Scott Walker gets mic checked!
From the estimable Brad Blog, I find this video from a speech by Wisconsin governor Scott Walker at a Chicago engagement both amusing and important. We need more of this.
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Rob Ford to defeated team: "Take the high road, leave the low road to me"
"Take the high road," muttered a teary-eyed Rob Ford to his losing football team, the Don Bosco Eagles. Too bad Toronto's mayor knows nothing of the high road. The ethics-challenged…
Cherry picking: military school pulls award to HNIC talking head
Don Cherry's statement paints himself as the victim, of course. But the reality is not so kind to the puffed up bigot of Hockey Night in Canada. Expect Conservatives to…
Second Iraq war hero wounded by police at Occypy Oakland. Right wing cheers.
If anything in the last few decades has scared the right wing out of its comfort zone of pretend patriotism it is the Occupy movement. Not the first black president,…
Second Iraq war hero wounded by police at Occypy Oakland. Right wing cheers.
Kayvan Sabehgi: another funny-named vet no one will care about If anything in the last few decades has scared the right wing out of its comfort zone of pretend patriotism…
"Moral convictions", Republicans and bullying
You gotta love Republicans. In Michigan, the Republican-heavy Senate has passed a new anti-bullying bill that promotes bullying by giving perpetrators the 'moral conviction' right to bully on behalf of…
Herman Cain blames ‘liberal media’, Democrats and ‘ladies’. Now Curt Anderson of the Perry campaign?
Herman Cain has leveled claims of 'racism', blamed both the 'liberal media' and Democrats, and singled out 'ladies' for his woes. Now he's aiming his ire at Curt Anderson, a…
Tumour humour: thank god it was doctors who found the ‘screaming man’ in some guy’s balls and not some religious wacko
This photo would have a whole entire sillier meaning."God's crying in pain for the sins in the hearts and balls of men.""Petition His Majesty Stephen Harper to outlaw the evil…
Herman Cain: ladies’ man
Give Herman Cain some credit; he knows the ladies!“I believe I have a good sense for where you cross the line relative to sexual harassment but you have to know…
Another reason for the right to hate the troops
First they booed one at a GOP debate. Then, they laughed at one whose brain was smashed in. Now, they are about to escalate the hate for the troops because…
Just in time for accusations in his past of sexual harrassment, Herman Cain complains of Clarence Thomas treatment
"Life is like a 12-inch pizza. You never know what you're gonna get." The victimization of the right continues. Not missing a beat, GOP presidential contender Herman Cain whined to…
Occupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance…
Tulloch ‘Tebows’ Teabaggin’ Tebow
Good to see other NFL football players making a little fun of the Broncos' resident religious fanatic Tim Tebow, in effect 'teabagging' the showboating in-yo-face Christian. For his part, Tulloch…
Just in time for accusations in his past of sexual harrassment, Herman Cain complains of Clarence Thomas treatment
"Life is like a 12-inch pizza (snort). You never know what you're gonna get (snicker)."The victimization of the right continues. Not missing a beat, GOP presidential contender Herman Cain whined…
Occupy Montreal: a lesson in dealing with itinerants and homeless
As the Occupy movement rolls on, it must deal with those who come not so much to share in the communal building of a new form of alternative resistance to…
Destroying long gun registry records could wake up Canadians to Cons’ petty and authoritarian nature
In a perverse way, I do hope the Conservatives destroy the long gun registry records. Vic Toews' reasoning for the move says everything Canadians need to know about the majority…
BEST study challenged by ‘crank’
Who knows who to believe in the climate science game. I put my lot in with the majority who believe, especially with the publication of the recent Koch brothers' funded…
Olbermann’s worst person in the f’ing world: Rob Ford
You knew the US media would not let a momentous occasion like Rob Ford's freakout at Marg Delahunty and 911 dispatchers to go unnoticed. Keith Olbermann is the first US…
The real class warfare: law firm representing banks and mortgage servicers mock homeless at Halloween party
This is beyond sick. It may have been a 2010 party but one has to wonder what these folks are doing this year. So bank industry, so privileged, so American.…