Rick Perry hears voice ‘calling’ him to be preznit
Turns out it was just his mom calling him to dinner.Ma and pa Perry disgusted with son Rick. "He's crazy but he's still our son".
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Rebekah Brooks busted
Wow, just wow. Meanwhile, on this side of the pond Roger Ailes and Kory Teneckye remain at large.
Bristol Palin on abstinance
"It sucks". On a slightly more serious front, here's the dancer's reasoning for her mom's media detractors.Do you feel like your mother has experienced extra media scrutiny? Yeah, I think…
Rupert Murdoch shaken not stirred
Murdoch and trophy in happier timesI'm not sure I buy that the News Corp boss was 'very shaken' by his apology to the family of the girl whose voice mail…
News I never thought I’d hear: Rebekah Brooks resigns
Unapologetic head of News International resigns. This is huge. Surely a harbinger of things to come. If only the whole Murdoch empire would crumble. Did Ms.Brooks sacrifice herself for 'daddy'…
Socialist duckling
Luckily for this duckling the authoritarian ducks were too busy hoarding to notice.H/T: Political Carnival
Greenpeace uncloaks phony anti-climate change scientist
Dr. Willie Soon has been the go-to scientist favoured by climate change deniers for years. Used by the Fraser Institute and Koch Industries, Soon has proven invaluable in giving ammunition…
Greenpeace uncloaks phony anti-climate change scientist
Dr. Willie Soon has been the go-to scientist favoured by climate change deniers for years. Used by the Fraser Institute and Koch Industries, Soon has proven invaluable in giving ammunition…
CNN host called to ‘answer questions’ in News International scandal
Piers Morgan, the reedy voiced replacement for Larry King and former editor of News of the World and the Daily Mirror, has some 'splaining to do. I would have though…
FBI investigating News Corp
This is great news. It was only a matter of time until the scandal spread across the pond.The object of the investigation so far is the hacked phone messages of…
Rupert Murdoch relents and agrees to answer questions from Commons committee
But only after he was served a summons.This should be quite a show: Rupert, James, Rebekah.Murdoch knows TV. Little did he know he would become a reality TV star. Something…
Obama, moderate Republican
That's Paul Krugman's view. He shares it with Ezra Klein and Digby. RedBedHead goes even further.End of the progressive dream in the US? Yep.
With Canada’s rich/poor divide widening, will seniors be forced to rural areas?
As I approach senior age territory, it’s becoming more and more apparent that I’m in deep shit. I’ve spent most of my adult life traveling and working around the world.…
With Canada’s rich/poor divide widening, will seniors be forced to rural areas?
As I approach senior age territory, it's becoming more and more apparent that I'm in deep shit. I've spent most of my adult life traveling and working around the world.…
Note to Bancroft family – you’re idiots
I don't know whether to believe these idiots or if they're just blindingly dishonest, but the Bancroft clan's claims they would not have sold the Wall Street Journal if they…
Sun Media withdraws from Ontario Press Council, citing council’s ‘politically correct’ standards
You'd think with the hits the conservative media is taking from Murdoch's shenanigans it would be careful to avoid seeming unseemly and corrupt. But not Sun Media. It has pulled…
TPM hits the nail on the head: when politicians declare victory, the media goes along
In one of the most eloquent posts on how the US media functions, David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo writes that Obama needs to declare victory now in the debate…
National Post attacks Kai Nagata’s viral manifesto on the state of media
Of course the Murdoch-styled National Post is offended by Kai Nagata's truth telling. His treatise is largely about the shitty, biased, yellow journalism employed by outfits like NP.Nagata is the…
Rob Ford unmasked
This is pretty funny.“The Robber” as he liked to be called, was an ass man. He always over-tipped the pretty waitresses and usually ordered the Suicide Wings. He certainly considered…
Michelle Obama and Paul Ryan need an irony alert
I'm just so sick of stories like this. One, they don't mean much. On the other hand, they tell us everything we need to know about politician or their surrogates,…