Charles Adler slobbers over Fox News star Bill O’Reilly in hopes of casting some reflected attention on his obscure Sun TV program. I wonder if O’Reilly’s latest book will suffer the same fate as his last tome when copies of … Continue reading →
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Red Tory v.3.0.3: He Carried Yellow Flowers
If you thought the “smoker” ad launched by the Herman Cain campaign was atrocious, well, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet: If, after having watched that horrible monstrosity, you can still regard the Herminator as anything but a joke candidate effectively … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Cain Targets… Republican Smokers?
In another curious example of the Herminator’s offbeat campaign strategy, it’s apparently now aiming to win over Iowan cigarette smokers to support the former pizza mogul and his “999” Plan from Outer Space… “The message behind the ad was to … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Martin Bashir uses his sanctimonious “Clear the Air” editorial segment to indignantly rip into Texas Governor Rick Perry for his latest cack-handed attempt to burrow into the most loathsome depths of the Republican Party’s dark amygdale. It’s surprising that Perry … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Kunstler on the Political Economy
RT interviews James Howard Kunstler on a range of topics including the current state of the global economy, the de-legitimization of the U.S. political system, and, of course, his thoughts about the OCW movement. At the outset, Kunstler makes a … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Gary Johnson @ OCW
Republican candidate Gary Johnson (the other libertarian in the race) talks to OCW protesters in Zuchotti Park, eventually running into Young Turks host Cenk Uygur. Most protesters probably wouldn’t agree with Johnson’s radical prescriptions for fixing the economy (although they’d … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Robertson Warns GOP of “Extremism”
In a rare moment of pragmatic clarity, Pat Robertson worries that shameless pandering to the extreme right-wing base of the Republican Party will make the eventual winner of the primary race completely unelectable in the 2012 presidential contest. It’s a … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Fact Check!
A “First Nation speaker” (not sure who) took to the stage of the Occupy Toronto event at City Hall this past weekend to spew a pantload of demonstrably false information about Benjamin Franklin that was, sadly, then dutifully resounded by … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Paxo & Moore on OCW
Jeremy Paxman talks to Michael Moore on BBC’s Newsnight program yesterday about the embryonic nature of OCW movement and whether a new form of capitalism may possibly arise from it… It seems like an incredible stretch to imagine that anything … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Demonizing OCW Effort Gets Derailed
Fox News butt plug Eric Bolling inveighs against OCW for being crazy, anti-American Communists and/or anti-Semitic Nazis – take your pick. With his baseless introductory slander out of the way, Bolling then goes on to trot out a certifiable canard … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Lifestyles of the “Job Creators”
Danish luxury retailer Aesir hopes to sell its $57,400, limited-edition 18-carat gold phones to the burgeoning market of elite “job creators” in the world. The solid gold mobile phone doesn’t provide an email service or internet access, has no built-in … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: The “Job Creator” Paradox
It was announced today that Seaspan Marine Corp., has been granted a massive $8-billion contract to build navy support vessels and a dubious Arctic “slushbreaker” – terrific news for the company’s stagnant shipyards in Vancouver and Esquimalt where the local … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Viva Las Vegas!
Well, another week, another silly Republican “debate” during which the would-be leaders of the free world squabbled like a fractious bunch of children scrapping over access to the school’s playground equipment. A lot of pundits in the post-debate spin zone … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Billion Dollar Bill
A short animated feature from the folks behind the Renegade Economist.
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Kevin O’Leary v. Chris Hedges
This is from last week, but I just ran across it tonight. Both O’Leary and Hedges play to type… with quite spectacular results. O’Leary’s shtick as a flippant, amoral greedhead plays well on Dragons’ Den but falls utterly flat in … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Can OWS Get Traction in Canada?
Tony Keller, executive fellow at the Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto (amongst other things), advances the sensible Canadian reaction to the OWS movement, arguing that many of the reforms protesters in the United States are calling for have … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Occupy Winnipeg
So, hundreds of people (estimates vary wildly depending on the source) hit the streets of Winnipeg on Saturday to protest against corporate greed and a disparate range of issues including social justice, the environment, government accountability and even the dismantling … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Jeffress on Real Time
Dr. Robert Jeffress, current head of the Southern Baptist Convention, in a surprisingly delightful feature interview on this week’s edition of Real Time With Bill Maher discussing some of his controversial comments about Mormonism and other issues… p.s. You can … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: OWS & The Tea Party
Some very sensible observations about similarities and difference between the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements from Karl Denninger, who helped form FedUpUSA (a precursor of the Tea Party) in the wake of the March 2008 Federal Reserve bail … Continue reading →
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: 999 = 666?
Like a stopped clock, it turns out that Michele Bachmann may well have been correct when she awkwardly quipped in the most recent Republican debate that “the devil is in the details” regarding Herman Cain’s ludicrous “9-9-9” plan for overhauling … Continue reading →
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