspired to have Miley Cyrus win Time magazine’s online Person of the Year vote, but the pop … Continue reading
Why Are The Vile Progs In Such A Pissy Mood?
Maybe it’s just me but it sure seems like the Vile Progs are riled up lately. The Angry Chihuahuas of Obamanation are always unpleasant to deal with, but in the past couple weeks they have been unusually aggressive. It’s like … Continue reading
A Bourgeoisie Progger in Prolemart
MattYglesias: Urban Walmarts Are Great Like most good urban liberals, I’ve been engaged in a lifelong near-boycott of Walmart. Not so much out of any deeply felt, principled objections to the store, but because they don’t really build Walmarts in … Continue reading
Happy Pearl Harbor Day!!
Today is the seventy-something anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was one of the worst strategic mistakes in history. Even if the Japs had taken out our aircraft carriers and submarine fleet it would have only postponed the … Continue reading
Warren Democrats = Left-Wing Tea Party?
Joan Walsh: Bye-bye, fake liberals: The Warren Democrats are winning! The backlash against an inane Op-Ed bashing Elizabeth Warren shows that “economic populism” is the way forward I am very late to the Third Way-trashing party, but that’s a story … Continue reading
Dog Selfies Open Thread
It’s too damn cold. I’m going back to bed! I’ll see you when the sun thaws out.
Why Does Obama Hate Minimum Wage Workers?
Here's how to improve our economy and create hundreds of thousands of jobs: #RaiseTheWage. http://t.co/NLM2t9NyhS pic.twitter.com/UDTcTSaqZJ — Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 4, 2013 If raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would bring all that painless prosperity, why not … Continue reading
