The right, so fine with Palin’s gun scopes on Dems as targets and the outrageous behaviour and violent language of conservative pundits and GOP politicians, is getting its panties in a wad over teamster boss Hoffa calling them “sons of a bitches”. Even…
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DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: John Stossel Tells EPA To Pack Up Shop
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Fox News host John Stossel says that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has passed its prime, and is no longer useful. After the Obama Administration last week overruled t…
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: Sarah Palin: The epitome of the celebrity politician
It is that time again when my fingers twitch and compel me – struggling with my sense of decency – to write another blog post about Sarah Palin. I have tried to stop, honestly, but like any good addict I cannot. I think what is so compelling to me abou…
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: FOX News Admits Global Warming Science is Legit
This FOX News panel has stumbled upon a breathtaking discovery – apparently this anthropogenic global warming theory is true. Yep, the facts do seem to back it up. Why they’ve even got the FOX “brain room” looking into it right now.So…
Continue readingDeath By Trolley: Talking to political adversaries: Tips on reaching across the aisle
Tips on talking to political adversaries. Moving past politics, partisanship and labels, recognizing corporatism masquerading as progressivism or conservatism, and going straight to the issues.
Co2 Art: This Guy Still Thinks He’s Orchestrating a Campaign for Richard Nixon
Could the truth really be worse than you ever imagined?
In this case, quite possibly.
A fascinating read in The Guardian concerning the rise of Roger Ailes and Fox News.
Everything that you always suspected is true.
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: In The Dog Days of Summer, CFACT Still Barks The Same Tune
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Collegians for a Constructive Tomorrow, or CFACT Campus, the student wing of Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, wrapped up its student climate and ener…
More Onion than the Onion. Fox News reports on black hip hop birthday for Obama.
It’s been amusing, if not a little sad, to see the right wing trying to outdo each other criticizing Obama for having a birthday party. They’re all pissed but none more so than Fox News. There were African American people at the party! And no jobs were created. Can you hear the dog whistle? Be . . . → Read More: More Onion than the Onion. Fox News reports on black hip hop birthday for Obama.
Continue readingDavid Climenhaga's Alberta Diary: There’s no danger of Murdoch style press scandals in Canada! Really! Got that? Now go back to sleep
Gotcha! Britain’s Private Eye magazine satirizes the Murdoch Fambly Saga across the Pond. Nothing like the Eye in Canada, more’s the pity! (Where is Michael Bate now that we need him?) Below: Rupert Murdoch, in happier times; Kory Teneycke, late of…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Pits Of Hell Not Deep Enough For Murdoch’s Crew
You could almost be forgiven for thinking that the scumbag hacks & corporate puppetmasters couldn’t possibly sink any lower than what had already been revealed. I mean, Murdoch’s crew of despicable skinbags hacked the phone of a murdered teenage gi…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Sorry Ezra. You Don’t Get Off That Easily
Given that Ezra Levant attacks Muslims at every opportunity, I was curious what he would have to say about the Norwegian disaster, and he didn’t disappoint.First off, he’s right to say that this was not a religious issue. Anders Breivik was not a Chri…
Continue reading350 or bust: Response to Norway Horror: Faced With Inhumanity, We Must Be More Human
The contrast between Norway’s response to the brutal terror attacks last Friday and that of the United States after 9/11 couldn’t be starker. Imagine if President Bush had instead said, like Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg,…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Could News Corp. Double Agent Neil Wallis Be Behind Climategate Hacking?
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As if this week’s Rupert Murdoch Phone-Hacking Scandal wasn’t enough, it now appears that the University of East Anglia CRU email hacking scandal (a.k.a. Climategate) might …
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Rupert Murdoch Lied? It Can’t be True!
During his testimony to the British Parliament, Rupert Murdoch claimed not to know about the phone hacking.However, two former executives with News Corp disputed the claim, saying that Murdoch was warned several times that phone hacking at one of the c…
Continue reading350 or bust: Murdoch-gate meets “Climate-gate”
What we know so far about the Rupert Murdoch/News Corp scandal may just be the tip of the iceberg. Keith Olbermann wrote yesterday on his blog about the connection between Murdoch’s News Corp and the stolen “climate-gate” emails: The …
Continue readingRedBedHead: Rupert Murdoch, Friend Of Israel
Well this article is an interesting addition to the swirl of debate and exposé that’s happening around Rupert Murdoch. The attached article is from J-Wire and is written by Isi Leibler. As all this scandal and humiliation was unfolding, I hadn’t consi…
Continue readingLeDaro: Herman Cain – The Godfather Pizza Guy
Herman Cain is one of the GOP Presidnetial candidates for 2012. He thinks being CEO of Godfather Pizza is a great qualification for President. He probably also thinks that people are like mice and can be lured to vote for him with cheese.I think Cain…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Light Bulb Madness: A New Case Study in Right Wing Misinformation
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The examples of conservative misinformation—devoutly believed by followers, repeatedly asserted by ideological leaders and media outlets—are growing too numerous to c…
Continue readingRedBedHead: Murdoch & News International: BURN BABY BURN!
I’ll leave it to others of more sober professional inclinations and responsibility to provide the sophisticated analysis that the present crisis in Britain deserves. For my part I will unabashedly and with great joy celebrate the giant f***ing bonfire …
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: OutFOXxed
What has been the biggest media story for the past week? Could it be News Of The World exploding? Rupert Murdoch and News Corp? Telephone hacking and journalists corruption a national police service? Criminal journal…
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